2003-024-ORD PROVIDING CODE OF ORDINANCES BE AMENDED BY REVISING SUBSECTIONS (b) AND (c) OF SECTION 34-22 OF SAID CODE
ORDINANCE NO.
2003-024
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 SUBSECTIONS (b) AND (c) 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; BY REVISING
SUBSECTIONS (a), (b), AND (c) OF SECTION 34-23 TO ESTABLISH A
SEWER SERVICE RATE FOR CITY WATER CUSTOMERS; 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 17th day of March, 2003, the City Council of the City of Paris, Paris,
Texas, received a water and sewer rate study prepared by Reed, Stowe & Yanke, 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 so that such shall 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)
5/8 through 3/4
1 and Larger
METER SIZE
(Inches)
5/8 through 3/4
1 through 2
Larger than 2
RESIDENTIAL CLASS
BASE COST FOR FIRST
INCREMENI'
(In Cubic Feet)
SERVICE IN
EXCESS OF BASE
(For Each AdditioTUlllOO Cubic Feet)
$7.00 for first 200
$34.00 for first 1,000
$2.45
$2.45
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRlAL CLASS
BASE COST FOR FIRST
INCREMENI'
(In Cubic Feet)
SERVICE IN
EXCESS OF BASE
(For Each Additio1UlllOO Cubic Feet)
$8.50 for first 200
$34.00 for first 1,000
$120.00 for frrst 3,000
$2.45
$2.00
$2.00
"(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/INDUSTRlAL CLASS
BASE COST FOR FIRST
INCREMENI'
(In Cubic Feet)
SERVICE IN
EXCESS OF BASE
(For Each Additio1UlllOO Cubic Feet)
$2,000.00 for frrst 100,000
$3,000.00 for first 150,000
$4,000.00 for first 200,000
$2.00
$2.00
$2.00"
Section 3. That Subsections (a), (b), and (c) of Section 34-23 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.34-23. 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 frrst increment of usage and a cost for
each additional one hundred (100) cubic feet or portion of one hundred (100) cubic
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feet above the fIrst increment, as follows:
METER SIZE
(Inches)
5/8 through 3/4
1 and Larger
METER SIZE
(Inches)
5/8 through 3/4
1 through 2
Larger than 2
RESIDENTIAL CLASS
BASE COST FOR FIRST
INCREMENI'
In Cubic Feet)
$7.50 for fIrst 200
$36.00 for first 1000
SERVICE IN
EXCESS OF BASE
(For Each Additional 100 Cubic Feet)
$3.25
$3.25
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CLASS
BASE COST FOR FIRST
INCREMENI'
(In Cubic Feet)
$10.50 for first 200
$36.00 for first 1000
$62.00 for first 2,000
SERVICE IN
EXCESS OF BASE
(For Each Additional 100 Cubic Feet)
$3.40
$3.40
$3.40
"(b) Monthly residential customers' wastewater volume for purposes of assessing
the sewer charge shall be based upon one hundred (100) percent of the actual
metered potable water consumption averaged for the preceding November, January ,
and February consumption, which shall be known as the "flat winter average." If
no historical water consumption data is available for a customer, that customer's
wastewater volume shall be based upon the flat winter average for the residential
class.
"Monthly commercial and industrial customers I wastewater volume shall be based
upon one hundred (100) percent of the actual metered potable water consumption,
except those customers whose wastewater is metered, and their volume shall be
based upon one hundred (100) percent of the metered wastewater. The former
shall be billed for one hundred (100) percent of the metered potable water and the
latter shall be billed for one hundred (100) percent of the metered wastewater."
" ( c) Users desiring to discharge sewage into the City's sewerage system, the
strength of which sewage exceeds two hundred fIfty (250) parts per million
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD), two hundred fIfty (250) parts per million of
Total Suspended Solids, (TSS), or thirty (30) parts per million of ammonia (NH3),
and which is acceptable under Article III of this chapter, may do so upon written
permission of the City and by paying a monthly treatment charge in the amount of
sixty-fIve cents ($0.65) per pound of Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) in
excess of the allowable Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD); thirty-four cents
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($0.34) per pound of Total Suspended Solids (TSS) in excess of the allowable Total
Suspended Solids (TSS); and forty-seven cents ($0.47) per pound of ammonia
(NH3) in excess of the allowable ammonia strength. The City shall make the
necessary tests of the user's sewage strength to determine this charge. The charge
prescribed by this subsection shall be in addition to the charges prescribed in
subsection (a) hereof. The above described excessive strength surcharge rates may
be recalculated immediately after the adoption of the annual budget, using the
amount budgeted as cost and actual operational characteristics for the most recently
completed twelve-month period for plant loading. Such recalculated rates shall
become effective when adopted by the City Council or on September 1, whichever
occurs frrst."
Section 4. That the rates established in Sections 2 and 3 above will be effective with
billings beginning July 1, 2003.
Section 5. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of
a Misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fmed 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 July 1, 2003.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of June, 2003.
Qd;:
ATTEST:
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Mattie' Cunningham, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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