85-051 ORD PROVIDING CODE OF ORDINANCES BE AMENDED BY REVISING SECTION 31-18 OF SAID CODE TO INCREASE WATER RATES AND ESTABLISH READINES TO SERVE FEE
ORDINANCE N0. $5-051
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS,
PROVIDING THAT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF PARIS, BE
AMENDED BY REVISING SECTION 31-18 OF SAID CODE TO INCREASE
THE WATER RATES AND TO ESTABLISH A READINESS TO SERVE FEE,
PROVIDING FOR NO FEE FOR WATER TAP FOR STANDBY FIRE PRO-
TECTION AND ELIMINATING THE FIXED RAW WATER FEE AND
PROVIDING FOR SUCH RATE TO BE ESTABLISHED BY CONTRACT; BY
REVISING SECTION 31-19 ESTABLISHING THE SEWER SERVICE RATE
FOR CITY WATER CUSTOMERS AT 80% OF THE MONTHLY CHARGE FOR
READINESS TO SERVE AND WATER SERVICE, ESTABLISHING AN UPPER
LIMIT FOR SINGLE FAMILY AND RESIDENCE CUSTOMERS AT $20.00,
INCREASING THE COST TO USERS DISCHARGING OVERSTRENGTH SEWER;
AND REQUIRING THE ANNUAL RECALCULATION OF SAID CHARGES; BY
REVISING SECTION 31-20 TO INCREASE THE SEWER CHARGE TO
CUSTOMERS WHO ARE NOT CITY WATER CUSTOMERS TO $20.00; BY
REVISING SECTION 31-25(a) BY PROVIDING FOR A FIVE (5) DAY
NOTICE PRIOR TO CUTOFF FOR DELINQUENCY, BY REVISING SECTION
31-26 TO PROVIDE FOR DISCONTINUANCE OF WATER SERVICE FOR
FAILURE TO PAY BILL AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF TWENTY-ONE (21)
DAYS FOLLOWING THE BILLING DATE AND THE RECEIPT OF FIVE (5)
DAYS WRITTEN NOTICE OF SAID DELINQUENCY, BY REVISING SECTION
31-91(g) PROVIDING THAT CHARGE RATES FOR EXCESSIVE SURCHARGE
WILL BE AS STATED IN SECTION 31-19 OF THE CODE OF ORDI-
NANCES; BY REVISING SECTION 31-91(k)(2) CHANGING THE EFFEC-
TIVE DATE OF RECALCULATED SURCHARGES FROM SEPTEMBER 1 TO
OCTOBER 1 OR THE EFFECTIVE DATE AS SET BY THE CITY COUNCIL,
WHICHEVER OCCURS FIRST; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY NOT TO
EXCEED $200.00; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDI-
NANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE OF OCTOBER 1, 1985.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PARIS:
Section l. That Section 31-18 of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be amended so
that such shall read as follows:
"Sec. 31-18. Water Rates.
(a) Charges for water furnished by the city
are hereby fixed at the following rates per cubic
foot per month for both domestic and commercial
users as registered by the users water meter:
Cubic Feet of Water Used Rate
per Month
First 200 . . . . . . . . . . . $1. 68 , per 100 c . f .
Next 400 . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 44 , per 100 c . f .
Next 1900 . . . . . . . . . . . 1.14, per 100 c.f.
Next 17,500 . . . . . . . . . . 0.96, per 100 c.f.
Next 80,000 . . . . . . . . . . 0.68, per 100 c.f.
Next 200,000 . . . . . . . . . 0.52, per 100 c.f.
All over 300,000 0.46, per 100 c.f.
(b) The following readiness to serve charges
shall be made each month for each customer of the
city, based on the size meter or tap, as follows:
Meter or Tap Sizes
(inches) Minimum Bill
5/8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2.15
3/4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.00
1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00
12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.00
2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.00
3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.00
4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.00
6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.00
8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 . 00
10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375.00
12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 . 00
14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675 . 00
16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825 . 00
18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,025.00
20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,300.00
(c) A water tap used solely for stand-by
fire protection for a water sprinkler system,
where no water is used or consumed from such tap
for purposes other than fire protection, no
readiness to serve charge shall be made under
subsection (b) hereof.
(d) Charges for raw water, either pumped or
taken direct from the source, shall be fixed by
contract authorized by the city council of the
City of Faris.
