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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 1 AND 2 OF ORDINANCE NO ""42440
WHICH IS AN ORDINANCE PRESCRIBING RATES CHARGED CONSUMERS OF
WATER SUPPLIED BY THE FORT WORTH CITY WATER WORKS, CONNECTION
CHARGES AND SANITARY SEWERAGE SERVICE CHARGES, BY PROVIDING
FOR AN INCREASE IN THE RATES THEREOF; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES
IN CONFLICT HEREWITH AND MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF
ALL OTHER PROVISIONS OF ORDINANCES NOS. 4244, 4183, 3701 AND
ALL OTHER ORDINANCES ON THE SAME SUBJECT MATTER EXCEPT WHERE
SAME CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION
HEREOF OF A FINE NOT LESS THAN TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($25.00)
NOR MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00); PRESCRIBING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING THAT ALL THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDI-
NANCE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE INCORPORATED IN EVERY CONTRACT
BETWEEN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH WATER WORKS AND EACH AND EVERY
WATER AND/OR SANITARY SEWERAGE SERVICE CUSTOMER; AND NAMING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Worth, at great expense, has built or
caused to be built, a sanitary seveerage system, including interceptor
or collector lines, mains, sub-mains, laterals, pump stations, treatment
plants and other necessary appurtenances and facilities for the purpose
of collecting sewage and acceptable industrial waste and transporting
same away from the premises to places of treatment and disposal; and,
WHEREAS, said City maintains said lines, plants and facilities as a
sanitary sewerage system and component part of the Fort Worth City Water
Works; and,
SEAS, funds sufficient for the cost, maintenance and operation
of the water and sewerage system are not available from operating reve-
nues of the City; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council, in the exercise of the discretion reposed
in it by law, in order to promote the public welfare, health, safety and
convenience, has decided that it is necessary, in order to provide for
payment of the cost and the expense of the maintenance, operation and re-
pair of such property, to levy and collect increased charges for the use
of such water and sewerage lines and facilities; and,
WHEREAS, the succeeding provisions of this ordinance, after investi-
gation by the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, have been deemed to
be reasonable charges, rules and regulations for the conduct of such busi-
ness, and for the payment of the cost and expense of maintenance, opera-
tion and repair of the water and sewerage system of the City of Fort Worth,
and for the furnishing of water and sewerage service; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TERAS:
SECTION 1.
That Section 1 of Ordinance No. 4244 be, and the same is, hereby
amended so that hereafter the same shall read and be as follows:
Section 1.
The following schedules of rates per month, or fraction
thereof, shall be the charges to all persons, as herein de-
fined, for furnishing water to water consumers and/or for
rendering sanitary sewerage service to premises located vith-
in the corporate limits of the City of Fort Worth:
SCHEDULE A.
Rates for water and sewerage service:
CUBIC FEET RATE
First 200 or less cubic feet of water
used per month -------------$1.65 Minimum
For next 1,000 cubic feet of water
used per month ------------- .325 Per 100 cubic feet
For next 2,000 cubic feet of water
used per month ------------- .303 Per 100 cubic feet
For next 5,000 cubic feet of water
used per month ------------- .293 Per 100 cubic feet
For next 41,800 cubic feet of water
used per month ------------- .282 Per 100 cubic feet
For next 40,000 cubic feet of water
used per month ------------- .251 Per 100 cubic feet
For next 43,333-1/3 cubic feet of
water used per month ------------ .209 Per 100 cubic feet
For next 133,333-1/3 cubic feet of
vater used per month ------------ .167 Per 100 cubic feet
For all in excess of 266,666-2/3
cubic feet of vater used per month -- .125 Per 100 cubic feet
Where a customer is furnished both water and sewerage
service, the Director of the City Water Works is authorized
to combine such billing under the symbols "WTR" or "W" or
such symbols as may be necessary to designate the applicable
charge.
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The monthly charge to be made for each industrial waste
producer for rendering service in connection with the treat-
ment of industrial waste shall be based on the Five-Day Bio-
chemical Oxygen Demand content of such waste. The relative
strength or base factor of industrial waste introduced into
the sanitary sewerage system shall be computed using the Five-
Day Biochemical Oxygen Demand content for domestic sewage of
300 parts per million by weight for comparison. The billing
factor is hereby determined to be the Five-Day Biochemical
Oxygen Demand content of the industrial waste as expressed in
parts per million by weight divided by the figure 300. The
monthly sewerage service charge for an industrial waste pro-
ducer shall be computed using the applicable rate schedule
above multiplied by such billing factor. The Director of
Public Works or City Engineer is hereby authorized to determine
or cause to be determined the Biochemical Oxygen Demand con-
tent of industrial waste not less than once each year.
SECTION 2.
That Section 2 of Ordinance No. 4244 be, and the same is, hereby
amended so that hereafter the same shall read slid be as follows:
Section 2.
