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ORDINANCE NO, 4044-85
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CLEAT;WATER, FLORIDA, AMENDING
TITLE V, UTILITIES, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF CLEARWATER,
TO INCREASE THE SANITARY SEWER UTILITY RATES; PROVIDING FOR THE
SEPAIMILITY OF THE PROVISIONS HEREOF; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL
OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH;
PROVIDING FOR NOTICE OF PROPOSED ENACTMENT; AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THIS ORDINANCE.
WHEREAS, the current sanitary sewer utility rate has been effective
since September 1, 1975; and
WHEREAS, inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index, has
increased95.8% since September 1, 1975; and
WHEREAS, the current 1984 Water and Sewer Revenue Bond Ordinance
requires that the City provide gross revenues in each fiscal year sufficient to
pay the cost of operation and maintenance of the sanitary utility system, and that
the City will provide an amount equal to or greater than 115% of the bond service
requirement becoming due in each fiscal year on the outstanding 1984 bonds and on all
outstanding additional bonds plus 100% of all reserve and other payments required to
be made pursuant to the ordinance, such rates and other charges not being reduced so
as to be insufficient to provide gross revenues for such purpose; and
WHEREAS, the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the
State of'Florida Department of Environmental Regulation require provisions for periodic
revaluation of the sanitary sewer utility rate structure and annual notification to
utility users of the rate structure;
NOW, THEREFORE, HE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA:
Section 1. That Subparagraph (3) of Subsection e, Rates, of Section 50.05,
Deposit, Fees, Service Charges and Rate Schedule, of Chapter 50, in General, of
Title V, Utilities, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Clearwater, Florida, is
hereby repealed in its entirety and the following Subparagraph (3) is hereby enacted:
(3) Sanitary sewer utility rates:
a. There is hereby established a uniform schedule of rates and
charges for the use or availability of use for the sanitary sewer
utility for both residential and nonresidential accounts. Utility
rate shall be a monthly fee schedule consisting of a minimum
lump-sum charge for an assigned volume of water associated with each
meter size plus a charge of $1,25 per 100 cubic feet for water
consumed above the assigned volume.
Size of Meter Monthly Charge Allowance
Under 1 Inch $ 5.00 400 cu.ft. or less
1 Inch 11.25 900 cu.€t. or less
1-1/2 Inch 167.50 13,400 cu.ft, or less
2 Inch 388.75 31,100 cu,ft, or less
E 3 Inch or 2-2 Inch Manifold 600.00 48,000 cu,ft. or less
4 Inch 1,155.00 92,400 cu,ft. or less
6 Inch 2,966.25 237,300 cu.ft, or less
.8 Inch 5,000.00 400,000•cu.ft. or less
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b. Service outside of the municipal limits. Accounts outside of
the corporate limits of the City shall be subject to a surcharge
equal to twenty-five (25) per cent of the monthly sanitary sewer
utility charges as act forth in subsection a. above.
c. The sanitary sewer utility rate schedule shall be reviewed by the
City Commission as a part of the annual fiscal budget preparation
to,ensure that adequate revenues are generated to pay the costs of
ope?ati.on, maintenance and outstanding bond service requirements.
d. The Utilities Department will notify each user annually of the
above sanitary utility rate schedule.
e. The sewer service charges herein provided shall not apply to sprinkler
irrigation systems separately metered or deduct meters.
f. Basis where water is unmetered. Premises which have a source of
water other than city water system, the spent or used water from
which goes into the city sanitary sewer systems, shall pay a charge
according to the schedule provided in this section, based upon an
estimate of the amount of water going into the sanitary sewer system.
i In the event of a disagreement as to the amount of such water reaching
the sanitary sewer system, then, a metering device or devices shall
be installed to determine that amount.
Section 2. Should any section, paragraph, sentence or word of this
ordinance be declared for any reason to be invalid, the same shall not affect the
validity of the ordinance as a whole, or any part thereof other than the part declared
to be invalid.
Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
to the extent of such conflict hereby repealed.
Section 4. Notice of the proposed enactment of this ordinance has been
properly advertised in a newspaper of general circulation in accordance with Section
166.041, Florida Statutes.
Section 5. This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its
passage.
PASSED ON FIRST READING
PASSED ON SECOND AND FIN
READING AND ADOPTED
Attest:
City Clerk
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August 15, 1985