§ 36-64. Generally.  


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  • (a)

    Based on consumption. For water supplied to consumers, the rates charged per one hundred (100) cubic feet shall be as follows:

    Quantity Inside
    City
    Limits
    Outside
    City
    Limits
    First 200 cubic feet or fraction
     thereof
    $11.92 $23.82
    Next 3,800 cubic feet 3.12 6.22
    Next 46,000 cubic feet 3.32 6.63
    Next 950,000 cubic feet 3.37 6.77
    All over 1,000,000 cubic feet 4.05 7.39

     

    (b)

    Multiple meters. Where a commercial or industrial water user has more than one (1) metered water service for the same business premises, the rate to be paid may be calculated on the total of the combined consumption. Such calculation based on the total of the combined consumption shall be made only upon the request of the commercial or industrial user and then, in that event, only where such commercial or industrial user meets all of the standards set forth herein. For purposes of this subsection, "same business premises" shall mean an establishment performing the same function at contiguous locations and having the same management or ownership.

    (c)

    Emergency cleanup fee. An emergency, cleanup fee shall be charged each month to each residential water customer. Said fee shall be in the amount of two dollars ($2.00) per residential meter as designated in the offices of the municipal utilities department.

    An emergency cleanup fee shall be charged each month to each commercial water customer. Said fee shall be in the amount of ten (10) percent of the monthly water bill billed to each commercial meter as designated in the office of the municipal utilities department.

    Revenues collected from the foregoing emergency cleanup fee shall be credited to the city's sanitation fund. The cleanup fee provided for herein shall commence with meter readings as of September 29, 1983 and shall continue for a period of twelve (12) consecutive months.

(Code 1960, § 23-25; Ord. No. 79-92, § 1, 12-20-79; Ord. No. 80-6, § 1, 1-17-80; Ord. No. 80-74, § 1, 9-29-80; Ord. No. 81-84, § 1, 9-17-81; Ord. No. 83-84, § 1, 9-8-83; Ord. No. 83-94, § 1, 9-22-83; Ord. No. 83-100, § 1, 9-29-83; Ord. No. 83-138, § 1, 12-15-83; Ord. No. 84-37, § 1, 5-31-84; Ord. No. 84-80, § 1, 9-27-84; Ord. No. 85-64, § 1, 9-26-85; Ord. No. 86-48, § 1, 9-25-86; Ord. No. 89-117, § 2, 10-5-89; Ord. No. 92-79, § 2, 9-23-92; Ord. No. 99-80, § 2, 9-9-99; Ord. No. 03-032, § 2, 4-10-03; Ord. No. 04-089, § 2, 9-27-04; Ord. No. 05-055, § 2, 9-15-05; Ord. No. 08-056, § 2, 9-29-08; Ord. No. 11-060, § 2, 9-22-11; Ord. No. 12-053, § 2, 9-24-12)