Ordinance 1990-18
ORDINANCE NO.
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AN ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING WATER
AND SEWER RATES FOR THE CITY OF WYLIE; AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 84-
12; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCE NO. 88-24 AND ALL OTHER
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WYLIE,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That Ordinance No. 84-12 be, and the same is hereby, amended
by amending Section 1, Subsections Band C as follows:
"SECTION 1 - WATER AND SEWER
A.
B.
Water Rates
1. The following monthly water rates shall apply to
all customers within the corporate limits of the
City of Wylie, to wit:
a.
Monthly minimum charge for the
first 1,000 gallons of metered
water consumption
$ 7.15
b. Volume charge for all consumption
exceeding 1,000 gallons (per 1,000
gallons)
(1) 1,001 to 2,000 gallons (per
1,000 gallons)
$ 1. 82
(2) Over 2,000 gallons (per
1,000 gallons)
$ 2.55
2. The monthly water rate charge and sewer rate charge
for residential and commercial customers located
outside the corporate limits of the City of Wylie
shall be at a rate of one hundred fifteen percent
(115%) of the rate charged customers inside the
corporate limits of the City.
C. Sewage Collection and Treatment Rates
1. The following monthly sewage collection and
treatment rates shall apply to all residential
customers of the city, with a maximum charge of
Thirty and 30/100 Dollars ($30.30) per month:
a.
Monthly minimum charge (first
1,000 gallons of metered
consumption)
$10.00
b.
Volume charge for all consumption
exceeding 1,000 gallons (per
1,000 gallons)
$ 1. 45
2. A fourteen dollar ($14.00) minimum monthly sewage
collection and treatment charge for all
nonresidential customers shall be in accordance
with the above waste surcharge and shall be in
addition to the above schedule and in accordance
with the details of the industrial waste ordinance.
3. A sewer fee of eighteen dollars ($18.00) shall be
charged for each apartment unit, multiple family
unit or mobile home space in special areas such as
washaterias, swimming pools, etc., where the
apartment, multiple family development or mobile
home park is on a master meter with the city of
Wylie.
4. In addition to the charges listed above for sewage
collection and treatment services, a flat rate
pass-through charge sha~l be applied monthly to
each customer account ln order to recover the
protected annual increase in costs related to debt
service requirements for expansion of the City's
wastewater treatment plant. In fiscal year 1990-
91, this pass-through charge shall be applied as
follows:
Residential customers, including each apartment
unit, multiple family unit, or occupied mobile home
space and special areas such as washaterias,
swimming pools, etc. where the apartment,
multiple family development, or mobile home park
is on a master meter with the city of Wylie shall
be subject to a per month charge as follows:
a. Water consumption of o to
2,000 gallons $2.00
b. Water consumption exceeding
2,000 gallons $5.00
c. Nonresidential customers $7.50"
SECTION 2.
That Ordinance No. 84-12 be, and the same is hereby, further
amended by amending Section 1, Subsection G, as follows:
"G. Past Due Account Penalty
1. The charges for water and/or sewer service shall be
billed and collected monthly as a utility charge
payable to the City of Wylie. All charges not paid
within sixteen (16) days from the date that the
bill is rendered shall be delinquent, except when
the sixteenth (16th) day falls on Saturday, Sunday,
or legal holiday under which condition such bill
shall be due by 5:00 p.m., central time, on the
next working day following such saturday, Sunday,
or legal holiday.
2. All payments made after the sixteenth (16th) day
will bear a late charge of penalty of one dollar
($1.00) or five percent (5%), whichever is larger,
on such monthly charge.
3. A customer's utility service may be disconnected if
a bill has not been paid or a deferred payment
agreement entered into within twenty-six (26) days
from the date of issuance of a bill and if proper
notice has been given. Proper notice shall consist
of a separate mailing or hand delivery at least ten
(10) days' prior to a stated date of disconnection,
with the words "termination notice" or similar
language prominently displayed on the notice. The
information included in the notice shall be
provided in English and Spanish as necessary to
adequately inform the customer. Attached to or on
the face of the termination notice shall appear a
statement notifying the customer that if they are
in need of assistance with payment of their bill,
they may be eligible for alternative payment
programs, such as deferred payment plans, and to
contact the Water Department of the City of Wylie
for more information. If mailed, the cutoff day
may not fall on a holiday or weekend, but will be
on the next working day after the tenth (10th) day.
