Ordinance No. 2,738® ORDINANCE NO. 2738
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 31, "UTILITIES," OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN BY AMENDING
SECTION 31 -54, WATER DEPOSITS AND REFUNDS; AMENDING
SECTION 31 -55, WATER TAPPING FEES; AMENDING SECTION 31-
56, WATER RATES; ADDING A NEW SECTION 31 -61, SERVICE
CHARGE FOR WATER TURN ON; AMENDING SECTION 31 -6.5, SEWER
SERVICE CHARGE; AMENDING SECTION 31 -67, SEWER TAPPING
FEES; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION AND
EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN:
Section 1: That the Code of Ordinances of the City of
® Baytown, Texas is hereby amended by the amendment of Chapter
31, "Utilities," Article IV, Water Service, by the repeal of
subsection 31- 54(b), Water Deposits and Refunds, Section 31-
55, Water Tapping Fees, and subsection 31- 56(a), Water
Rates, as presently constituted and by substituting in their
place a new subsection 31- 54(b), a new Section 31 -55, and a
new subsection 31 -56(a) which shall read as follows:
Sec. 31 -54. Water deposits and refunds.
(b) Amount of deposits.
(1) Residential consumers occupying single family
dwelling houses shall be required to place on
deposit the amount of $20.00.
(2) Commercial water deposits shall be determined by
the utility office manager. This deposit is to be
generally comparable to two months water service
of commercial 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 $20.00 per unit.
Sec. .31 -55. Water tapping fees.
(a) The following fees shall be assessed and collected by
the water billing department for water taps:
(1) 3/4 inch water tap . . . . . . . . $215.00
(2 ) 1 inch water tap . . . . . . . . . $275.00
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® ORDINANCE NO. 2738
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 31, "UTILITIES," OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN BY AMENDING
SECTION 31 -54, WATER DEPOSITS AND REFUNDS; AMENDING
SECTION 31 -55, WATER TAPPING FEES; AMENDING SECTION 31-
56, WATER RATES; ADDING A NEW SECTION 31 -61, SERVICE
CHARGE FOR WATER TURN ON; AMENDING SECTION 31 -6.5, SEWER
SERVICE CHARGE; AMENDING SECTION 31 -67, SEWER TAPPING
FEES; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION AND
EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN:
Section 1: That the Code of Ordinances of the City of
® Baytown, Texas is hereby amended by the amendment of Chapter
31, "Utilities," Article IV, Water Service, by the repeal of
subsection 31- 54(b), Water Deposits and Refunds, Section 31-
55, Water Tapping Fees, and subsection 31- 56(a), Water
Rates, as presently constituted and by substituting in their
place a new subsection 31- 54(b), a new Section 31 -55, and a
new subsection 31 -56(a) which shall read as follows:
Sec. 31 -54. Water deposits and refunds.
(b) Amount of deposits.
(1) Residential consumers occupying single family
dwelling houses shall be required to place on
deposit the amount of $20.00.
(2) Commercial water deposits shall be determined by
the utility office manager. This deposit is to be
generally comparable to two months water service
of commercial 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 $20.00 per unit.
Sec. .31 -55. Water tapping fees.
(a) The following fees shall be assessed and collected by
the water billing department for water taps:
(1) 3/4 inch water tap . . . . . . . . $215.00
(2 ) 1 inch water tap . . . . . . . . . $275.00
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(b) All other taps and other special water connections
shall be made at actual cost as determined by the Utility
Office Manager with consultation of Director of Public Works
or his designee.
Sec. 31 -56. Water rates.
(a) Basic rate schedule. Except as hereinafter provided,
each residential and commercial user of water situated
within the corporate limits of the City of Baytown and
supplied with water service by the City of Baytown shall be
charged a monthly water. service charge based upon the amount
of water consumption attributed to the user, as determined
herein, and applied to the following rate schedule:
Gallons of water
used.per month
Amount or rate
to be charged
First 2,000 $3.50 (Minimum Mon.th.ly rate)
Next 3,000 $0.75 per 1,000 gallons
Next 10,000 $0.70 per 1,000 gallons
All over.15,000 $0.65 per 1,000 gallons
Any user or.customer who.does not pay the amount due
by the due date indicated on his statement shall be charged
a penalty, as hereinafter provided.
