93-84 ORDINANCE NO. 93-84
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DELRAY
BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 29, "WATER AND
SEWERS", ARTICLE III, "SEWERS AND ~EWAGE DISPOSAL",
DIVISION 1, "GENERALLY", 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", PROVIDING FOR SEWER
SERVICE RATES AND CHARGES FOR RESIDENTIAL DWELLING
UNITS; AND SUBSECTION (b), "NONRESIDENTIAL]COMMERCIAL
UNITS", PROVIDING FOR SEWER SERVICE RATES AND CHARGES
FOR NONRESIDENTIAL]COMMERCIAL UNITS, BOTH INSIDE AND
OUTSIDE THE CITY, BASED UPON CERTAIN CAPACITY AND
COMMODITY CHARGES TO DECREASE SAID CAPACITY CHARGES;
PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That 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, 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, cooper-
atives, 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 system, according to the following schedule:
Type of Customer Inside City Outside City
Residential
Capacity Charge (per residential 7.00 8~76 8.75
dwelling unit)
Commodity Charge (based on metered water
with maximum of 10,006 gallons):
City (per 1,000 gallons) 0.55 0759 0.68
South Central Regional Wastewater
Treatment Disposal Board (per
1,000 gallons) 0. 555 9r696~ 0.6937
Note: Where no water service is provided, there shall be a monthly customer charge of
two dollars and sixteen cents ($2.16) per residential dwelling unit, and the
commodity charge shall be based on the maximum of ten thousand (10,000)
gallons.
Section 2. That 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, 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 8776 8.75
1 1/2 inch meter 15.70 ~976~ 1~
2 inch meter 28.06 ~6~08 ~
3 inch meter 62.88 ~
6 inch meter 254.75 ~8~44 318.43
Commodity Charge (based on ninety percent (90%) of metered water):
City (per 1,000 gallons) 0.55 0769 0.68
South Central Regional Wastewater
Treatment Disposal Board (per
1,000 gallons) 0.555 0r6~6~ 0.6937
Note: For those nonresidential/commercial units where water service is not available, the
capacity and commodity 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 immediately upon its
passage on second and final reading.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in speclal session on second and final reading on this
the 6th day of November , 1984.
ATTEST:
First Reading October 23 t 1984
Second Reading November 6, 1984
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