Item 7DAGENDA ITEM # 7D
SEPTEMBER 24, 2007
ORDINANCE NO. 80-07-74
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 22 UTILITIES,
ARTICLE II, SECTION 22-27 CHARGES FOR WATER
SERVICE, TO INCREASE THE WATER BASE AND
VOLUME CHARGES FOR RESIDENTIAL, IRRIGATION
AND COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS: AMENDING
ARTICLE III WASTEWATER SYSTEM, DIVISION SEVEN,
SEWER USER RATES AND CHARGES, SECTION 22-166
MONTHLY WASTEWATER BASE FACILITY CHARGES
TO INCREASE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL BASE
CHARGE RATES; AND AMENDING SECTION 22-167
SCHEDULE OF WASTEWATER VOLUME CHARGES TO
INCREASE THE RATES FOR WASTEWATER VOLUME
CHARGES FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL
CUSTOMERS.
WHEREAS, the City has determined that it is necessary increase the water and
sewer rates for the purpose of generating sufficient revenues to fund current operating
costs, and;
WHEREAS, the City, as the result of legislation being passed by the Department
of Environmental Protection, will be required to upgrade the sewer treatment facilities in
order to meet new standards for effluent discharges to the St. Johns River. These rate
increases will provide funding for the debt service on this and other smaller projects
related to the water and sewer systems.
WHEREAS, the proposed Public Utility's Budget for the fiscal year ended
September 30, 2008 includes a ten percent increase in the utility rates. The ten year Long
Term Financial Plan includes additional ten percent increases in fiscal years 2009 and
2010. Approving rate increases effective in these subsequent years is necessary to cover
the additional debt service that will be required to pay for the plant upgrades, and
WHEREAS, the city has had declining sales of water due to conservation causing
a reduction in revenues needed to meet upcoming operating needs and the debt service
coverage ratios required by the City's bond ordinance, and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION ON
BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA,
that;
SECTION I. Chapter 22 Utilities, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Atlantic
Beach, Florida is hereby amended to read as follows:
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SEPTEMBER 24, 2007
Article II, Waterworks System:
Sec. 22-27. Charges for water service.
The reasonable rates, rentals, fees and other charges for the use of the services and
facilities of the city waterworks system are hereby found and determined to be and are
hereby fixed and established as follows:
(1) Monthly water base facility charges for customers inside the city: A monthly
water base facility charge will be levied upon each connection in accordance with the
following table:
Residential Effective Effective Effective
October 1, 2007 October 1, 2008 October 1, 2009
Single-family
residential and
single-family ~~~~,~{ $7.41 per account $8.15 per account $8.97 per account
individual-metered
mobile homes
Multifamily
~-Ii~t $5.56 per unit $6.11$6.1 l yer unitunit $6.73 per unit
residential
Master-metered
~~pe $5.56 per site $6.11 per site $6.73 per site
mobile homes
Travel trailers peF~ite $5.56 er site $6.11 per site $6.73 per site
Hotel/motel ~5~6--p~-r~e-~ $5.56 per room $6.11 per room $6.73 per room
Hotel/motel with
$3=9H-per~eet~ $5.56 per room $6.11 per room $6.73 per room
kitchen
COmmerClal
Master-metered
~:-74pe~t~rit $7.41 per unit $8.15 per unit $8.97 per unit
commercial
Restaurants,
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aun
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es, an
car
phase in table below
phase in table below
phase in table below
wash connections
All other
i
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commerc
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phase in table below
phase in table below
phase in table below
customers
IPYlgatlon
All Residential ~4~efaeee~tE $7.41 per account $8.15 per account $8.97 per account
°°~~a ~° --~`-~- ~=~~ Based on meter size Based on meter size Based on meter size
All Commercial ~~~~ phase in table below phase in table below phase in table below
Water base facility charges for the commercial classifications are based upon the meter
size and they will become effective as follows:
Meter Size
(in inches) Effective
October 1, 2007 Effective
October 1.2008 Effective
October 1, 2009
5/8 or'/< -$6:74 7.41 8.15 8.97
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1 ~-03- 9.27 10.20 1 ] .22
1 '/z ~ 18.54 20.39 22.43
2 -~4- 29.63 32.59 35.85
3 -X33,89- 59.28 65.21 71.73
4 eQ-~4~~--'~ 92.63 101.89 112.08
6 ~-1-68:42 185.26 203.79 224.17
8 Q~ 296.42 326.06 358.67
(2) Schedule of water volume charges for customers inside the city:
a. Single units. There are hereby-established inclining block volume charges for
single-family residential and single-family individual-metered mobile homes, per account
as follows:
Block Upper Limit
(Gallons pe- Month) Rate per Thousand
Gallons Effective
October 1, 2008 Effective
October 1, 2009
1 3,000 ~3 0.25 0.28 0.31
2 8,000 X84 2.02 2.22 2.44
3 13,000 ~2-1H 2.38 2.62 2.88
4 18,000 ~4 3.56 3.92 4.31
5 Over 18,000 X4.58 5.37 5.91 6.50
b. Multiple units and commercial accounts. There are hereby-established an
inclining block volume charge for all multiunit residential and multiunit commercial
accounts as follows:
Block Upper Limit
Gallons per Month ]fate per Thousand
Gallons Effective
October 1, 2008 Effective
October 1, 2009
(per unit)
1 2,000 ~3 0.25 0.28 0.31
2 Over 2,000 X84 2.02 2.22 2.44
c. Single unit irrigation. There are hereby-established an inclining block irrigation
volume charge for all single-family residential and single-family individual-metered
mobile homes, per account as follows:
Block Upper Limit
(Gallons per ]fate per Thousand
Gallons Effective
October 1, 2008 Effective
October 1, 2009
Month)
1 13,000 ~2-1~ 2.38 2.62 2.88
2 18,000 $3:24 3.56 3.92 4.31
3 Over 18,000 X4:8$ 5.37 5.91 6.50
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d. Multiple unit and commercial irrigation. There are hereby established an
inclining block volume charge for all multiunit residential irrigation accounts and all
commercial irrigation accounts as follows:
Block Upper Limit
(Gallons per
M
h Rate per Thousand
Gallons Effective
October 1.2008 Effective
October 1, 2009
ont
)
1 3,000 ~3 0.25 0.28 0.31
2 Over 3,000 $-1:84 2.02 2.22 2.44
(3) Customers outside the city. The rates applicable to customers outside of the city
shall be one and one-quarter (1.25) times the rates above for both monthly water base
facility charges and water volume charges.
