HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 2016-O0114 - Amending Chapter 22 Utilities - Setting Wastewater Fees - 08/11/2016First Reading
July 28, 2016
Item No. 7.15
ORDINANCE NO.2016-00114
Second Reading
August 11, 2016
Item No. 5.16
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 22, "UTILITIES", ARTICLE 22.04
"WASTEWATER SYSTEM", SECTION 22.04.041, '`RATES CHARGED FOR
WASTEWATER SERVICE", OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
LUBBOCK, TEXAS, WITH REGARD TO SETTING WASTEWATER FEES FOR
RESIDENTIAL PREMISES WITH NO WATER METERS; PROVIDING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR
PUBLICATION.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lubbock, Texas finds and determines that it is
in the best interest of the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the City of Lubbock
to make the following amendments to Chapter 22 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Lubbock; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. THAT Section 22.04.041 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Lubbock, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 22.04.041 Rates charged for wastewater service
(a) Effective September 1, 2016, the city, through the city manager, shall charge and
collect from every customer and every customer shall pay a monthly base charge for
wastewater service which shall be billed to all customers based upon the water meter size
as follows:
Meter Size Base Charge
No meter commercial
$60.57
Three-quarter inch (3/4") meter
$16.00
One inch (1 ") meter and
$19.49
No meter residential
One and a half inch (1.5") meter
$28.18
Two inch (2") meter
$38.64
Three inch (3") meter
$63.07
Four inch (4") meter
$97.92
Six inch (6") meter
$185.07
Eight inch (8") meter
$289.64
Ten inch (10") meter
$411.67
(b) Effective September 1, 2016, in addition to the base charge, the city, through the
city manager, shall determine the volume of wastewater flow produced by each customer
as described herein and each customer shall pay the wastewater volume rate per one
thousand (1,000) gallons, which shall be as follows:
Flow rate: $2.67
The volume of wastewater flow produced by a single-family residential customer and
customers not required to meter as provided in section 22.04.042 of the Code of
Ordinances of the city shall be determined by calculating the average water volume used
as measured by the non -irrigation meter readings for the months of November, December,
January and February. This volume shall be defined as the history based consumption
(HBC), and it shall be updated for billing purposes in March of each year. In the event a
residential customer or premises (i.e., a new premises or a residential premise with no
meter) does not have a water consumption history for such months, a water volume of
7,000 gallons per month shall be utilized as the HBC by default. If the volume of water
used drops below the HBC volume, the lesser volume shall be used for determining the
volume used for single-family residential customers in the calculation of the monthly bill
for services rendered. If the volume of water used exceeds the HBC volume, the HBC
volume shall be used for determining the volume used for single-family residential
customers in the calculation of the monthly bill for services rendered. The volume of
wastewater flow produced by other customers shall be determined as provided for
in section 22.04.042 of the Code of Ordinances of the city.
SECTION 2. THAT, unless otherwise provided herein, a violation of any provision
of this Ordinance shall be deemed a misdemeanor punishable as provided by Section
1.01.004 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Lubbock.
SECTION 3. THAT should any paragraph, section, sentence, phrase, clause or
word of this Ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, the
remainder of this Ordinance shall not be affected thereby.
SECTION 4. THAT the City Secretary of the City of Lubbock is hereby authorized
and directed to cause publication of the descriptive caption of this Ordinance as an
alternative method provided by law.
SECTION 5. THAT this Ordinance shall become effective, except as may
otherwise be provided herein, from and after its publication as provided by law.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
Passed by the City Council on first reading this -8th day of July 2016.
Passed by the City Council on second reading thio Ith day of August . 2016.
DANIEL M. POPE, MAYOR
ATTEST:
Re ecca Garza. City Secre ry
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
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Wood n, P.E., Director of Public Works
Au rey A. Spear, E., Director q Water Utilities
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Ord.160708-Chapter22Wastewater-NonMeterRate Change
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