Ord 3224 9/20/1977 ORDINANCE NO. 3224
ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 32-20 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES, ESTABLISHING WATER RATES TO BE COL-
LECTED BY THE WATER DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY.
BE IT ORDINAED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
Section 32-20 of the Code of Ordinances is hereby amended
to read as follows:
"Section 32-20. Rates.
The following rates are hereby established and shall
hereafter be collected by the Water Department of the City.
The following water rates shall apply to all water users,
residential, commercial and industrial with the exception
of contract water users and with the exception that service
outside the corporate limits shall be two times the rate
charged inside the corporate limits based upon the following
computation:
The minimum monthly bill for all metered water service
shall be $2. 25 for which amount each customer will be allowed
200 cubic feet of water.
For larger consumption the rate shall be as follows :
The next 800 cubic feet of water at $. 57 per hundred;
The next 3, 000 cubic feet of water at $. 48 per hundred;
The next 2 , 800 cubic feet of water at $. 43 per hundred;
The next 60 ,000 cubic feet of water at $. 38 per hundred;
The next 66 ,800 cubic feet of water at $. 33 per hundred;
In excess of 133 ,600 cubic feet of water at $. 28 per
hundred.
The above schedule of rates shall not apply to persons
residing beyond the City limits, or having and maintaining
places of business outside the City limits, but such persons
shall pay twice the rate as above described, and the minimum
charge for such service shall be $4. 50 per month. "
'h
The above schedule of rates shall be effective on all
water bills rendered after the 1st day of October, 1977.
The fact that additional revenue is needed in the Public
Utilities Division during the fiscal year beginning October 1,
1977 in order to meet the costs of providing the service levels
to be performed creates an emergency; this ordinance is declared
an emergency measure and shall be effective upon its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 20th day of September, 1977.
ry
9AYORft1
ATTEST: (. 14-ii-
City lerk
- 2 -