Ordinance No. 1534 (Word Version)

Published by Municipal Code Corporation

ORDINANCE NO. 1534

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 31 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION TO CHANGE THE WATER RATES AND CHARGES

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

1. That Sections 31-12 and 31-16 of Chapter 31 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Grand Junction be amended to read as follows:

Sec. 31-12. METER RATES. Effective with billings made on or after December 1, 1974 the following monthly rates shall apply to all water used and measured by a water meter:

(a) RATE NO. 1 COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL RATE (WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS).

(1) Rate. Minimum charge (3,000 gallons or less) per month: $3.50. Charge for each 1,000 gallons thereafter as follows:

Next 7,000 gallons $0.53

Next 10,000 gallons .48

Next 980,000 gallons .43

Next 1,000,000 gallons .38

Over 2,000,000 gallons .33

(a) Applicability. The above rates shall apply to all users within the city limits except those users covered under subsection (e) 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 utilities 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 of $1.95 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 in the above schedule.

(b) RATE NO. 2. COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL RATE (OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS)

(1) Rate. Minimum charge (3,000 gallons or less) per month: $7.00. Charge for each 1,000 gallons thereafter as follows:

Next 7,000 gallons $1.06

Next 10,000 gallons .96

Next 980,000 gallons .86

Next 1,000,000 gallons .76

Next 2,000,000 gallons .66

(a) Applicability. The above rate shall apply to all users outside the city limits except suburban schools, manufactories, greenhouses, bulk water companies supplying five (5) or more users, and on flow line.

(3) Multiple service through one meter. Where more than one family unit or use, but less than five (5), is served through a single meter, or where a group of individual family units, less than five (5), 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.

(1) Rate. Minimum charge (3,000 gallons or less) per month: $7.00. Charge for each 1,000 gallons thereafter $1.06 per 1,000 gallons.

(2) Applicability. The above rate shall apply to all users outside the city limits on the flow line, except suburban schools, manufactories, greenhouses, and bulk water companies supplying five (5) or more users.

(3) Multiple service through one meter. Where more than one family unit, but less than five (5), is served through a single meter, or where a group of individual family units less than five (5), is served by a party line through a master meter, a minimum charge shall be made for each family unit thus served, with credit being given for a corresponding quantity of water on the total consumption. All excess shall be at the above rate.

(d) RATE NO. 4. SUBURBAN SCHOOLS, MANUFACTORIES, GREENHOUSES AND BULK WATER COMPANIES (OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS).

(1) Rate. Minimum charge (3,000 gallons or less) per month: $4.61 charge for each 1,000 gallons thereafter as follows:

Next 7,000 gallons $0.66

Next 10,000 gallons .61

Next 980,000 gallons .56

Next 1,000,000 gallons .51

Over 2,000,000 gallons .46

(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 bulk water companies supplying five (5) or more users.

(e) RATE NO. 5. USERS OF WATER FROM THE UTE WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT SYSTEM (WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS).

(1) Rate. Minimum charge (3,000 gallons or less) per month. $4.85. Charge for each 1,000 gallons thereafter shall be as follows:

Next 7,000 gallons $0.73

Next 10,000 gallons .68

Next 980,000 gallons .63

Next 1,000,000 gallons .58

Over 2,000,000 gallons .53

(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.

(3) Multiple service through one meter. Where more than one family unit 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 thus served, with credit being given for a corresponding quantity of water on the total consumption. All excess shall be at the above rate.

(f) RATE FOR UNMETERED WATER. Where it is presently impractical to install water meters to measure the consumption of water for irrigation purposes by users within or outside the city (the word user not here including the City of Grand Junction), a charge to each user, for the period April through September of each year, shall be made. Such charge shall be determined by multiplying the acreage involved by two (2) (the average acre feet of water used for irrigation purposes) with this total when being multiplied by $105.00. Such computed charge shall be billed on twelve (12) equal payments on a monthly basis.

(g) 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.

Sec. 31-16. CHARGE FOR WATER SOLD BY THE TANK. Water sold by the tank by the city shall be charged for at the following rates:

Minimum charge for 350 gallons, or less $0.98

For each additional 100 gallons thereafter .09

PASSED and ADOPTED this 4th day of December, 1974.

Elvin G. Tufly

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President Pro Tem of the City Council

ATTEST:

Neva B. Lockhart

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City Clerk

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 1534, 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 13th day of November, 1974 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 5th day of December, 1974.

Neva B. Lockhart

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City Clerk

Pub 11-19-74

Final pub 12-6-74

Effective date: Jan. 6, 1975