ARTICLE III WASTEWATER SYSTEM
Division Seven, Sewer user rates and charges,
Sec. 22-166. Monthly wastewater base facility charges.
Wastewater base facility charges will be levied monthly as follows:
(a) Monthly wastewater base facility charge for customers inside the city. A
monthly base charge will be levied upon each connection in accordance with the
following:
An equivalent residential unit (ERU) is defined as a wastewater connection that delivers
three hundred (300) gallons per day (Bpd) of typically domestic wastewater flow to the
waste stream, or equivalent to a residence serviced by athree-fourths-inch water meter.
Residential Effective
October 1, 2007 Effective
October 1, 2008 Effective
October 1, 2009
Single-family residential and
single-family individual-metered
$1q.
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$15
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$17
06
mobile homes, per account , .
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per accoun .
per account $18.77per account
Multifamil
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-$4~ $11
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, per un p .
per un $12.80 per unit .$14.08 per unit
Master-metered mobile homes $49-~~eF-site $11.64 per site $12.80 per site $14.08 per site
Travel trailers $8:47-SeFSite $9.32 oer site _$10.25 per site $11.28 per site
Hotel/motel $~86-
eFreea~ $7
77 8
p .
per room $
.55 per room _$9.41 per room
Hotellmotel
ith kit
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$8
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oer room $10.25 oer room $11.28 per room
Commercial
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commerc
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per un $17.06 per unit $18.77 per unit
Restaurants, laundries, and car ~~4
48-x-E-F~faster $15
51 x ERU f
t $17
06 X ERU f
wash connections - .
ac
or .
actor $18.77 X ERU factor
All other commercial customers $t~-faster $15
51 X ERU f
t $17
06 X ER
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ac
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U
actor $18.77 x ERU factor
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The ERU factor for the commercial classification is based upon meter size as follows:
Meter Size (in inches) ERU factor
5/8 x'/< 1.00
1 1.28
1 '/z 2.08
2 2.88
3 5.60
4 10.00
6 20.00
8 30.00
(b) Customers outside the city. The rates applicable to customers outside of the city
shall be one and one-quarter (1.25) times the rates above.
Sec. 22-167. Schedule of wastewater volume charges.
(a) Customers inside the city. There are hereby established block volume charges for
customers inside the city as follows:
(1) Single-family residential and single-family individual-metered mobile homes, per
account as follows:
Block Upper Limit
(Gallons per Rate per
Thousand Effective
October 1.2007 Effective
October 1.2008 Effective
October 1.2009
Month) Gallons
1 3,000 $8:47 0.52 0.57 0.63
2 13,000 mil- 4.30 4.73 5.20
3 Over 13,000 $0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
(2) Multiunit residential and all commercial units as follows:
Upper Limit Rate per
Block (Gallons per
Thousand Effective Effective Effective
Month, per October 1.2007 October 1, 2008 October 1, 2009
Unit) Gallons
1 3,000 $0:4-7 0.52 0.57 0.63
2 Over 3,000 ~-3:8.1- 4.30 4.73 5.20
(b) Customers outside the city. The rates applicable to customers outside of the city
shall be one and one-quarter (1.25) times the rates above.
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AGENDA ITEM # 7D
SEPTEMBER 24, 2007
SECTION 2. Severability
If any section, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance is held to be invalid or
unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, then said holding shall in
no way affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance.
SECTION 3. Effective Date
This Ordinance shall take effect upon its final passage and adoption.
Passed by the City Commission on first reading this 10`h day of September, 2007.
Passed by the City Commission on first reading this day of September,
2007.
Donald M. Wolfson
Mayor /Presiding Officer
Approved as to form and correctness:
Alan C. Jensen, Esquire
City Attorney
ATTEST:
Donna L. Bussey, CMC
City Clerk
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