71-87 ORDINANCE NO. 71-87
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 29, "WATER
AND SEWERS", OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, BY AMENDING SECTION 29-63,
"SERVICE RATES AND CHARGES IMPOSED", SUBSECTION (a),
"RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS", AND SUBSECTION (b),
"NONRESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL UNITS", TO INCREASE THE
SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT DISPOSAL
BOARD CHARGES FROM $0.555 PER 1,000 GALLONS TO $0.5?55
PER. 1,000 GALLONS FOR INSIDE CITY USE, AND FROM $0.6963
AND $0.6937 FOR 1,000 GALLONS, FOR RESIDENTIAL AND
NONRESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL USE RESPECTIVELY, TO $0.7194
PER 1,000 GALLONS FOR OUTSIDE CITY USE; PROVIDING A
SAVING CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Chapter 29, "Water and Sewers", Article III, "Sewers and
Sewage Disposal", Section 29-63, "Service rates and charges imposed", Subsection (a),
"Residential dwelling units", of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Delray Beach,
Florida, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
(a) Residential dwelling units. A residential dwelling unit is herein defined to be any
family living unit, and, where two (2) or more families are living on the same
premises, each shall be considered as a separate residential dwelling unit. In
apartment buildings, condominiums, cooperatives, duplexes, resort dwelling units,
and the like, and per each trailer space in a trailer park, each living unit shall
be considered a separate residential dwelling unit. A monthly sanitary sewerage
service charge is hereby imposed upon each residential dwelling unit, as more
specifically set forth hereinafter, to which sanitary sewerage service is available
through the facilities afforded by the municipally owned sewerage syst..em,
according to the following schedule:
Type of Customer Inside City Outside City
Residential:
Capacity charge (per residential dwelling
unit) ..................... $7.00 $8.76
Commodity charge (based on metered water
wit!t maximum of 10,000 gallons):
City (per 1,000 gallons) ......... 0.55 0.69
South Central Regional Wastewater Treat-
ment Disposal Board (per 1,000 gallons) . . 9~$$$ 0.5755 07695a I,.?194
Note: Where no water service is provided, there shall be a monthly customer
charge of two dollars and sixteen cents ($2.16) per residential dwelltng~unit,
and the commodity charge shall be based on the maximum of ten thousand
(10,000) gallons.
Section 2. That Chapter 29, "Water and Sewers", Article III, "Sewers and
Sewage Disposal", Section 29-63, "Service rates and charges imposed", Subsection (b),
"Nonresidential/commercial units", of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Delray
Beach, Florida, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
(b) Nonresidential/commercial units. A monthly sanitary sewer service charge is
hereby 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
Capacity charge (per meter):
3/4 and 1 inch meter ............. $ 7.00 $ 8.75
1 1/2 inch meter ............... 15.70 19.62
2 inch meter ................. 28.06 35.07
3 inch meter ................. 62.88 78.60
6 inch meter ................. 254.75 318.43
Commodity charge (based on ninety per cent (90%) of metered water):
City (per 1,000 gallons) ........... $ 0.55 $ 0.68
South Central Regional Wastewater Treatment
Disposal Board (per 1,000 gallons) ...... 9?655 0.5755 0~69a~ 0.7194
Note: For those nonresidential/commercial units where water service is not
available, the capacity charges shall be determined by unit classification
standards for water usage.
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. That this ordinance shall become effective October 1, 1987.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on second and final reading on this
the 22nd day of September , 1987.
ATTEST:
First Reading _...September 8, 1987
Second Reading September 22, 1987
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