0554 Water and SewageORDINANCE NO. 554
• AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA; AMENDING CHAPTER 18
PERTAINING TO WATER, SEWERS, AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL;
AMENDING SECTION 18-22 WHICH PROVIDES FOR MONTHLY
RATES AND CHARGES FOR WATER SERVICE; PROVIDING FOR
A MONTHLY SERVICE AVAILABILITY CHARGE FOR WATER
SERVICE; AMENDING WATER CONSUMPTION RATES; ADDING
PROVISION FOR'CHARGES TO MASTER METERED CUSTOMERS;
ADDING PROVISION FOR CHARGES FOR SPECIFIC MISCELL-
ANEOUS SERVICES REGARDING WATER AND SEWER SERVICES;
PROVIDING FOR PENALTY FOR ILLEGAL USE OF WATER
SERVICE AND DAMAGE TO UTILITY PROPERTY AND METERS;
AMENDING SECTION 18-48 WHICH PROVIDES FOR SANITARY
SEWER CONNECTION FEES AND INSPECTION FEES; PROVIDING
FOR MONTHLY SEWER SERVICE AVAILABILITY CHARGES;
AMENDING SEWER USE FEES BASED UPON VOLUME OF WATER
CONSUMED; ADDING PROVISION FOR CHARGES TO MASTER
METERED CUSTOMERS;•AMENDING SECTION 18-31 WHICH
PROVIDES FOR WATER DELIVERED THROUGH FIRE HYDRANTS
ON TEMPORARY BASIS; AMENDING RATES CHARGED FOR WATER
DELIVERED THROUGH FIRE HYDRANTS; PROVIDING FOR PENALTY
FOR UNAUTHORIZED TAKING OF WATER FROM FIRE HYDRANT;
REPEALING SECTION 18-29 WHICH PROVIDES FOR TEMPORARY
DISCONNECTION FROM WATER SYSTEM; PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
idO~'; :"'HEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA as follows:
Section I: Section 18-22 of the Code of Ordinance of the City
of Okeechobee, Florida is amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 18-22. Monthly rates-ane~-ehere3es-establiskeel-
Service Availabilit Char es and Consumption Rates.
Any user of the services of the waterworks system
shall pay therefore, a monthly service availability
charge and consum tion rate as follows:
(a) Inside cit imits mater-rates-
(1)
5/8 x 3/4-inch meter
63-59-manth}
+-ta
A
$ 3.10
(2)
~
r
;
BA-eta}lens-
1-inch meter______________
-$8-~5-mentk}p-tar-l_AA9-e~al}ens-
7.75
(3)
1~-inch meter--------------
6}~-59-x~enthl}~-ter-},-99A-gal}ens:
15.50
(4)
2-inch meter--------------
$~BrAA-mentkly-ter-lr6AA-ga}lens
24.80
(5)
-
3-inch meter______________
S56-AA-mentY~lp-tar-l-6A9-e}allens-
49.60
Rates-ane~-xteter-ehergea-fer-meters-
tn-exeess-et-3-inehes-wl}}_be
negetlated-
(6)
For- aII-weter-used-in-addition- te
the-abe~e-train}~t~~ns-the-felleWing
ehargest
Next-~T9AA-gallens---6}-65-per-thensand
gallens-
Next-S;gAg-ga}}ens---$}-8A-per-thet~sasd
gal}ens-
X111-water-used-rn-excess-a€-8T9AA-
gellens---~~-AA-per-tHet~saRd-ga}leRS-
4-inch meter
10
77.50
(7) 6-inch meter_______________
(b) Outside city limits Water-ratesT
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
$155.00
5/8 x 3/4-inch meter
1-inch th~p-€er-l;ABA-gal}ens- meter _ _
$1A-93-x~enthlp-€er-l-ABA-gal}ens;
1~-inch meter
$~}-8~-menth}p-€er-}:ABA-gel}ens;---
2-inch meter
S35-AA-nlentl~}p-€er-}-ggg_ga}}ens----
3-inch meter
4-inch nthlp-fen-}-AAA-gal}ens:i~ates-and-meter-eY~erges=€er-meters-tn-
e~ceess-e€-3-tnekes-Nl}}_}9e_negetlatee~-
Fen-a}}-Hater-used-in-adept#en-to-the-
abe'~e-~int~1e~+s-the-€e}laming-ekerges--
Next-~=BAA-gallen9--$~-A6-per-thet~sanel
gal}ens-
Next-5;@@@-ga}}ens--$~-~5_per-tket~eanel-
ga}}ens-
A}}-Nater-ttseeZ-in-exeess-a€-$;AA@-ga}}ens
8~-5A-per-tket~sane~-ga}}ens-
meter---------------
3. 88
9.70
19.40
31.04
62.08
6-.inc meter- 97.00
(c) Master metered customers- per
livin unit or ad (mobile home
or travel,, trailer ark
Inside ciy limits---------
Outside ci 3.10
tv limits---------------
3.88
(d) The Service Availabilit Char es listed
above shall a l to all sin le-famil ,
multi-famil master-metered and com-
mercial units or ads where occu ie or
not. Service Availabilit Char es shall
be due and a able each month commencing
on the issue date of a Certificate of
Occupancy. A Service Availa ility Charge
shall a 1 to each meter if more than
one meter is installed for a single unit.
