Ord 1911 6/13/1960V,
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ORDINANCE NO. / l�
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS I AND II OF ORDINAYC ", NO. 4d;5,
ALSO KNOWN AS SECTIONS 7 -100, AND 7- 1001.1 OF TILE 7, CHAPTER 10
OF THE 1941 CODIFICATION OF ORDINANCES OF THE C -'-'- OF `,;ICiiITA FALLS
AS THE SAME HAS BEEN HERETOFORE AMENDED BY ORDITvr":CES 1.1;'1., 1132,
1381, 1791, 1804, 1883 AND 1903 WHICH ORDINANCE i,_;L IlS AMF,VJWIFNTS
PROVIDED FOR THE RULES, REGULATIONS AND RATES F'OR T: E OPT' ^'PION AND
MANAGEMENT OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS WATER D_?PARTMENT.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDER14EN OF THE
CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS:
SECTION I.
THAT SECTION I., of Ordinance No. 445, as amended, also known
as Section 7 -1001 of Title 7, Chapter 10 of the 1941 Codification of
Ordinances of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, and Section II of Or-
dinance No. 445 also known as Section 7- 1001.1 of the said Title and
Chapter of Codification of Ordinances be and the same are hereby
amended so as to read as follows, to wit:
Section 7 -1001:
The following rates are hereby established and shall hereafter
be collected by the Water Department of the City of Wichita Falls,
Texas, for and after June 15, 1960.
The following water rates shall apply to all water users, resi-
dential, commercial and industrial with the exception that service
outside the corporate limits shall be two (2) times the rate charged
inside the corporate limits based upon the following computation:
The minimum monthly bill for all metered water service shall be
$1.50 for which amount each customer shall be aiiowed 3,000 gallons
of water.
For
larger consumption the
rate shall
be as follows, to wit:
The first
5,000
gallons
of
water
@
50¢
per
thousand
Next
45,000
gallons
of
water
@
35�
per
thousand
Next
450,000
gallons
of
water
@
30¢
per
thousand
Next
500;000
gallons
of
water
@
25¢
per
thousand
Next
1,000,000
gallons
of
water
@
22�
per
thousand
Next
5,000,000
gallons
of
water
@
211
per
thousand
Next
5,000,000
gallons
of
water
@
20¢
per
thousand
Excess of
12,000,000
gallons
of
watter
@
19�
per
thousand
Minimum charge 3,000 Schools, Churches and
Charitable Institutions
@
22�
per
thousand
All
services for water, sewer and sanitation shall
be billed
together.
All water, sewer and sanitation accounts shall be due monthly
and must be paid within 25 days from the post office cancellation
date of statement. If not paid by this date, a loo penalty will be
added. The customer shall then have 15 days in which to pay the
water, sewer and sanitation accounts, with penalty. At the expira-
tion of this date, water, sewer and sanitation service~ will be
discontinued and will be restored only with the full payment of the
account, plus an additional charge of $1.00 for cisconnecting and
restoring service fee.
That all utility customers shall put up a deposit as heretofore
provided. No interest payment shall accumulate on deposits for these
utility services.
MUNICIPAL CONSUMPTION. All water furnished to the various de-
partments of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, by the Water Depart-
ment shall be measured by meter and all water used by the City De-
partment shall be charged to their respective accounts and paid for
monthly by the respective departments to the Water Department at the
rate of $ .22 per one thousand (1,000) gallons of water, such amount
of water to be used during the current month.
1
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All water furnished the departments of the City shall be paid
as follows:
1. For all water furnished for street sprinkling, street
cleaning, sweeping and flushing to the Street Depart-
ment.
2. For all water furnished to Public Parks, Cemetery,
May grounds, etc. to the Park Department.
3. For all water furnished to the incinerator, flushing
sewers, or sprinkling dumping grounds, to the Sanita-
tion Department.
4. For all water furnished for any municipal building or
for the -use of any Departments of the City Governement
not specified in this ordinance the same shall be char-
ged to such building or department service account and
paid for from such funds as may be available, but in
the event no building or department fund is available
such account shall be paid for from the general fund or
other funds as directed by the Board of Aldermen.
CHURCHES, SCHOOLS AND CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. For all chari-
table institutions, including, but not limited to churches and sch-
ools, a monthly charge for water shall be paid for on the basis of
$ .22 per thousand (1,000) gallons of water 'used during the current
month, with a minimum charge of $1.50 per month to be charged such
charitable institution user.
SECTION II.
Provided that the schedule of rates set forth above in Section
7 -1001 to be charged shall not apply to persons, firms, and corpora-
tions residing beyond the City Limits of the City of Wichita Falls,
or having and maintaining places of business outside the City Limits
of said City, but that such persons shall pay twice the rate above
prescribed. Provided that the minimum charge shall be $3.00 per
month for persons, firms or corporations residing outside the City
Limits.
PASSED and APPROVED , This
ATTEST:
A. L. Fitts, Acting City Clerk