Ordinance No. 80-92-51 v ORDINANCE NO. 80-92-51
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH,
FLORIDA RENUMBERING SECTIONS 22-16 THROUGH 22-
21; AMENDING AND RENUMBERING SECTIONS 22-22
THROUGH 22-29 AND AMENDING SECTIONS 22-166
THROUGH 22-172 TO PROVIDE FOR MONTHLY BILLING;
CHANGES TO THE BILLING RATES FOR WATER AND
SEWER SERVICE; CHANGES TO CONNECTION CHARGES;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1 . Sections 22-16 through 22-21 are hereby renumbered
as Sections 22-14 through 22-19 without change to content.
SECTION 2 . Sections 22-20 through 22-29 are renumbered and
amended as follows:
Sec 22-22 20. Fee to reestablish service after cutoff or transfer.
If water service is turned off, either because of delinquency
or upon the request of the consumer, a cut-on fee of fifteen
dollars ( $15 . 00 ) shall be charged and paid prior to restoring water
service. If water service is transferred to another residence, a
fifteen dollar ( $15.00 ) service charge shall be paid prior to
service being turned on.
Sec. 22-23 21 . Testing of meters; liability for cost of testing;
adjustment of bills.
Upon written request of a consumer, the meter will be tested
by the city. The city will require a deposit to defray cost of
testing. Such deposit shall be as follows:
Meter Size
( inches ) Fee
5/8 by 3/4 $10.00 $25.00
1 and 1 1/2 12 . 50 $25.00
2 15.00 $25.00
Above 2 Actual Cost
If the meter, when tested, is found to be not more than two ( 2 )
percent fast, the deposit shall be forfeited to the city as a
service charge for conducting the test; otherwise, the expense of
the test will be borne by the city and billing adjustments for a
period not to exceed six ( 6) twelve ( 12 ) months will be made.
The city at any time, without charge, will make a field test
of the accuracy of the water meter in use at the customer' s
premises provided the meter has not been tested within the past six
( 6 ) months.
Sec. 22-22. Fee established for re-read of meters.
Upon written request of a consumer, the meter will be re-read
by the city. A fee of five dollars ( $5 . 00 ) will be charged for all
customer requested re-reads. At the discretion of the City
Manager, or his designee, the city may perform a re-read at no cost
to the consumer.
Sec. 22-24 23 . Liability of consumer for charges; no allowance to
be made for vacant houses unless water shut off.
Liability for service shall begin on the day the consumer is
connected to the city water main and shall continue thereafter
until the service is disconnected for nonpayment or for other
cause, or after written notice is given the city by the consumer of
his desire to terminate the service. No allowance will be made for
vacant houses unless a request in writing to have the water shut
off is received by the city, nor will any allowance be made for any
shut-off period less than thirty ( 30 ) days.
Sec. 22-25 24. Basis for billing if meter fails to register.
If any meter on a consumer' s premises is destroyed by fire or
other causes or fails to register, the consumer will be billed for
the period involved on a basis of previous consumption.
Sec. 22-26 25 . Determination of type classification of service for
each consumer.
The City Manager, or his designee, shall have the authority to
determine what type classification of service shall be rendered by
the city to each consumer.
Sec. 22-27 26. Property owner responsible to city for water
charges.
The property owner shall at all times be responsible to the
city for its proper charges for water service.
The city will install and properly maintain at its own
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expense, such meters and associated piping as may be necessary to
measure the water service used by the consumer. All meters and
associated piping and meter box or vault installed by the city
shall remain the property of the city. It shall be unlawful for
anyone to tamper with any City appurtenances of water services.
The consumer shall protect the city' s meter and appurtenances. In
the event of any loss or damage to the property of the city caused
by or arising out of carelessness, neglect or misuse by the
customer, the cost of replacing or repairing such damaged property
shall be paid by the customer or property owner.
