HomeMy WebLinkAbout546ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA, DE-
CLARING THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM TO BE A PUBLIC
UTILITY; PRESCRIBING RATES AND CHARGES TO BE MADE
FOR THE USE OR AVAILABILITY FOR USE OF SUCH UTIL-
ITY; PROVIDING FOR RENDITION OF STAT~ENTS OF SAID
CHARGES, THE TIEE AND }~NNER FOR PAYF~qT OF SAME,
AND THE RIGHTS OF CITY UPON DELINQUENCY IN PAYMENT
OF SAME, AND FOR APPLICATION OF REVENUES RECEIVED
HEREUNDER: REQUIRING CONNECTION WITH SYSTEM AND
DECLARING FAILURE TO CONNECT UNLAWFUL; AND REPEAL-
ING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CON-
FLICT HEREWITH EXCEPT AS SPECIFIED.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA:
Section 1. DECLARATION OF SANITARY SE~ER
SYSTEM AS PUBLIC UTILITY.
The sanitary
of Sanford, Florida,
of, and replacements and additions thereto,
lished and declared to be a public utility,
sewer system now in existence in the City
together with any and all extensions there-
is hereby estab-
for the use and ben-
efit of the City in the maintenance of public health and general
sanitary conditions
Section 2.
throughout the City.
RATE SCHEDULE ESTABLISHED FOR
SEWER USE.
There is hereby established a uniform schedule of rates
and charges for the use or availability for use of the sewer
system established in the preceding section as a utility, as
follows:
Gallons of water
used per month
4,000 gallons or less
5,000
gallons or a lesser
amount exceeding &,O00
gallons
Sewer Charge
$1.65
1.77
6,000
7,000
gallons or a lesser
amount exceeding 5,000
gallons
gallons or a lesser
amount exceeding 6,000
gallons
2.03
2.25
8,000 gallons or a lesser 2.51
amount exceedin~ 7.000
the minimum charge per month being $1.65.
The maximum charge to a single residence
shall be $2.94 per month. For every usage
other than single residence when consumption
of water is in excess of 10,OOO g~on~ per
month, the monthly rate shall be b8% oz the
water billing for the given month; provided,
however, the rate last'specified shall be
subject to adjustment for particular commer-
cial usages upon credit given in the same
manner as provided in Section 7 (c) of this
ordinance.
Section 3. APPLICATION OF RATES AND CHARGES.
The rates and charges established in the preceding
Section shall apply to all users, whether owner or tenant
(this being determined in the case of users of the city wat-
er system, by the applicant for water service, and otherwise
by ownership of the property served) of the city water and
sanitary sewer systems, or either of them,where the aforesaid
utility is used or available for use or shall hereafter be
used or become available for use, -availability for use" mean-
ing that there is a city sanitary sewer within 75 feet of the
property line of the property owned or occupied by the user,
which 75 feet shall traverse only city property and be mea-
sured in a straight line from any point on said property line,
whether or not connection has been made thereto, provided,
however, that the service line from sanitary sewer to user's
property line shall be installed by city forces at city ex-
pense and user shall pay prescribed fee for sewer tap, and
that the service line required on user's property shall be
installed by him or his agents at his own expense. Where san-
itary sewer is not available, as above defined, on the date
the above charges become effective, but becomes available
Said schedule of rates and charges as to each user to
whom a bill shall be rendered for water furnished through the
city water system shall be computed upon the quantity of wat-
er used upon the property of the user as determined by gaug-
ing or metering, and charges hereunder shall be submitted
monthly on the same bill as the charge for water services and
payable at the same time; provided, however, that the char-
ges for sewer services shall be a separate item on such bill.
No user so charged for wa%er and sewer services may pay either
of such charges without simultaneously paying the charge for
the other. Bills for sewer charges where water is furnished
other than through the city water system shall be computed
as hereinafter provided in Section 6 and rendered monthly at
the same time as city water bills.
Section 4- DISCONTINUANCE OF WATER SER- VICE FOR NON-PAYMENT.
If any bill for monthly sewer service or water service
shall remain due and unpaid on and after the disconnection
date stated on such bill, the water service to such customer
so in arrears as to sewer charges or water service shall be
disconnected and shall not be reconnected until all past due
bills for water and sewer service are paid, together with a
reconnection charge of one dollar and fifty cents.
· N OF WATEI{ D~POSITS-
Section 5. APPLICATIO
All sums of money heretofore or hereafter deposited
with the City to guarantee payment of water bills may also be
applied on payment of sewer service charges.
Section 6. WATER FURNISHED BY ANY OTHER PLANT AND ENTERING THE SE~ER SYSTE~I.
, ~ v~ t.h~ event that metered water shall be furnished
tendent of the City Water Department, and subject to such peri-
odic tests as said superintendent shall consider necessary to
insure that accuracy is maintained, and bills for sewer charg-
es shall be computed on the basis of what the water bill would
be if the same quantity of water should be furnished by the
waterworks system of the City.
(b) In the event that unmetered water shall be furnished
by any plant or system (including any privately owned plant)
other than the waterworks system of the City to any user charge-
able hereunder, such user shall install at his own expense a
meter acceptable to the superintendent of the City Water Depart-
ment for measuring the quantity of water so used, and bills for
sewer charges shall be rendered monthly and such bills shall be
computed on the basis of what the monthly water bill would be if the
same quantity of water should be furnished by the waterworks system
of the City. Pending the installation of such meter, the super-
intendent of the City Water Department shall estimate the quant-
ity of water used on such lot or parcel and render bills to such
user for sewer charges, computed on the basis of what the month-
ly water bill would be if such estimated quantity of water should
be furnished by the waterworks system of the City.
