55-82 ORDINANCE NO. 55-32
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 29, "WATER
AND SEWERS", ARTICLE III, "SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL",
DIVISION 1, "GENERALLY", OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, BY AMENDING
SECTION 29-~3,."SERVICE RATES AND CHARGES IMPOSED", BY
AMENDING SUBSECTIONS 29-63(a), "RESIDENTIAL DWELLING
UNITS", AND 29-63(b), "NONRESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL UNITS",
TO PROVIDE FOR RATES AND CHARGES TO BE COLLECTED
FROM USERS, BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CITY, OF THE
CITY'S SEWERAGE SYSTEM, BASED ON CERTAIN CUSTOMER,
CAPACITY AND COMMODITY CHARGES FOR RESIDENTIAL AND
NONRESIDENTIAL/COMMERICAL UNITS; 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", of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, is hereby amended by amending Subsection (a),
"Residential dwelling units" and Subsection (b), "Nonresidential/commercial units", 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, coopera-
tives, 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 O.u~side City
Residential
Capacity Charge (per residential $ -~2-2- 5.22 $ ~ 6.53
dwelling unit)
Commodity Charge (based on metered
water with maximum of 10,000 gals.)
City -,07 .55 per 1,000 gal. ~ ..6_~9 per 1,000 gal.
South Central Regional Wastewater ~ .~.7 per 1,000 gal. .--I4- .59 per 1,000 gal.
Treatment Disposal Board
NOTE: Where no water service is provided, there shall be a monthly customer charge of $2.16
per residential dwelling unit, and the commodity charge shall be based on the maximum
of 10,000 gallons.
(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/q and I inch meter $ ~ 5.22 $ ~.02- 6.53
I l/2inch meter ~ 11.77 L~'.37 lat.71
2 inch meter ~.79 20.8~ ~ 26.05
3 inch meter 6bd~ ~7'.07 .80,..~ 58.8tt.
6 inch meter ~-~9.7! 189.25 3L,m~&a. 236.56
Commodity Charge (based on 90% of metered water)
City ,ag .55 per 1,000 gal. ~3-~7-~ .69 per 1,000 gal.
South Central Regional Wastewater
Treatment Disposal Board .-40- .~7 per 1,000 gal. ~-50 .59 per 1,000 gal.
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 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 shall 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 ., 1982.
VIC~. '7[ Y O R
ATTEST:
· City Clerk
First Reading August 24, 1982
Second Reading September 14, 1982
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