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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 201 ORDINANCE NO. 201 ` AN ORDINANCE MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS: ESTABLISHING SEWER SERVICE RATES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS OF FRIENDS- WOOD, TEXAS; REPEALING ALL OTHER ORDINANCE PROVISIONS IN CONFLICT HEREWITH. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Friendswood, Texas, has determined that costs of providing sewer service to all users of such services of the City have increased, and; WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that greater expenditures are anticipated to meet the increased demands on the City' s existing and planned facilities as the result of a growing community; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDS- WOOD, STATE OF TEXAS: Section l. CHARGES FOR SEWER SERVICES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE COR- PORATE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD;EXCEPTIONS- That the following monthly rates for each sewer tap shall hereafter be charged to consumers connected to the sewer system of the City of Friendswood, Texas, except in cases where the City has contracted otherwise with users outside corporate limits and except as otherwise provided in this Ordinance. A. Single Family Residential Units: Inside Corporate Limits Outside Corporate Limits $3. 50 monthly $5. 25 monthly B. Residential Use Sewer Taps Used for Apartments or Mobile homes shall pay the following per unit sewer rates: Inside Corporate Limits Single Family unit $3. 50 monthly Two Family units $3. 50 monthly Three through Ten Family units $3. 00 monthly Eleven or more Family units $2. 50 monthly Outside Corporate Limits Single Family unit $5. 25 monthly Two Family units $5. 25 monthly Three through Ten Family units $4. 50 monthly Eleven or more Family units $3. 75 monthly Section 2. CHARGES FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USERS OF SEWER SERVICE, INSIDE AND OUTSIDE CORPORATE BOUNDARIES. A. All Commercial or industrial users of sewer service within and outside the corporate limits of the City shall pay to the City, for sewer service, an amount equal to forty (40�) per cent of the monthly water charge to such Industrial or Commercial users, calcu- lated from reading all the water meters serving such commercial or industrial user. Section 3. AUTHORITY FOR RATE CHANGES - Pursuant to the provisions of Article 1175 , V.A.T.S. and the further provisions of Section 9. 12 of the City Charter of the City of Friendswood, the rates set in this Ordinance shall take effect as set forth herein, effective as of the next bi-monthly water and sewer billing period after final passage of this ordinance. Section 4. REPEALING CLAUSE - All parts of other ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict only. FIRST READING TAKEN THIS 15th DAY OF October , 1973. SECOND READING TAKEN THI5 5th DAY OF November , 1973. THIRD AND FINAL READING TAKEN, PASSED, APPROVED AND FINALLY ADOPTED THIS 19th DAY OF November , 1973. VOT ING AYE: Lowe, Windler, Patton, Gonza�ez, Haken, Baker VOTING NAY: Zeitler . QZ'�/`�i MAYOR, C TY OF FRIENDSWOOD � � ATTEST: CITY SECRETARY CORPORATION COUNSEL