Section 2: That the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Baytown is hereby amended by the amendment of Chapter 31,
"Utilities," Article IV, Water Service, by the addition of a
new Section 31 -61, Service Charge for Water Turn On, which
shall read as follows:
Sec. 31 -61. Service charge for water turn on.
If the City turns on a customer's water service at the
request of the customer, he will be charged a service charge
of $5.00. When a reconnection charge under Section 31 -59 of
this article is applicable, this section shall not apply. .
Section 3: That the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Baytown is hereby amended by the amendment of Chapter 31,
"Utilities," Article V, Sewer Service, by the repeal of
Section 31 -65, Sewer Service Charge, and by the repeal of
subsection 31- 67(a), Sewer Tapping Fees, as presently constituted,
and by the addition.of a new Section 31 -65 and a new subsection
31 -67(a) which shall read as follows:
Sec. 31 -65. Sewer service charge.
A. Residential dwelling units.
(1) Individually metered for water consumption: Each
residential dwelling unit individually metered and
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billed for the consumption of water-shall be charged
® for and owe each month a sewer service charge based
upon the consumption of water attributed to it as
determined by the provisions of this Code relating to
water charges, applied to the following rates:
Gallons of water Sewer service rate
used per month to be charged
First 3,000 gallons $3.50 (minimum monthly rate)
Thereafter $0.40 per 1,000 gallons
(2) Jointly metered for water consumption: Multi- family
dwelling unit projects not individually metered for
water shall be charged for and owe each month a
sanitary sewer charge based upon/consumption of water
attributed to it as determined by the provisions of
the Code relating to water charges applied to the
following rates:
Gallons of water
used for month
First 3,000 gallons times
the number of occupied
units
Excess of 3,000 gallons
times the number of
occupied units
Sewer service rate
to be charged
$3.50 (minimum monthly rate)
times the number of occupied
units
$0.40 per 1,000 gallons
(a) 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.
B. Commercial units.
Each commercial unit.shall be charged for and owe each
month a sanitary sewer service charge based upon the consumption
of water attributed to it, applied to the following rate
schedule:
Gallons of water Sewer service rate
used per month to be charged
First 3,000 gallons
Thereafter
C. Mobile home parks.
$3.50 (minimum monthly rate)
$0.40 per 1,000 gallons
Mobile home parks shall be charged for and owe each a
sanitary. sewer service charge based upon consumption of
water attributed to it as determined.by the provisions of
this Code relating to water charges applied to the following
rates:
Gallons of water
used per month
First 3,000 gallons times
the number of occupied
spaces
Excess of 3,000 gallons
times the number of
occupied spaces
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Sewer service rate
to be charged
$3.50 (minimum monthly rate)
times the number of occupied
spaces
$0.40 per 1,000 gallons
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(a) Occupied spaces in the project shall be taken to be
the total number of spaces in the project, unless the
project manager shall report to the city on the form
provided in Annex "A" the actual number of occupied
spaces.
"ANNEX A"
Utility Office Manager
City of Baytown
P. 0. 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 certify that the aforementioned project has
(number,) units. I further certify that as of the first day
of the current calendar.month, there were (number)
occupied 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 sewer 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
Sec. 31 -67. Sewer tapping fees.
® (a) The water billing department shall assess and collect
a one - hundred forty dollar ($140.00) sewer tap fee for each
and every 4 -inch sewer tap. All other types (6 inches and
larger.) and other special connections shall be made at
estimated actual cost as determined by the Utility Office
Manager with consultation of the Director of Public Works or
his designee.
Section 4: 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 matter covered by this
® ordinance.
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® Section 5: If any provision, section, exception, sub-
section, 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'valid-
ity 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.
Section 6: This ordinance shall take effect from and
after ten (10) days from its passage by the City Council,
except for the provisions of this ordinance relating to
water service charges (Sec. 31 -56 as amended herein) and
sewer service charges (Sec. 31 -65 as amended herein) which
shall become effective with billings showing service for the
month of October, 1979. 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, this the 27th
day of September , 1979.
0. HU T , Mayor
ATTEST:
- EILEEN P. HALL, C.'ty. Clerk
APPROVED:
® SCOTT BOUNDS, City:Attorney
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