(e) In addition to the monthly Service Avail-
abilit Char e, all users of the services 11 of the waterworks shall a the following
rates or water consume :
Inside city limits
1.70 pc
1,000 gallon
Outside city limits------____
2-.13
0 0 0
Section 2: Chapter 18 of the Code of Ordinances of the
Okeechobee, Florida is hereby amended b City of
new Section 18-70 which read as follows: adding a
"Section 18-70. Miscellaneous Service
Fees and Penalties. Char es,
(a) Meter test at customer's request
-
Service Char e•
Inside Outs
(1) Test results showing meter cit' city
reads high________________
(2) Test results showing meter NO CHARGE
reads correctly or below:
8 Sc 3/4 meter 25.00 31.2~-
meter
1_ ' meter-------
2_._ meter-----------
All others----___ -
(b)
(c)
Meter re-read at customer's request-
Service Charge:-
1 Discrepancy of 10,000 gallons
or
(2) Dlscre~ancy of less than 1 NO CHARGE
gallons 0.000
Insi e city limits
Outsi e city 10.00
y emits---______
Discrepancies o ess than 10,000
ga ons o not warrant a meter -
re-rea since t e excess consumption
,,led to customer W1 even out
wit t e next regu ar meter rea ing.
Removal of jumper or other illegal
~YPass - Service C arge:
A Jumpers, i e g b
of er fittings g YPasses or
rev ces connecteapttorttescio-r
ty
waterwor s system, erect y or
in irect y, in suc a manner as
to vre ent any meter insta e
for registering water rom
registering t e quantT of water
w lc of erwlse wou pass t rough
the same, or in suc a manner as
t co onsume, wit out t e consent
of t e City Waterwor s Department,
water rom t e City Waterwor s System
wit out suc consumption eing r- eq er-
e by or passing t roug a meter prove -
e or t at purpose, s a
at t Fe
customer s expense. T eemoov ow-
ng service c arg es s a e ma
i or
suc remova . e
Meter size: Inside
5/ w-x-7T City limits
meter $ 5
meter----_
1 1 2 meter-_-__-_____~
meter---------------
20006
All other---___-_____Set by Dir. P
Pub.'
Outside
city limiy,
-5T-7 5--
175-.m
TV--5u
25 00
lic utilities
~cr
Develo er chan in meter from one location
to another witho
ut nermissio
Works De artment---- n of Water-
Service Charge:
Inside city limits______________
Outside city limits----___-_
e) Miscellaneous services not included
above or re air of dama e to utilit
property - charge
Inside city limits:
Actual cost of materials and labor
rt-cLuired. plus administrative
char e of 15.00 or 15.0$ of mater-
ials and labor whichever is reater.
Outside city limits (utilit proper
t
located outside city limits.):
Same as for inside city limits plus
25.0 of total.
100.00
125.00
Inside Outs;c
city cite
35.00 43.
50.00 T2
75.00 93.
Set by Dir
Public utiliti
section 3: (A) Section 18-48(a) of the Code of Ordinance of
• the City of Okeechobee, Florida is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Section 18-48. Connection fees, service avail-
ability charges, consumption rates and inspection:
fees.
