Ordinance No. 9,225Published in the Baytown Sun
September 18, 2001
September 19, 2001
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ORDINANCE NO. 9225
Published in the Baytown
Sun on September 20, 2001
and September 21, 2001
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 l: 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 ................. ..........................$2.75
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:
® Chapter 98. UTILITIES
ARTICLE III. WATER SERVICE
Sec. 98-59. Rates.
(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 $1.59 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 IV "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 ........ $2.52
Section 4: That Chapter 98 "Utilities," Article N "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 a 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 charge based upon (i) the consumption of water attributed to it as
determined by article III of this chapter relating to water charges; or (ii) 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 form the city, the sewer service
charge shall be $1.29 per 1,000 gallons of water used per month or $1.29
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 $1.39 per 1,000 gallons of water used per month, or $1.39
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 ordinances.
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 October 1, 2001. 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 13`h day of September, 2001.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ACIO RAMIREZ, sA.Sity Attorney
r.
PETE C. ALFAR ayor
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