Ord 47-01ORDINANCE NO. 47-01
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 53,
"SANITARY SEWERS", OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, BY AMENDING SECTION
53.130, "USER CHARGES; WHOLESALE SEWER RATES;
CALCULATION OF SEWER SURCHARGE", SUBSECTION
53.130(D), TO PROVIDE FOR INCREASED RESIDENTIAL
AND NONRESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL RATES FOR FY 2002;
PROVIDING A GENERAL REPEALER CLAUSE, A SAVING
CLAUSE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, to provide for accurate accounting of services,
the City Commission desires to more accurately reflect the payment
for services provided for the rendition of sewer services on a
prorated basis.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Title V, "Public Works", Chapter 53,
"Sanitary Sewers", Section 53.130, "User Charges; Wholesale Sewer
Rates; Calculation of Sewer Surcharge", subsection 53.130(D), of the
Code of Ordinances of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, is hereby
amended to read as follows:
(D) The following rates and charges shall be collected
from the users of the City sewerage system:
(1) Residential dwelling units. A monthly sanitary
sewer service charge is imposed upon each residential dwelling unit,
as more specifically set forth hereinafter, to which sanitary sewage
service is available through the facilities afforded by the
municipally-owned sewerage system, according to the following
schedule:
Residential
Inside City Outside City
~ (a) Capacity,~, charge
(per residential
dwelling unit):
10.23 12.06 12.78
'-~,~, (b) Commodity charge
(based on metered
water with maximum
of 12,000 gallons):
City (per 1,000
gallons)
1.17 1.24 1.16 1.55
(c) South Central
Regional Wastewater
Treatment and
Disposal Board
(per 1,000 gallons)
.70 0.73 .88 0.91
NOTES: Where no water service is provided and the user is
connected to the sanitary sewer system, there shall be a monthly
customer charge of $5.00 per residential dwelling unit, and the
commodity charge shall be based on the maximum of 12,000 gallons.
This is in addition to the capacity charges as set forth above.
Where no water service is provided and the user is not
connected to the sanitary sewer system, and sewer service is
available for connection, there shall be a monthly customer charge
of $5.00 per residential unit and a capacity charge as set forth
above.
(2) Nonresidential/commercial units. A monthly
sanitary sewer service charge is imposed upon each commercial and
nonresidential unit to which sanitary sewage service is available
through the facilities afforded by the municipally-owned sewerage
system, according to the following schedule:
Nonresidential/Commercial Inside City Outside City
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(b) (a) Capacity charge
(per meter):
3/4-inch meter
1-inch meter
1-1/2 inch meter
2-inch meter
3-inch meter
4-inch meter
6-inch meter
8-inch meter
10-inch meter
10.23 $ ~n~.v~nE 12 78
17 08 ~ ~A 21 35
34.04 40.14 42 55
54.48 ~ 68 11
119.27 ~ 149 09
214.62 ~ 268 28
476.98 ~ 596.23
818.32 ~ 1,022 . 90
1,295 71 ~-~ 1,619 63
(c) (b) Commodity charge:
City (per 1,000
ga 11 ons)
1.17 1.24 ~-=46 1.55
(c)
South Central
Regional Wastewater
Treatment and
Disposal Board
(per 1,000 gallons)
n ~ 0 73 n oo 0 91
NOTE (1): For those nonresidential/commercial units where water
service is not available, and the user is connected to the sanitary
sewer system or sewer service is available for connection, there
shall be a monthly customer charge of $5.00 and a capacity charge as
set forth above. The commodity charge shall be based on the average
usage for the type of business or nonresidential use.
NOTE (2): The customer charges and capacity charges as set forth in
this section shall be due and payable each and every month,
regardless of whether or not the water service is available or the
water meter is actually turned on or off and without regard to usage
or occupancy.
(3) Sewerage flow determination. The number of
gallons of monthly sewerage flow for residential and
nonresidential/commercial units shall be based upon the water usage
for those units as indicated by a water meter, unless a customer
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installs at no cost to the City a separate meter to measure the
actual sewerage flow from the subject unit. A separate meter may be
used to measure actual sewerage flow for the calculation of charges
only when the location, installation, and type of meter have been
approved by the City Manager or his designee.
