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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 1628ORDINANCE NO. 1628 AN ORDINANCE REVISING SEWER SERVICE CHARGES THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF CENTRAL POINT DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 14.12.030 of the Central Point Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 14.12.030 Single-Family Residential Units. Single-family residential service charges are eight dollars and ninety cents ($8.90) per dwelling per month. Section 2. Section 14.12.040 of the Central Point Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 14.12.040 Multiple-Family Residential Livin Units. There shall be a service charge for all multiple-family residential living units including apartments, mobile home parks, motels and hotels as follows: A. An amount equal to a minimum residential rate per account of eight dollars and ninety cents ($8.90) per month times the number of living units for which sewer service is provided. B. It is unlawful for any person to make any false statement or report to the City as provided for in this section. C. A "living unit", for purposes of this section, means such room or rooms designed for and capable of being used for living accommodations of one or more persons as a single housekeeping unit or household or overnight accommodation. D. Gallonage. To the capacity charges specified in subsection A above shall be added a charge of thirty-seven cents ($.37) per hundred cubic feet of water delivered to the premises. Section 3. Section 14.12.050 of the Central Point Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 14.12.050 Public Schools, Hospitals and Churches. Service charges for public schools, hospitals and churches are per account per month, a total of the following: A. Capacity Charge. An amount determined by the size of water meter or meters supplying the premises served by the sewer connection as follows: For each meter through 3/4 inch $ 8.90 For each 1 inch meter 9.70 For each 1-1/2 inch meter 10.70 ORDINANCE NO. 1628 - 1 (SEWERFEE.ORD - 101089) For each 2 inch meter 12.80 For each 3 inch meter 21.10 For each 4 inch meter 30.40 For each 6 inch meter 54.00 For each 8 inch meter 77.40 B. Gallonage. To the capacity charges specified in subsection (A) above shall be added a charge of thirty-seven cents ($.37) per hundred cubic feet of water delivered to the premises, as determined in subsection (C) below. C. The gallonage service charge for public schools, hospital and church accounts shall be determined once each year during the month of March of each such account, and the amount of the charge so determined shall be charged for each month for the twelve-month period then beginning. The charge shall be determined for each account by applying the rate in subsection (B) above to the average month water consumption during the preceding December, January and February. In the case of a service which commences after the month of February, the average gallonage shall be determined by the Central Point sewer department upon a reasonable comparison with the use of water by other customers receiving the same class of service and under similar circumstances and conditions. Section 4. Section 14.12.060 of the Central Point Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 14.12.060 Commercial and Industrial Services. Service charges for commercial and industrial services are per account per month, a total of the following (plus any extra strength or other charges per this chapter): A. Capacity charges. An amount determined by the size of the water meter or meters supplying the premises serviced by the sewer connection as follows: For each meter through 3/4 inch $ 8.90 For each 1 inch meter 9.70 For each 1-1/2 inch meter 10.70 For each 2 inch meter 12.80 For each 3 inch meter 21.10 For each 4 inch meter 30.40 For each 6 inch meter 54.00 For each 8 inch meter 77.40 B. Gallonage. To the capacity charges specified in subsection (A) above shall be added a charge of thirty-seven cents ($.37) per hundred cubic feet of water delivered to the premises. Section 5. Section 14.12.080 of the Central Point Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: ORDINANCE NO. 1628 _ 2 (SEWERFEE.ORD - 101089) 14.12.080 Extra-Strength Service Char e. A. All commercial and industrial sewer service accounts shall pay a surcharge for extra-strength industrial waste discharge as defined in this title in addition to the service charge listed in Section 14.12.060. The surcharge shall be a monthly charge at the rate of twenty cents ($.20) per three hundred p.p.m. of biochemical oxygen demand or suspended solids, or fraction thereof, in excess of the first three hundred p.p.m. of biochemical oxygen demand or suspended solids, per one hundred cubic feet of water delivered to the premises. The method used to determine extra-strength service charges £or wastewater shall be as described in this title. The surcharge shall be for the higher concentration of either biochemical oxygen demand or suspended solids, but not assessed for both. B. For each extra-strength industrial waste discharger, the composite charge rate shall normally be employed. The composite charge rate shall be based on the average of composited samples obtained in accordance with the provisions of the wastewater strength determination section of this title and the wastewater volume as determined in accordance with the provisions of the wastewater volume determination section of this title. In appropriate circumstances other charge rates shall be employed under the terms and conditions set forth in section 14.08.030 of this title. Section 6. The revisions in rates contained in the within ordinance shall become effective for the billing period commencing December 20, 1989. Passed by the Council and signed by me in authentication of its passage this 20th day of Novembe~ ~ 1989. ~ ~ Mayor ATT<~ST: - -- - , ~ _. Designate C'ty Officer APPROVED by me this 20th day of November 1989. ~_/ Mayor ~ ,! ORDINANCE NO. 1628 - 3 (SEWERFEE.ORD - 101089)