76-83 ORDINANCE NO. 76-~3
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DELRAY
BEACH, FLORIDA, A~ENDING CHAPTEK 29, "~ATER ANL SE~E~S",
ARTICLE III , "SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL", DI¥ISION 1,
"GENERALLY", OF TH~ CODE OF OP~DINANC~.$ OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, BY A~NDING SECTION 29-~3, "SE~-
VICE RATES AND 'CHARGES IMPOSED", TO INCREAS~ ThE
MODITY C~ARGES FGR THE SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL WA~TEWAT~R
TREATMENT DISPOSAL BOARD FOR BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND
RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS, BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE TH~. CITY,
BASED UPON CERTAIN CUSTO~R, CAPACITY AND CO~ODIT~
CHARGES; PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFEC-
TIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE cITy CObNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Section 2~-63, "Service rates and charges im-
posed'', of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, is
hereby amended to read as follows:
The following rates and charges shall be collected from the users
city sewerage system:
(a) ~esidential dwelling units. A residential dwellin9 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 dweliin9 unl~. In apart-
ment 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 san~tar~
sewerage service is available through the facilities afforded by
the municipally owned sewerage system, according to the ~ol-
lowing schedule:
Inside Outs~ae
Type of Customer City Cit~
B~ s idential:
Capacity charge (per residential dwelling unit; $5.22 $6.53
Commodity charge (based on metered water with
maximum of 10,000 gallons):
City (per 1,000 gallons) ............ 0.55 0.69
South Central Regional Wastewater Treatment
Disposal Board (per 1,000 gallons; ...... ~
0.5~5 0.6963
Note: %~/~ere no water service is provided, there shall ue a monthly
customer charge of two dollars and sixteen cents ~2.16) per
residential dwelling unit, and the commodit~ charge shall be
based on the maximum of ten thousand (10,U00) gallons.
(b) Nonres identia 1 / co[,~mercia 1 units, a montnl k- sanitary sewer
service charge is hereby imposed upon each commercial aha non-
residential unit to which sanitar~ sewage servic~ is available
through the facilities afforded by the municipally' ownea sew-
erage system, accorGlng to the ~ollowing schedule:
Inside Outside
Nonresidential/commercial City City
Capacity charge (per meter):
3/4 and 1 inch meter .............. $ 5.22 $ 6.53
1-~ inch meter ................. ll. 77 14.71
2 inch meter ................. 20.84 26.05
3 inch meter ................. 47.07 5 ~. 8 4
6 inch meter ................. 189.25 236.56
Commodity charge (based on ninety per cent (90%) o~ metered wa~er):
City (per 1,000 gallons) ............ $ 0.55 $ 0.69
South Central Regional Wastewater Treatment
Disposal Board (per 1,000 gallons) ....... ~4~ ~
0.555 0.6963
Note: For those nonresidential/commercial units where water servzce zs
not available, the capacity and commodity charges shall De
determined by unit classification standards for water usage.
section 2. That should any section or provision of this ordz-
nance or any .~rOrtion thereof, any paragraph, sentence, or word De declared
by'a Court d competent jurisdiction to ~e invalid, such decision shall
not affect t~~ validity of the remainder hereo~ as a whole or part thereo~
other than t~ part declared to be invalid.
Secti_c~n 3. That this ordinance shall become eliective November
1, 1983.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on second and fZnal reading
on this the 25th day of October , 1983.
ATTE ST:
City Clerk
First ~ea~ing October 11, 1983
Second Reading October 25. 19~t
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