HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1970ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 13.04.010 OF THE CENTRAL POINT
MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING WATER RATES.
Recitals:
A. The current ordinance allows for inequities in residential billing.
B. Billings for residential meters shall be based upon the number of units and not
the meter size.
C. Rates and fees shall be adjusted by City Council via resolution.
D. Words liRed through �ahare to be deleted and words in bold are added.
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF CENTRAL POINT DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 13.04.010 of the Central Point Municipal Code is amended to read:
13.04. 010 Water rates.
A. Water rates, which are adopted by resolution, are based on a cost of service
structure and are defined by the following categories: residential, commercial
and standby, and irrigation. Special rate considerations are also established for
uo^',-.,ave, Jackson County Expo, hardship discounts, and an outside city
factor.
Water rates will generally include the following: a monthly fixed base charge, a
fixed monthly repair and replacement fee, and usage rates based on
consumption. Rates are also defined by meter size, or number of residential
units and water usage rates are based on an inclining scale.
B. Any amount of water used shall be paid for at the rate specified in the schedule
above per one hundred cubic feet or fraction thereof.
C. The rate for use of water outside the city limits shall be eae and -one -hal two
times the rate charged to users within the city.
D. Water rates and associated fees may be modified annually as deemed
necessary by the city council.
E. All water connections will be billed a nonrefundable account maintenance fee of
tea dellars set by resolution.
F. Water connections or reconnections made on regular work days between the
hours of four -thirty p.m. and eight a.m., weekends, or holidays are considered
after hours and will be assessed an additional seventy ffve-dollar fee set by
resolution.
G. Water connection charges for bulk water drawn from fire hydrants will be
charged according to the current rate schedule, plus ^ one hURdFed fifty dGlIa
asseartset upadopted by resolution:
H. Standby water service or fire protection water service charges will be according
to the water rate schedule adopted by resolution.
I. Accounts turned off for nonpayment will be assessed a thirty five dellar fee, set
by resolution, upon reconnection.
J. A thirty five della fee set by resolution will be charged for all dishonored
payments.
K. A water meter fee ef twe h6IRGIFed f fty dellars set by resolution will be charged
for each meter.
L. A water tap fee of two thousand seven hundred dallars set by resolution will be
charged for each new connection from the meter to the city water line.
M. Compound Fire Line meters will be assessed a monthly fee based upon the
current water rate resolution base ^h^r^^ plus repaiF and •^*^Gement fees
aGGGFdiRg to the largest sized ^ mpe nd mete with the smaller bypass low
flow meters charged for water consumption only. (Ord. 1932 §1 (part), 2010).
Passed by the Council and signed by me in authentication of its passage this l L{��
day of !Mase, 2013.
Mayor Hank Williams
ATT 2ST,
City Recorder