HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1696ORDINANCE NO. I~ 9 ~
AN ORDTNANCE REVISING WATER AND SEWER RATES
AND AMENDING CENTRAL POINT MUNICIPAL CODE
SECTIONS 13.04.110 AND 14.12..150 PERTAINING TO
UNPA.ZD WATER AND SEWER ACCOUNTS
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF CENTRAL POINT, OREGON, DO ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 13.04.010 of the Central Point Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
13.04.010 Rates -- Established. The following rates are
fixed and specified as the minimum rates to be charged per month
for water used in the City:
A. 3/4 inch connect, minimum charge per 667
cubic feet or fraction, $9.90
1 inch connect, minimum charge per 667
cubic feet or fraction, $11.62
1-1/2 inch connect, minimum charge per 667
cubic feet or fraction, $1.3.28
2 inch connect, minimum charge per 667
cubic feet or fraction, $15.66
3 inch connect, minimum charge per 667
cubic feet or fraction, $35.90
4 inch connect, minimum charge per 667
cubic feet or fraction, $52.87
6 inch connect, minimum charge per 667
cubic feet or fraction, $97.20
8 inch connect, minimum charge per 667
cubic feet or fraction, $143.73
B. Any amount of water used in excess of the minimum
amounts above provided shall be paid for at the rate of eighty-
five cents ($.85) per one hundred cubic feet and the user shall
be billed for the same at the time of billing for the amount used
in excess of the minimum amounts above provided.
C. The rates for use of water outside the city limits shall
be one and one-half times the rate charged to users within the
city.
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D. For the first or last month of service, the minimum
charge per six hundred sixty-seven (667) cubic feet or fraction
shall be prorated on a daily basis, based on a thirty-day month,
beginning on the date of connection. The minimum prorated charge
shall be one dollar.
Section 2. Section ].3.04.020 of the Central Point Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
13.04.020 Apartments, Multzple Dwellings and Mobile Home
Parks -- Rates.
A. In lieu of the water service charge based upon the size
of connection as set forth in Section 13.04.010, the charge to
apartments, multiple dwelling residences (including motels and
hotels), mobile home spaces, and planned unit developments shall
be a minimum of nine dollars and ninety cents ($9.90} per six
hundred sixty-seven cubic feet or fraction thereof multiplied by
the number of living units or mobile home spaces for which water
service is provided.
B. Any amount of water used in excess of six hundred sixty-
seven cubic feet multiplied by the number of living units or
mobile home spaces for which water service is provided shall be
paid for at the rate of eight-five cents ($.85) per one hundred
cubic feet.
C. For purposes of new construction, the number of. living
units or mobile home spaces for which water service is provided
shall be calculated for such living units or mobile home spaces
after they are initially occupied. The number of living units or
mobile home spaces initially occupied for the purpose of such
rate computation shall be as reported by the owner or manager of
each such apartment, multiple dwelling or mobile home park and
shall be designated on forms to be furnished by the City and
delivered or mailed to the City on or before the tenth day of
each month. In the absence of a timely report of actual
occupancy by the owner or manager of each such apartment,
multiple dwelling or mobile home park, occupancy shall be deemed
to be one hundred percent. If water is provided and no living
units or mobile home spaces are occupied, the charges for water
service shall be calculated assuming an occupancy of one unit.
D. It is unlawful for any person to make any false
statement or report to the City as provided for in this section.
E. 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.
Section 3. Central Point Municipal Code Section 13.04.110
is hereby amended to read as follows:
13.04.110 Unpaid Accounts. In the event of unpaid charges
for water service, connecting service or reconnecting service,
the City may apply any deposit to said unpaid charges or
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terminate service to the account premises in accordance with this
Section. These remedies shall be nonexclusive and independent of
each other.
A. Application of Deposit to Account or Termination of
Service. In the event the City intends to apply a depos9.t to an
unpaid account or to terminate service because of an unpaid
account, the following procedure shall be followed:
1. A notice shall be sent to the owner of the property,
at the address on record with the County Tax Assessor, and to the
customer at the address to which billings have been mailed and at
the address of the premises where the service is provided;
provided, however, that. 3.f they are the same, only one notice
need be sent.
2. The notice shall state the City's intention to
terminate service or apply the deposit to the account thirty days
after the date of the mailing of the notice, and shall also
contain the following language: "if you feel that there is a.
mistake on the bill or if you wish to dispute the amount of_ the
bill, or you wish to dispute the termination of service, you may
do so by appearing at the customer counter at Central Point City
Hall during designated office hours prior to the expiration of 30
days from the date of the mailing of this notice."
3. In the event a customer remonstrates against the
intended application of the deposit or termination of service,
the City Administrator or his designee shall provide an
opportunity to the customer to be heard in a conference prior to
application of the deposit to the charge or termination of
service.
4. The City Administrator or his designee shall,
following the gassage of ten days from the date of. the mailing of
said notice, or following the conference referred to hereinabove
if one is requested and attended, or following the date scheduled
for said conference if one is requested and the customer fails to
attend, have the authority to apply the deposit to the unpaid
account or terminate service upon a finding that the charges have
been accurately stated and have remained unpaid for a period of
more than thirty days after the earliest of said charges was
billed.
Section 4. 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 ten dollars and eighty-three
cents ($10.83) per dwelling per month.
