HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 85-27 ORDINANCE N0. 85-27
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY CODE BY
STRIKING THEREFROM ALL OF SECTION 1$-3 AND
SUBSTITUTING THEREFOR A NEW SECTION 18-3 ; PROVIDING
WATER RATES FOR CUSTOMERS CONNECTED TO THE CITY'S
WATER SYSTEM; MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS ; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD,
STATE OF TEXAS :
Section l. Findings . The City Council hereby finds and
determines that the following increases in rates for potable
water to customers of the City' s water system are necessary to
assure an adequate water supply for the citizens of the City,
and that such necessary expansions to the City' s water supply
system, including transmission facilities and water sources,
are required to preserve and protect the health, safety, and
welfare of the general citizenry of the City of Friendswood.
Section 2. The Friendswood City Code is hereby amended by
striking therefrom all of Section 18-3, which provides as
follows :
[Sec. 18-3. Water rates .
(a) Sale of potable water inside corporate limits :
The following bimonthly rates shall hereafter be charged
for potable water service furnished through water meters by
the city to all single-family units (including trailers and
apartments) using potable water inside the corporate limits
of the City of Friendswood :
(1) Single-family units :
For the first six thousand (6, 000) gallons , twenty
dollars ($20.00) minimum.
After six thousand (6,000) gallons , an additional
charge above the minimum, as follows :
From 6,000 gal. to 10,000 gal . . . . .$0. 90 per 1 ,000 gal .
From 10,000 gal . to 20,000 gal . . . . 0. 80 per 1,000 gal.
From 20,000 gal . to 50,000 gal . . . . 0. 70 per 1 ,000 gal .
From 50,000 gal . to 100,000 gal . . . 0. 60 per 1,000 gal .
Over 100,000 gal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0. 50 per 1,000 gal.
(2) Trailers and apartments :
For the first six thousand 6,000 gallons per unit,
twelve dollars ($12.00) per unit . The minimum
gallonage shall be the number of units multiplied
by six thousand (6,000) gallons .
After the minimum gallona e, an additional charge of
seventy cents ($0. 70� per one thousand (1,000)
gallons used.
(b) Sale of potable water outside corporate linits :
The following bimonthly rates shall hereafter be charged
for portable water service furnished through water meters
to all users of potable water outside the City of
Friendswood, Texas , except where the city has , by contract
with a user of potable water, agreed to sell at different
rates :
For the first six thousand (6,000) gallons , thirty
dollars ($30.00) minimum.
After six thousand (6,000) gallons an additional
charge above the minimum as follows :
From 6,OQ0 gal . to 10,Q00 gal . . . . . . $1 . 35 per 1 ,000 gal .
From 10,000 gal . to 20,000 gal . . . . . 1 . 20 per 1 ,000 gal .
From 20,000 gal . to 50,000 gal. . . . . 1 . 05 per 1 ,000 gal .
From 50,000 gal . to 100,000 gal . . . . 0. 90 per 1 ,000 gal .
Over 100,000 gal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0. 75 per 1 , 000 gal .
and substituting therefor the followirig :
Sec . 18-3. Water rates .
(a) Sale of potable water inside corporate limfts :
The followin bimontYily rates shall hereafter be
char ed or ota e water serv�ce urnis e throu h
water meters t e Cit to a szn e- ami units
an businesses includin , but not imited to,
trai ers , apartments , condominiums , mu ti amily,
multibusiness and commercial units usin otable watei
inside the corporate limits o the City of Friends�JOOd :
(1) Single-family or single-'��usiness uni_ts :
For the first six thousand (6,000) allons ,
TGIENTY-FIVE DOLLARS 5. minimum.
After s�x thousand (6,Q00) gallons , an additional
charge above the minimum shall be as follows :
From 6,000 to 100,000 gal�ons : $1 . 65 per thous�and
gallons
Over 1QO,OOG gallons : $1 . 00 per thousand
gallons
(2) Tra�_lers , apartments , condominiums , mu�tifamily,
mu�ti�usiness or commercial units including but
not limited to strip centers , professional office
buildings , and shopping centers :
For the first six thousand (6,000� allons er
unit, FIFTEEN DOLLARS 15. er unit . The
mininum allona e shall e the number o units
multiplied by six thousand , 000 gallons .
After tYi� minimum allona e, an additional char e
o ONE DOLLAR AND SIXTY-FIVE CENTS 1 . 5 er
one thousand l, 0 galZons used .
Each unit shall be multi lied b one hundred
t ousan , a ons an a a ons o
water use a ove t is num er s a e c ar ed at
a rate o ONE DOLLAR er one thousand
1 , gallons used.
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(b) Sale of potable water outside corporate limits :
The followin bimonthly rates shall hereafter be
char ed for ota le water service furnished
throu h water meters to a 1 users o otable
water outsi e the corporate imits o t e City o
Friendswood, Texas , except w ere the City has , by
contract with a user of potable water, agreed to
sell at different rates :
(1} Single-family or single-business units :
For the f�rst six thousand (6,000) allons ,
THIRTY-SEVEN DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS 37. 50
minimum.
After six thousnd (6,OOQ� �allons , an additional
charge above tlze nlinimum s a�.l be as ollows :
From 6, Q00 to 100,000 gallons : $2.48 er thousand
ga ons
Over lOQ,400 gallons : $� . SQ per thousand
gallons
(2) Trailers , apartments , condominiums , multifamily,
mu�tibusiness or commercia�un�ts , including but
not limited to stri centers , ro essional office
buil ings , an shopping centers :
For the first six thousand (6,000} allons er
unit , TWENTY-TWO DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS 2 . 5
per unit . The minimum ga ona�e shall be the
number of units multi lied b six thousand
,0 0 gallons .
After the minimum allona e, an additional char e
of TWO DOLLARS AND FORTY-EIGHT CENTS 2. er
one thousan l , ga ons used.
Each unit shall be multi lied b one hundred
thousand 1 0, gallons and all gallons of
water used above this number shall be char ed at
a rate o ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS 1 . 5 er
one thousand 1, gallons used.
Section 3. In the event any section, paragraph,
subdivision, clause , phrase, provision, sentence, or part of
this Ordinance or the application o� the same to any person or
circumstance shall for any reason be adjudged invalid or helc3
unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall
not affect , impair, or invalidate this Ordinance as a whole o�
�ny part or provis�on hereof oth�r than the part declared to be
invalid or unconstitutional ; and the Czty Council of the City
of Friendswood, Te�as , declares that it would have passed each
and every part of tYie same notwithstanding the omission of any
such part thus declared to be invalid or unconstitutional , or
whether there be one or more parts .
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Section 4. The effective date of this Ordinance shall be
October l , 1985, and any and all billings pursuant to this
Ordinance are hereby RATIFIE�, APPROVED, AND CONFIRME�.
PASSED ON FIRST READING TI-3IS 9'� day of September �
1985.
PASSED ON SECOND READING T��IS23rd day of September �
1985.
PASSED, APPkOVED AND ADOPTED ON THIRD AND FINAL READING
THIS �� day of �.tot.,Pr , 1985.
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