(a) Established. There are hereby established
sanitary sewer connection fees, sanitary
sewer inspection fees, sanitary sewer
aser-fees, service availability charges,
consum tion rates, sanitary sewer system
capacity c arges, and a sanitary sewer
system trust fund to provide revenue for
the payment of operation and maintenance
expenses for the plant and the collection
systeme to provide revenues for the payment
of principal and interest on monies borrow-
ed to construct the system and revenues
for routine renewal, replacement and expan-
sion and enlargement."
(B) Section 18-48(c)(2) of the Code of Ordinance
of the City of Okeechobee, Florida is hereby
amended as follows:
"(c) Schedules.
(2) Sanitary Sewer user-fees- service avail-
ability charges. The fges esta lis ed
herein for use, or availability for use,
of the area - wide wastewater treatment
system shall be payable by each and
every dwelling unit, ad (mobile home or
travel trailer ark), usiness esta lis -
ment, church, hospital and every other
type of private or public building, struc-
ture or activity providing sewage and/or
waste.
i. Dwelling unit: A house, apartment, group
of rooms or a single room occupied or
intended for occupancy as seperate living
quarters. Seperate living quarters are
those in which the occupants do not live
and eat with any other person in the struc-
ture, and which quarters have either:
(i) direct access from the outside of the
building or through a common hall; or (ii)
complete kitchen facilities for the exclu-
sive use of the occupants.
ii. Multiple dwellings: Structures occupied
or intended for use as living quarters,
containing more than one dwelling unit,
not to include hotels, motels, or similar
living quarters which do not contain dwel-
ling units as defined herein.
Residences: Structures occupied or intend-
ed for use as single-family living quarters,
containing no more than one dwelling unit.
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iv. Pads: Spaces, hook-ups, or facilities
• intended for use or used as locations
for individual mobile homes or travel
trailers w is are occupied or intended
for use as living quarters
V. All others: Structures occupied or in-
tended for use as a business establish-
ment, church, hospital and all other
types not classified as a dwelling unit
or residence.
a. Monthly Service Availability Charge Residential
All meter sizes.
Inside City limits------------- $ 8.95
Outside city limits 11.19
b. Monthly Service Availability Charge - Commercial.
Inside City 1imits•
5/8 x 3/4 inch meter------------------
1 inch meter-------------------------------------
1 inch meter-----------------------
2-inch meter__________________________
3 inch meter------------------
4 inc meter_______________________
6 inch
Outside City limits:
5 x 3 4 inch meter-----------------------------
178 inch meter---------------
1 inch meter
2 inc
meter-------------------
"
inch meter------------------------
4 inch meter
inc meter--------------------------
c. Monthly Service Availability Charge Master
Metered Customers.
Per living unit or pad (mobile home or travel
trams er ark):
Inside City limits-------__
u-tside
O Cit lim ts________________
d. The Service Availability Charges listed above shall
apply to all single- ammulti- amily, master
metered and commercial units or ads whether occu-
pied or not. Service Availabilit Charges shall
be due and paya le each month commencing on t e
.issue date o a Certfi.icate o Occupancy. A
Service Availability Charge shall apply to each
meter if more than one meter is installed or a
single unit.
(C) Section 18-48(d) of the Code of Ordinance of the
City of Okeechobee, Florida is hereby amended to
read as follows:
(d) Sewer-ttae-€ees---Sewer-rase-€ees-€ei--the
ineerperated-seetieae-e€-the-201-€aeilities
panning-afea-shall-be-based-ee-velume-ef
water-used-eaeh-FRexth-threegh-the-water
:etete~-at-the-mates-set-€e~th-helew-
fi}--Sewer-mates---Saeh-et~stetae~-eeaseeted-te
• the-eityLs-sewer--systeFR-shall-he-billed
et-the-rate-et-twe-eleila~s-aed-€e~ty-nine
8. 95
22.38
TT-. -7-5
67
143.20
447.50
11.19
27.98
55.95
179.04
279.75
T5-9-.-TU
8. 95
11.19
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• Sewer Consumption rates. Each user of the
sanitary sewer and or wastewater collection
and treatment system shall be billed monthly
at the followin rates, based on the volume of
water use each month throu the water .peter.
