05-13-03-Ordinance-Amending the Sewer Rate Fees-05/05/2003CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS
ORDINANCE No. 05-13-03
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANGER, DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS,
AMENDING CHAPTER 13, ARTICLE 13.500 SEWER SERVICE RATES, AND
APPENDIX ARTICLE 4.000, SECTION 4.1200 OF THE CITY OF SANGER CODE OF
ORDINANCES; AND PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY
CLAUSE: AND, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS:
Section 1. That chapter 13, article 13.500 and appendix article 4.000, section 4.1200 of
the City of Sanger Code of Ordinances is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 4.1200 SEWER SERVICE RATES
The rates to be charged by the City for sanitary sewer service are hereby established as follows:
(a) Residential -Class 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. The City may include similar
low volume users such as churches and small business offices or stores in Class A.
All Class A customers of municipal wastewater facilities will be charged a minimum of fifteen
dollars ($15.00) per monthly cycle and one dollar ($1.00) per thousand gallons of metered water
in excess of the first one thousand (1,000) gallons, but in no case to exceed thirty ($30.00) per
month.
(b) Commercial -Class B: Class B customers shall include commercial users such as, but not
limited to, restaurants, cafes, car washes, 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.
All Class B customers of municipal wastewater facilities shall be charged the following rates for
the monthly facilities charge and one dollar ($1.00) per thousand gallons of metered water in
excess of the first one thousand (1,000) gallons.
3/4" Meter
$21.00
1" Meter
$23.00
1-1/2" Meter
$27.00
2" Meter
$32.00
3" Meter
$40.00
4" Meter
$75.00
6" Meter
$100.00
8" Meter
$132.00
(c) Multi -family Dwellings: The amount due for multi -family dwellings shall be the Class A rate
multiplied by the number of occupied dwelling units."
Section 2. All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith are, to the extent of
such conflict, hereby repealed.
Section 3. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections,
paragraphs, sentences, clauses, and phrases of this Ordinance are severable and, if any 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 phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs, and sections of this
Ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the
incorporation in this Ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph,
or section.
Section 4. Any person, firm, or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of
this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in accordance
with the general penalty provision found in Section 1.109 of this Code.
Section 5. This Ordinance will take effect immediately from and after its passage and the
publication of the caption as the law in such cases provides.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 5t" day of May, 2003, by the City Council
of the City of Sanger, Texas.
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Rosalie Chavez, City Secretar
A ROVED AS TO FORK:
City Attorney (RLD/jh/55921/ 5/1/03)
APPROVED:
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