HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 079-2003 W&S Rate Increase.pdfCITY OF ANNA, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 79-2003
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 98-14, BY
REVISING WATER AND SANITARY SEWER SERVICE RATES, ESTABLISHING A REPEAL
CLAUSE; ESTABLISHING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; ESTABLISHING A PENALTY FOR
VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE ORDINANCE; AND ESTABLISHING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the City of Anna operates a water production, storage, and distribution system and
a sanitary sewer collection and treatment system as a service to residents, property owners,
and other users of the systems; and
WHEREAS, certain regulations governing the use of the water and sanitary sewer systems
operated by the City of Anna are necessary to insure orderly and efficient operations and to
protect the health and welfare of the citizens of the city; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Anna has held public hearings and has carefully
evaluated the financial status of the water and sanitary sewer systems of the city and has
concluded that revisions of the water and sanitary sewer service rate structure are necessary to
maintain the financial integrity of the water and sanitary sewer systems; now therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS, THAT
Section 1. Water and Sanitary Sewer Service Rates
Section 1 of Ordinance No. 98-14 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 1. Water and Sanitary Sewer Service Rates
(a) Inside City Water Rates — All customers
Each customer shall pay a minimum charge of $16.00 for the first 2,000 gallons of
water usage plus a usage charge of $4.00 for each additional 1,000 gallons of water
used between 2,000 and 10,000 gallons and $4.50 for each additional 1,000 gallons in
excess of 10,000 gallons.
(b) Inside City Sanitary Sewer Rates — Residential customers
Each customer shall pay a minimum charge of $16.00 for the first 2,000 gallons of
water usage plus a usage charge of $2.50 for each additional 1,000 gallons of water
used, except that the maximum monthly charge shall not exceed $50.00 for sanitary
sewer service charges.
(c) Outside City Water and Sanitary Sewer Rates — Residential customers
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Each customer shall pay one and one-half (1,5) times the rate charged to customers
inside the city limits, except that the maximum monthly charge shall not exceed $50.00
for sanitary sewer service charges.
(d) Sanitary Sewer Rates — Commercial and industrial customers
Each customer shall pay a minimum charge of $16.00 for the first 2,000 gallons of
water usage plus a usage charge of $2.50 for each additional 1,000 gallons of water
used.
Section 2. Repeal Clause
All parts of any ordinance in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are to the extent of
such conflict hereby repealed.
Section 3. Savings Clause
If any provision of this ordinance shall be held to be invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder
of such ordinance shall continue in full force and effect the same as if such invalid or
unconstitutional provision had never been a part hereof.
Section 4. Effective Date
This ordinance shall be effective upon the posting and/or publication of its caption as required
by law and the City Secretary is hereby directed to implement such posting and/or publication.
Section 5. Penalty
Any person violating any provision of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine not to exceed the maximum as prescribed by the
statutes of the State of Texas. Each day of violation may be considered a separate offense
under the provisions of this ordinance. Each transaction in violation of any provision hereof
shall be deemed a separate offense. Prosecution or conviction under this provision shall not
be a bar to any other remedy or relief for violations of this ordinance.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Anna, Texas, by the following vote on this the 10th
day of June, 2003.
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