Ordinance No. 943ORDINANCE NO. 943
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT AND REFUND OF
WATER SERVICE DEPOSITS; PROVIDING FOR THE PAY-
MENT OF WATER TAPPING FEES; PRESCRIBING CERTAIN
RATES TO BE CHARGED BY THE CITY FOR WATER SUP-
PLIED BY THE CITY AND CONSUMED OR USED BY PER-
SONS IN SAID CITY; PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN PROCE-
DURES AND CHARGES AGAINST PERSONS WHO FAIL TO PAY
FOR WATER SERVICES OR WHO DAMAGE CITY PROPERTY
USED FOR WATER DISTRIBUTION OR WHO VIOLATE ANY
LAW OR REGULATION PERTAINING TO WATER SERVICE;
REPEALING ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; CON-
TAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PRESCRIBING A MAXIMUM
PENALTY OF TWO HUNDRED ($200.00) DOLLARS; AND
PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE
HEREOF.
BAYTOWN:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
Section 1: Water Deposits and Refunds: When-
ever a consumer desires to establish service with the Water
Department, he shall tender to such department, at least one
day prior to the time he desires his premises to be connected
with said water services, the proper deposit. Deposits will
be refunded upon termination of service provided the consumer
has fully satisfied all charges due the City.
Such deposits shall be as follows:
1. Residential consumers occupying single
family dwelling houses shall be required
to place on deposit the amount of $10.00.
2. Commercial water deposits shall be de-
termined by the Utility Office Manager.
This deposit is to be generally compara-
ble to two months water service of com-
mercial businesses similar to the applicant.
3. Deposits for apartment houses, mobile
parks or other multi- family dwelling
projects shall be determined by the
Utility Office Manager, but shall not
be less than $3.00 per unit with a mini-
mum deposit of $20.00.
Section 2: Water Tapping Fees: The following fees
shall be assessed and collected by the Water Department for
water taps:
1. 3/4 inch water tap $ 75.00
2. 1 inch water tap $150.00
3. 1 1/2 inch water tap $275.00
All other taps and other special water connections will be
determined by the Utility Office Manager after consultation
with the City Engineer.
Section 3: Water Service Charges:
a. Each single family dwelling individually me-
tered for the consumption of water shall be charged for and
owe each month a water service charge to the City of Baytown
based upon:
(1) Consumption of water: The water
service charge will be determined
by applying the actual monthly
water meter reading to the rate
schedule listed below;
(2) The following rate schedule, which
specifies the water service charge
based on amount of water consumed:
Gallons of Water
Used 2er Month
First 3,000
Next 3,000
Next 10,000
All over 16,000
Amount or Rate
To be Charged_
$2.00 (minimum monthly rate)
(Cents per 1,000 gallons)
$ .45
.35
.30
b. The monthly water service charge for multi-
family dwelling projects, with units not individually me-
tered for water, will be determined as follows:
(1) The total monthly water consump-
tion for the project will be divi-
ded by the number of "occupied units"
in the project served by the meter as
of the first day of the current month
to determine the per -unit water con-
sumption. The number of "occupied
units" in the project shall be taken
to be the total number of units in
the project unless the project manager
shall report to the City on the form
provided in "Annex A" the actual
number of occupied units as of the
first day of the current month. This
report must be received by the City
no later than the 10th day of the
current month.
(2) The per -unit water consumption will
determine the applicable charge for
each occupied unit based upon the
schedule provided in Sub - section a;
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(3) The applicable water service charge
for each occupied unit will be mul-
tiplied by the number of occupied
units in the project served by the
meter to determine the monthly wa-
ter service charge for the entire
project.
c. The monthly water service charge for mobile
home parks shall be determined as follows:
(1) The total monthly water consumption
for the project will be divided
by the actual number of rented
spaces served by the meter at the
time the meter is read to determine
the per -unit water consumption;
(2) The per -unit water consumption will
determine the applicable water ser-
vice charge for each rented space
based upon the schedule provided in
Sub - section a;
(3) The applicable charge for each rented
space will be multiplied by the ac-
tual number of rented spaces in the
project served by the meter to deter-
mine the monthly water service charge
for the project.
d. The monthly water service charge for commercial
establishments, whether a single unit individually metered
or a combination of units jointly metered, shall be the ap-
plicable charge indicated in Sub - section a based upon the
total consumption indicated by the meter reading.
Section 4: No connections for flat -rate service
shall hereafter be allowed by the waterworks system of the
City of Baytown, and it is herein specifically provided that
every single family dwelling house hereafter constructed in
the City shall be separately metered for water service. The
provisions of this section shall apply to the remodeling or
altering of any existing house, garage, or other building
where an additional family dwelling or dwellings are to be
added, or where the cost of such remodeling or alteration ex-
ceeds fifty (50%) percent of the original cost of such house
or building. Each commercial establishment shall be indivi-
dually metered for water service, except as approved by the
Utility Office Manager.
