1999-086 ORD PROVIDING CODE OF ORDINANCES BE AMENDED BY REVISING SUBSECTIONS (b) AND (c) OF SECTION 34-22 OF SAID CODE
ORDINANCE NO. 99-086
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, PROVIDING THAT
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF PARIS, BE AMENDED BY REVISING
SUBSECTIONS (b) AND (c) OF SECTION 34-22 OF SAID CODE TO ESTABLISH WATER
RATES FOR RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, AND INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS THAT
IS BASED UPON THE COST TO SERVE EACH CLASS; BY REVISING SUBSECTION
(a) OF SECTION 34-23 TO ESTABLISH A SEWER SERVICE RATE FOR CITY WATER
CUSTOMERS; BY REVISING SUBSECTION (a) OF SECTION 34-28 TO ESTABLISH
DEPOSITS TO ASSURE PAYMENT; 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 OF JANUARY
1, 2000.
WHEREAS, on the 25th day of October, 1999, the City Council of the City of Paris,
Paris, Texas, received a water and sewer rate study prepared by Navigant Consulting, Inc. with
certain fIndings 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 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 so that such shall read as
follows:
"Sec. 34-22. Water rates.
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"(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 used above the fIrst increment:
RESIDENTIAL CLASS
METER SIZE
Inches
BASE COST AND ADDITIONAL
CUBIC FOOT CHARGE
(Per Cubic Foot)
SERVICE IN
EXCESS OF BASE
(Per Cubic Foot)
5/8 through 3/4
I and Larger
$5.91 for first 200
$29.57 for first 1,000
$2.15 for each additional 100
$2, 15 for each additional 100
METER SIZE
Inches
5/8 through 3/4
1 through 2
Larger than 2
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CLASS
BASE COST
(Per Cubic Foot)
SERVICE IN
EXCESS OF BASE
(Per Cubic Foot)
$6.99 for fIrst 200
$29.57 for fIrst 1,000
$106.91 for first 3,000
$2,15 for each additional 100
$1. 70 for each additional 100
$1.70 for each additional 100
"( c) An optional charge for water furnished by the City, measured in cubic feet,
to customers serviced by meters greater than three (3) inches in size, the minimum
monthly charge of which is guaranteed by the customer for a minimum period of
one (1) year, is established as follows:
METER SIZE
(Inches)
4
6
8 and larger
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CLASS
BASE COST AND ADDITIONAL
CUBIC FOOT CHARGE
(Per Cubic Foot)
SERVICE IN
EXCESS OF BASE
(Per Cubic Foot)
$1,600.00 for fIrst 100,000
$2,375,00 for fIrst 150,000
$3,150.00 for fIrst 200,000
$1. 70 for each additional 100
$1. 70 for each additional 100
$1.70 for each additional 100"
Section 2. That Subsection (a) of Section 34-23 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Paris, Paris, Texas, be, and the same is hereby, amended so that such shall read as follows:
"Sec. 34-23. Sewer rates - For customers using City water.
"(a) Charges for sewer service furnished by the City to residential, commercial
and industrial customers shall be based upon customer class and meter size,
incorporating a base monthly cost for the first. increment of usage and a cost for
each additional one hundred (100) cubic feet above the fIrst increment, as follows:
METER SIZE
(Inches)
5/8 through 3/4
1 and Larger
RESIDENTIAL CLASS
BASE COST
(Per Cubic Foot)
SERVICE IN
EXCESS OF BASE
(Per Cubic Foot)
$6.31 for first 200
$34.89 for fIrst 1000
$3, 10 for each additional 100
$3.10 for each additional 100
COMMERCIAL/lNDUSTRIAL CLASS
METER SIZE
(Inches)
BASE COST
(Per Cubic Foot)
SERVICE IN
EXCESS OF BASE
(Per Cubic Foot)
5/8 through 3/4
1 through 2
Larger than 2
$9.39 for first 200
$29.07 for fIrst 1000
$54.74 for fIrst 2,000
$3.27 for each additional 100
$3.27 for each additional 100
$3.27 for each additional 100
" "
Section 3. That Subsection (a) of Section 34-28 of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Paris, Paris, Texas, be, and the same is hereby, amended so that such shall read as follows:
"Sec. 34-28. Deposit to assure payment.
"(a) Each purchaser or consumer of city water shall, at the time of making
application for water service, make a deposit, with the division, in the following
about:
"(1) Residential consumers and business or commercial users, wherein
water is not a part of their business operations, fifty dollars
($50.00).
"(2) Apartment houses, seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for the fIrst two (2)
units and thirty dollars ($30.00) for each additional unit, not to
exceed a total of seven hundred fIfty dollars ($750.00).
"(3) Convenience store with snack bars and/or fuel pumps and
greenhouse/nursery, one hundred dollars ($100.00).
"(4) Cafes, restaurants and other similar businesses, two hundred fifty
dollars ($250.00).
"(5) Car dealerships, service stations, and car washers, two hundred fIfty
dollars ($250.00).
"(6) Laundries and waste haulers, five hundred dollars ($500.00).
"(7) Fire plug meters, seven hundred dollars ($700.00) or current cost
of meter.
"(8) Nursing home/retirement home, tourist courts, hotels and motels,
seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00).
"(9) Any new account not falling within one of the categories defined
herein shall be required to provide a deposit in an amount
determined by the Director of Finance or his designee, considering
the size of the service connection, anticipated monthly water billing,
and other appropriate factors.
" "
Section 4. That the rates established in Sections 1, 2, and 3 above will be effective with
billings beginning January 1, 2000,
Section 5. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of
a Misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fIned in any sum not to exceed $2,000.00, and
each and every day's continuance of any violation of the above-enumerated section shall constitute
and be deemed a separate offense,
Section 6. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby expressly
repealed.
Section 7. This ordinance shall become effective on January 1,2000.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 13th day of December, 1999.
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