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ORDINANCE NO.
731
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 268 OF 1972, ORDINANCE NO.
350 OF 1975, AND ORDINANCE NO. 541 OF 1979, AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE
NO. 723 OF 1983 FOR SERVICES TO BE RENDERED BY THE SEWER SYSTEM
OF THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS; PRESCRIBING OTHER MATTERS
RELATING THERETO; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the
City of Jacksonville, Arkansas:
SECTION 1: Section 1 of Ordianance No. 723 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"The following monthly rates and charges, which the City
Council finds and declares to be fair, reasonable, and necessary
minimum rates, are fixed as rates to be charged for sewer services
to be rendered by the system, effective January 1, 1984:
Monthly Sewer Rates. The monthly charge for each customer
shall be determined each month by average monthly water consump-
tion, and the amount to be paid by each customer shall be computed
on the basis of the following schedule of rates:
All Customers Except Air Base:
First 2,000 gallons or part thereof
Over 2,000 gallons
$4.10
$1.43 per 1,000
gallons or part
thereof
The average monthly water consumption for each customer
shall be determined on May 1 of each year or on the date the
customer is first served by the waterworks, and shall be the
average of the actual water consumption by that customer for the
immediately preceding months of October through March.
The average monthly water consumption for residential
customers who were not served by the waterworks during the
preceding months of October through May shall be deemed to be
the average consumption of all residential customers. The
average monthly water consumption for non-residential customers
who were not served by the waterworks during the preceding months
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of October through May shall be deemed to be the average consump-
tion of comparable non-residential customers.
computed on the basis of actual monthly water consumption and
Surcharges for excessive strength wastewater shall be
shall be determined using the following equation:
8.34 =
MG =
C =
ac
Cal =
F =
[8.34 x MG (Cac - CalO] F
Where,
The approximate weight of one gallon of water in
pounds (lbs)
The volume of water used as determined by water
consumption or actual flow measurement in million
gallons per month
Actual concentration of a particular pollutant
measured in milligrams per liter (mg/1)
Allowable concentration of a particular pollutant
measured in milligrarns per liter (mg/1)
Rate per pound as applied to a particular pollutant
that is in excess of an allowable standard for that
pollutant
$0.10
The following schedule of surcharge rates shall apply:
$0.08
$1.00
Air Base:
$0.141
per pound of BODs (Biochemical Oxygen Demand, five
day) in excess of 250 milligrams per liter (mg/1)
per pound of TSS (Total Suspended Solids) in excess
of 250 milligrams per liter (mg/1)
per pound of oil and grease in excess of 100
milligrams per liter (mg/1)
per 1,000 gallons or part thereof actual consumption
(per contract).
"Standard methods for examination of water and wastewater
as published by the American Public Health Association shall be
the so Ie and final determining factor as to the conformance, or
failure thereof, of wastewater discharge. AIl such determinations
shall be based on the discharge prior to its point of delivery to
the public facilities without regard to flow, velocity, or dilu-
tion existing in the public system at the point of discharge."
SECTION 2: The invalidity of any part of this Ordinance
shall not invalidate any other part hereof.
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SECTION 3: All ordinances and resolutions, or parts
thereof, in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4: It is ascertained and declared that the lack
of an adequate sewer system for the needs of the City of
Jacksonville, Arkansas, endangers the life, health, and property
of the inhabitants of the City and that, in order to protect its
inhabitants, the rates and charges set forth in this' Ordinance
must be immediately implemented in order to assist in the finan-
cing of construction of betterments, extensions, and improvements
to the sewer system. IT IS, THEREFORE, declared that an emergency
exists, that this Ordinance is necessary for the immediate pre-
servation of the public peace, health, and safety, and that this
Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and immediately
after its passage.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS
EFFECTIVE VATE: JANUARY 15, 1984.
15th
day of December, 1983.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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