2004-019-ORD PROVIDING CODE OF ORDINANCES BE AMENDED BY REVISING SUBSECTIONS (b) AND (c) OF SECTION 34-22 OF SAID CODE
ORDINANCE NO. 2004-019
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; REVISING
SUBSECTION (a) OF SECTION 34-23 TO ESTABLISH A SEWER SERVICE
RATE FOR CITY WATER CUSTOMERS; REVISING SUBSECTION (a) OF
SECTION 34-29 OF SAID CODE TO ESTABLISH A DELINQUENCY FEE;
REVISING SUBSECTION (a) OF SECTION 34-30 OF SAID CODE TO
REFERENCE A SERVICE FEE; ADOYfING A NEW SECTION 34-33 TO
SAID CODE, ENTITLED SPECIAL SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS, TO
AUTHORIZE THE WATER BILLING OFFICE MANAGER OR THE
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, AT THEIR DISCRETION, AND UNDER
CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN SPECIAL
SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS; 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 14th day of June, 2004, 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 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 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 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 or portion of one hundred (100) cubic feet
used above the first increment:
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have paid the delinquent water and sewer bill in full, together with a service fee of
ten dollars ($10). It shall be unlawful for any person, other than a duly authorized
employee of the City, to reconnect such service.
"
Section 6. That Article II of Chapter 34 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris,
Paris, Texas shall be and the same is hereby, amended to add a new Section 34-33, entitled Special
Service Arrangements, to read as follows:
"Sec. 34-33. Special service arrangements.
"The Water Billing Office Manager or the Director of Finance may, at their
discretion and when justified by appropriate circumstances, authorize the following
special service arrangements:
"(a) A customer with an active, non-delinquent account may be permitted to
have a second water connection at a separate service location for a period of time
not to exceed ten (10) days for the purposes of cleaning or repairing the second
location without being required to post a second water deposit. Before such special
arrangements may be made, the water customer must make a request for such
arrangement in writing to the Water Billing Office Manager or the Director of
Finance. If such a request is authorized, the additional ten (10) day period of
service at the separate location shall constitute a separate billing period, subject to
all minimum billing provisions and an additional service fee of twenty dollars
($20.00).
"(b) With the prior approval of the Water Billing Office Manager or the Director
of Finance, water service may be provided for a six (6) hour period for the purpose
of a third party inspection required in the sale or the purchase of a home, provided
a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) is paid in advance.
"(c) With the prior approval of the Water Billing Office Manager or the Director
of Finance, a customer with an active non-delinquent account may be allowed to
transfer to a new address with utility service while continuing service at the former
address for a period of time not to exceed ten (10) days without having to post a
second water deposit. The ten (10) day period of continued service at the former
address authorized herein shall be considered a separate billing period, subject to
all minimum billing provisions if the ten (10) day period runs past the regularly
scheduled billing period for the former address. "
Section 7. That the rates established in Sections 2 and 3 above shall be effective with
billings beginning August 1, 2004.
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Section 8. That 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 this ordinance shall constitute and be deemed
a separate offense.
Section 9. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby
expressly repealed.
Section 10. That this ordinance shall become effective on August 1, 2004.
PASSED AND ADOYfED this 12th day of July, 2004.
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ATTEST:
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Sherian Dixon. Assistant City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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