Ord. 0208 11-09-70NO. / f /
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING.RATES OR CHARGES FOR THE USE AND SERVICE OF THE
SEWERAGE SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, REPEALING ALL LAWS IN CONFLICT HEREWITH,
PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS:
SECTION I: There be and there is hereby established rates or charges for
the use and service of the sewerage system of the City of Pearland. Such rates
or charges shall be upon the following basis:
Section A: Commercial and Industrial.
1. Commercial and Industrial customers having City Water Service:
The monthly sewer service charge for all Cory' Land Industrial
customers having City Water Service will be' b of the monthly
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bill for water usage. S1- s0-M'onthly Minimum.
2. Commercial and Industrial Customers not having City Water
Service:
The monthly sewer service charge for all Commercial and Industrial
customers eying sewer service but not having City Water Service
will be :Of comparable bill for City Water Service. The City
will install, at its expense, a water meter in the private water
supply and read the meter monthly to determine the amount of water
consumption. $1:50-'Monthly Minimum.
3. Commercial and Industrial customers who have waste water dis-
charge split between the Sanitary Sewer and other methods of dis
charge:
In the event that only a portion of the customers waste water is
discharged into the Sanitary Sewer, the City Council, upon the
customers request, shall estimate what portion of the water usage
is discharged into the sanitary sewer and his monthly sewer charge
will be figured accordingly. $4- B-Monthly Minimum.
4. Commercial and Industrial customers who use the water that is
a part of their product or production process and that is not dis-
charged into the sanitary sewer system:
If water is a part of a Commercial or Industrial customers product
or is used in his production process in such a manner that there is
no discharge into the sewer system then, upon the customers request,
the City Council will establish the amount of water used for such
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purpose and the customer will be billed accordingly. 11,5OLMonthly
Minimum.
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Section B: Residential.
1. Residential customers having City Water:
The monthly sewera tal charge for all customers having City Water
will be based on,d% of the average water bill for the preceding
winter months of December, January, and February. This amount, so
established, will be e mp6t9ly sewer service charge for the fol
lowing twelve months. $1--&9-Monthly Minimum.
2. Residential customers having City Sewer Service but not having
City Water Service:
If a customer is connected to the Sanitary Sewer System but not
connected to the water system then the private system will be
metered and the sewer rate equated to an equal amount of City Water
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usage during the three winter months. $-l-'Monthly Minimum.
3. New Customers who have not established an average winter months
water usage:
New customers connecting to the City Sewer System after February
of each year will pay a monthly charge based on 5 of the monthly
water bill. After the succeeding winter months consumption has been
established, this established rate will be used to determine the
past months sewer charge. Any excess paid by the customer over the
previous months will be applied to the ensuing years bill. $tit'
Monthly Minimum.
Section C: Multi -Family Housing.
1. Multi -family housing with separate water meters:
Multi -family housing projects in which each residential unit is
separately metered will be charged a monthly sewer service charge
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as shown in Section B Residential above. $1-7501-per unit Monthly
Minimum.
2. Multi -family housing with common water meter for all housing
units:
Multi -family housing in which the housing units are served through
a common water meter will be billed as shown in Section A Commercial
and Industrial above. $T3U per unit Monthly Minimum.
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SECTION II: All ordinances, resolutions, or parts of ordinances or resolu
tions, in conflict herewith are hereby re aled. Ode K .6 e
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SECTION III: If any article, subdivision, paragraph, clause, section, phrase,
or sentence of this ordinance, or the application thereof to a particular person,
set of persons, or to a particular set of circumstances, should for any reason, be
held invalid, such invalidity shall in no wise affect the remaining provisions here-
of, and to such end the various provisions hereof are declared to be separable.
SECTION IV: This Ordin7nce shall be effective after its passage pu
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this
day of A.D. 1970.
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