O-128-5-72ORDINANCE NO. ]28
ORDINANCE PRESCRIBING RATES AND CHARGES OF
THE WATERWORKS AND SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM
OF THE CITY OF ALLEN, TEXAS
THE STATE OF TEXAS X
X
COUNTY OF COLLIN X
X
CITY OF ALLEN X
ON THIS, the 4th day of May, 1972, the City Council of
the City of Allen, Texas, convened in regular session at the
regular meeting place thereof in the City Hall, the meeting being
open to the public and notice of said meeting, giving the date,
place and subject thereof, having been posted as prescribed by
Article 6252-17, Section 3A, V.A.T.C.S., there being present and
in attendance the following members, to wit:
FRANK DUGGER MAYOR
ROBERT LOWMAN - )
C. D. WHITAKER )
CLIFFORD HART ) ALDERMEN
JOHNNY PANNELL )
JOHNNY BLANKENSHIP )
and with the following absent;
constituting a quorum; and among -other proceedings had were the
following:
The Mayor introduced a proposed ordinance. The ordi-
nance was read in full.
Alderman made a motion that any rule
requiring ordinances to be read more than one time or at more than
onat ng be suspended. The motion was seconded by Alderman
and carried by the following vote:
AYES: Aldermen Lowman, Whitaker, Hart, Pannell and
Blankenship.
NOES: None.
Alderman�� then made a motion that the
ord' ance be passe finally. The motion was seconded by Alderman
and carried by the following vote:
AYES: Aldermen Lowman, Whitaker, Hart, Pannell and
Blankenship.
NOES: None.
The Mayor announced that the ordinance had been finally
passed.
The ORDINANCE is as follows:
fI
AN ORDINANCE by the City Council of the City of
Allen, Texas, prescribing the rates to be
charged for services furnished by the
Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer System awned
and operated by said City; repealing all
ordinances, orders or resolutions in con-
flict herewith; and declaring an emergency.
WHEREAS, this City Council has determined that it is
necessary and to the best interest of the City and its inhabitants
to provide a schedule of rates or charges to be made for the ser-
vices furnished by the City's combined Waterworks and Sanitary
Sewer System; therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALLEN,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1: That the monthly rates or charges for ser-
vices furnished by the Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer System of
said City shall be as follows:
WATER RATES:
(MONTHLY BILLING)
Residential
First 1,500 gallons
$3.00 (minimum)
Next 8,500 gallons
.95/M gallons
Next 10,000 gallons
.50/M gallons
Next 10,000 gallons
.35/M gallons
Over 30,000 gallons
.25/M gallons
Commercial
First 1,500M gallons
$3.00 (minimum)
Next 9,500M gallons
.95/M gallons
Next 10,000M gallons
.50/M gallons
Next 20,000M gallons
.35/M gallons
SEWER RATES:
(MONTHLY BILLING)
Residential and Commercial
$3.00 flat rate
Service Stations and Washaterias
6.00 flat rate
SECTION 2: That such rates and charges hereby fixed and
prescribed shall be paid by the customers of the Waterworks and
Sanitary Sewer System to the City Secretary of the City of Allen,
Texas, in advance of the 10th day of each month, and which shall be
the date such rates or charges shall become due and payable; and
in case any user or customer of such System does not pay the amount
due by such user or customer within fifteen (15) days from the date
the same becomes due and payable, then it is hereby made the duty
of the City Secretary to add a ten percent (10%) ,penalty to the
amount past due and unpaid.
SECTION 3: The City shall simultaneously collect the
respective amounts due the City for services supplied by the
Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer System, and shall refuse to accept
payment for a part of such service, unless the entire amount due
from such respective customer for all services supplied by such
Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer System is paid.
SECTION 4: In the event any user or customer of such
Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer System does not pay matured rates
and charges within thirty (30) days from the date the same become
due and payable, it is hereby made the further duty of the City
Secretary to disconnect services so supplied, and whenever the
amount past due and delinquent is paid by such user or customer,
such service may be resumed, but there shall be charged and collec-
ted a $ fee for reconnection to the Waterworks System. The
reconnection charge for sewer services shall be not less than the
actual cost to the City for disconnecting and reconnecting sewer
service.
SECTION 5: That no free service shall be allowed, and
to the extent the City or any of its agencies or instrumentali-
ties avail themselves of the services and facilities provided by
the Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer System, they shall pay therefor
the same rates and charges herein prescribed.
SECTION 6: The tapping fee applicable to users of the
City's Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer System shall be not less than
the actual cost to the City. No dual connections (being more than
one user on a single line) shall be permitted.
SECTION 7: The Waterworks System shall be operated on
a fully metered basis.
SECTION 8: This ordinance and the rates and charges
herein prescribed shall be in effect from the first billing period
after the City begins taking water from the North Texas Municipal
Water District. As of the effective date of this ordinance any and
all ordinances, resolutions and orders in conflict herewith are
repealed to the extent of the conflict.
SECTION 9: The fact this ordinance should be adopted at
this time to provide an orderly transition in charges for services
supplied by the water and sewer system of the City creates an
emergency and an urgent public necessity requiring that this ordi-
nance be passed and take effect as an emergency measure, and that
any rule requiring ordinances to be read more than one time or at
more than one meeting be suspended, and any such rule is hereby
suspended and this ordinance is accordingly passed as an emergency
measure and shall take effect and be in force immediately from and
after its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED, this the 4th day of May, 1972.
ATTEST:
City Secretary, City of Al ,
Texas
(City Seal)