Sec. 22-28 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 ) Customers within city:
a. Single units. The minimum bill for a single
unit shall be for nine thousand ( 9, 000 )
gallons of water, and shall be nine dollars
( $9 .00 ) per quarter. All water used in excess
of nine thousand ( 9, 000 ) gallons shall be
charged at the rate of one dollar ( $1 .00 ) per
one thousand ( 1, 000) gallons. The minimum
bill for a single unit shall be four dollars
and twenty-four ( $4. 24 ) per month for up to
three thousand ( 3, 000 ) gallons of water.
During each quarterly period, one monthly bill shall also
include an additional charge of one dollar and eight
cents ( $1 .08 ) per one thousand gallons of water used in
excess of nine thousand ( 9, 000) gallons during the
previous three months. Gallons used shall be determine
by quarterly meter readings.
The effective rates will be amended for all billings,
beginning January 1 of each year in accordance with the
schedule in Appendix A.
b. Multiple units. For multiple units served
through the same meter, the rates and minimum
charges shall be in accordance with the
following scale. All excess gallonage shall
be charged for at the same rate as provided
for single units above. All multiple units
will be billed at 75% of the single unit rate
for each unit, regardless of occupancy:
Minimum bill per
Units Gallons quarter month
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2 13,500 4, 500 $13.50 $ 6.36
3 18,000 6, 750 18.00, 9. 54
4 22, 500 9,000 22.50 12.72
5 27,000 11, 250 27.00 15.90
6 31,500 13, 500 31.50 19.08
7 36 000 15, 750 36.00 22. 26
For each additional unit over seven (7 ) there will be a
minimum charge of $3.75 $3. 18 for 3,750 2, 250 gallons per
unit.
Excess gallonage shall be calculated based on the consumption
level for the previous three months, less the gallonage allotted to
the minimum bills for the quarter. All excess gallonage shall be
charged at the same rate per one thousand ( 1,000) gallons as
provided for single units above. As stated above, rates will be
amended each January 1 as shown in Appendix A.
(2 ) Customers outside the city: The rates applicable to
customers outside the city shall be one and one quarter ( 1.25 )
times the above rate applicable to customers inside the city.
Sec. 22-28. Water impact fees, installation charges, etc.
The following schedule of rates and installation charges for
water connections, facilities, service and water provided or
furnished by the city through its waterworks system, is hereby
adopted and established:
( 1 ) Water connection charges.
(a) Installation charge.
Installation Charge
Size of from
Meter Main to Meter
3/4 inch $ 525.00
1 inch 560.00
1 1/2 inch 1 090.00
2 inch 1 150.00
Over two ( 2) inch Actual Cost, $1, 150.00 minimum.
Approved Utility Contractors may construct larger services at
their own expense but will be subject to a $200.00 inspection fee.
All new construction, rehabilitation and/or remodeling will
require cross-connection control devices and shall be assessed an
inspection fee as follows:
Two (2 ) inch and under $ 35.00
Over Two ( 2 ) inch 200.00
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Reinspection visit 35.00
(b) Meter charge. All meters will be furnished by the
city and the cost is included in the established
Installation Charge.
(c) Change in service size. Whenever a user requests a
change in the size of a service previously installed,
such user shall accompany such request with payment
of the same charges per schedule (a) above, together
with any meter cost involved, as are applicable to
the new service requested. The user shall also be
required to pay any and all increases in Capital
Improvement Charges from the old size to the one
requested, whether or not the old service was
required to pay any fees, utilizing the rates in
effect at time of request.
(d) Change in service location. Whenever a
user requests a change in location of a
service connection previously installed,
such user shall accompany such request
with payment of the same charges, per
schedule (a) , for installation.
(e) Capital improvement charge.
Single-family residences: For each house-
$325.00 (3/4" service only)
Multiple family and condominium living units,
including all related facilities: A minimum
of $500.00 for the first two ( 2) units plus
$90.00 per unit for each additional unit over
two ( 2) .
Motels, including all related facilities: A
minimum of $1, 150.00 for the first ten ( 10)
units plus $55.00 per unit for each additional
unit over ten ( 10) .
