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AN ORDINANCE FIXING RATES FOR SERVICES FURNISHED BY THE
WATER AND SEWER DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE,
ARKANSAS; PRESCRIBING OTHER MATTERS RELATING THERETO AND
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Jacksonville has determined
a need to modify existing water rates by applying cost of service p rinci les;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY TI-4E CITY COUNCIL OF
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THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS, t h
Section 1. That part of Section 1 of Ordinance No. 350 and Section
13.16.010 of the Municipal Code which reads as follows:
"Where more than one residential unit (e.g., residence,
apartment, mobile home, housekeeping or other unit) or com-
mercial or industrial establishment is served through one meter,
both the minimum charge and the consumption blocks set forth here -
inabove will be increased in proportion to the number of such units
served through the one meter. Where more than one meter is re-
quired to serve a single commercial or industrial establishment the
meter size will be combined for the purpose of determining 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 5/8 inch meter."
n outside the
City Limits. Rates for customers Located ou side he
City limits shall be increased fifty per cent (50 %) over rates apply-
ing to customers located inside the City limits."
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"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 hereinabove
it
w 1 be increased in proportion to the number of such units served
through the one meter. Where more than one meter is required to
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serve a single commercial or industrial establishment the meter
size will be combined for the purpose of determining 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 5/8 inch meter. In all such multiple
unit situations, a $1 .00 per unit billing credit shall be granted on
the basis of an assumed per er cent (85 %) occupancy rate."
"Outside City Limits. Rates for customers located outside the
City limits shall be increased fifty per cent (50 %) over rates apply-
in to customers located inside the City limits except that rates
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for any such customer receiving untreated water shall be increased
twenty -five per cent (25 %) instead of fifty per cent (50 %)."
the immediate re-
Section 2. This ordinance being necessary for t p
servation of the public health, safety, welfare and morale of the citizens of
the City of Jacksonville, Arkansas, an emergency is hereby declared to
exist and this ordinance shall have full force and effect immediately after
its passage.
PASSED and APPROVED this o day of r ,��, ,
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1976.
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ATTEST:
City Cleric
APiEOVED AS TO FORM;
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Ben E. Rice, City Attorney