ORDINANCE NO. 1250

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 31-12 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION TO PROVIDE A WATER RATE FOR CITY RESIDENTS OBTAINING WATER AS INDIVIDUALS FROM THE UTE WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT SYSTEM.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION:

Section 1. That Section 31-12 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Grand Junction be amended to read as follows:

Section 31-12. Meter Rates. The following monthly rates shall apply to all water used and measured by a water meter:

Rate No. 1.

(a) Commercial and Residential Rate (within the city limits)

(1) Rate. Minimum charge (3000 gallons or less) per month $2.25. Charge for each 1000 gallons thereafter $0.22 per 1000 gallons.

(2) Applicability. The above rates shall apply to all users within the city limits except those users covered under subsection (d) hereof. It shall be the duty of all owners and/or operators of multiple-dwellings, duplex dwellings, and apartments to certify in writing to the city water department the location thereof and the number of family units therein. Where more than one single-family dwelling is served through a single meter, a minimum charge shall be made for each family dwelling thus served, with credit being given for a corresponding quantity of water on the total consumption. All excess water shall be at the rate of $0.22 per 1000 gallons.

Rate No. 2

(b) Rate. Commercial and Residential Rate (outside the city limits)

(1) Rate. Minimum charge (3000 gallons or less) per month $4.50. Charge for each 1000 gallons thereafter $0.44 per 1000 gallons.

(2) Applicability. The above rate shall apply to all uses outside the city limits except suburban schools, manufactories, greenhouses, and railroads located within a radius of four miles of Fifth and Main Streets in the City.

(3) Multiple service through one meter. Where more than one family unit or use is served through a single meter, or where a group of individual family units is served by a party line through a master meter, a minimum charge shall be made for each family unit or use thus served, with credit being given for a corresponding quantity of water on the total consumption. All excess shall be at the above rate.

Rate No. 3

(c) Rate. Suburban schools and manufactories.

(1) Rate. Minimum charge (3000 gallons or less) per month $2.93. Charge for each 1000 gallons thereafter $0.29 per 1000 gallons.

(2) Applicability. The above rate shall apply to suburban schools, manufactories, greenhouses (including hot beds when operated in connection with, and as a part of such greenhouse) and railroad purposes, providing that the use is located within a radius of four miles of Fifth and Main Streets in the City.

Rate No. 4

(d) Rate No. 4. Users of water from the Ute Water Conservancy District system who reside within the City limits.

(1) Rate. Minimum charge (3000 gallons or less) per month $4.00. Charge for each 1000 gallons thereafter $0.50 per 1000 gallons.

(2) Applicability. The above rate shall apply to those City residents using water from the Ute Water Conservancy District system and considered and billed by the City as individual customers under the agreement between said District and the City.

(e) Family unit defined. As used in this chapter, a family unit shall mean a building or part thereof occupied as a permanent abiding place by one or more individuals living and cooking on the premises as a single housekeeping unit.

PASSED AND ADOPTED this 18th day of January, 1967.

/s/ Ray A. Meacham

President of the City Council

ATTEST:

/s/ Helen C. Tomlinson

City Clerk

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 1250, was introduced, read, and ordered published by the City Council of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, at a regular meeting of said body held on the 4th day of January, 1967, and that the same was published in The Daily Sentinel, a newspaper published and in general circulation in said City, at least ten days before its final passage.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City this 19th day of January, 1967.

/s/ Helen C. Tomlinson

City Clerk

Pub 1-8-67

Final Pub 1-22-67