Nursing and convalescent homes, including all
related facilities: A minimum of $1, 050.00
for the first ten ( 10) beds plus $45.00 per bed
for each additional bed over ten ( 10) .
All others: A minimum of $325.00.
Size of meter Charge
( 1 ) 3/4" $ 325.00
(2) 1" 550.00
(3) 1 1/2" 1, 075.00
( 4) 2" 1, 725.00
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( 5 ) 3" 3, 250.00
( 6 ) 4" 5, 425 . 00
( 7 ) 6" 10, 800.00
( 8 ) 8" 15, 000.00
Disposition, use of revenues. All revenues collected by the
city for water capital improvement charges shall be deposited and
held in a special fund to be known as and hereby designated "The
Water Capital Improvement Fund. " The moneys deposited and held in
said fund and all interest accrued thereto shall be used only for
the improvements, expansion and/or replacement of the water system
of the city.
( 2 ) Water service for fire protection purposed. A special
rate of sixty-two dollars ( $62. 00 ) per annum payable in
monthly installments shall apply to any water service
provided exclusively for sprinkling systems or other fire
protection systems in buildings only provided the
expense of all connections to and extensions from the
city water mains shall be borne by the user. No taps
will be allowed which may be used for other than fire
protection purposes, and, unless pursuant to special
permit from the City Commission there shall be no
connection with any other source of water except in case
a storage tank or fire pump is installed as a secondary
supply for such fire protection purposes.
Sec. 22-29. Billing dates; failure to receive bill; when bills
become delinquent; disconnection of service for failure
to pay bill. Due dates and late fees.
Bills for minimum and excess water will be rendered at regular
intervals, but the rendering of bills is not an obligation on the
part of the city, and failure of the consumer to receive the bill
shall not release or diminish the obligation of the consumer with
respect to payment thereof, or relieve the consumer of any
obligation under this chapter. The bills for service shall be due
and payable on the date of billing and shall become delinquent
thirty ( 30 ) fifteen ( 15 ) days thereafter.
A late fee of the greater of 1 . 5% of the amount due or five
dollars ( $5.00 ) will be charged if an account is not paid within
fifteen ( 15 ) days of the billing date.
The director of finance shall order the immediate
disconnection of all delinquent services, and service shall not be
restored until the delinquent bill and a service charge of five
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dollars ( $5.00) is paid. If the bill is not paid within five ( 5 )
additional days (or twenty ( 20) days from the billing date) service
will be discontinued. A $15.00 reconnect fee will be required to
be paid, along with the full amount of the bill, prior to service
being restored.
SECTION 3. Sections 22-166 through 22-172 are amended to read
as follows:
Sec. 22-166. Establishment of a quarterly monthly base charge.
User charges will be levied quarterly monthly as follows:
( a) Quarterly Monthly base charge. A quarterly monthly base
charge of twenty eight dollars and twenty-five thirty-six cents
( $8 . 36 ) per equivalent residential unit 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 (gpd) of typically domestic wastewater flow to the waste
stream, or equivalent to a residence serviced by a three-fourths
(3/4) inch water meter.
The quarterly monthly base charge is levied as follow:
Single family residential $20. 25 $8 . 36 per account
Multifamily residential 0 75 x $20. 25 $8.36 per unit
Mobile Home 0 75 x $20. 25 $8.36 per unit
Travel trailers 0 60 x $20. 25 $8.36 per unit
Hotel/motel 0 50 x $20. 25 $8.36 per unit
with kitchen 0 60 x $20. 25 $8 . 36 per unit
Master-metered commercial $20. 25 $8 . 36 per unit
Restaurants, laundries, and car
wash connections $20.25 $8.36 x ERCU factor
All other commercial customers $20. 25 $8. 36 x ERCU factor
Where ERCU factor for the commercial classification is based upon
meter size as follows:
Meter Size ERCU Factor
( in inches )
5/8 x 3/4 1 00
1 1 28
1-1/2 2 08
2 2 88
3 5 60
4 10. 00
6 20. 00
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(b) The rates applicable to customers outside of the city
shall be one and one quarter ( 1.25 ) times the rates above.
