ORDINANCE NO. 2321

AN ORDINANCE INCREASING THE WATER RATES IN THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION.

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

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

A. That subsection 31-12(a)(1) is amended to read:

"(1) Rate. Minimum charge (3,000 gallons or less) per month: $725. Charge for each 1,000 gallons thereafter be as follows:

Next 7,000 gallons . . . $1.50

Next 10,000 gallons . . . $1.45

Over 20,000 gallons . . . $1.40"

B. That subsection 31-12(a)(2) is amended to read:

"(2) 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 $3.63 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."

C. That subjection 31-12(b)(1) is amended to read:

"(1) Rate. Minimum charge (3,000 gallons or less) per month: $14.50. Charge for each 1,000 gallons thereafter as follows:

Next 7,000 gallons . . . $3.00

Next 10,000 gallons . . . $2.90

Over 20,000 gallons . . . $2.80"

D. That subsection 31-12(c)(1) is amended to read:

"(1) Rate. Minimum charge (3,000 gallons or less) per month: $14.50. Charge for each 1,000 gallons thereafter as follows:

Next 7,000 gallons . . . $3.00

Next 10,000 gallons . . . $2.90

Over 20,000 gallons . . . $2.80"

E. That subsection 31-12(d)(1) is amended to read:

"(1) Rate. Minimum charge (3,000 gallons or less) per month: $13.17. Charge for each 1,000 gallons thereafter as follows:

Next 7,000 gallons . . . $1.96

Next 10,000 gallons . . . $2.36

Over 20,000 gallons . . . $2.59"

2. That rates provided by this Ordinance shall be applied on the first billings going out after February 1, 1987.

PASSED and ADOPTED this 4th day of February, 1987.

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President of the Council

Attest:

Neva B. Lockhart, CMC

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City Clerk

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 2321, 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 21st day of January, 1987, 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 February, 1987.

Neva B. Lockhart

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Neva B. Lockhart, CMC

City Clerk

Published: January 23, 1987

Published: February 6, 1987

Effective: March 8, 1987