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ORDINANCE NO.: 6 7 5
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ZEPHYRHILLS, FLORIDA, A
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, AMENDING
SECTION 51.075 AND SECTION 51..07.6(B) AND
ADDING SECTION 51.076(C), SECTION 51.080
AND SECTION 51.081 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF ZEPHYRHILLS,
FLORIDA.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Zephyrhills, Florida, sitting
in regular meeting,that:. ,
Section 1: That Section 51.075 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Zephyrhills, Florida, shall be deleted in its entirety and shall henceforth read as follows:
SECTION 51.075 Water and Sewer Service Rates:
The rates for water and sewer services shall be as follows:
(A) Water inside city: $1.25 per 1,000 gallons of metered water.
__ _ __ _�_ _ _ (B) .__ Water. outside city: $1.__ _per 1,000_gallons of metered water._ __ __ _ _____ __ _
(C) Sewer inside city: $1.64 per 1,000 gallons as deters ined"by computations
based on 100% of the metered water for that unit.
(D) Sewer outside city: $2.46 per 1,000 gallons as determined by computations
based on 100% of the metered water for that unit.
On the first anniversary of the passage of this ordinance and on each successive
anniversary thereafter,the City Council shall review the above rates and, with City Council
approval, adjust same in accordance with the Public Service Commission Index.
(E) Base rate:
(1) Water-residential and commercial use: There shall be a base rate for water
service per lot, per month during the period that service is active as follows:
Meter Size In City Base Rate Out of City Base Rate
.75inch $ 2.81 $ 3.58
1. inch 7.33 9.15
1.25 inch w.. _.. ... - 7.33 - - 9,,15
1.5 inch 13.80 16.90
2 inch 21.62 26.78
3 inch 45.88 55.43
4 inch.. 68.96 86.88
6 inch 133.51 164.38
8 inch 224.91 277.01
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(2) Sewer-residential and commercial use: There shall be a base fee for sewer
service per lot, per month during the period that service is active as follows:
Meter Size In City Base Rate Out of City Base Rate
.75inch $ 6.60 $ 9.18
1 inch 16.45 22.82
1.25 inch — — 16.45 -- `22:82
1.5 inch 33.66 46.75
2 inch 76.35 106.70
3 inch 156.45 216.20
4 inch 231.92 319.90
6 inch 340.32 468.55
8 inch 651.00 907.50
(3) For.the purpose,of this section, "Lot" shall also include each individual lot
in a mobile home park and each individual unit of a motel,,hotel or apartment. The
base amount shall be in addition for any charge for actual use.'-'
Section 2: That Section 51.076(B) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Zephyrhills, Florida, shall be amended and shall henceforth read as follows:
SECTION 51.076(B) Water Installation and Connection Charges:
(B) Charge for turning water on or off When it becomes necessary for a user
to have the water turned on or off,the normal charge for the service shall be $25.00
to turn the water on, or to reconnect same after disconnect for nonpayment. A
charge of$10.00 shall be paid to turn the water off.
Provided, however,that if the City user requests that the water be turned on
or off at any time after 4:00 p.m., on a normal business day, then the charge shall
be $40.00.
Section 3: That Section 51.076 of the Code of Ordinances of-the City of
Zephyrhills,Florida shall be amended to add the following additional subsection (C), which
shall henceforth read as follows:
SECTION 51.076(C)Water installation and Connection Charges:
(C) Charge for connection of irrigation meter: The charge for the connection
of a irrigation meter to the City water supply shall be $350.00.
Section 4: That Section 51.080 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Zephyrhills, Florida, shall be adopted and shall henceforth read as follows:
SECTION 51.080 Schedule of Miscellaneous Fees Charged by City:
(A) Late fees: In addition to monies due, any bill which remains unpaid twenty-
one(21) days after the billing date will be charged with a $4.00 late fee.
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(B) Insufficient fund charge(bad check): In addition to monies due, a charge
: iof$25.00 will be assessed for any checks returned unpaid because of"insufficient
funds" "account closed", or "unauthorized signator".
(C) Meter reading charge: There shall be a charge of$15.00 for any special
meter reading requested by the customer to determine the correctness of the
customer's bill,if it is determined that the meter was in fact properly read in the first
instance.
(D) Dumping waste at sewer plant: There will be a charge of$10.00 for
dumping waste the sewer plant up to the first 20 gallons. There shall be a charge
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Section 5: That. Section, 5.1.081 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Zephyrhills, Florida, shall be adopted and shall henceforth read as follows:
SECTION 51.081 Miscellaneous Provisions:
(A) Water pressure not guaranteed: Neither the City not its water department
guarantees an uninterrupted supply of water or water of any particular pressure for
any purpose, but reserves and shall have the right to shut off water at,any time for
the purpose of making repairs or extensions, or for any other purpose incidental to
the public water supply, and will not be responsible for any damage resulting from
a consumer leaving a faucet open, or otherwise caused by low pressure.
(B) City's right to disconnect: The water department shall have the right to
disconnect water from a parcel at the main for the protection of the City or the
consumer in cases where a private system has been illegally installed or a building
has burned or been torn down or when the consumer has been found to be using
water illegally and to assess the regular schedule of fees for restoration of service.
(C) Liability of the City for damages due to low pressure: The City-guarantees
no certain water pressure and shall in no case be in any wayliable or responsible to
any persons whatsoever in case of fire, or for any damage that may result from any
alleged insufficiency of such fire protection, either from want of pressure or volume,
accessibility for any other costs.
(D) City not responsible for water loss from leaks on private property: The
City shall not be responsible for any loss of water from leaks or otherwise on the
private property of the consumer, and shall be under no obligation to make billing
adjustments for such leaks. ,
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Section 6: The provisions of this Ordinance are severable, and if any section,
sentence, clause, or phrase is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, invalid, or
ineffective, this holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the
_ Ordinance, it being expressly declared to be the City Council's intent that it would have
passed the valid portions of this Ordinance without the inclusion of ariy invalid portion or
portions.
Section 7: This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage.
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The foregoing Ordinance No. i 7 was read and passed on its first reading by the
City Council of the.City of Zephyrhills, Florida, on this /VP day of ,
A.D., 1997.
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City Cl•,rk, Emil 'D. Boan
The foregoing Ordinance No. lo 7S was read and passed on its second reading
by the City Council of the City of Zephyrhills,Florida, on this a 0-day of ,
A.D., 1997. .
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President of t Council
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,City Cl rk, LJ&}da D. Boan
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_ _ _ _The foregoing Ordinance No. (P 73 was approved by me this day of
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JAMES A. B EY, Mayor
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