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Home My WebLink About18352 ORD - 07/24/1984AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 55-100 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, 1976 REVISION, SO AS TO PROVIDE CERTAIN INCREASES IN WASTEWATER RATES; AMENDING SECTION 55-71 BY AMENDING THE CHARGES FOR SEWER TAP FEES FOR TAPS IN STREETS AND EASEMENTS INSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That Section 55-100 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Corpus Christi, 1976 Revision, be and the same is hereby amended by amending the schedule of rates and the rate schedule only thereof to hereafter read as follows: Class Minimum SCHEDULE OF RATES BASED UPON WATER CONSUMPTION FOR WASTEWATER SERVICE CUSTOMERS WITH WASTEWATER CHARACTERISTICS OF 250 PARTS PER MILLION OR LESS OF BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND, AND 250 PARTS PER MILLION OR LESS OF SUSPENDED SOLIDS. Inside City Limits Outside City Limits $ 4.90 For first 2,000 Gal. $ 9.80 For first 2,000 Gal. One family maximum $13.35 $26.70 Up to 15,000 Gal. Up to 15,000 Gal. The charges in addition to the above minimums, as well as the charge for all other sewer users, will be computed as dollars per one -thousand (1,000) gallons of water used as follows: Inside City Limits Each 1,000 gallons of water Outside City Limits Each 1,000 gallons of water Dollars per 1,000 Gallons of Water Used $0.65 $1.30 SECTION 2. That the City Code be amended by amending Section 55-71 to provide for an increase in sewer tap fees inside the City limits of the City of Corpus Christi, said section to hereafter read as follows: 18352 MICROFILMED SEP Z 81994 SEC. 55-71 Sewer Tapping Fees. (a) The City shall install and maintain all house service lines for the City sewer mains to the nearest property or easement lines, both inside and outside the City, and shall charge a tap fee for the installation of any house lateral in a sum sufficient to cover the average cost thereof. Such fee shall be indexed to the August Construction Index published in the Engineering News -Record and adjusted September 1 of each year. The fees shall be reviewed periodically by the Department of Public Utilities to ensure they are equitable. The Public Utilities Department shall collect fees in accord with the following schedule: (b) House service line tap charge: (1) House service connections applied for after January 1, 1985 shall be charged at a rate of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) except as otherwise herein provided. (2) House sewer connections to be constructed in easements applied for after July 1, 1985 shall be charged at a rate of Three Hundred Ninety -Five Dollars ($395.00) except as otherwise herein provided. (3) House service connections to be constructed in streets applied for after July 11, 1985 shall be charged at a rate of Six Hundred Twenty -Five Dollars ($625.00) except as otherwise herein provided. (4) Taps constructed for commercial buildings and taps constructed where unusual conditions are involved shall be charged on the basis of estimates determined by the Wastewater Services Division. Such estimated costs must be deposited with the Department of Public Utilities before work is done. Unusual conditions shall include but not be limited to the following: sewer tapping depths greater than 14 feet; lateral line links greater than 60 feet; obstructions other than normal walks, curbs, and paving; or services requiring an 8 -inch or greater diameter pipe. (5) For sewers in streets of new subdivisions in which house services are already installed to the property line and where final connection is to be made by a plumber, a fee of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) will apply effective July 1, 1985. This fee is to cover the cost of recording and inspecting the sewer tap. (6) House service connections for houses currently served by septic tanks and where sewer service is currently available shall be charged One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) effective January 1, 1985. If connection is not made to the sewer system by July 1, 1985 the standard tapping fees provided herein shall be charged. (7) Effective July 1, 1985 service connections to houses on septic tanks where sewer service is currently not available shall be charged One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00), provided connection is effected within six months of sewer service being available. If connection is not made to the sewer system within six months from the time sewer service is made available, the standard tapping fees provided herein shall be charged. (c) The above charges shall include the cost of tapping the sewer main, the installation of wyes and placing house service lines to the nearest street right-of-way or utility line. They shall include all costs incident to the necessary repairs to pavement of any kind or character involved in making the house service