HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 74-1636 ORDINANCE NO. 74-1636
AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE WATER RATES OF THE CITY OF PLAIN-VIEW, TEXAS;
AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW:
SECTION 1: The City of Plainview shall charge and collect, and
every consumer of water shall pay, for water furnished by the City to the
consumer, the amounts calculated by application of the rates to meter
readings as provided in this Ordinance.
SECTION 2: The following are established, as the monthly rates to
be charged for water furnished by the City of Plainview for all consumers:
The City shall make a minimum monthly charge of $4.00 for each
consumer using City water. For the minimum charge, the City
shall furnish to the consumer 3,000 gallons of water per month.
For the next 7,000 gallons of water used by each consumer over
and above 3,000 gallons per month, and not exceeding 10,000
gallons per month, the City shall charge $.45 per 1,000 gallons.
For all water used over and above 10,000 gallons per month, by
the consumer, the City shall charge $.40 per 1,000 gallons.
SECTION 3: The City of Plainview shall have an annual rate which
may be accepted and used by each consumer of water furnished by the City,
and shall include sanitation service, sewer service, and vector control
service, whichshatl.be as follows:
Each consumer of water electing to take annual rates shall pay
to the City of Plainview in advance the sum of $185.50 per year.
Each consumer electing to take annual rates and making the pay-
ment in advance, shall be allowed to use, at no extra cost t.o
him other than the payment of $185.50, the amount of 200,000
gallons of water per year. If the said user of annual rates uses
in excess of 200,000 gallons of water per year, he shall pay
$.40 for each 1,000 gallons of water furnished him in excess
of 200,000 gallons. The amount of water used under this rate
shall be computed from the meter reading applicable to the
month in which the said $185.50 is paid to the City, beginning
October 15, 1974, to the meter reading applicable to the same
month of the succeeding year.
The charge for the annual rate as herein provided includes the
sanitation charges, sewer charges and vector control charges
and the payment of the $185.50 shall entitle the consumer so
paying same and electing to take the irrigation rates to said
services for the term for which said $185.50 is paid.
To qualify as an annual rate customer, a person must pay to the
City of Plainview the entire municipal service billing on an an-
nual basis. The rates established in this Ordinance are subject
to change at the discretion of the City Council and these rates
are not considered to be contractual, but will only be prorated
to common rate change date should there be a rate change. The
annual water rate shall not be assignable. In the event that
an annual rate customer cancels and terminates all water and ser-
vices included in said annual rate before the period for which
the same has been prepaid has expired, refund will be made cal-
culated on the basis of the charge that would have been charged
for said water and services on the monthly level billing plan
from date the annual term began to date cancelled. Except however,
no refund will be made in excess of the difference in the total
water, sewer and sanitation billing to date of cancellation and
the annual rate paid, and no refund will be made from the annual
payment or the deposit if there is any delinquent amount owed to
the City of Plainview for utility service. The annual customer
may establish his fiscal year (annual billing date) by making an
annual payment in full, on any given billing date or upon any
initial request for service. On the expiration of one full year
should there be an unused balance of the initial prepaid 200,000
gallons, the unused portion shall be voided and the customer shall
begin with a zero balance. Any consumption in excess of the
200,000 gallons shall become due with the regular monthly billing
for the month the excess occurs and should the annual customer
become delinquent, the discontinuance of service and service
charges shall apply the same as for all other customers.
The annual customer must comply with the same requirements, rules
and regulations for services that apply to all other customers.
Any commercial firm, duplex, or apartment house applying for the
annual rate shall be required to pay the additional sewer service
charge and the established sanitation charge as provided in the
current rate Ordinances, to be eligible for the annual water rate.
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SECTION 4: The charges for water based on the rates as set out
in Sections 2 and 3 above shall be determined by the amount of water used
as measured by meters.
SECTION 5: Ordinance No. 72-1276 is hereby repealed.
SECTION 6: This Ordinance shall be in force from and after its
passage and the rates herein established shall take effect and be charged
in the computation for water consumed or used on October 15, 1974, and
thereafter.
SECTION 7: Nothing herein shall be construed as repealing Ordinance
No. 66-931 as amended or any part thereof.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 24th day of September, A. D. 1974.
ATTEST:
M. L. REA, CITY CLERK, CITY OF PLAINVIEW