(c) Quarterly A Monthly base surcharge for a revenue
generation system as required by the Federal Environmental
Protection Agency and the State Department of Environmental
Regulation is as follows:
A surcharge of five one dollar and fifty eighty-four
cents ( $1.84) per equivalent residential unit shall be
levied upon each connection except in the Buccaneer Water
and Sewer District in accordance with the following:
Usage Classification ERCU Factor
Single-family residential 1 00 per account
Multifamily residential 0 75 per unit
Mobile home 0 75 per unit
Travel trailer site 0 60 per site
Hotel/motel 0 50 per unit
with kitchen 0 60 per unit
Usage Classification ERU Factor
Master-metered commercial, more than
one unit on one meter 1 00 per unit
Commercial $5.50 $1 . 84 x ERU Factor
Restaurants, laundries, and car wash
connections $5.50 $1.84 x ERU Factor
as provided in (a) above
Sec. 22-167. Schedule of wastewater volume charges.
(a) There is hereby established a uniform volume charge per
one thousand ( 1, 000) gallons of water as follows:
( 1 ) Single-family residential $2.25 $2.46 per 1, 000 gallons
of actual residential water consumption in excess of 9, 000 gallons
per quarter up to a maximum of §E-,-OAF}- gallons per quarter.
x40,000
(2 ) Restaurants, laundries, $2.25 $2.46 per 1,000 gallons of
actual water consumption in excess of 9, 000 gallons per quarter,
multiplied by the factor established in 22-166 ( a) , per unit
billed.
(3) All other classifications $2.25 $2.46 per 1, 000 gallons
of actual water consumption in excess of 9, 000 gallons per quarter,
multiplied by the factor established in 22-166 (a) , per unit
billed.
(b) The rates applicable to customers outside of the city
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shall be one and one-quarter ( 1.25 ) times the rates above.
The effective rates will be amended for all billings, beginning
January 1 of each year in accordance with the schedule in Appendix
B.
Sec. 22-168. Review and changes of rates.
The uniform rates and charges established by this division
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shall may be reviewed annually, or as directed by the City
Commission, and any change of rates and charges shall be
established by ordinance of the City Commission after due
public notification. Any rates and charges established as
provided in this division shall be binding with the same force
and effect as if incorporated in this section.
Sec. 22-169. Connection fees.
Charges for providing and approving connections to the sewer
system with installation performed by the city are as follows and
shall be in addition to impact fees.
All units Cost for labor and materials
as provided in section 2-368
of the city code.
Sec. 22-170. Sewer impact fees.
The fee for providing facilities for new connections and
capacity increases for growth shall be as follows:
Residences, per unit $1,035.00 $1, 250.00
Commercial:
Office buildings, per 100 square feet $ 40.00
Groceries, per 100 square feet 20.00
Retail shops, per restroom 1, 260.00
Theatres, per seat 16.00
Restaurants, per seat 160.00
Service stations, per restroom 3, 150.00
Car wash, self-service, per stall 1, 850.00
Car wash, roll-over 11, 850.00
Car wash tunnel 17, 750.00
Beauty shops/barber shops, per chair 630.00
Laundromats, per machine 790.00
Hotels/motels, per restroom 475.00
Sec. 22-171. Payment of connection fees and impact fees.
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Payment of connection fees shall be due and payable prior to
the issuance of a building permit. For new and existing buildings
or structures, the City Manager may allow payment of fees on an
extended payment plan for up to fifteen ( 15 ) years if the owner has
demonstrated to the satisfaction of the City Manager that the lump
sum payment will constitute a hardship to the applicant. A lien
for the amount due shall be executed in recordable form reflecting
the payment schedule. Upon all payments being made in full, a
release of lien shall be recorded.
Sec. 22-172. Disposition of impact fees.
