8199-10ORDINANCE NO. 8199-10
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER,
FLORIDA, RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL RECLAIMED
WATER SERVICE OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS WITHIN AN
INCORPORATED AREA AND LOCATION OF RECLAIMED
WATER SERVICE LINES; AMENDING SECTION 32.355,
CODE OF ORDINANCES, ADDING INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT AS A MEANS FOR PROVIDING SERVICE;
AMENDING SECTION 32.372, LOCATION, REGARDING
REQUIRED PROXIMITY OF RECLAIMED WATER LINES
TO OTHER WATER UTILITIES; AMENDING APPENDIX A,
SECTION XXV, ADDING SURCHARGE FOR RECLAIMED
WATER SERVICE OUTSIDE CITY; PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA:
Section 1. Section 32.355, Chapter 32, Article IX, Code of Ordinances, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 32.355. Service outside city; annexation required.
Service outside city, residential. Ex-raept as PFOvided below
nonresidential laffle volume Reclaimed water service may be provided to
property located outside of the city which is subject to an agreement to annex
whenever annexation is permitted by law, which agreement shall be recorded in
the public records and which shall constitute an application to annex the
property. Reclaimed water service may be provided _to property located outside of
the ci which is ineligible for an agreement to annex due to the location being
within the confines of an incorporated area upon execution of an interlocal
agreement with the affected municipality, and execution of a Resolution by
Clearwater City Council. However, properties inside the city shall have the first
priority. All applications for service outside the city shall be reviewed by the
director, who shall approve such service only if an adequate supply of reclaimed
water is available to meet the needs in the city. The director shall review and
technically approve all service line sizes and all other necessary design
components.
Section 2. Section 32.372, Chapter 32, Article IX, Code of Ordinances, is
changed to read as follows:
Sec. 32.372. Location.
The location of reclaimed water service lines and points of delivery to
private property shall be determined by the city, but i^ ^^ InstanGe and where
achievable, shall be no closer than-five three feet from the potable water service
line or the sanitary sewer line. The normal location of the reclaimed water point of
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delivery (including meter, when required) is behind the right-of-way line on the
property being served.
Section 3. Code of Ordinances, Appendix A, XXV. PUBLIC WORKS--FEES,
RATES AND CHARGES, (3) Rates, (f) Reclaimed Water Rates is amended to read
as follows:
1. One availability fee shall be charged to a property and not to each of the
multiple individual potable water accounts.
An example of this situation is when a commercial property has multiple
stores, etc., as multiple individual accounts, and the property is mostly parking lot
and commercial space. The property owner irrigates or uses reclaimed water in
some manner, but at only one location at the property. The location utilizing the
reclaimed water will be billed for availability and consumption. If another location
on that property needs a reclaimed water service connection, that account will be
billed according to the schedule above.
2. Service out of municipal limits. Accounts outside of the cor orate limits of
the ci shall be subiect to a surcharge e ual to 25ercent of the month)
charges.
Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
PASSED ON FIRST READING
PASSED ON SECOND AND FINAL
READING AND ADOPTED
Approved as to form:
Leslie K. Dou a -Sides
Assistant City orney
July 15, 2010
August 5, 2010
gank Hibbard
Attest:
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