Section 7. CREDIT FOR WATER NOT ENTER-
ING S~%,~ER SYSTE~i.
In the event that water furnished by the waterworks sys-
tem of the City or by any other plant or system (including any
privately owned plant) shall be used regularly on any lot or
parcel of land for sprinkling lawns or gardens or for any use
for which water does not enter the sewer system of the City,
the user may secure a reduction in the amount of the sewer charg-
and the City Commission consider such procedure practical,
user may have installed by City, at his own expense, consist-
ing solely of cost of meter plus ~3.00, and subject to such
regulation as may be prescribed by the superintendent of the
City Water Department, a separate connection with the water
main or the lateral serving such lot or parcel and a meter for
measuring the water so used, and thereafter the sewer charges
to be paid by such user shall be computed on the basis of what
the water bill would be after excluding the quantity of water
so used; or
(b) Where the Superintendent of the Water Department
and the City Commission consider such procedure practical, us-
er may have installed by City, at his own expense, consist-
ing solely of cost of meter plus $15.00, and subject to such
regulations as may be prescribed by the superintendent of the
City Water Department, a specially designed and constructed
sewage meter, acceptable to the Consulting Engineers, designat-
ed in Ordinance No. 532, or their successors, for accurately
measuring all sewage passing from such lot or parcel to the
sewer system of the City, and bills for sewer charges shall be
computed on the basis of what the water bill would be if the
same quantity of water should be furnished by the waterworks
system of the City; or
(c) User may receive a credit for such use under rules
and regulations which shall be adopted from time to time by
the superintendent of the City Water Department, with the ap-
proval of the City Commission.
Section 8. FREE SERVICES PROHIBITED. SER-
VICES RmNDERED TO THE CITY OF
SANFORD.
sewer system, or any part thereOf, nor will any preferential
· - d for users of the same class, and in the
rates be establ~she
event the City of sanford or any department, agency, instrU-
mentality, officer or employee thereOf, shall avail itself
of the facilities or services provided by said ~ater and Sew-
er System, or any part thereof, the same rates, fees or charges
applicable to other users receiving like services under simi-
lar circumstances shall be charged the CitY, and any such
partment, agency, instrumentality' officer or employee. Such
charges shall be paid as they accrue, and the City shall tranS-
fer from its general funds sufficient sums to pay such charg-
es. The revenues sO received shall be deemed to be revenues
derived froia the operation of the water and sewer system~ and
shall be deposited and accounted for in the same manner as
other revenues derived from sUCh operation of the water and
to the
sewer system-
The provisions of this section, aS they apply
)ity of Sanford or any of its departments or agencies, shall
~ecome effective from and after October l~ 195~, and shall
lot apply priOr to such date.
LFFECTIVE DaTL OF
Section 9- Iy~OSED. established
The schedule of rates and charges hereby
~hall be effective as to all water consumption covered by
.ills rendered September 30' 1954, and thereafter, for wat-
r furnished through the city water system, and the amount
f such charges shall be included on and rendered with such
ills as provided in Section 5 of this Ordinance' ~s to wat-
~urnished through the city water system, such schedule
_~+ ..... ~mad within the period
such billing to be determined as above provided in this Ord-
inance, but in nO event to be less than the minimUm amount
chargeable hereunder'
Section lO. DEPOSIT k~D APPLICATION OF REVENUE-
All revenue derived from the charges hereby established
shall be deposited and expended only in accordance with the
provisions of OrdinanCe No. 532 of the City of Sanford, Flor-
ida, passed and adopted Dece~er 14, 1953.
REp~Li~G CONFLICTI~G ORDINkNC-
Section 11. ES; EXCEPTION-
The provisions of this Ordinance are to be construed
as supplementary to, and in case of any provision held in con-
flict as subordinate to, the terms and provisions of the afore-
' · 'n only said Ordinance No. 532,
said Ordinance No. 532. Ecceptl g
all other ordinanceS or partS of ordinances in conflict here-
with are hereby repealed.
Section 12. DISCONTINUANCE OF S~E~ SERVICE
FOR NON-PAYMENT-
If any bill for monthly sewer service shall remain due
and unpaid on and after the disconnection date stated on such
bill, in any case in which the water entering the sewer system
is furnished by any plant or system other than the waterworks
system of the City~ the sewer service to such user in arrears
as to sewer charges shall be disconnected, and shall not be
reconnected until all past due hills for sewer service are paid,
together with a reconnection charge in the amount of $15.00.
Section 13. CONNECTION REQUIRED %.~HERE SE~ER
AVAILABLE; F~ILURE TO CONNECT
DECLARED UNLAWFUL.
E~ery residence and building within the City required
~ aanford, Florida,
meaning of Section 3 above. It shall be unlawful for the own-
er of any such residence or building to which said sanitary
sewer is so available to fail or refuse to connect such building
with the City sanitary sewer within sixty (60) days after the
date the charges specified iu the above Ordinance become effect-
ive, or where a sanitary sewer is not available at such time,
within sixty (60) days after the same shall become available.
Section 14. SEV~T[ABILITY OF PRO¥ISIONS-
The provisions of this Ordinance are severable, and if
any provision, section, paragraph, sentence, phrase or clause
hereof shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to
be invalid, such holding, and the severable portion so held,
shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions of
this Ordinance.
Section 15. EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
ORDINANCE.
This ordinance shall become effective immediately up-
on its passage and adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED, this_ 23rd day of_AUGUsT '
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