Section 2. That Section 31-19 of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be amended so
that such shall read as follows:
"Sec. 31-19. Sewer Rates - For customers
using city water.
(a) Charges for sewer service furnished
by the city to domestic and commercial
customers who are also users of city water
are hereby tixed at eighty (80) per cent of
the monthly charge for readiness to serve and
water used, such use to be as registered by
the user's water meter.
(b) The charge for sewer service for a
single-family residence shall not exceed
twenty dollars ($20.00) per month, regardless
of inetered water consumption and total
monthly bill.
(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 BOD; two hundred
fifty (250) parts per million of suspended
solids, or thirty (30) parts per million of
ammonia, 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
one dollar fifty-one and nine tenths cents
($1.519) per one million (1,000,000) gallons
of sewage flow for each one part per million
in excess of the allowable BOD; one dollar
thirty-three and nine tenths cents ($1.339)
per one million (1,000,000) gallons of sewage
flow for each one part per million in excess
of the allowable suspended solids and four
dollars eighty-nine and one tenths cents
($4.891) per one million (1,000,000) gallons
of sewage flow for each one part per million
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 will be recalculated immedi-
ately after the adoption of the annual
budget, using the amount budgeted as cost and
actual operational characteristics for the
most recently completed twelve (12) month
period for plant loading. Such rates shall
become effective when adopted by the city
council or on October 1, whichever occurs
first."
Section 3. That Section 31-20 of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be amended so
that such shall read as follows:
"Sec. 31-20. Same - For customers not using
city water.
Single-family residence sewerage cus-
tomers, who are not also water customers of
the city, shall pay a flat rate charge of
twenty dollars (520.00) per month for
sewerage service. All other sewerage cus-
tomers, who are not also water users of the
city, shall pay a flat monthly rate to be
determined by the city manager."
Section 4. That sub-paragraph (a) of Section 31-25
of the Code of Ordirtances of the City of Paris, Paris,
Texas, be amended so that such shall read as follows:
"Sec. 31-25. Billing; when and where payable.
(a) The division shall render bills for readiness
to serve and water service or for sewer service
furnished by the City of Paris to any person, firm
or corporation on a monthly basis, with such
billing being rendered on or about the same day
each month. Bills a.nd accounts shall be due and
payable on or before the 21st day following the
billing date and shall become delinquent on the
22nd day after said billing date."
Section 5. That Section 31-26 of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be
amended so that such shall read as follows:
"Sec. 31-26. Discontinuance of water
service for failure to pay.
If any person shall fail to pay the bill
for readiness to serve and water service or
for sewer service rendered to such person by
the city before the expiration of twenty-one
(21) days following the billing dare, the
water service of such person may be discon-
tinued after such person has received at
least five (5) days written notice that they
are subject to termination of service, which
notice shall include their right to a hearing
concerning the same, such service may be
terminated and shall not again be resumed
until such person shall have paid the delin-
quent water and sewer bill in full, together
with the reconnection fee as required by
Section 31-29 of this Chapter. It shall be
unlawful for any person other than a duly
authorized employee of the city, to reconnect
such service."
Section 6. That subparagraph (g) of Section 31-91
of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Paris,
Texas, be amended by deleting the remainder of the paragraph
appearing after "CHARGE RATES FOR EXCESSIVE SURCHARGE" and
adding thPreunder "excessive strength surcharge rates are
established in Section 31-19 of this Chapter."
Section 7. That subparagraph (2) of paragraph (k)
of Section 31-91 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Paris, Paris, Texas, be amended so that such shall read as
follows:
"(k) Total surcharges:
(2) Excessive strength surcharge
rates will be calculated immediately
after the adoption of the annual budget
using the amount budgeted as cost and
actual operational characteristics for
the most recent completed twelve (12)
month period for plant loading. Such
rates shall become effective when
adopted by the city council or on
October 1 annually, whichever occurs
first."
Section 8. Any person violating any of the pro-
visions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a Class "C"
Misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum
not to exceed $200.00, and each and every day's continuance
of any violation of the above enumerated section shall
constitute and be deemed a separate offense.
Section 9. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith are herPby expressly repealed.
Section 10. This ordinance shall become effective on
October 1, 1985.
Passed and adopted this 9th day of September, 1985.
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Ge rgP is er, J., Mayor
ATTEST:
1.
Mattie Cunningham, City C er
APPROVED AS TO F0RM :
T. K. Haynes, City Attorney