(1) Inside city limits:
Residential - per 1,000 gallons,
to a maximum of 10,000 allons---------- $
Commercial..- per 1,000 gallons
Master metered customers - per
1,000 gallons, to a maximum
0 10,000 gallons per unit or pad-------
(2) Outside city limits:
Residential - per 1,000 gallons,
to a maximum of 10,000 allons----------
Commercial - per 1,000 gallons
Master metered customers - er
1,000 allons, to a maximum
0 10,000 ga ons er uni.t or ad---_-_-
~2 3) Customers without water meter service.
In the event a sewer customer, (building
or premises) is discharging sewage, water
or other liquid wastes into the city's
sewer facilities and using water supplied
on other than a metered basis from a
private water supply then in each such case
the owner shall be required by the city to
cause a water meter or other measuring
device to be installed acceptable to the
city, and the quantity of water used as
measured by such meter shall serve as a
basis for determining the sewer charge, and
pending installation of such meter, rates
and charges shall be based upon an estimated
quantity of water used."
Section 4. Section 18-31 of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Okeechobee, Florida is hereby amended to read
as follows:
"Section 18-31. Connections to fire hydrant for
purposes other than fighting fires.
(a) All connections to a fire hydrant for any pur-
pose other than fighting fires shall be approv-
ed by the director of public works.
(b) Where water is delivered through a fire hydrant
meter on a temporary basis, the applicant shall
agree that such service may be discontinued by
the city forces at any time for emergency usage
of the fire hydrant without any liability to
the city whatsoever for such discontinuance of
supply and the applicant shall pay a fee accord-
ing to the following schedule:
• (1) The charges for temporary water service
delivered through a fire hydrant meter
shall be as follows:
2.24
2.24
2.24
2.80
2. 80
2.80
c
a---A-ser~lee-eharge-e€-€}tty-elellars
b---A}}-`+eter-usage-will-be-ehargeel-at
the-rate-a€-ene-ale}lar-~$}-9A}-per
ene-theusar~d-~l-AAA}-gallons;
e---A-eharge-ef -t~ae~cty-€lve-~lellars-
~$25-99}-eaeh-tlme-the -meter -is
releeated;--
d---All-removal-e€-meters-shall-be
elene-by-the-etty-€erees-anal-i€
removal-by-other-than-eity-€ereesT
a-per~a}ty-eharge-e€-ene-ht~adred-
elellars-{s1A9-08}-shall-be-lr~eurred-
by-the-party-doing-se-
Inside Outside
City City
a. Service Charge----------------
500 62.50
b. Consumption - per 1,000 gallons------
2.00 2.50
C. Meter relocation - per move----------
25.00 31.25
d. Removal of meter by other
than city forces------------------
100.00 125.00
(All removal of meters shall be
done by city forces. Any other
part removing a meter shall
incur the above c arge.
e. Penalty for unauthorized taking
of water from hydrant-in addition
to consumption charge consumption
to be estimated by director of
public utilities-------------------- 300.00 375.00
(2) Charges for unmetered fire protection
service will include service to priv-
ate hydrants sprinkler systems, hose
cabinets, standpipes or any other
device used exclusively for fire pro-
tection. The annual Monthly Service
Availability charge for unmetered
private ire protection shall be as
follows:
Service Diameter
in Inches
ARRual- Monthly Amount
Inside city Outside city
4
inch
service
6
inch
service
8
inch
service
10
inch
service
Section
Section 6.
$59-69
25.00
$ -75-99
31.25
-199-99
50.00
159769-
62.50
269769 100.00
369769 125.00
469796 200.00
Section 18-29 of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Okeechobee, Florida is hereby repealed.
This Ordinance shall take effect immediately
upon its adoption.
69A-96 250.00
Introduced on first reading this 20th day of August , 198 5
MAYOR 0 D R.
Al TEST:
t
BONNIE S. 'HOMAS, CITY CLERK
Passed on second and final reading this 3rd day of September , 198 5
OR OAKLAND R.
ATTEST:
BONNIE S. HO , CITY CLERK
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