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ORDINANCE N0. 2012-018 <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, <br />AMENDING SECTIONS 34-23(a), (b) AND (c), SEWER RATES, TO REFLECT <br />CHANGES RECOMMENDED BY THE 2012 WATER AND SEWER RATE <br />STUDY; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A <br />SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN <br />EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />WHEREAS, on the 31st day of May, 2012, the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas, <br />was presented with a water and sewer rate study prepared by J Stowe & Company, with <br />certain findings and recommendations for proposed water and sewer rate increases; and, <br />WHEREAS, the Water and Sewer Rate Study recommends a six point three percent <br />(6.3%) increase in sewer rates be adopted by the City Council; and, <br />WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is in the best interest of the City <br />of Paris and its citizens to implement the proposed rates for sewer services recommended <br />by the 2012 Water and Sewer Study by amending portions of Chapter 34, Water, Sewers <br />and Sewage Disposal, of the City Code of Ordinances. <br />NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />PARIS, TEXAS: <br />Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby <br />in all things approved. <br />Section 2. That Subsections (a), (b) and (c) of Section 34-23 of the Code of <br />Ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas, be, and the same are hereby amended to read in its <br />entirety as follows: <br />"Sec. 34-23. Sewer rates - For customers using City water. <br />(a) Charges for sewer service furnished by the City to residential, commercial <br />and industrial customers shall be based upon customer class and meter size, <br />incorporating a base monthly cost for the first increment of usage and a cost <br />for each additional one hundred (100) cubic feet or portion of one hundred <br />(100) cubic feet above the first increment, as follows: <br />RESIDENTIAL CLASS <br />METER SIZE <br />(lnches) <br />BASE COST FOR FIRST <br />INCREMENT <br />ln Cubic Feet) <br />SERVICE IN <br />EXCESS OF BASE <br />(For Each Additional 100 Cubic Feet) <br />3/4 or less <br />$11.81 for first 200 <br />$ 4.78 <br />Page 1 of 3 <br />