(4) When effective. The initial rates for charges
shall be effective the first day of the month following the date
when the system is constructed, certified for use by the consulting
engineer, and accepted by the City.
Section 2. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith be, and the same are hereby repealed.
Section 3. That should any section or provision of this
ordinance or any portion thereof, any paragraph, sentence, or word
be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the remainder hereof as a
whole or part thereof other than the part declared to be invalid.
Section 4.
October 1, 2001.
That this ordinance shall become effective on
PASSED AND
reading on this the
reg ar se sion on second and final
ADO~FED in f~~
l~ day o , 2001.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
City Clerk
First Reading ~ ~,~/
Second Reading ~~/~,~,~9~/
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MEMORANDUM
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSIONERS
CITY MANAGER ~
AGENDA ITEM #/Off - REGULAR MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 19, 2001
ORDINANCE NO. 47-01 (AMENDING CHAtrrER 53 "SANITARY
SEWERS")
DATE:
SEPTEMBER 14, 2001
This ordinance is before Commission for second reading and public hearing to amend Chapter 53
"Sanitary Sewers", of the Code of Ordinances by modifying Section 53.130, "User Charges; Wholesale
Sewer Rates; Calculation of Sewer Surcharge" to promde for a rate increase of six percent m the
capacity and commodity charges. This ~s the first increase in sewer rates since October 1997, when
the City issued an across the board 2% increase. In addition, we are deleting the "Customer Charge"
for sewer since this ~s for meter reading, billing and collection and is covered in the water rates. The
rates for the South Central Treatment and Disposal Board (SCTDB) increased 4.3% and are based
upon the actual rates charged to the City. These new rates go into effect on October 1, 2001. The
net result of these changes is that a residential customer billed for 12,000 gallons of sewer service
see an increase of 1/2%.
At the first reading on September 4, 2001, Commission unanimously approved ttus ordinance.
Recommend approval of Ordinance No. 47-01 on second and final reading.
Ref S:\C~ty Clerk\Clerk\Agrnemo Ord 47 01Sewerlncrease 09 19 01 doc
ORDINANCE NO. 47-01
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 53,
"SANITARY SEWERS", OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, BY AMENDING SECTION
53.130, "USER CHARGES; WHOLESALE SEWER RATES;
CALCULATION OF SEWER SURCHARGE", SUBSECTION
53.130(D), TO PROVIDE FOR INCREASED RESIDENTIAL
AND NONRESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL RATES FOR FY 2002;
PROVIDING A GENERAL REPEALER CLAUSE, A SAVING
CLAUSE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, to provide for accurate accounting of services,
the City Commission desires to more accurately reflect the payment
for services provided for the rendition of sewer services on a
prorated basis.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Title V, "Public Works", Chapter 53,
"Sanitary Sewers", Section 53.130, "User Charges; Wholesale Sewer
Rates; Calculation of Sewer Surcharge", subsection 53.130(D), of the
Code of Ordinances of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, is hereby
amended to read as follows:
(D) The following rates and charges shall be collected
from the users of the City sewerage system:
(1) Residential dwelling units. A monthly sanitary
sewer service charge is imposed upon each residential dwelling unit,
as more specifically set forth hereinafter, to which sanitary sewage
service is available through the facilities afforded by the
municipally-owned sewerage system, according to the following
schedule:
Residential
Inside City Outside City
~,'~ (a) Capacity charge
(per residential
dwelling unit):
10.23 12.0~ 12.78
(c)(b)Commodity charge
(based on metered
water with maximum
of 12,000 gallons):
City (per 1,000
gallons)
1.17 1.24 ~ 1.55
(c) South Central
Regional Wastewater
Treatment and
Disposal Board
(per 1,000 gallons)
.70 0.73 .SE 0.91
NOTES: Where no water service is provided and the user is
connected to the sanitary sewer system, there shall be a monthly
customer charge of $5.00 per residential dwelling unit, and the
commodity charge shall be based on the maximum of 12,000 gallons.
This is in addition to the capacity charges as set forth above.
Where no water service is provided and the user is not
connected to the sanitary sewer system, and sewer service is
available for connection, there shall be a monthly customer charge
of $5.00 per residential unit and a capacity charge as set forth
above.
