05-11-21-Ordinance-Amending the Fee Schedule Utility Rates-05/17/2021ORDINANCE #05-11-21
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANGER, DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS, AMENDING
APPENDIX A "FEE SCHEDULE" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, ARTICLE 4.000
"UTILITY RELATED FEES" BY AMENDING SECTION 4.307 "SEWER SERVICE RATES"
AND PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING
FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANGER, TEXAS:
Section 1: That Appendix A "Fee Schedule" of the Code of Ordinances, Article 4.000
"Utility Related Fees" is hereby amended by amending Section 4.307 "Sewer Service Rates" to
read as follows:
ARTICLE 4.000 UTILITY RELATED FEES
Sec. 4.307 Sewer Service Rates
The rates to be charged by the city for sanitary sewer service are hereby established as
follows:
(1) Residential -Class A.
a. Class A customers shall include all residential type users including, but not
limited to, single-family residences, apartment units, trailer court units,
duplexes, or any other service primarily intended for domestic or residential
use.
b. All class A customers of municipal wastewater facilities will be charged the
following rates:
$35.29 minimum per unit served for 0-1,000 gallons
$5.01 per thousand gallons 1,001-9,999 gallons
$5.56 per thousand gallons 10,000+ gallons
$70.00 Maximum monthly charge
(2) Commercial -Class B.
a. Class B customers shall include commercial users such as, but not limited to,
restaurants, cafes, carwashes, schools, hospitals, nursing homes, offices, hotels,
motels, laundries, grocery stores, department stores, and other commercial
business operations as may be identified as not a class A type user.
b. All class B customers of municipal wastewater facilities shall be charged the
following rates:
Minimum per unit served for 0-1,000 gallons:
3/4" meter $51.94
1" meter $56.84
1-1/2" meter $64.67
2" meter $78.67
3" meter $97.01
4" meter $180.04
6" meter $239.30
8" meter $315.83
1,001-9,999 gallons $5.01 per thousand gallons
10,000+ gallons $5.56 per thousand gallons
(3) Multifamily Dwellings. The amount due for multifamily dwellings shall be the class
A rate multiplied by the number of occupied dwelling units as computed for water
that month.
(4) Manufactured Home Parks. The amount due for manufactured home parks shall be
the class A rate multiplied by the number of occupied dwelling units as computed for
water that month.
(5) Multiunit Commercial Structures. Where commercial tenants are served by a single
water meter, the total water usage will be divided by the number of tenants, the bill
calculated from the per tenant usage derived therefore shall be multiplied by the
number of tenants to determine the amount due. The minimum per unit charge will be
$35.29.
(6) Customers without city water service will be charged $66.40 per month.
Section 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are, to the extent of such
conflict, repealed.
Section 3: If any section, article, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word in this ordinance or
application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent
jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the ordinance and the
City Council hereby declares it would have passed such remaining portions of the ordinances despite such
invalidity, which remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 4: This ordinance and the rates herein adopted shall become effective, charged, and
applied to services rendered by the City, and all usage by Customers of the City effective with the first
billing issued on or after October 1, 2021.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Sanger, Denton
County, Texas, on this 171h day of May 2021.
APPROVED:
Thomas E. Muir, Mayor
ATTEST:
Christy Dybf, Depu City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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H gh oleman, City Attorney
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