Ordinance No. 6,777930923 -4
ORDINANCE NO. 6777
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, AMENDING SECTION 31- 56(a) (1) OF CHAPTER 31,
"UTILITIES" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO INCREASE WATER
RATES; AMENDING SECTION 31 -65(A) OF CHAPTER 31,
"UTILITIES" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO INCREASE SEWER
RATES; AND AMENDING SECTION 31- 65(B)(1) OF CHAPTER 31,
"UTILITIES" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE
THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
Section 1: That Section 31- 56(a) (1) of Chapter 31,
"Utilities" of the Code of Ordinances, City of Baytown, Texas, is
hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 31 -56. Water rates.
(a) Basic rate schedule.
(1) Rate table:
Gallons of Water
Used per Month:
Amount or Rate
to be Charged:
First 2,000, minimum monthly rate ........... $7.50
All over 2,000, per 1,000 gallons ........... $2.08
Section 2: That Section 31 -65(A) of the Code of Ordinances,
City of Baytown, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 31 -65. Sewer service charge.
(A) Rate schedule:
(1) Minimum monthly rate ........................$7.50
(2) Standards rate (per 1,000 gallons in excess
of minimum monthly ) .........................$1.79
Section 3: That Section 31- 65(B)(1) of the Code of
Ordinances, City of Baytown, Texas, is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 31 -65. Sewer service charge.
(B) Residential dwelling units:
(1) Individually metered for water consumption: Each
• residential dwelling unit individually metered and
billed for the consumption of water shall be
charged for and owe each month a sewer service
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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 usage and the rate schedule for sewer
service:
Gallons of Water
Used Per Month
Sewer Service Rate
to be Charged
First 2,000 gallons ........... Minimum monthly rate
Next 10,000 gallons per
1,000 gallons ............ Standard rate
Thereafter .................... No charge
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with the terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed; provided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.
Section 5: If any provisions, section, exception, 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.
Section 6: The provisions of this ordinance shall become
effective beginning with the first billing for the month of
October, 1993.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the
City Council of the City of Baytown, this the 23rd day of
September, 1993.
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C. ALFARO, Mayor