53-76 ORDINANCE NO. 53-76
AN ORDINANCE OF T~E CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 27 "WATER
~D SANITARY SEWERAGE" OF THE CITY'S CODE OF
ORDINANCES BY REPEALING SECTION 27-2(b) AND
INSERTING A NEW SUBSECTION (b) TO ADD CHARGES FOR
METER INSTALLATION, FIRE HYDRANTS AND WATER CON-
NECTIONS AND EXCEPTIONS TO WATER CON~ECTION CHARGE;
~ENDING SECTION 27-2(c) RELATIVE TO SURCHARGE;
REPEALING SECTION 27-3(a)(b) AND (c) AND INSERTING
A NEW SUBSECTION (a)(b) AND (c) RATES FOR WATER
INSIDE AND OUTSIDE CITY; ~iENDING SECTION 27-28(a)
TO ADD THE WORD "UNIT"; FURTHER ~4ENDING SECTION
27-28(a) TO PROVIDE A SEWER SERVICE CHARGE FOR ALL
TRAILER PARKS SERVED BY CITY WATER; AMENDING SECTION
27-28.1 TO ADD EXCEPTION TO'.SEWER CONNEC~T~ON CHARGE;
REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE; PRO-
VIDING 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 That Section 27-2(b) is hereby repealed and a new subsection
(b) is hereby inserted to read as follows:
(b) Meter installation charges shall be as follows:
Meter Size Inside City Outside City
...C~ar~e Charge
3/4 inch $ 120.00 $ 150.00
1 inch 170.00 212.50
1% inch 280.00 350.00
2 inch 380.00 475.00
3 inch 1,040.00 ~1,300.00
4 inch 1,490.00 1,862.50
Fire Hydrants 850.00 1,062.50
There shall also be a water connection charge of $150.00
per residential dwelling unit. 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 resi-
dential dwelling unit. In apartment buildings, coopera-
tives, duplexes and the like, each living unit shall be
considered a separate residential dwelling unit.
There shall also be a non-residential water connection
charge which shall be based on $200.00 per one inch
size of water meter installed.
Exception to water connection charge: Any structures
that would ordinarily be subject to the connection
charges set forth above shall be exempt if:
(1) They are located within a development that has
final plat approval as of the effective date of
this ordinance (which was granted on or after
January 1, 1972) for 50% or more of the develop-
ment.
(2) That as of the effective date of this ordinance,
the development shall be under active construction.
Active construction, as used herein, shall mean one
or more structures in the process of being constructed
on the effective date of this ordinance and/or
one or more structures for which a certificate
or certificates of occupancy have been issued
not more than six months preceding the effective
date of this ordinance.
(3) That, as to a particular structure, all permits
including but not limited to building permits,
water and sewer permits, have been issued not
later than January 24, 1978, and that the meter
install~tion and water connection for such
structures occur not later than July 24, 1978.
(4) The exception created herein shall not apply to
any permits issued prior to the effective date
of this amendment; only those structures for which
permits are issued subsequent to the effective
date of this amendment, and which otherwise meet
the above criteria shall be exempt from the
connection charges.
Section 2. That Section 27-2(c) is hereby amended to read as
follows:
(c) The charges to users wholly outside the corporate
limits of said City be, and the same are hereby
fixed at sums equal to the rates shown in the
se~e~e column set forth in subparagraph
hereinabove
~espee~&~e-e~ess~ea~e~ designated "outside City
charqe"..
Section 3. That Section 27-3 (a) (b) and '(c) is hereby repealed
and new subsections (a)(b) and (c) are hereby inserted to read as follows:
(a) The monthly (except for fire hydrants)rates for water
furnished by the water facilities or plant of the
City of Delray Beach, Florida, to customers within
and outside of the corporate limits of said City,
be and the same are hereby fixed as shown in the
following schedule:
Consumption
(1000 qals.) Per Meter Inside City Outside City
0 - 5 Min. $3.60 Min. $4.50
Each 1 over 5 .30 .375
Fire Hydrants 42.50 per 53.13 per
annum annum
(b) The above water rates shall apply to all uses.
(c) The minimum water rates for residential use shall
be applied on a per residential dwelling unit basis,
except for trailer parks which shall be charged one
minimum charge and thereafter on the basis of actual
use.
Section 4. That the second paragraph of Subsection 27-28 (a) be
amended to read as follows:
Single family residential dwelling unit for the first
four (4) fixtures or less contained therein, four
dollars fifty cents ($4.50); for the next eight (8)
fixtures contained therein, forty cents ($0.40) per
fixture and for all fixtures contained therein over
twelve (12), twenty-five cents ($0.25) per fixture.
Section 5. That Subsection 27-28 (a), as amended, be further
amended by adding the following paragraph to read as follows:
Sewer service for all trailer parks served by City water
will be based upon total water used on a monthly basis
as follows:
Each 5000 gallons of water registered on the
water meter or portion thereof, shall con-
stitute one residential dwelling unit. For
each 5000 gallons or portion thereof, the
minimum monthly charge of $4.50 shall be
levied.
Section 6. That Section 27-28.1 be amended to add as a third
paragraph the following:
Exception to sewer connection charge: Any structures
that would ordinarily be subject to the connection
charges set forth above shall be exempt if:
(1) They are located within a development thac has
final plat approval as of the effective date of
this ordinance (which was granted, on or after
January 1, 1972) for 5~/~ or more of the develop-
ment.
(2) That as of the effective date of this ordinance,
the development shall be under active construction.
Active construction, as used herein, shall mean
one or more structures in the process of being
constructed on the effective date of this ordinance
and/or one or more structures for which a certificate or
certificates of occupancy have been issued not
more than six months preceding the effective date
of this ordinance.
(3) That, as to a particular structure, all permits
including but not limited to building permits,
water and sewer permits, have been issued not
later than January 24, 1978, and that the sewer con-
nection for such structures occur not later than
July 24, 1978.
(4) The exception created herein shall not apply to any
permits issued prior to the effective date of this
amendment; only those structures for which permits are
issued subsequent to the effective date of this amendment,
and which otherwise meet the above criteria shall be
exempt from the connection charges.
Section 7. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in cOnflict
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herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.
Section 8. 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 9. 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
re~ding on this the 24th day of January , 1977.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
First Reading January 10~ 1977.
Second Reading January 24, 19.77.
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