O-78-522 - 1/26/1978ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING RATES AND BILLING PROCE-
DURES FOR WATER, SEWER, AND GARBAGE COLLECTION
SERVICES; REQUIRING WATER METERS; PROVIDING FOR
INSTALLATION, READING AND TESTING OF WATER METERS;
PROVIDING FOR A WATER RATE SCHEDULE; PROVIDING
FOR A SEWER RATE SCHEDULE;DEFINING CERTAIN TERMS;
PROVIDING FOR A GARBAGE COLLECTION RATE SCHEDULE;
PROVIDING PROCEDURE FOR MAILING BILLS; PROVIDING
FOR A PENALTY AND DISCONNECTION OF SERVICE FOR
DELINQUENT BILLS; REPEALING CERTAIN ORDINANCES;
AND PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS.
A. WATER
Section 1. Meters Required. All premises using the city
water supply must be equipped with an adequate water meter fur-
nished by the city but paid for by the consumer. Before any
premises are occupied, a water meter shall be installed therein
as herein required.
Any person using the city water supply in violation of this
section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con-
viction shall be fined in any sum not exceeding Two Hundred Dol-
lars (5200.00) Each day that a violation continues shall be
deemed a separate offense.
Section 2. Installation. Meters shall be installed in a
location that will be easy of access.
Section 3. Reading Meters. The Water Superintendent shall
read or cause to be read every water meter used in the city at
such times as are necessary that the bill may be sent out at the
proper time.
Section 4. Testing Meters. Any municipal water meter shall
be taken out and tested upon complaint of the consumer upon pay-
ment of a fee of fifteen dollars ($ 15.00 )
If upon test, the meter is not within three percent ( 37) of
being accurate, it shall be repaired or replaced and the fee re-
turned to the consumer.
Section 5. Water Rates. The rate schedule for users of the
city's water works system shall be based on the formula hereinafter
set forth.
The following schedule of monthly rates or charges for
services furnished by the City's Water System shall be and such
is hereby adopted and established as follows, to wit:
RATES FOR BOTH COMMERCIAL
AND RESIDENTIAL USERS
Number of Gallons
of Water Used
1 - 3,000 Gallons
Next 27,000 Gallons
Next 970,000 Gallons
Use exceeding 1,000,000 Gallons
The above water rates apply to all
Monthly
Water Rates
$3.00 (Minimum)
.60 per 1,000
.50 per 1,000
.45 per 1,000
gallons
gallons
gallons
users located within the
used
used
used
corporate limits of the City. All users located outside of the
corporate limits of the City shall pay double the applicable rates
charged users within the corporate limits of the City.
B. SEWER
Section 1. Sewer Rates. The following schedule of monthly
rates or charges
for services furnished by the City's Sanitary
Sewer System shaLl be and such is hereby adopted and established
as follows, to -wit:
COMMERCIAL USERS
Number of Gallons
of Water Used
1 - 3,000 Gallons
Amounts over 3,000 Gallons
Monthly
Sewer Rates
$4.00 (Minimum)
.15 per 1,000 gallons
RESIDENTIAL USERS
used
Number of Gallons Monthly
of Water Used Sewer Rates
1 - 3,000 Gallons $2.50 (Minimum)
Amounts over 3,000 Gallons .10 per 1,000 gallons used
Section 2. Application. The above sewer rates apply to all
users located within the corporate limits of the City. All users
located outside of the corporate limits of the City shall pay
double the minimum charge for the first 3,000 gallons used, but
consumption of over 3,000 gallons shall be charged at the same
rate as users within the corporate limits of the City.
Section 3. Definitions. As used herein, a residential user
is :any residence, rent house, duplex or apartment complex in which
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people reside on a more or less permanent basis. Hotels,
motels, and other similar establishments are not to be con-
sidered within the definition of residential user.
As used herein, a commercial user is any user who operates
a business or does not come within the definition of a residential
user. Uses which are a combination of commercial and residential
uses shall be deemed to be commercial uses.