(a) A minimum charge per month, or fraction thereof, shall
be made for each connection with the water mains and/or sever
mains of the City Water Works. This charge shall be based on
the size of meter through which water is furnished, regardless
of source, and shall be as follows:
Size of Meter Water and Sever Water Only Sever Only
3/4" or less $ 1.65 $ 1.10 $ .55
1" 3.35 2.10 1.25
1-1/2" 6.65 4.15 2.50
2" 10.00 6.25 3.75
3" 21.00 15.00 6.00
4" 42.00 28.00 14.00
6" 80.00 50.00 30.00
8" 130.00 80.00 50.00
101. 165.00 100.00 65.00
12" 325.00 200.00 125.00
An amount of water at rates in effect will be allowed for
the above minimum charges. Such minimum charges do not apply
for connections to unmrtered automatic sprinkler systems in-
stalled and used for fire protection only, for which the month-
ly charge shall be One and no/100 Dollars ($1.00) per one inch
(1") of diameter of the service connection. All fire protec-
tion systems provided with outlets other than standard closed
sprinkler heads must be provided with meters before connecting
with water mains of the City of Fort Worth. Charges for water
furnished through such meters shall be made at rates in effect.
Each meter shall be read and billed separately.
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For any water connection larger than two inches (21'),
such shall be made under a contract between consumer and
the City, acting by and through the Director or Superin-
tendent of the Fort Worth City Water Works.
SECTION 3.
This ordinance shall repeal every prior ordinance in conflict here-
with, but only insofar as the portion of such prior ordinance shall be
in conflict, and as to all other sections of Ordinances Nos. 4244, 4183,
3701 and all other ordinances on the same subject matter not in direct
conflict herewith, this ordinance shall be and is hereby made cumulative.
SECTION 4.
A violation of any of the above rules and regulations of the City
Water Works as set out herein, or a doing or causing to be done by any
person or persons, firm or association, of any of the things or acts for-
bidden or made unlawful in any of such rules and regulations, shall be
deemed to constitute a violation under the terms of this ordinance and an
offense, and shall be punishable as such; and for each and every violation
of the terms of this ordinance, the person, firm, association or corpora-
tion shall, upon conviction thereof in the Corporation Court, be fined not
less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars
($100.00), and each violation and each day there is a failure to comply
with the terms of this ordinance shall constitute a separate offense.
SECTION 5.
If any section, part of a section or provision of any section of
this ordinance shall be held to be void, ineffective or unconstitutional
by a court of competent jurisdiction, the holding of such section, part
of a section or provision of any section to be void, ineffective or uncon-
stitutional for any cause whatsoever shall in no way affect the validity
of the remaining sections and provisions of this ordinance, which shall
remain in full force and effect. The City Council would not have passed
any sections, parts of sections or provisions of any section of this ordi-
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nance that were unconstitutional, void or ineffective if they had known
that they were unconstitutional, void or ineffective at the time of adopt-
ing this ordinance.
SECTION 6.
All of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed to be in-
corporated in every contract between the City of Fort Worth and its
water and/or sanitary sewerage service customers, and each customer or
consumer shall be charged with knowledge of the provisions of this ordi-
nance and, by applying for and accepting water or sanitary sewerage service
from the City of Fort Worth, to have assented to the provisions thereof.
SECTION 7.
This ordinance 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 AND LEGALITY:
S. G. Johndroe, Jr.
City Attorney
Adopted by the the City Council
Effective —")e
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The charge for replacing a one inch (1") or one and one-
half inch (1-1/2") meter with a smaller meter shall be Ten
and no/100 Dollars ($10.00), and the charge for replacing a
two inch (2") meter with a smaller meter shall be Fifteen
and no Dollars ($15.00). The charge for replacing a meter
smaller than one and one-half inches (1-1/2") with a one inch
(1") or one and one-half inch (1-1/2") meter shall be Twenty
and no,/100 Dollars ($20.00). The charge for replacing a meter
smaller than a two inch (2") meter with a two inch (2") meter
shall be Thirty and no/100 Dollars ($30.00). In no case will
a meter be installed of a size larger than the service line
to the main.
Only one 5/8 x 3/41" or 3/4" meter shall be attached to
and served by a 3/4" tap. Not more than two 3/4" or one 1"
meter shall be attached to and served by a 1" tap. Not more
than one 1-1/2" or four 3/4" or three 1" meters shall be at-
tached to and served by a 1-1/2" tap. Not more than one 2",
four 1" meters, or eight 3/4" meters shall be attached to and
served by a 2" tap.
(b) In all cases where more than one living or business unit
is supplied water through one meter, not less than a minimum
charge for such water shall be made for each living unit or
business unit supplied through such meter, and all additional
water service charges above the minimum for each such unit shall
be based upon the quantity of water passing through the meter
or meters divided by the number of units and charged for as set
forth in the applicable rate schedules above.
(c) In all cases where more than one living or business
unit is supplied water through a water meter or meters and a
sanitary sewerage service charge is made in connection there-
with, at least a minimum charge for such service shall be made
for each unit supplied water through such meter or meters and
All additional sanitary sewerage service charges above the mini-
mum for each unit shall be based upon the quantity of water
passing through such meter or meters, regardless of source, di-
vided by the number of units and charged for as set forth in
the applicable rate schedules above.
