Ordinance No. 80-65-8 v n . IP
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ORDINANCE NO. 80-65— g
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE IMPOSITION
AND COLLECTION OF SEWER SERVICE CHARGES,
FOR THE USE AND AVAILABILITY OF SERVICE AND
FACILITIES AFFORDED BY THE SEWER SYSTEM OF
THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH; REQUIRING CONNEC-
TIONS WITH SAID SEWER SYSTEM; SPECIFYING
SUBSTANCES WHICH SHALL NOT BE INTRODUCED
INTO SAID SEWER SYSTEM; PROVIDING FOR THE
ENFORCEMENT OF SERVICE CHARGES; AND PROVIDING
PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF ANY PROVISION OF
THIS ORDINANCE; AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES
OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH,
FLORIDA, that
Section I. The following schedule of charges, per
calendar quarter, for sewer service provided or made avail-
able by the sewer system of the City is hereby determined
to be just and equitable and is hereby adopted and establish-
ed. 0\
1. Residential Users : 1
(a) Single Family Residence; $7.50 per
quarter t�
(b) Duplex (2 family) residence where both
units are on the same connection to sewer;
• $13 .50 per quarter.
(c) Duplex (2 family) residence where the
building has two connections to sewer;
each unit $7.50 per quarter.
(d) Each single residence area within a
business building; $7.50 per quarter.
(e) Apartments (multiple family) ; $7.50 for
one unit per quarter; $6.00 per unit per
quarter for next three units; $4.50 per
unit per quarter for all units over four.
(f) Motels; $7.50 per quarter for first unit
(operator 's quarters and/or office includ-
ed) ; $1.50 per quarter for each unit with
kitchen; $ .75 per quarter for each renta-
ble room without kitchen.
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( di Mobile Home Park; $7.50 per quarter for first unit
(operator 's quarters and/or office included) ; $4.50
per quarter for each additional unit (trailer space) .
2. Special Users :
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(a) Churches; $7.50 per quarter.
(b) Country Club and Aquatic Club; $24.75 per
quarter.
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(c) Elementary Schools; $60.00 per quarter. CA
(d) Atlantic Beach Hotel; $75.00 per quarter (Temporary) .
3. All Other Users :
Barber shops, Beauty parlors, Kindergardens,
Business offices, Retail stores, Restaurants,
Bars, Hotels, Theaters, Filling stations, Garages,
and Industrial plants; for each area of a building
under one proprietor (even though a combination of
two or more uses may exist therein) ; a basic charge
of $7.50 per quarter, plus additional charges
related to metered water usage as follows; for
first 26, 000 gallons in any calendar quarter; No
charge: For any amount over 26, 000 gallons per
quarter $ .15 per 1, 000 gallons.
Section II. The introduction of gasoline or other explosive
solvents or light oils, feathers from poultry houses, hair from
tanneries, and sludge from water-softening and acetylene gener-
ating plants, into the sewer system of the City is prohibited.
Industrial users which introduce strong wastes (chemicals which
impede normal sewage digestion and suspended solids in above
average sewage content) shall be subject to surcharge, based
upon analysis by competent Public Works Engineer, at rates to be
specified by the City Commission.
Section III. OUTSIDE CITY SERVICE: No sewer connection
shall be made to any lot or tract beyond the City Limits with
out approval of the City Commission and such approval will not
be given unless City water service is also supplied to said lot
or tract.
1. Prospective users residing outside the City shall
undertake construction of sanitary sewer lines and manholes
(if necessary) adequate to serve the needs of their area, or
lot, or tract, so designed as to connect with the City system
at a point on or near the City Limits line; all to be in
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accordance with plans, specifications and financing procedures
acceptable to the City Commission.
2. Upon connection to the City sewer system, Outside-of-
City users will be charged the applicable rates specified in
Section 1 above, increased by 50%. Charges to be billed quarter-
ly, along with water service charges, in same form and manner as
billing of "In-City" users.
Section IV. COMPULSORY CONNECTION REQUIRED. The owner of
any building or structure now or hereafter located on a lot or
plot abutting an existing sewer line, or a new line constructed
in the future as part of the sewer system, shall be and is here-
by required to connect the said building or structure to said
sewer system within 180 days from the date that said sewer
system, or that portion thereof available to serve the premises
in question, is completed and goes into operation; and the owner,
tenant, occupant or user of any such building or structure, or
unit thereof, as the case may be, shall thereafter refrain from
using and cease to use, any other method for the disposal of
sewage, or sewage waste. Such connection shall be made in
accordance with the plumbing code of the City, after permit has
been obtained from the Building Official. No tap or connection
shall be made to the City sewer system without permission and
under the supervision of the plumbing inspector. The City
reserves the right, however, not to permit connections of any
industrial property where the sewage would contain waste matter
that could not be adequately treated at a reasonable cost.
Section V. BILLING AND COLLECTION OF SEWER CHARGES. Sewer
service charges for the use of the facilities of the sewer
system shall be billed and collected by the City as an added and
designated separate item upon the water service bill for the
respective quarter or billing period in accordance with the
rates established herein, or at such rates that may be changed
from time to time, and such sewer service charges shall be due
and payable on the first day of each billing period, which is
the time water service charges are due and payable to the City. .
The user of water service shall be required to pay the sewage
service charges at the same time the water service charges are
made and is not permitted to pay the water service charges with-
out the payment of the sewage service charge. In the event that
any sewage service charges remain unpaid 30 days after the due
date thereof, the water service or sewer service, or both, to
the building or structure or units thereof affected, shall be
discontinued and said services to such building, or structure,
or units thereof shall not be restored until such time as all
sewage service charges due shall have been paid. One month is
the minimum period for which sewer and water service may be
billed.
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Section VI. REINSTATEMENT CHARGE. A service charge of
$2.00 shall be made each time water service is restored and a
reasonable charge each time sewer service is restored after
having been discontinued for non-payment of sewage service
charges.
Section VII. NO FREE SEWER SERVICE TO BE RENDERED. There
shall be no free service rendered by the sewer system except it
will not be necessary for units of the City Government to pay for
such service.
Section VIII. ABSENCE OF OCCUPANT FROM PREMISES. The City
Manager shall on request discontinue sewage service to any user
of said sewer system during any period of absence of such user
or to the occupant of the premises served provided the water
service is also discontinued, and restore such service to such
user upon such terms and conditions and upon the payment of such
charges for discontinuance and restoration and during such
period of no service as he shall determine and which shall be
approved by the City Commission.
Section IX. RULES AND REGULATIONS. Pursuant to the pro-
visions of this Ordinance, the City Commission may by resolution
from time to time, prescribe rules and regulations not inconsis-
tant herewith concerning billing, collection, and enforcement of
collection of sewage service charges, and rules concerning
connections of building and structures to the sewage system in-
cluding the impositions of reasonable charges in making such
connections.
Section X. Any person violating any of the provisions of
this Ordinance shall be punished by fine not exceeding $50.00 or
by imprisonment not exceeding 30 days, either one or both in the
discretion of the Court trying the defendant.
Section XI. If any part of this Ordinance shall be declared
void or unconstitutional by Court of competent jurisdiction such
shall not affect the remainder of this Ordinance.
Section XII . Ordinance No. 80-59-2, and any other Ordinance
or part thereof which may be in conflict with the provisions of
this Ordinance, is hereby repealed.
Section ,"III. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall take
effect i- Q ate y neon is passage
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Passed by the City Commission on first reading /// /9‘,57
Passed by the City Commission on second and final reading
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Attest :
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Adele S. Grage, City ` lerk
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