HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 75-1841ORDINANCE NO. 75-1841
AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE WATER RATES OF THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW, 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 pro-
vided in this Ordinance.
SECTION 2: The following are established as the monthly rates to be
charged for watem furnished by the City of Plainview for all consumers:
The City shall make a minimum monthly charge of $4.50 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, which
shall be a~~ follows:
Each consumer of water electing to take annual rates shall pay to
the City of Plainview in advance the sum of $197.50 per year. Each
consumer electing to take annual rates and making the payment in
advance, shall be allowed to use, at no extra cost to him other
than the payment of $197.50, 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 $197.50 is paid to the
City, beginning October 15, 1975, 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 $197.50 shall entitle.the consumer so paying
same and electing to take the irrigation rates to said services
for the term for which said $197.50 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 annual 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 services included in said annual rate before
the period for which the same has been prepaid has expired, refund
will be made calculated 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 how-
ever, 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 owned 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 con-
sumption 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 applythe 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.
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. 74-1635 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, 1975, 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
ATTEST:
12th day of August , A. Do 1975.
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