line connection. Where sanitary sewer house service lines have been installed ahead of paving, the above cost for such shall include extension of the line to the nearest property line, if not already thus extended. The Department of Engineering and Physical Development shall make the pavement repairs as part of the installation job. Costs as set out herein shall apply for connections to property inside the City. For connections to property outside the City, the actual costs of construction shall govern, with a minimum charge according to the above schedule. (d) The pro rata charges fixed on the basis hereinabove provided shall be collected at the time of collecting tap fees applicable to the specific property for all extensions made, for which cost is chargeable on a front -foot basis under the provisions of this section. SECTION 3. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict. SECTION 4. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word, or provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid or unconstitutional by final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect any other section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word, or provision of this ordinance, for it is the definite intent of this City Council that every section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word, or provision hereof be given full force and effect for its purpose. SECTION 5. The rates established in Section 1 of this ordinance shall be applied against all wastewater service provided beginning with Cycle 1 on or around August 1, 1984, and shall be billed to customers beginning on or around September 1, 1984. SECTION 6. All fees set out in Section 2 herein shall be collectible on and after the 1st day of January, 1985. SECTION 7. Publication shall be made one time in the official publication of the City of Corpus Christi by publishing the caption of this ordinance stating in substance the purpose of the ordinance. That the foregoing ordinance w read for e first time and p s ed to its second reading on this the /O day of , 19 if , by the following vote: I Luther Jones Betty N. Turner David Berlanga, Sr. Welder Brown Leo Guerrero Dr. Charles W. Kennedy Joe McComb Frank Mendez Mary Pat Slavik That the foregoing ordinance wasuread for third reading on this the / may of following vote: Luther Jones Betty N. Turner David Berlanga, Sr. Welder Brown That the foreg 1�999 ordinanc:� wa on this the agf'Rday /�, Luther Jones Betty N. Turner David Berlanga, Sr. Welder Brown se and time anded to its , 19,y , by the Leo Guerrero Dr. Charles W. Kennedy Joe McComb Frank Mendez Mary Pat Slavik read for theA4ttird time and passed finally , 19 xy. , by the following vote: if Leo Guerrero Dr. Charles W. Kennedy Joe McComb Frank Mendez Mary Pat Slavik PASSED AND APPROVED, this the 1/ay of ATTEST: ere ary acre APP OVED: hat,r DAY OF �u(y 1981 : J. BRUCE AYCOCK, CITY ATTORNEY MAYOR THE CIOF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS 18352 • t PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT STATE OF TEXAS, tss: County of Nueces. AD#18599 Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came. ....... Y.. GRACIE DE LUNA .,, who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that he is the 1; 'ADM. ASST. SECRETARY of the Corpus Christi Caller and The Corpus Christi limes, Daily Newspapers published at Corpus Christi, Texas,, in said County and State, and that the publication of NOTICE _OF ...i'.a.saacz._OF_ ORDIVANCF. _ . ._.__ __...._.. __...._._........._.._.._......_. _ of which the annexed is a true copy, was published in CALLER -TIMES PUBLISHING CO. on the 3 Oth day of July .19$ 4 and once each. daY __..._.thereafter for one consecutive. day One Times 42_90 l ��J _.._... 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Subsc..._. ribed and sworn to before me this6th .day Ari st 19.._ 84 • Notary Public, Nieces County, Texas EDNA KOSTER - 11/30/84 p NOTICE OF-IASSAGE "GF ORDINANCE NO 18352 AMENDING SECTION 55.100 OF THE CODE OF ORDI- — _'•VANCES OF THE CITY OF :i,t y CORPUS CHRISTI, 1976 RE, c.,, VISION, SO AS TO PROVIDE CERTAIN INCREASES IN WASTEWATER RATES. _- AMENDING SECTION 55-71 j1,r _i BY AMENDING THE CHAR -4 '- GES FOR SEWER TAP FEES -,I ;_ FOR TAPS IN STREETS AND '^ "_ EASEMENTS It SIDE OF THE J L CITY LIMITS GF THE CITY OF`-' •o CORPUS CHRISTI, PROVID•' IING FOR REPEAL OF ALL 4 ` ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFEC-, `: 'FIVE DATE BEGINNING WITH CYCLE 1 ON OR AROUND AUGUST 1, 1984, AND-'.-; SHALL BE BILLED TO CUS- TOMERS BEGINNING ON OR ' i.-1 AROUND SEPTEMBER 1,; -v 1984, PROVIDING FOR SEV-, -e. iERABILITY, AND PROVIDING' FOR PUBLICATION, - Was passed and approved -'- by the City Council of the Cly of Corpus Christi, Texas on the 2415 day of July, 1984 The full text of said ordinance ; is available to the public in the Office of the City Secretary ip, , -s-Bill G. 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