2005-017-ORD PROVIDING CODE OF ORDINANCES BE AMENDED BY REVISING SUBSECTION (b) OF SECTION 34-22 OF SAID ORDINANCE

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ORDINANCE NO. 2005-017 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, PROVIDING THAT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF PARIS, BE AMENDED BY REVISING SUBSECTION (b) OF SECTION 34-22 OF SAID CODE TO ESTABLISH WATER RATES FOR RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, AND INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS THAT ARE BASED UPON THE COST TO SERVE EACH CLASS AND TO DELETE SUBSECTION (c); REVISING SUBSECTION (a) OF SECTION 34- 23 TO ESTABLISH SEWER SERVICE RATES FOR CITY WATER CUSTOMERS; AMENDING SECTION 34-28 TO REVISE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR DEPOSITS FOQ.RESIDENTIAL WATER, SEWER, AND GARBAGE SERVICE; PROVIDiNG FOR A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED $2,000.00; REPEALING ALl.. ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, on the 18th day of May, 2005, the City Council of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, received a water and sewer rate study prepared by R. W. Beck, Inc., with certain fmdings and proposed rate increases for water and sewer; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things approved. Section 2. That Subsections (b) and (c) of Section 34-22 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be, and the same are hereby, amended to raise the respective rates for water service and to consolidate the language therein and omit Subsection (c), the new Subsection (b) to read as follows: "Sec. 34-22. Water rates. " "(b) Charges for water furnished by the City, measured in cubic feet, are established as follows based upon customer class and meter size and incorporate a base monthly cost which includes the cost for the first increment of water, and a cost per one hundred (100) cubic feet or portion of one hundred (100) cubic feet used above the first increment: Page 1 of 4