(d) A charge shall be made by the City Water Works for each
tapping of the water mains for a connection, said charge to be
determined by the size of the connection and the character of the
surface of the street in which the connection is to be located.
From the following schedule shall be determined the charge for
making taps, said charge being payable in advance;
Size Unimproved Street Shot or Chat Street Paved Street
3/4" $ 35.00 $ 45.00 $ 70.00
1" 45.00 55.00 80.00
1-1/2" 125.00 137.50 165.00
2" 150.00 165.00 195.00
Above 2", cost plus 10%
For each 3/4" branch, add $10.00
For each 1" branch, add $20.00
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SCHEDULE B.
Rates for water service only:
CUBIC FEET RATE
First 200 or less cubic feet of water
used per month ------------- $1.10 Minimum
For next 49,800 cubic feet of water
used per month ------------- .245 Per 100 cubic feet
For next 40,000 cubic feet of water
used per month ------------- .223 Per 100 cubic feet
For next 43,333-1/3 cubic feet of
water used per month ------------ .184 Per 100 cubic feet
For next 133,333-1/3 cubic feet of
water used per month ------------ .144 Per 100 cubic feet
For all in excess of 266,666-2/3
cubic feet of water used per month -- .104 Per 100 cubic feet
SCHEDULE C.
Rates for sewerage service only:
CUBIC FEET RATE
First 200 or less cubic feet of water
used per month ------------- $.55 Minimum
For next 1,000 cubic feet of water
used per month ------------- .08 Per 100 cubic feet
For next 2,000 cubic feet of water
used per month ------------- .058 Per 100 cubic feet
For next 5,000 cubic feet of water
used per month ------------- .048 Per 100 cubic feet
For next 41,800 cubic feet of -dater
used per month ------------- .037 Per 100 cubic feet
For next 40,000 cubic feet of water
used per month ------------- .028 Per 100 cubic feet
For next 43,333-1/3 cubic feet of
water used per month ------------ .025 Per 100 cubic feet
For next 133,333-1/3 cubic feet of
water used per month ------------ .023 Per 100 cubic feet
For all in excess of 266,666-2/3
cubic feet of water used per month -- .021 Per 100 cubic feet
The service charges set out in the foregoing Schedules A, B
and C are based upon the amount of water used as measured by
meters.
For sanitary sewerage service customers whose water is not
measured by a meter, a flat rate of One and 25/100 Dollars
($1.25) per month shall be charged for each dwelling unit to
which service is provided directly or indirectly.
For each business, commercial or industrial unit to which
sanitary sewerage service is furnished directly or indirectly
and whose use of water is not measured by a meter, the Director
of the Fort Worth City Water Works is authorized to apply
Schedule C, based upon an estimated water use to determine
such monthly charge. The minimum monthly charge for each such
customer shall be One and 75/100 Dollars ($1.75).
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City of Fort Worth by Ceder Creek Project
Mrs. McKnight and Gentlemen:
The contract approved by the voters of Fart Werth on December 2, 1959, be-
tween the City of Fort Worth and the Tarrant County Water Coritro l -
provement District No. 1, provides for payment of specified amounts to the
District for raw water used by the City. This contract required that the
City pay $.02 per 1 ,000 gallons for raw water during the first 12 month
period from the date of the first bonds sold by the District (March 1 ,
1960), and $.03 per 1,006 gallons for the next 12 month period. Therefore
it is necessary than present water rates be adjusted to meet the higher
cost for all raw water used by the City, effective March 1 , 1961 .
As explained during the water bond campaign in the fall of 1959, the,raw
water charge is based on water used by the City, which is a greater amount
than water actually sold. This is due to wager needs in the operation of
the system for such things as washing filters, fire fighting, flushing
fire hydrants, etc., and because there is some water leakage in the ap-
proximately 1 ,350 miles of mains and 100,000 services that make up the
system. As a result, the raw water charge must be approximately 13 per
cent higher, on the average, on water actually sold, than the amount paid
to the District for all raw water used.
In order to offset the increased cost of raw water paid to the Water Dis-
trict starting March 1, 1961, it is requested that the attached water and
sewer rate ordinance be approved on February 17, 1961 . This ordinance
provides for a $.0,08 per hundred cubic feet Increase in all water 'rate,
except the minimum. Adoption of the ordinance on February 17th will perms
mit it to be published and become effective March 1 , 1961 , and be re-
flected in customers' bills issued beginning April 1, 1961 . The increase
in rates provided for in the proposed ordinance are shown on the attached
table prepared by the Water Department. The information on this table was
fully reported by the newspapers during the water bond and contract cam-
paign during the fall of 1959.
This increase in water rates will finance the raw water supply program
approved by the voters on December 2, 1959, for one yeah, at which time
the contract provisions will require an additional water rate increase
of approximately 1 .20 per 1,000 gallons.
Respectfully submitted,
LPC; P. 1ingh +m
2 attach. City Manager.
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