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DRAFT <br /> <br />F:~Attorney~ALICE\ORDWORK\CURRENT\Water & Sewer Rate Ord 2003.wpd <br /> April 11, 2003 <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, <br />PARIS, TEXAS, PROVIDING THAT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY <br />OF PARIS, BE AMENDED BY REVISING SUBSECTIONS (b) AND (c) OF <br />SECTION 34-22 OF SAID CODE TO ESTABLISH WATER RATES FOR <br />RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, AND INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS THAT <br />ARE BASED UPON THE COST TO SERVE EACH CLASS; BY REVISING <br />SUBSECTIONS (a), (b), AND (c) OF SECTION 34-23 TO ESTABLISH A <br />SEWER SERVICE RATE FOR CITY WATER CUSTOMERS; PROVIDING <br />FOR A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED $2,000.00; REPEALING ALL <br />ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; <br />AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, on the 17th day of March, 2003, the City Council of the City of Paris, Paris, <br />Texas, received a water and sewer rate study prepared by Reed, Stowe & Yanke, Inc. with <br />certain findings and proposed rate increases for water and sewer; NOW THEREFORE, <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS: <br /> <br /> Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all <br />things approved. <br /> <br /> Section 2. That Subsections (b) and (c) of Section 34-22 of the Code of Ordinances of <br />the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be, and the same are hereby, amended so that such shall read as <br />follows: <br /> <br />"Sec. 34-22. Water rates. <br /> <br /> "(b) Charges for water furnished by the City, measured in cubic feet, are <br />established as follows based upon customer class and meter size and incorporate <br />a base monthly cost which includes the cost for the first increment of water, and <br />a cost per one hundred (100) cubic feet or portion of one hundred (100) cubic feet <br />used above the first increment: <br /> <br />Page 1 of 4 <br /> <br /> <br />