Section 5. Section 14.12.040 of the Central Point Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
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14.12.040 Multiple-Family Residential Livin4 Units. There
shall be a service charge f.or all multiple-family residential
living units including apartments, mobile home parks, motels anal
hotels as follows:
A. An amount equal to a minimum residential rate per
account of ten dollars and eighty-three cents ($10.83) per month
times the number of living units for which sewer service is
provided.
B. For purposes of new construction, the number of living
units or mobile home spaces for which sewer service is provided
shall be calculated for such living units or mobile home spaces
after they are initially occupied. The number. of living units or
mobile home spaces initially occupied for the purpose of such
rate computation shall be as reported by the owner or manager of
each such apartment, multiple dwelling or mobile home park and
shall be designated on forms to be furnished by the City and
delivered or mailed to the City on or before the tenth day of.
each month. In the absence of a timely report of actual
occupancy by the owner or manager of each such apartment,
multiple dwelling or mobile home park, occupancy shall be deemed
to be one hundred percent. If sewer is provided and no living
units or mobile home spaces are occupied, the charges for sewer
service shall be calculated assuming an occupancy of one unit.
C. It is unlawful for any person to make any false
statement or report to the City as provided for i.n this section.
D. 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.
Section 6. Section 14.12.050 of the Central Point Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
14.12.050 Public Schools and Churches. Service charges for
public schools 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 serviced by the
sewer connection as follows:
For each meter through 3/4 inch $ 10.83
For each 1 inch meter 11.81
For each 1 -1/2 inch meter 13.02
For each 2 inch meter 15.57
For each 3 inch meter 25.64
For each 4 inch meter. 36.94
For each 6 inch meter 65.64
For each 8 inch meter 94.06
B. Gallonage. To the capacity charges specified in
subsection A above shall be added a charge of forty-five cents
($.45) per hundred cubic feet of water delivered to the premises
as determined in subsection C below.
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C. The gallonage service charge for public. schools and
church accounts shall be determined once each year during the
month of March for 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 of this section
to the average month water consumption during the preceding
December, January and February for each such account except that
for public schools, the average monthly water consumption shall
be based on water uses in 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 7. Section 14.12.060 of the Central Point Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
14.12.060 Commercial, Hospital and Industrial Services.
Service charges for commercial, hospital 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 $ 10.83
For each 1 inch meter 11.81
For each 1-1/2 inch meter 13.02
For each 2 inch meter 15.57
For each 3 inch meter 25.64
For each 4 inch meter 36.94
For each 6 inch meter 65.64
For each 8 inch meter 94.06
B. Gallonage. To the capacity charges specified in
subsection A above shall be added a charge of forty-five cents
($.45} per hundred cubic feet of water delivered to the premises.
Section 8. Central Point Municipal Code Section 14.12.150
is hereby amended to read as follows:
14.12.150 Unpaid Accounts. In the event of unpaid charges
for sewer service, connecting service or reconnecting service,
the City may apply any deposit to said unpaid charges or
terminate service to the account premises in accordance with this
Section. These remedies shall be nonexclusive and independent of
each other.
A. Application of Deposit to Account or Termination of
Service. In the event the City intends to apply a deposit to an
unpaid account or to terminate service because of an unpaid
account, the following procedure shall be followed:
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1. A notice shall be sent to the owner of the property,
at the address on record with, the County Tax Assessor, and to the
customer at the address to which. billings have been mailed and at.
the address of the premises where the service is provided;
provided, however, that if they are the same, only one notice
need be sent.
2. The notice shall state the City`s intention to
terminate service or apply the deposit to the account thirty days
after the date of the mailing of the notice, and shall also
contain the following language: "If you feel that there is a
mistake on the bill or if you wish to dispute the amount of the
bill, or you wish to dispute the termination of service, you may
do so by appearing at the customer counter at Central Point City
Hall during designated office hours prior to the expiration of 30
days from the date of the mailing of this notice."
3. In the event a customer remonstrates against the
intended application of the deposit or t.erminati.on of service,
the City Administrator or his designee shall provide an
opportunity to the customer to be heard in a conference prior to
application of the deposit to the charge or termination of
service.
4. The City Administrator or his designee shall,
following the passage of ten days from the date of the mailing of
said notice, or following the conference referred to hereinabove
if one is requested and attended, or following the date scheduled
for said conference if one is requested and the customer fails to
attend, have the authority to apply the deposit to the unpaid
account or terminate service upon a finding that the charges have
been accurately stated and have remained unpaid for a period of
more than thirty days after the earliest of said charges was
billed.
Section 9. The revisions in water and sewer rates contained
in this ordinance shall become effective for the bi.7.ling period
commencing January 20, 1994.
Based upon recent state legislation mandating the changes to
the Unpaid Account sections of the Central Point Municipal Code
contained in this ordinance, which state legislation became
effective November 4, 1993, and based upon recent changes made by
the Regional Rate Committee, the Council hereby declares that an
emergency exists and the remaining amendments contained in this
ordinance shall take effect immediately upon passage.
Passed by the Council and s~~]]'/~~/~~ffned by me in authentication of
its passage this ~_ day of ALO/'O,amL~OA 1993.
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Mayo J Roger Westensee
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ATTEST:
City Repre tative
Approved by me this _~~ day of ~o~avh~oA , 1993.
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Mayor oger Westensee
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