08-21-23-Ordinance-Amending the Fee Schedule Sewer Service Rates-08/21/2023CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS
ORDINANCE 08-21-23
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANGER, DENTON
COUNTY, TEXAS, AMENDING THE FEE SCHEDULE, APPENDIX A, FEE SCHEDULE,
SECTION 4.307 SEWER SERVICE RATES; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING A CUMULATIVE CLAUSE; PROVIDING
FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE;
AUTHORIZING PUBLICATION, AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Sanger (the "City") is a home rule municipality regulated by state
law and Charter; and
WHEREAS, the City Council approved Ordinance 08-15-23 adopting sewer service
rates on August 7, 2023; and
WHEREAS, the City of Sanger has determined that the fees proposed are sufficient to
cover the City's expenses; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the passage of this Ordinance is in the best interest
of the citizens of Sanger.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANGER, TEXAS AMENDS
SECTION 1. That Section 4.307 be amended as follows:
4.307 Sewer Service Rates.
The rates to be charged by the city for sanitary sewer service are hereby established as follows:
(1) Residential
(a) Residential 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 residential customers of municipal wastewater facilities will be charged the
following rates:
$37.41 minimum per unit served for 0-1,000 gallons
$5.31 per thousand gallons 1,001-9,999 gallons
$5.89 per thousand gallons 10,000+ gallons
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Maximum monthly charge
(c) Multifamily Dwellings. The amount due for multifamily dwellings shall be the
residential rate multiplied by the number of occupied dwelling units as computed for water
that month.
(d) Manufactured Home Parks. The amount due for manufactured home parks shall be the
residential rate multiplied by the number of occupied dwelling units as computed for water
that month.
(2) Commercial
(a) Commercial 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 residential type user.
(b) All commercial customers of municipal wastewater facilities shall be charged the
following rates:
3/4" meter $55 06 mmimum per unit served for 0-1,000
gallons
1" meter $60.25 minimum per unit served for 0-1,000
gallons
1-1/2" meter $68.55 minimum per unit served for 0-1,000
gallons
2" meter $83.39 minimum per unit served for 0-1,000
gallons
3" meter $102.83 minimum per unit served for 0-1,000
gallons
4" meter $190.84 minimum per unit served for 0-1,000
gallons
6" meter $253.66 minimum per unit served for 0-1,000
gallons
8" meter $334.78 minimum per unit served for 0-1,000
gallons
1,001-9,999 gallons $5.31 per thousand gallons
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10,000+ gallons $5.89 per thousand gallons
(3) 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 $55.06.
(4) Without Water Service. Customers without city water service will be charged $70.38 per
month if consumption is not provided by the entity providing water.
SECTION 2. That all matters stated in the preamble are found to be true and correct
and are incorporated herein as if copied in their entirety.
SECTION 3. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections,
paragraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases, and words of this Ordinance are severable and, if any
word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section of this Ordinance shall be declared
unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such
unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining portions of this Ordinance, since the same
would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this Ordinance or any
such unconstitutional word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section.
SECTION 4. That this Ordinance shall be cumulative of all other City Ordinances and all other
provisions of other Ordinances adopted by the City which are inconsistent with the terms or
provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION 5. 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, 2023.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Sanger, Texas, on this
21 St day of August 2023 .
ATTEST:
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APPROVED:
A:
=Thomas E. Muir, Mayor
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APPROVED TO FORM:
City Secretary
Coleman, City
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