Section 4. Consumption. Monthly water consumption shall be
based upon the average monthly water consumption for the months
of November, December, January, February, and March of each year.
C. GARBAGE COLLECTION
Section 1. Collection Rates. The following schedule of
monthly rates or charges for the services furnished by the City's
Garbage Collection Services shall be and such is hereby adopted
and established as follows, to-wit:
Classification of User Rates Per Month
Residential $ 4.00
General Business 9.00
Light Commercial 15.00
Intermediate Commercial 17.50
Heavy Commercial 25.00
Section 2. Definitions.
(a) Residential garbage pick up: Any residence, rent house,
duplex or apartment complex in which people do not temporarily
reside, is to be considered a residential garbage pick up.
Hotels and Motels who serve over-night guests are not considered
to be within the definition of a residential garbage pick up.
(b) General Business user: All non-residential customers,
unless specifically referred to below.
(c) Light Commercial user: Service stations, taverns, drug
stores, animal clinics and office buildings shall come within the
definition of a light commercial user.
(d) Intermediate commercial user: Grocery stores (grocery
stores containing less than 5,000 square feet would be considered
for the purpose of these rates as an Intermediate Commercial
User. Those grocery stores in excess of 5,000.00 square
feet shall be considered as heavy commercial users as herein-
after defined) cafes, restaurants, medical clinics, retirement
homes, garages, variety stores, and lumber yards shall come
within the definition of an Intermediate Commercial User.
(e) Heavy Commercial User: Grocery stores containing in
excess of 5,000.00 square feet, schools, manufacturers, hotels,
motels, and industries shall come within the definition of a
Heavy Commercial User.
Section 3. Application. The above garbage collection rates
shall apply to all users located within the corporate limits
of the City. All users located outside the corporate limits of
the City shall pay one and one-half (1 1/2) times the rates set
forth above.
. BILLS
Section 1. Due Date. Bills for water, sewer, and garbage
collection shall be dated and mailed at such time as may be di-
rected by the City manager, and payment for such bills is due on
or before the fifteenth (15th) of each month.
Section 2. Penalty. Any bill not paid by the fifteenth
(15th) of the month shall be deemed past due and a penalty of
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$2.50
$2.50 or ten percent (10%) of the total amount due, which ever
is more shall be assessed.
Section 3. Disconnection of Services. If a bill continues
to be past due for a period in excess of thirty (30) days, the
water supply to the user shall be shut off and the meter removed.
Water service shall not be resumed until all amounts are paid in
full, including any penalty and a twenty-five dollar ($25.00)
meter replacement fee. Replacement meters will be installed up
to 5:00 o'clock p.m. of any business day. Any request for replace-
ment of meters received after 5:00 o'clock p.m. will be made on
the next business day, except in the case of emergency situa-
tions threatening life or health.
Section 4. Notice. On or about the first day of the
month after which a bill has become past due, the City shall
mail to the user at his last known address a written notice
stating that the bill is presently past due and that if it
continues to be past due for a period in excess of thirty (30)
days that the user's water supply will be shut off. This notice
is solely for the convenience of the user and whether or not
the user receives actual notice shall not affect the duty of
the City Manager to cause the water supply to be shut off as
provided for herein.
E. MISCELLANEOUS
All ordinances, resolutions or orders heretofore enacted,
passed and adopted by the City Council, or parts thereof, in
conflict herewith, are hereby repealed to the extent of the
conflict. Ordinances Nos. 220, 221, 221A, 221B, 227, 266 and
267 are hereby specifically repealed.
If any section, sub -section or sentence, clause or phrase
of this ordinance is for any reason held invalid, such decision
or decisions shall not affect the validity of the remaining por-
tions of this ordinance.
READ and APPROVED on first reading this the /4 day of
, 1978.
READ, APPROVED and ADOPTED on second reading this the
day of
ATTEST:
AziAjoli .1.,
J
JpANNE LAND; City Secretary
, 1978.
LITTON, Mayor
City of Round Rock, Texas