2005-017-ORD PROVIDING CODE OF ORDINANCES BE AMENDED BY REVISING SUBSECTION (b) OF SECTION 34-22 OF SAID ORDINANCE
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:
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METER SIZE
(Inches)
3/4 or less
1 and Larger
METER SIZE
(Inches)
3/4 or less
1 through 2
3
4
6
8 and larger
RESIDENTIAL CLASS
BASE COST FOR FIRST
INCREMENT
(In Cubic Feet)
$ 8.00 for fIrst 200
$39.00 for fIrst 1,000
SERVICE IN
EXCESS OF BASE
(For Each Additional 100 Cubic Feet)
$2.70
$2.70
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CLASS
BASE COST FOR FIRST
INCREMENT
(In Cubic Feet)
$ 9.75 for fIrst 200
$ 39.00 for first 1,000
$140.00 for fIrst 3,000
$2,300.00 for fIrst 100,000
$3,450.00 for fIrst 150,000
$4,600.00 for fIrst 200,000
SERVICE IN
EXCESS OF BASE
(For Each Additional 100 Cubic Feet)
$ 2.70
$ 2.21
$ 2.21
$ 2.21
$2.21
$ 2.21"
Section 3. 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 to raise the rates for sewer service,
to 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 fust increment of usage and a cost for
each additional one hundred (100) cubic feet or portion of one hundred (100)
cubic feet above the fIrst increment, as follows:
METER SIZE
(Inches)
3/4 or less
1 and Larger
RESIDENTIAL CLASS
BASE COST FOR FIRST
INCREMENT
In Cubic Feet)
$ 9.00 for fust 200
$42.00 for fust 1000
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SERVICE IN
EXCESS OF BASE
(For Each Additional 100 Cubic Feet)
$ 3.64
$3.64
COMMERCIAVINDUSTRIAL CLASS
METER SIZE
(Inches)
BASE COST FOR FIRST
INCREMENT
(In Cubic Feet)
SERVICE IN
EXCESS OF BASE
(For EochAdditiona/ 100 Cubic Feet)
3/4 or less
1 through 2
Larger than 2
$ 12.00 for fIrst 200
$ 42.00 for fIrst 1000
$ 84.00 for fIrst 2,000
$ 3.80
$ 3.80
$ 3.80"
Section 4. That Section 34-28 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Paris,
Texas, be, and the same is hereby, amended to raise the deposit for residential water, sewer,
and/or garbage service, to read as follows:
"Sec. 34-28 Deposit to assure payment.
(a) Each purchaser, consumer, or customer of City water, City sewer, or City
residential garbage collection service, as such services are provided by the City
under its Code of Ordinances, shall, at the time of making application for such
water, sewer, or garbage service, make a deposit, with the City, in the following
amount:
(1) Residential consumers and customers of City water, sewer, and/or
garbage service (indudingtransferred accounts), one hundred fIfty
dollars ($150.00).
(2) Business or commercial users, wherein water is not a part of their
business operations, fIfty dollars ($50.00).
(3) Apartment houses, seventy-fIve dollars ($75.00) for the fIrst two
units and thirty dollars ($30.00) for each additional unit, not to
exceed a total of seven hundred fIfty dollars ($750.00).
(4) Convenience store with snack bars and/or fuel pumps and
greenhouse/nursery, one hundred dollars ($100.00).
(5) Cafes, restaurants, and other similar businesses, two hundred fIfty
dollars ($250.00).
(6) Car dealerships, service stations, and car washers, two hundred
fIfty dollars ($250.00).
(7) Laundries and waste haulers, fIve hundred dollars ($500.00).
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(8) Fire plug meters, seven hundred dollars ($700.00) or current cost of
meter.
(9) Nursing home/retirement home, tourist courts, hotels and motels,
seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00).
(10) Any new account or current account requiring special attention or not
falling within one of the categories defmed 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 water billing, prior history of prompt payment
of City accounts, outstanding delinquencies on City accounts, and
other appropriate factors.
(b) The charges for water service, sewer service, and residential garbage service
established by this Article shall be chargeable as a lien and a legal charge against the
deposit made pursuant to this Section. In addition, any extraordinary charges
incurred by the City associated with the customer's water, sewer, or residential
garbage account shall be chargeable against the deposit made pursuant to this
Section. "
Section 5 That the rates established in Sections 2 and 3 above shall be effective with billings
beginning July 1,2005.
Section 6. That any person violating any ofthe provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty
ofaMisdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined in any sum notto exceed $2,000.00, and each
and every day's continuance of any violation of this ordinance shall constitute and be deemed a
separate offense.
Section 7. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby
expressly repealed.
Section 8. That this ordinance shall become effective on June 1, 2005.
Mayor
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PASSED AND ADOPTED this 18th day of May , 2005.
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