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ORDINANCE NO. 7 7 6 (#9-85)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING RATES FOR SERVICES RENDERED BY THE
WATERWORKS OF THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS; AMENDING
ORDINANCES NUMBER 541 AND 677 AND SECTION 13.16.010 OF THE
MUNICIPAL CODE OF JACKSONVILLE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE,
ARKANSAS, THAT:
Section 1. Ordinances Number 541 and 677 and Section
13.16.010 of the Jacksonville Municipal Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
"The following monthly rates and charges which the City
Council hereby finds and declares are fair, reasonable and
necessary minimum rates be, and they are hereby, fixed as rates
to be charged for water services to be rendered by the System.
Monthly Water Rates. The water usage of each customer
shall be determined each month by meter measurement and the
amount to be paid by each customer shall be computed on the basis
of the following schedule of rates:
CONSUMPTION
RATES
Minimum 2,000 gallons
$5.30
Next 18,000 gallons
1.85
Next 30,000 gallons
1.75
Allover 50,000 gallons
1.60
REGULAR OUTSIDE CITY RATES shall be the City rates as
listed above plus an additional fifty percent (50%), with the
following exceptions for special groups of customers:
A. The Little Rock Air Force Base rate shall be a flat
rate of $1.60 per 1,000 gallons (unless modified by contract);
B. The Valentine - Dick Jeter Water Users Association,
Furlow Water Users Association and the City of Cabot's rates
shall be the regular City rates as listed above, plus an addi-
tional twenty-five percent (25%).
No more than one residential unit or one commercial or
industrial establishment shall be served through one meter,
except where this condition now exists or except where special
conditions make it more practical to serve through one meter.
Where more than one residential unit (e.g., residence,
apartment, mobile home, housekeeping or other unit) or commercial
or industrial establishment is served through one meter, both the
minimum charge and the consumption blocks set forth in this sec-
tion will be increased in proportion to the number of such units
served through the one meter. Where more than one meter is
required to serve a single commercial or industrial establish-
ment, the meter size will be combined for the purpose of deter-
mining the minimum rate. Where multiple residential units are
served through one meter, the minimum charge for each unit will
be based upon the residential minimum for a five-eighth-inch
meter. In all such multiple unit situations, a one dollar per
unit billing credit shall be granted on the basis of an assumed
eighty-five percent occupancy rate."
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section 2. That the provlslons of this Ordinance are
separable and if a phrase or provision shall be declared invalid,
such declaration shall not affect the validity of the remainder
of the Ordinance.
Section 3. That all ordinances and resolutions and parts
thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
section 4. That it is hereby ascertained and declared that
the lack of funds constitutes a hazard to the life, health and
welfare of the inhabitants of the City, and that only by the
passage of the foregoing rates can this situation be corrected.
It is, therefore, declared that an emergency exists and this
Ordinance being necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public peace, health and safety shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage.
PASSED
APRIL 4,
, 1985.
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ATTEST:
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CITY/CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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KEI7'H VAUGHAN, t TY ATTORNEY
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