54-82 ORDINANCE NO. 5#-82
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 29, "WATER
AND 5EWERS", ARTICLE II, "WATER SERVICE", DIVISION 1,
"GENERALLY", OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, BY AMENDING SECTION 29-15,
nRATES", TO PROVIDE FOR WATER SERVICE RATES, FOR BOTH
RESIDENTIAL AND NONRESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS~ BOTH INSIDE
AND OUTSIDE THE CITY, BASED UPON CERTAIN CUSTOMER,
CAPACITY AND COMMODITY 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 FOLLOW5:
Section 1. That Section 29-18, "Rates", of the Code of Ordinances of ~he City of Detray
Beach, Florida, is hereby amended to read as follows:
(b) The monthJy rates (except for fire hydrants as set forth in Section 29-17) for water
furnished by the water facilities or plant of the city to customers within and outside the corporate
limits of the city, which unless otherwise indicated shah include the appropriate customer charges,
capacity charges, and commodity charges for all customers, are hereby fixed as shown in the
following schedule:
Type of Customer Inside City Outside City
Residential
Customer Charge (per meter) $ -2=-~ 2.16 $ -~..7-7- 2.70
Capacity Charge (charged to all 6rt-~ 6.01 ~ 7.51
customers, per residential dwelling unit) ....
Commodity Charge ~ .53 per 1,000 gal. .-~-~- .6,6 Per 1,000 gal.
Nonresidential
Customer Charge (per meter) $ ~ 2.16 $ ~ 2.70
Capacity Charge (based upon meter size):
3/t~ and 1 inch meter ~ 6.01 ~ 7.~1
I l/2 inch meter -t-3~½- 13.50 -i-Yvi-7- 16.gg
2 inch meter -2~a.5~- ~ -30.-67- ~
3 inch meter -55r. t-3-5~.17 -6.seg. i-67.71
6 inch meter ~ 216.71 -z~7-1.--2~ 270.89
Commodity Charge ~ .53 per 1,000 gal. .s,2-5- .6_~6 per 1,000 gal.
NOTE: ' Whenever both residential and nonresidential users are on the same meter, the capacity
charge is to be computed as if each nonresidential user on said meter was a residential
dwelling unit, or all the users shall be charged based on the nonresidential capacity
charge rate, whichever is the greater.
Section 2. 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 shah not affect the validity of the remainder hereof as a whole or part thereof other
than the part declared to be invalid.
Section 3. That this ordinance shall become effective October 1, 1982.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on second and final reading on this the 14th
day of September ,19B2.
VIc.: ' ~AYOR -- ~
ATTEST:
A-qst,~gity Clerk
First Reading August 24 t 1982
Second Reading September 14, 1982
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