HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 131-2004 Utility Rates.pdfCITY OF ANNA, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 131-2004
AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 79.2003
BY REVISING WATER AND SANITARY SEWER SERVICE RATES, SETTING THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE NEW 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 system; 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 Anna 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 service systems;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANNA,
TEXAS THAT:
Section 1 of Ordinance No. 79-2003 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 $19.50 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 $20.00 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
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.
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(d) Sanitary Sewer Rates — Commercial and industrial customers
Each customer shall pay a minimum charge of $20.00 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 on the first billing cycle of January 2006 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 as 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 16th
day of March, 2004.
AYE: If NAY: 0 ABSTAIN: 0
APPROVED: ----
ayor
ATTEST:
City Sec etary
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