Service may not be discontinued to a delinquent
residential customer permanently residing in an
individually metered dwelling unit when that
customer establishes that discontinuance of service
will result in some person residing at that
residence becoming seriously ill or more seriously
ill if service is discontinued. If a customer
seeks to avoid termination on this basis, the
customer must have the attending physician call or
contact the Water Department within sixteen (16)
days of the issuance of the bill. A written
statement must be received by the Water Department
from the physician within twenty-six (26) days of
the issuance of the bill. The limit on termination
shall last sixty-three (63) days from the issuance
of the bill or a lesser period if agreed by the
parties. The customer who makes such request shall
enter into a deferred payment plan to accomplish
payment of bill.
4. If it is necessary to terminate water service for
nonpayment, a charge of thirty dollars ($30.00)
shall be paid prior to restoration of the service
if the service is restored between the hours of
8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., central time, on weekdays.
At other times, the restoration charge shall be
forty-five dollars ($45.00).
5. If the water service is terminated by the
customer's request, the charge for restoring the
service shall be ten dollars ($10.00) and shall be
added to the next months' bill."
SECTION 3.
That any bulk water customer who desires to withdraw water
from a hydrant or other source not metered and charged directly to
him shall make a deposit for bulk water service with the City of
Wylie in the amount of fifty dollars ($50.00), the customer shall
fill out a water application form and sign the form in the same
manner as a regular metered customer.
Bulk water rate charges
shall be set in minimums of twenty-five (25) gallon increments and
are established as follows:
2.
1,0001 to 2,000 gallons
$7.15
$1. 82
1.
o to 1,000 gallons
3.
Over 2,000 gallons (per
1,000)
$2.55
SECTION 4.
When any utility customer is of the opinion that a water meter
is registering incorrectly, the customer may make a request to the
city for testing of the meter. A field test will be provided for
the customer's meter without charge once every two (2) years. If
the customer desires a calibration and certification test, then at
the time such request is made, the customer shall make a twenty
dollar ($20.00) deposit with the city. If the test shows that the
meter is registering consumption in excess of actual flow by more
than two percent (2%), the meter shall be replaced with an accurate
one at the expense of the City, and the twenty dollar ($20.00)
deposit shall be returned to the customer. If the test shows that
the meter is registering consumption at less than actual flow or in
excess of actual flow by two percent (2%) or less, the twenty
dollar ($20.00) deposit shall be retained by the City to defer the
cost of such test.
SECTION 5.
That Ordinance No. 88-24 is hereby repealed and that all
ordinances or parts of ordinances otherwise in conflict with the
provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed, and all other
ordinances or parts of ordinances not in conflict with the
provisions of this ordinance or specifically amended hereby shall
remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 6.
Should any paragraph, sentence, sUbdivision, clause, phrase or
section of this ordinance be adjudged or held to be
unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, the same shall not affect the
validity of this ordinance as a whole or any part or provision
thereof, other than the part so declared to be invalid, illegal or
unconstitutional.
SECTION 7.
This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after
its passage as the law and charter in such cases provide.
DULY PASSED by the
on the
9
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of Wylie, Texas,
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, 1990.
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ATTEST:
CITY ATTORNEY
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10/8/90
THE WYLIE NEWS P. 0. BOX 369 WYLIE, TEXAS 75098
STATE OF TEXAS 0
COUNTY OF COLLIN D
Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally
appeared Truett Smith, of the Wylie News, a newspaper regularly
published in Collin County, Texas and having general circulation
in Collin County, Texas who being by me duly sworn deposed and
says that the forgoing attached
CITC OF WYLIE Ordinance No 90 18
was published in said newspaper on the following dates to wit:
nrtnher 17 ,1990 and ,1990.
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Subscribed d swo to befor m e this the
day of 67-C-�� ,1990 to certify which witness A my
hand and s of office.
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Margaret Cook
Notary Public in and for the
State of Texas
My Commission expires 9 -12 -93
Serving Wideawake Wylie Since 1947
Page 4 Section B THE WYLIE NEWS Wednesday, October 17, 1990
ORDINANCE NO. 9G.18
AN ORDINANCE FOR
THE CITY OF WYLIE,
TEXAS, ESTABLISHING
WATER AND SEWER
RATES FOR THE CITY OF
WYLIE: AMENDING OR-
DINANCE NO. 84-12; PRO-
VIDING FOR THE
REPEAL OF ORDINANCE
NO. 88-24 AND ALL
OTHER ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT: PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE:
AND PROVIDING AN EF-
FECTIVE DATE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY
THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF WYLIE,
TEXAS:
DULY PASSED by the City
Council of the City of Wylie,
Texas on the 9th day of Oc-
tober, 1990.
APPROVED:
John W. Akin
ATTEST: Carolyn Jones
City Secretary
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