85-80 ORDINANCE NO. 85-80
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA AMENDING CHAPTER 29 "WATER
AND SEWERS" BY AMENDING SUBPARAGRAPHS (a), (b) AND (d)
OF SECTION 29-63 TO CHANGE THE METHOD OF CHARGING
MONTHLY SEWER RATES FROM A FIXTURE COUNT FORMULA
TO NINETY-NINE CENTS ($0.99) PER THOUSAND GALLONS OF
SEWERAGE FLOW BASED UPON 100% OF WATER USAGE UNLESS
A METER IS INSTALLED AT NO COST TO THE CITY TO ESTAB-
LISH ACTUAL SEWERAGE FLOW, PROVIDING MINIMUM
MONTHLY CHARGES FOR RESIDENTIAL AND NONRESIDENTIAL
USERS AND A MAXIMUM MONTHLY RATE FOR RESIDENTIAL
USERS; PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFEC-
TIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section I. That Chapter 29 "Water and Sewers" is hereby amended by
amending subparagraphs (a), (b) and (d) of Section 29-63 thereof to read as follows:
(a) Residential dwelling units. A residential dwelling unit is herein
defined to be any family Ii,ring 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 and the like, 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:
The charge for a residential dwelling unit shall be ninety-nine cents
($0.99) per thousand .~allons of sewerage flow per month~ except that
there shall be the followin~ minimum and maximum charges:
1. Minimum Charge - Five thousand (5~000) .~allons per month.
2. Maximum Charge- Eight thousand (8~000) gallons per month.
(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 available 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 (50.99) per thousand ~allons of sewerage flow per month,
except that there shall be a minimum charge per month of five
thousand (5~000) gallons.
(d~) Sewerage ilow determination. The number of gallons of monthly
sewerage flow for residential, commercial'and nonresidential units shall be
based upon and equal 100% the water usag. e 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 tyoe of meter
have been approved by the City Manager or his designee.
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 affec
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 on
February 1, 1981.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on second and final reading
on this the 13th dgy of January , 1981.
MAYOR
LEON M. WEEKES
ATTEST:
City Clerk
First Reading December 16, 1980
Second Reading January 13, 1981
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