Ordinance No. 8,677Published in Tlie Baytown Sun:
Monday, September 13, 1999, and
Tuesday, September 14, 1999
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ORDINANCE NO. 8677
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, AMENDING
CHAPTER 98, "UTILITIES," ARTICLE III "WATER SERVICE," SECTION 98-
59 "RATES," SUBSECTION (A)(1) "RATE TABLE" AND SUBSECTION (G)
"VOLUME USERS" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN, TEXAS, TO INCREASE WATER RATES; AMENDING CHAPTER
98, "UTILITIES," ARTICLE IV "SEWER SERVICE," SECTION 98 -91 "SEWER
SERVICE CHARGE," SUBSECTION (A) "RATE SCHEDULE" AND
SUBSECTION (F) "VOLUME USERS" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, TO INCREASE SEWER RATES;
PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE;
AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE
THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section 1: That Chapter 98, "Utilities," Article III "Water Service," Section 98 -59
"Rates," Subsection (a)(1) "Rate table" of the Code of Ordinances, City of Baytown, Texas, is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Chapter 98. UTILITIES
ARTICLE III. WATER SERVICE
Sec. 98 -59. Rates.
(a) Basic rate schedule. The basic water rate schedule shall be as follows:
(1) Rate table.
Gallons of Water
Used per Month:
Amount or Rate
to be Charged:
a. First 2,000 minimum monthly rate ................ ..........................$7.50
b. All over 2,000, per 1,000 gallons .................. ..........................$2.56
Section 2: That Chapter 98, "Utilities," Article III "Water Service," Section 98 -59
"Rates;" Subsection (g) "Volume users" of the Code of Ordinances, City of Baytown, Texas, is
hereby amended to read as follows:
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Chapter 98. UTILITIES
ARTICLE III. WATER SERVICE
Sec. 98 -59. Rates.
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(g) Volume users. A user of water within the corporate limits who: (i) qualifies for tax
abatement under the city's tax abatement policy or is located within an established industrial
district; and (ii) uses a minimum of 400,000 gallons of water per day shall be charged $1.40
per 1,000 gallons of water. The minimum usage shall be determined by dividing the total
consumption during the billing period by the number of days in the billing period to determine
the daily usage. Any user or customer who does not pay the amount due by the due date
indicated on his statement shall be charged a late charge, as provided in Section 98 -61.
Section 3: That Chapter 98 "Utilities," Article fV "Sewer Service," Section 98 -91 "Sewer
service charge," "Subsection (a) "Rate schedule" of the Code of Ordinances, City of Baytown, Texas,
is hereby amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 98. UTILITIES
ARTICLE IV. SEWER SERVICE
Sec. 98 -91. Sewer service charge.
(a) Rate schedule. The sewer service rate schedule shall be as follows:
(1) Minimum monthly rate ......................................................... $7.50
(2) Standard rate per 1,000 gallons in excess of minimum monthly .............$2.33
Section 4: That Chapter 98 "Utilities," Article IV "Sewer Service," Section 98 -91 "Sewer
service charge," "Subsection (f) "Volume users" of the Code of Ordinances, City of Baytown, Texas,
is hereby amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 98. UTILITIES
ARTICLE IV. SEWER SERVICE
Sec. 98 -91. Sewer service charge.
(f) Volume users. A sanitary sewer service customer within the corporate limits who (i)
qualifies for tax abatement under the city's tax abatement policy and (ii) uses more than
400,000 gallons of water per day shall be charged and shall owe each month a sewer service
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charge based upon (i) the consumption of water attributed to it as determined by article III
of this chapter relating to water charges; or (u) the actual wastewater flow as determined by
a metering system approved by the city. Such charges shall be applied as follows:
(1) If all of the user's water is purchased from the city, the sewer service charge shall be
$1.10 per 1,000 gallons of water used per month, or $1.10 per 1,000 gallons of
wastewater delivered to the city if the wastewater is metered as provided in this
article; or
(2) If the user is not purchasing all of its water from the city, the sewer service charge
shall be $1.20 per 1,000 gallons of water used per month, or $1.20 per 1,000 gallons
of wastewater delivered to the city if the wastewater is metered as provided in this
article.
Section 5: 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 6: 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 7: This ordinance shall take effect on October 1, 1999. 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 passage of this ordinance.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the City
of Baytown, this the 91h day of September, 1999.
PETE C. ALFARO, Mayor
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ACIO RANIIREZ, SR. ty Attorney
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