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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 3195 ORDINANCE NO. ;3f ', AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2 6F ORDINANCE NO. 2717, THE SAME BEING AN ORDINANCE PRESCRIBING THE RATES TO BE CHARGED BY THE CITY OF FORT WORTH TO PERSONS, FIRMS AND CORPORATIONS USING ITS SANITARY SEWER LINES AND SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, BY PROVIDING FOR AT LEAST A MINIMUM SEWER CHARGE FOR EACH LIVING OR BUSINESS UNIT WHICH IS SUPPLIED WATER THROUGH ONE WATER METER; REPEAL- ING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF PRIOR SEWER RATE ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION H F,;,ALL 2ROY,IDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1, That Section 2 of Ordinance No. 2717 be and is hereby amended, and, after being so amended, it shall read as follows.- SECTION 2. It is hereby determined and declared to be necessary for the City of Fort Worth to levy and collect service charges from all persons that are using the sanitary sewer system and lines of the City. The charges to be made for rendering such sanitary sewage service, as herein defined, shall be based upon the amount of water used, and the schedule of such charges shall be as follows: First 266-2/3 or less cubic feet of water ustd per month $.25 Minimum For next 1,000 cubic feet of water used per month .06 per 100 cubic feet For next 2,000 cubic feet of water used per month .04 per 100 cubic feet For next 5,000 cubic feet of water used per month .03 per 100 cubic feet For next 42,000 cubic feet of water used per month .02 per 100 cubic feet For all in excess of 50,266-2/3 cubic feet of water used per month .015 per 100 cubic feet In all cases where more than one living or business unit is supplied water through one water meter and a sanitary sewer service charge is made in connection therewith, at least a minimum charge for such services shall be made for each such unit supplied water through the said meter and all additional sanitary sewer service charges above the minimum for each such unit shall be based upon the quantity of water passing through the said meter divided by the number of units and charged for as set forth in the rate schedule above. The monthly charge to be made each industrial waste producer for rendering service in connection with treating industrial wastes, as herein defined, shall be based on the five day Biochemical Oxygen Demand and other characteristics of the industrial wastes reduced to the five day Biochemical Oxygen Demand and other characteristics of the sanitary sewage. An amount of money equal to a sanitary sewer service charge for said user shall then be multiplied by the base derived in the preceding formula, and the product thereof shall be the monthly sewer service charge for rendering service to such industrial waste producer. The minimum charge to be made for rendering sanitary sewage service to premises located outside the corporate limits of Fort Worth shall be based on a charge of One Dollar ($1.00) per month, or fraction thereof, for each residential or commercial connection, the flow through which is ultimately received into the sanitary sewerage system of the City of Fort Worth, and no service shall be rendered through any such connection unless said'charge is paid in accordance with the terms of this ordinance. The charge to be made for treating industrial wastes originating from premises located outside the corporate limits of Fort Worth shall be double the charges for treating comparable industrial wastes originating from premises within the corporate limits of Fort Worth. Nothing in this section or any other section of this ordinance, or any other ordinance, shall be construed to compel the City of Fort Worth to furnish sanitary sewage or industrial waste service or the services of its sanitary sewage and industrial waste treatment plant to any person, as herein defined, located beyond the corporate limits of the City of Fort Worth or to continue such service once begun; and the City of Fort Worth reserves the right to furnish service to such persons it deems advisable and to, at any time, wholly or partially discontinue the service upon vio- lation of any of the terms of this ordinance the same as though such con- futer were located in the City of Fort Worth. 5 SECTION 2. This ordinance shall repeal every prior ordinance in conflict here- with, but only insofar as the portions of such prior ordinances shall be in conflict, and as to all other sections of ordinances not in direct conflict herewith, this ordinance shall be and is hereby made cumulative. SECTION 3. If any section, part of a section or provision of any section of this ordinance shall be hold to be void, ineffective or unconstitutional for any cause whatsoever, this shall in no way affect the validity of the remaining sections and provisions of this ordinance, which shall remain in full force and effect. It is hereby declared that the City Council would not have passed any sections, parts of sections or provisions of any sections of this ordinance that were unconstitutional, void or ineffective if they had Down that they were unconstitutional, void or ineffective at the time of the passage hereof. SECTION 4, No person shall make a connection with the sanitary sewerage system and lines of the City of Fort Worth, and no person shall use or permit to be used the sanitary sewerage system and lines of the City of Fort Worth except upon compliance with and observance of the terms of this ordinance, and for every violation of the terms of this ordinance the person violating same, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), and each vio- lation and each day there is a failure to comply with the terms of this or- dinance shall constitute a separate offense. SECTION 5. This ordinaa40 shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage and publication as required by law. APPROVED AS TO FORM: Assistant City Attorney ORDINANCE No Titl AOL °7 Adopts f�5 --- Filed °�" "` Day of 19 ` City e etary v P.O.Nn.9713•T