(2) Nonresidential/co=m%ercial units. A monthly
sanitary sewer service charge is imposed upon each commercial and
nonresidential unit to which sanitary sewage service is available
through the facilities afforded by the municipally-owned sewerage
system, according to the following schedule:
Nonresidential/Co=~Lercial Inside City Outside City
( ) ~ ~ c~ ~ 2 ~
a Custcmcr charge: ¥ ~ ~ ~ .
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(b) (a) Capacity charge
(per meter):
3/4-inch meter
1-inch meter
1-1/2 inch meter
2-inch meter
3-inch meter
4-inch meter
6-inch meter
8-inch meter
10-inch meter
$ ~ 10.23 $ 12.0g
i~.11 17.08 ~
~ ~ 34 04 40 14
=~ ~ 54 48 ~ ~=
112.52 119.27 ~
12 78
21 35
42 55
68 11
149 09
~ ~ 214 62 ~ 09 268 28
~ 476.98 ~ 596 23
772.99 818.32 ~ 1,022.90
,,~.~,~ ~ ~ 1,295.71 i,¢~7~ .~n~ 1,619.63
(C) (b) Commodity charge:
City (per 1,000
gallons)
1.17 1.24 ~ 1.55
(c)
South Central
Regional Wastewater
Treatment and
Disposal Board
(per 1,000 gallons)
~m."~,~ 0. 73 0 .~°°~ 0 . 91
NOTE (~): For those nonresidential/commercial units where water
service is not available, and the user is connected to the sanitary
sewer system or sewer service is available for connection, there
shall be a monthly customer charge of $5.00 and a capacity charge as
set forth above. The commodity charge shall be based on the average
usage for the type of business or nonresidential use.
NOTE (2): The customer charges and capacity charges as set forth in
this section shall be due and payable each and every month,
regardless of whether or not the water service is available or the
water meter is actually turned on or off and without regard to usage
or occupancy.
(3) Sewerage flow determination. The number of
gallons of monthly sewerage flow for residential and
nonresidential/commercial units shall be based upon the water usage
for those units as indicated by a water meter, unless a customer
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installs at no cost to the City a separate meter to measure the
actual sewerage flow from the subject unit. A separate meter may be
used to measure actual sewerage flow for the calculation of charges
only when the location, installation, and type of meter have been
approved by the City Manager or his designee.
(4) When effective. The initial rates for charges
shall be effective the first day of the month following the date
when the system is constructed, certified for use by the consulting
engineer, and accepted by the City.
Section 2. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith be, and the same are hereby repealed.
Section 3. That should any section or provision of this
ordinance or any portion thereof, any paragraph, sentence, or word
be declared by a court of competent ~urisdiction to be invalid, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the remainder hereof as a
whole or part thereof other than the part declared to be invalid.
Section 4.
October 1, 2001.
That this ordinance shall become effective on
PASSED A~ ADOPTED in regular session on second and final
reading on this the day of , 2001.
ATTEST:
MAYOR
City Clerk
First Reading
Second Reading
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MEMORANDUM
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSIONERS
CITY MANAGER ~
AGENDA ITEM it/ 1~ C - REGULAR MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 4, 2001
DATE:
ORDINANCE NO. 47-01 (AMENDING CHAPTER 53 "SANITARY
SEWERS")
AUGUST 31, 2001
This ordinance is before the City Commission to amend Chapter 53 "Sanitary Sewers", of the Code of
Ordinances by modifying Section 53.130, "User Charges; Wholesale Sewer Rates; Calculation of
Sewer Surcharge" to provide for a rate increase of six percent m the capacity and commodity charges.
This is the first increase m sewer rates since October 1997, when the City issued an across the board
2% increase. In addition, we are deleting the "Customer Charge" for sewer since this is for meter
reading, billing and collection and is covered in the water rates. The rates for the South Central
Treatment and Disposal Board (SCTDB) increased 4.3% and are based upon the actual rates charged
to the City. These new rates go into effect on October 1, 2001. The net result of these changes is
that a residential customer billed for 12,000 gallons of sewer service will see an increase of V2%.
Recommend approval of Ordinance No. 47-01 on first reading.
scheduled for September 19, 2001.
If passed, a public hearing will be
Ref Agmemo21 Ord 47-01 Sewer Increase 09-04-01