Ord 1883 1/11/1960r �
CRD I NANCE NO. J
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 1 AND 2 OF ORDINANCE NO. 445,
ALSO KNOWN AS SECTIONS 7 -1001 AND 7-1001.1 OF TITLE 7, CHAPTER 10
OF THE 1941 CODIFICATION OF CRDINANCES OF THE CITY' OF WICHITA FALLS,
AS THE SAME HAS BEEN HERETOFORE AMENDED BY ORDINANCES 1121, 11329
1381, 1791 and 1804, WHICH ORDINANCE AND ITS AMENDMENTS PROVIDE FCP
THE RULES., REGULATIONS AND RATES FCR THE OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT
OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS WATER DEPARTMENT.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA
FALLS, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Section 1. of Ordinance No. 445, as amended,
also known as Section 7 -1001 of Title 7, Chapter 10 of the 1941 Codi-
fication of Ordinances of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas,, and Sec-
tion 2 of Ordinance 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 be here-
after collected by the Water Department of the City of Wichita Falls,
Texas, from and after March 1, 1959
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
,T1,50 for which amount each customer shall be allowed 3,000 gallons
of water.
For larger consumption the rate shall be as follows, to wit:
The first
51,000
ca 1 lons
of
water
(P-.
501
per
thousand
Next
45,000
gallons
of
water
Q
35e
per
thousand
Next
450,000
gallons
of
water
3U
per
thousand
Next
500,000
gallons
of
water
251
per
thousand
Excess
1000,000
ga 1 lons
of
water
@
22J
per
thousand
Minimum charge 3,000
Schools, Churches &
Charitable institutions
r' 22i 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 15 days from the post office cancellation
date of statement. If not paid by this date, a 10% 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 services will be dis-
continued and will be restored only with the full payment of the
account, plus an additional charge of $1.00 for disconnecting 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-
partments 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.
_lr
All water furnished the dpeartments 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-'
me nt
2. For all water furnished to Public Parks, Cemetery, Play
Grounds, etc., to the Park Department
3. For all water furnished to the incinerator, flushing
sewers, or sprinkling dumping grounds, to the Sanitary
Department.
44 For all water furnished for any municipal building or
for the use of any Departments of the City Government
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 a l l chari-
table institutions, including, but not limited to churches and schools,
a monthly charge for water shall be paid for on the basis of S .22j
per thousand (1,000) gallons of water used during the current month,
with a minimum charge of 1$1.50 per month to be charged such chari-
table institution user.
SECTION 2. , Provided that the schedule of rates set, forth above
in Section 7 -1001 to be charged shall not apply to persons, firms and
corporations 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.
PISSED AND APPROVED this ' day of January, A. D. 1960.
leo Henderson; CC it C I e r k �_