Subject: 10495/Code/31/SewerRates-Charges Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1993 13:55:27 -0500 ORDINANCE NO. 10495 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHATTANOOGA CITY CODE, PART II, CHAPTER 31, SECTIONS 31-36, 31-37, 31-41 AND 31-43, RELATIVE TO SEWER SERVICE CHARGES AND FEES. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE: SECTION 1. That Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter 31, Section 31-36(a), be and the same is hereby deleted and the following substituted in lieu thereof: (a) Enumeration of charges; quantity of water used. Sewer service charges shall be based upon the quantity of water used as shown by water meter readings and shall be the dollar amount derived by applying the total charge in dollars per one thousand (1,000) gallons for the quantities of water shown in the following table: Operations and Debt Total User Class Maintenance Charge Charges (gallons) ($/1,000 gallons) ($/1,000 gallons) ($/1,000 gallons) First 100,000 $ 0.57 $ 2.86 $ 3.43 Next 650,000 0.57 1.95 2.52 Next 1,250,000 0.57 1.46 2.03 Over 2,000,000 0.57 0.88 1.45 Effective June 1, 1997, the following rates will apply: Operations and Debt Total User Class Maintenance Charge Charges (gallons) ($/1,000 gallons) ($/1,000 gallons) ($/1,000 gallons) First 100,000 $ 0.57 $ 2.86 $ 3.43 Next 650,000 0.57 1.95 2.52 Next 1,250,000 0.57 1.46 2.03 Next 30,000,000 0.57 0.88 1.45 Over 32,000,000 0.57 0.57 1.14 0C SECTION 2. That Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter 31, Section 31-36(c), be and the same is hereby deleted and the following substituted in lieu thereof: (c) Billable flow. The amount due from the regional user shall be the dollar amount derived by applying the total charge shown in the table below per one thousand (1,000) gallons of water sold. Regional Total Regional Charge Operation & Regional (Wheelage Maintenance Debt and Charge Charge Treatment) ($/1,000 gallons) ($/1,000 gallons) ($/1,000 gallons) Wheelage and Treatment $ 0.6342 $ 0.4995 $ 1.1337 If regional customers are billed directly through the water company, the rate to be charged shall be one dollar and fourteen cents ($1.14) per one thousand (1,000) gallons. SECTION 3. That Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter 31, Section 31-36(d), be and the same is hereby deleted and the following substituted in lieu thereof: (d) Total flow. The amount due from the regional user shall be the dollar amount derived by applying the total charge shown in the table below applied to the quantity of water measured by a flow meter installed and maintained at or near the point of connection between the system of the regional user and the Chattanooga system. In the event of any malfunction of said meters, flow shall be estimated, interpolated and/or projected in the most equitable manner possible. Such estimates, along with available readings for periods where there was no malfunction, shall be the basis for billing. 0C Regional Total Regional Charge Operation & Regional (Wheelage Maintenance Debt and Charge Charge Treatment) ($/1,000 gallons) ($/1,000 gallons) ($/1,000 gallons) Wheelage and Treatment $ 0.3433 $ 0.2704 $ 0.6137 SECTION 4. That Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter 31, Section 31-41(c), be and the same is hereby deleted and the following substituted in lieu thereof: (c) Rates. Based upon the current cost of treating wastewater containing constituents with concentrations in excess of "normal wastewater," numerical rates are hereby established for Bc and Sc as follows: Bc 3D $0.076 per pound of BOD for concentrations in excess of three hundred (300) milligrams per liter. Sc 3D $0.056 per pound of total suspended solids for concentrations in excess of four hundred (400) milligrams per liter. SECTION 5. That this Ordinance shall become effective two (2) weeks from and after its passage as provided by law, but that the operative dates of the changes in rates specified herein shall be July 1, 1996. PASSED on Third and Final Reading November 12, 1996. s/s CHAIRPERSON APPROVED: x DISAPPROVED: DATE: November 12, 1996. s/s MAYOR :cjc