All revenues collected by the city through sewer impact fees
shall be held in a special account to be known as the Wastewater
System Capital Improvement Account. The money deposited and held
in said account and all interests accrued thereto shall be used
only for the improvement, expansion, and/or replacement of the
wastewater collection, treatment, and disposal system of the city.
Sec. 22-173. Billing.
The sewer charges prescribed by this division shall be on the
same bill for city water charges and garbage collection charges,
but each charge shall be shown as a separate item on the bill. No
user so charged for water, sewer, and garbage services may pay
either of the charges without simultaneously paying the charges for
the other. Bills for sewerr ccharges where water and/or garbage
service is furnished other than through the city shall be
computed as provided in section 22-167 and rendered at the same
time as city water bills.
Sec. 22-174. Delinquent bills.
If any bill for monthly sewer, water or garbage service shall
remains due and unpaid on and after the thirtieth fifteenth day
from the billing date, dated on the bill, a penalty of five dollars
( $5 .00 ) 10% of the amount due shall be imposed and added to the
bill . The city shall mail at that time a late notice to the user
stating that if the bill remains unpaid for a period of ten ( 10 )
additional days, then the city shall discontinue the service. If
the bill remains unpaid for a period of ten five ( 5 ) additional
days, then all services shall be discontinued and shall not be
reconnected until all past due charges have been fully paid
together with a turn-off and turn-on reconnect charge of fifteen
dollars ( 15 . 00 ) . If after discontinuation of services, the bill
remains unpaid for an additional thirty (30 ) days, the city shall
may acquire a lien on the property being serviced which may be
foreclosed within thirty ( 30 ) days by the city unless the bill and
the penalties thereon are paid and the lien satisfied.
SECTION 4. Severability. If any section, sentence, clause,
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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 5 . This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon
its final passage and adoption.
PASSED by the City Commission on first reading this 9th day
of November , 1992.
PASSED by the City Commission on second and final reading this
23rd day of November , 1992.
ATTEST: I
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MAUREEN KTNG I WILLIAM I . GUL FO 'D,-i
City Clerk Mayor, Presiding 0 fi*
Approved as t. form and correctness:
AN C. 90ESQUIRE
City At .rney
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CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH APPENDIX A
WATER DEPARTMENT
SCHEDULE OF RATES
BASE BASE QUARTERLY VOLUME
MONTHLY RATE VOLUME RATE
DATE CHARGE INCREASE RATE (1) INCREASE
January 1, 1993 $ 4.24 41.33 % $ 1.08 8.00 7,
January 1, 1994 $ 4.50 6.13 % $ 1.17 8.33 1,
January 1, 1995 $ 4.78 6.22 8 $ 1.26 7.69
January 1, 1996 $ 5.08 6.28 % $ 1.36 7.94 %
January 1, 1997 $ 5.37 5.71 % $ 1.46 7.35 €
(1) The water volume charge is assessed once a quarter. These
rates are charged for each 1,000 gallons of water consumed
during the previous three month period, which are in excess
of 9,000 gallons.
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CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH APPENDIX B
ill SEWER DEPARTMENT
SCHEDULE OF RATES
BASE BASE QUARTERLY VOLUME
MONTHLY RATE VOLUME RATE
DATE CHARGE INCREASE RATE (1) INCREASE
January 1, 1993 $ 8.36 23.85 % $ 2.46 9.33 %
January 1, 1994 $ 9.02 7.89 % $ 2.68 8.94 %
January 1, 1995 $ 9.66 7.10 % $ 2.89 7.84 %
January 1, 1996 $ 10.35 7.14 % $ 3. 12 7.96 %
January 1, 1997 $ 10.35 0.00 % $ 3.12 0.00 %
(1)' The sewer volume charge is assessed once a quarter. These
rates are charged for each 1,000 gallons of water consumed
during the previous three month period, which are in excess
of 9,000 gallons. The sewer volume charge is capped at
111 50,000 gallons per quarter for residential users. \
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