Ordinance No. 944ORDINANCE NO. 944
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 632, PASSED
BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN ON THE
14TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1961, WHICH ASSESSED A FEE
FOR SANITARY SEWER SERVICE AND PROVIDED FOR A ME-
THOD OF CHARGING AND COLLECTING SUCH FEE; ESTA-
BLISHING A FLAT RATE FEE FOR RESIDENTIAL USERS OF
SANITARY SEWER SERVICE AND A FEE BASED ON CONSUMP-
TION OF WATER FOR OTHER USERS; ASSESSING THE FEE,
AND PROVIDING A PROCEDURE AGAINST PERSONS WHO FAIL
TO PAY FOR SANITARY SEWER SERVICE; PROVIDING FOR
THE PAYMENT OF SEWER TAPPING FEES; REPEALING ORDI-
NANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; CONTAINING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BAYTOWN:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
Section 1: Ordinance No. 632 passed by the City
Council of the City of Baytown on the 14th day of September,
1961, is hereby repealed and all provisions thereof will
cease to have force and effect from and after the effective
date of this ordinance.
Section 2:
Sewer Service Charges:
a. Each single family dwelling individually me-
tered for the consumption of water shall be charged for and
owe each month a sewer service charge of $1.25.
b. Each commercial establishment, whether a single
unit individually metered for the consumption of water or a
combination of units jointly metered, shall be charged for
and owe each month a sanitary sewer service charge based upon:
(1) Consumption of water: The sewer
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 sewer service charge
based on amount of water consumed:
Gallons of Water
Used per Month
First 3,000
Next 97,000
Next 400,000
All over 500,000
Sewer Service Rate
To be Charged
$1.25 (minimum monthly rate)
(Cents per 1,000 gallons)
$ .10
.05
.03
C. The monthly sewer service charge for multi-
family dwelling projects, with units not individually me-
tered for water, will be determined by multiplying the rate
of $1.25 times the number of "occupied units" in the project
served by the meter as of the first day of the current month.
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 pro-
vided in "Annex A" the actual number of occupied units as of
the first day of the current month. This report must be re-
ceived by the City no later than the 10th day of the current
month.
d. The monthly sewer service charge for mobile
home parks shall be determined by multiplying the rate of
$1.25 times the actual number of rented spaces in the project
at the time the meter is read.
Section 3: That said charge or fee for such sani-
tary sewer service shall be and is hereby levied by the City of
Baytown against all owners, occupants, tenants and lessees
using or occupying a residence, dwelling, apartment, busi-
ness or other enterprise of whatsoever nature and description.
It is deemed necessary that this charge be levied in order
to provide and maintain proper sanitary sewer service essen-
tial to the preservation of public health and safety. If
the sewer service charge specified herein is not paid within
fifteen (15) days after same becomes due and payable, the City
reserves the right to cut off and discontinue water service
to such account, or to otherwise discontinue sewer service.
If the said charge is not paid within forty -five ( 4 5 ) days
after same becomes due and payable, the Utility Office Manager
shall cut off and discontinue water service to such account
and /or report the matter to the Director of Public Works for
the discontinuance of sewer service, provided, however, that
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the City Manager may authorize that water service and sewer
service be continued after an account is forty -five (45)
days delinquent if, in his opinion, a hardship exists which
justifies such continuance. Should sewer service be suspen-
ded, the City Health Officer shall be notified immediately
for appropriate action in accordance with the ordinances
and laws regulating sanitation.
Section 4: For convenience of collection, it is
provided that this charge shall be added to the monthly wa-
ter bills prepared and mailed by the City's Water Department,
and collection of said charge shall be made by that depart-
ment. The owner, occupant, tenant and lessee from which
water is so collected by the City shall pay the charge there-
for at the time of payment of the monthly water bill covering
service to such residence, dwelling, apartment, business
or other enterprise of whatsoever nature and description. After
such charge has been made, employees of the City shall not
accept payment of the monthly water bill from any such owner,
occupant, tenant and lessee without collecting the full amount
of said bill including the sanitary sewer service charge. Per-
sons not connected to the waterworks system and not owing
water service charges will be billed by the Water Department
for the sanitary sewer service charge.
Section 5: Sewer Tapping Fees: The following fees
shall be assessed and collected by the Water Department for
sewer taps:
1.
4
inch
sewer tap
$ 35.00
2.
6
inch
sewer tap
$ 50.00
3.
8
inch
sewer tap
$ 75.00
4.
10
inch
sewer tap
$150.00
All other taps and other special connections will be deter-
mined by the Utility Office Manager.
Section 6: All ordinances or parts of ordinances
inconsistent or in conflict with the terms of this ordinance
are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall
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be only to the extent of such inconsistency, and in all other
respects this ordinance shall be cumulative of other ordi-
nances regulating and governing the subject matter covered
by this ordinance.
Section 7: 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 appli-
cation to other persons or sets of circumstances, and to this
end all provisions of this ordinance are declared to be se-
verable.
.Section 8: That this ordinance shall take effect
from and after the lst
date more distant than
the City Council. The
give notice hereof by
to be published in the
Baytown at least twice
of this ordinance.
day of December, 1968, which is a
ten (10) days after its passage by
City Clerk is hereby directed to
::ausing the caption of this ordinance
official newspaper of the City of
within ten (10) days after the passage
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative
vote of the City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, on
this the G... day of' �� , , 1968.
Seaborn Cravey, Mayor
ATTEST:
Edna Oliver, City Clerk
APPROVED:
William R. Laughlin, City Attorney
"A N N B X All
utility Office Manager
City of Baytown
P. 0. Box 024
Baytown, Texas 77520
Dear Sir:
1 hereby certify that 1 am the owner (or manager) of a mt =- 2i-
fa_mily dwelling project located at Street, Baytown,
Texas. This project is known as the
(indicate the project's name, if applicable) . 1 hereby ca -
tifv 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. z understand that the information
hereby given is to be used by the City of Baytown in computing
the current month's sewer service charge for this project.
I also understand that this information must be received by
the City � Baytown ytown 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) .Tanager or Owner