0739
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ORDINANCE NO.
739
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 'AND ORDINANCE NO. 731 OF 1983 FOR SER-
VICES 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 Ordinance No. 731 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 ser-
vices to be rendered by the system, effective March 1, 1984."
Monthly Sewer Rates: The monthly charge for each customer
shal1 be determined each month on the basis of the following
schedule of rates:
All Customers Except Air Base:
First 2,000 gallons or part thereof
Over 2,000 gal10ns
$4.10
$1.43 per 1,000
gal10ns or part
thereof
Residential: Charges shall be assessed on all metered
consumption, however, during the months of May through September
sewer charges shall not exceed the amount that would be assessed
based on each individuals average consumption for the preceding
months of October through March.
Commercial and Industrial: Charges shall be assessed on
all metered consumption or by an approved method of actual flow
measurement.
Surcharges for excessive strength wastewater shal1 be
computed on the basis of actual monthly water consumption or an
approved method of actual flow measurement and shall be determined
using the following equation:
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(8.34 x MG (Cae - Ca1) F
Where:
8.34 = The approximate weight of one gallon of water in
pounds (lbs)
MG
= The volume of water used as determined by water
consumption or actual flow measurement in mil1ion
gallons per month
C
ac
= Actual concentration of a particular pollutant
measured in mil1igrams per liter (mg/l)
Cal
= Allowable concentration of a particular pollutant
measured in milligrams per liter (mg/l)
F
= Rate per pound as applied to a particular pollutant
that is in excess of an allowable standard- for that
pollutant
The following schedule of surcharge rates shall apply:
$0.10 per pound of BODS (Biochemical Oxygen Demand), five
day) in excess of 250 milligrams per liter (mg/l)
$0.08 per pound of TSS (Total Suspended Solids) in excess
of 250 milligrams per liter (mg/l)
$1.00 per pound of oil and grease in excess of 100
milligrams per liter (mg/l)
Air Base:
$0.141 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 sole and final determining factor as to the conformance, or
failure thereof, or wastewater discharge. All 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: AIl 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 Jack-
sonville, 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 financing 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 preservation of
the public peace, health, and safety, and that this Ordinance
shal1 take effect and be in force from and immediately after
its passage.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS
WITH THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE AIIACHED.
1st
DAY OF
March
1984,
ORDINANCE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.
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A'I1TEST:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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