Section 5: Meters shall be read monthly and each
customer shall be billed monthly. if a water account is not
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paid within fifteen (15) days after same becomes due and
payable, the City reserves the right, as provided in section 6
to cut off and discontinue water service to such account. If
a water account is not paid within forty -five (45) days after
same becomes due and payable, the Utility office Manager shall
cut off and discontinue water service to such account; pro-
vided, however, that the City Manager may authorize that wa-
ter service be continued after an account is forty -five (45)
days delinquent if, in his opinion, a hardship exists which
justifies such continuance.
Section 6: Procedures and remedies for non-payment
of water bills and violations of City
ordinances:
a. If any person shall refuse or neglect to pay
the charges for water service within fifteen
(15) days after becoming due, or permit any
waste or use of water contrary to the pro -
:4 visions of law, the City reserves the right
to cut off and discontinue water service un-
til all past due charges have been paid and
any required deposit has been made and fur-
ther until any and all objectionable condi-
tions pertaining to the waste or use of wa-
ter have been corrected to the satisfaction
of the Director of Finance.
b. If the water meter has been turned off for
non - payment of charges for water services,
and it is turned on again by anyone other
than authorized personnel of the Water De-
partment, or when, in the opinion of the
Utility Office Manager, the turning off of
the water at the cur's stop and /or removal
of the meter and /or tiie locking of the
curb stop is not sufficient protection for
the City against the use of water, waste
or misuse of water, the utility Office
Manager may cause the water to be off and /or
the service line to be cut and pugged, and
upon a re- application for water sE_rvice,
the cost of re- connecting the service will
be charged to the customer plus an additional
service fee of $10.00.
C. In cases where the water meter '--.as been
turned off for non- payment of charges for
water or sanitary sewer services, and the
customer has complied with the requirements
of the City and is entitled to have the
water turned on again, the following re-
connection charges will be made, as applicable:
If the service is to be re- connected at
the customer's request between the hours
of 8:00 o'clock a.m. and 5:00 o'clock p.m.
of any week day from Monday through Friday,
(except holidays authorized by City Council
for City employees) the charge will be $4.00.
If the customer requests that service be re-
connected at any other time than that sta-
ted above, the charge will be $7.50.
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d. Should any person gave the City a check
in payment of water services which is
not honored by the drawee bank for any
reason, an additional charge of $1.00
shall be charged to the person giving
such check.
6. Should any person damage or destroy any
City property used for measuring or dis-
tributing water, the Director of Finance
shall collect from such person a sum of
money equal to such destroyed or damaged
property, but in no event less than $10.00.
Any or all of the foregoing charges and fees may be inclu-
ded in regular or special billing of the City Grater Depart-
ment and shall be in addition to all other charges, fees or
penalties provided by this ordinance.
Section 7• Penalty: Any person, firm or cor-
poration violating any provisions of this ordinance or
failing to observe any provisions hereof shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined
in any sum of not more than Two Hundred ($200.00) Dollars.
Section $; Repealing Clause: All ordinances
or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the terms of this
ordinance are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such
repeal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency,
and in all other respects this ordinance shall be cumulative
of other ordinances regulating and governing the subject mat-
ter covered by this ordinance.
Section 9:
Savings Clause: if any provision,
exception, section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause
or phrase of this ordinance or the application of same to
any person or set of circumstances, shall for any reason be
held unconstitutional, void or invalid, such invalidity shall
not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this
ordinance or their application to other persons or sets of
circumstances and to this end all provisions of this ordinance
are declared to be severable.
Sectionl0: Effective Date: This ordinance shall
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take effect from and after the lst day of December, 1968, which
is a date more distant than ten (10) days after its passage
by the City Council. The City Clerk is hereby directed to
give notice hereof by causing the caption of this ordinance
to be published in the official newspaper of the City of
Baytown at least twice within ten (10) days after the passage
of this ordinance.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote
of the City Council of the City of Baytown, on this the
day ofj� ��, 1968.
Seaborn Cravey, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Edna Oliver, City Clerk
APPROVED:
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William R. Laughlin, City ttorney
"A N N E X All
Utility Office Manager
City of Baytown
P. O. Box 424
Baytown, Texas 77520
Dear Sir:
I hereby certify that I am the owner (or manager) of a multi-
family dwelling project located at Street, Baytown,
Texas. This project is known as the
(indicate the project's name, if applicable). I hereby cer-
tify that the aforementioned project has (number)
units. i further certify that as of the first day of the
current calendar month, there were (number) oc-
cupied units in the project, and that there were
(number) unoccupied units. I understand that the information
hereby given is to be used by the City of Baytown in computing
the current month's water service charge for this project.
I also understand that this information must be received by
the City of Baytown no later than the 10th day of each month
in order to be considered. I further understand that the
information hereby given may be verified at any time upon
the request of the Utility Office Manager of the City of
Baytown.
Signature Manager or Owner