17-81 ORDINANCE NO. 17-81
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DELRAY
BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 29 "WATER AND SEWERS" BY
AMENDING SUBPARAGRAPHS (b) AND (d) OF SECTION 29-63 TO
PROVIDE THAT THE SEWERAGE SERVICE CHARGE FOR A'COMMERCIAL
OR NON-RESIDENTIAL UNIT SHALL BE BASED UPON 90% OF THE
RECORDED FLOW; 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 Chapter 29 "Water and Sewers" is hereby amended
by amending subparagraphs (b) and (d) of Section 29-63 thereof to read as
follows:
(b) Commercial and nonresidential units. A monthly sanitary
sewer service charge is hereby imposed upon each commercial and
nonresidential unit to which sanitary sewerage service is avail-
able through the facilities afforded by the municipally owned
sewerage system, according to the following schedule:
The charge for a commercial or nonresidential unit shall be
ninety-nine cents ($0.99) per thousand gallons of sewerage
flow per month, based upon 90% of the water meter recorded
flow except that there shall be a minimum charge per month
of five thousand (5,000) gallons.
(d) Sewerage flow determination. The number of gallons of
monthly sewerage flow for residential, commercial and nonresi-
dential units shall be based upon e~-e~e~-~99% the water usage
for those units as indicated by a water meter, unless a customer
installs at no cost to the City a separate meter to measure the
actual sewerage flow from the subject unit. A separate meter may
be used to measure actual sewerage flow for the calculation of
rates only when the location, installation, and type of meter
have been approved by the City Manager or his designee.
Section 2. That should any section or provision of this ordi-
nance 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 ten days
after passage on second and final reading.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on second and final reading
on this the 26th day of May , 1981.
MAYOR
LEON M. WEEKES
ATTEST:
y
City Clerk
First. Reading May 12, 1981
Second Reading May 26. 1981