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Ordinance 97-1388ORDINANCE N0.9>-1358 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LONG WOOD. F'IgIiIDA, AMF,.NDING CHAPTER 23_ UTILITIES, SECTION 23-30. ©ILLING; SECTION 23-31, LATE CHARGES, DISCONTINUANCE OF SEAVICE. TURN-ONI'I'URN-OFF CIIARGES; SF,CTION 23b2 BILLMO: SECTION 23-63, LATE CHARGES, TERMINATION OF SERVICE; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE WHEREAS, the City Commission of the Gty of Longwood Plondy nos deemed it desirable to amend Cheptu 23, Utilities, ofthe Iungwood City Code. antl \VkIEREAS, [hare erepresenrly inconsistencies between provisions ofChapter23, Utilities, of the Longwood City Code, NO\V, THEREFORE, 8E R ORDAINED BY TIiECRY COMMISSION Of THE CITY OF LONOWOOD_ FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I: ARTICI.,E II, WATER, Section 2}25, Charges forsuviee, Sabsecfion (13). is amended to read ns follows: A utility tax often (I O) per cent will be levied on the bills ofall water canomers_amHmfirst SECTION 2: ARTICLE, II, WATER, Section 23-i0, BillinK, is amended to read as follows: Water bills will normally be rendered on the first day ofeach month and arc due and payable neon presentation, and become delinquent rendere& frfteen dnvs after the pas mazked da eofma'1'ne 3Yreq Pevment may bepai@m~ca Kat the office oCthc water department during mgular office hours or pay,nem may be mailed to such office. fafbrvting~nweaN'S-biNmg: Thvn mt,har eallowedb Florida each made whh nnnaek r~nrnndmmeei anerob,anffioient r~nas ana oo~aa xacn d,aae will benlevied Coe each rewmed cheek. Ordinance No.9]-1388/page 2 SECTION 3: ARTICLE 11, WATEq Section 23-31, Lem chnrgea; diseontinuanee of sen ice, « im-oNlnm-off enaryes, Subseuiovs (a) end (b), is amended to read ns follows: (a)Thecity shall reserves he riehtmlevyelate charge of tfie greemr of ten fl0l vercent of he balance due or fve dollars ($5.00) for nonpayment of water bills. This charge shell be ally added toabill in withou othec r. Upon failure by thccustomer ao paY such late charge with payment in errearsdce date the late f sad. the city may immediately disco ne famishing water servtee until thelete<harge rro tnec orchard, endvllbillsin arzears have been paid in full. (b) The fallowing tam-oNtum-offcbarges shell be charged to customers of the city s water dcpenment. (I)TUm-on for initial service ................................. .. 51>.00 (2)Tum-off for nonpayment of account ........................... S+B-OB 2$_O qQ Note: Fec for itean (?) includes subaegae t tam on whey account becomes currett. SECTION 4: ARTICLE 111, SEWAG6 TREATMENT SYSTGM. Section )3fi1, Fees, Sabseetions (a), (b), (c), and (d), is amended to read as follows: (a) A residential customer shnll pay a monthly fee to the oiry for sewage veannent service ~n the amount ofthitty-six dol lets and seventy ee is (53fiJ0). (b) A commercial establishment connected to the city's sewer system shal I pay a minimum charge or thitty-six dollws and seventy cents (536.'10) per month for the first nine thousand (9,000) gallons, (9988)-gatWm: In excoss of nine tho sen 9 00 allows the Collowin crier esv I - nal allona ebetween nine dt us d n 9 1 II n 0 allonso rtthereof th s ndollars and six 18.GG. nvl allona e baween ten thousand and one all thousandf 30001 eallons orpart hereof the sum oEthme dglla~vnd i htv~g~Cv ce t=(?d,8$)Tes dd~ - I n d o n r 3 For additional alon btw nthirteen thonsand and one 13001 allow and ei thousand 18 000 allons or arl thereof the s n of four dollar and theeo 4 3 P3 add'i oriel housvnd alg Ions o<par hereof Ordinance Nn 9J-1 }gg~page 3 4 F r I 01 allons avd swans three lhansand 230 0 ! n ff s 4.20 odd"onel hot snnd alg?lo_par~~e~eo[ i F o aI allona c between swans three thousand and one 23 001 allons end ei ht thousand 28 reoC the sum of fow dollars and Ihi ei hi cent (%4381 oar add'i onal tltousand eellons or pert hereof fGl For a IA ' ~ ale betwoon ei ht thousand end one 28 001 allons and shirt -three dro allon n thereof the sunr of fmn dollars antl fl five cents IS455)p dd" 11 d II sor P h C ] For additional allona ebetwee lhi Ih s 00 lltsp3a9A13 0 Mons art thereof thesumof fourdollnrs avd seven three oasts 4.]J dd" I h ~ d II h f (81 Fo add"onal eallvnaee -n s of foray thonse,yd-:yyd_.O.ne (600011 ealLaaSSC.p.@Il thereof the smn of four doll 4 9o t sand allons or a thereof 1~ In certain cemmorciel estnblishmcnts en offset to the movthly sewor charge may be obtainul if such commercial esablishmont sntis(aetorily demonetntea w the public works director or the city engineer the fol lowing: (1) A substan a1 portion otthecommerael establislunent s total metered wafer is not being reuived by the city's sanitary sewage system. (2) The wmmercial uteblishinent has installed approved metering tlevices to hack the portion delivered w the city's sanitary sewage system. Thecommercial cnablislvnent mqucsting an onset shall submit movthly roadings to the utility cluk In.e~.nve. iheo[faet. Thesereadings are subjeu to verification on aseminmiual basis oral deemed ~y the city. )The movthly sevuserv ce fee for a business That is a nonwatu system customer will be determined on e case-by-ease bnsis. Ordinance No. 91-1388/page 4 SECTION Y. ARTICLE. III, SEW AGF 1 REA1'MNNT SYSTEM. Section 3~~62. Billing, is amended to read as follows: Bills for snwemgc treamrent service will norznally be rcndued ov the first day ofeaeh monde with Ne water bill where applievble end are doe and payable upon presentation, and become delinquent Cfleut days after the postmarked da a of ma'I'ng Statemenss Payment may be pai9 made at the offcc of the wa department during regular office hours or payment may be mailed to such office fantrer-The m charge allowed by Florida Statutes will be levied for each paYmeor made with a cheek mad to the city dve to insnfficiem fonds, end innher, only one such charge will be levied for each resumed check. SECTION 6: ARTICLE III, SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, Section 23fi3, Late charge; inetion of sari ice, is amended to read as follow,c The city reserves the right to levyalate chargeof C":---_ _`98j he grrater often 1101 oar can oCdre balance due or fve doll~rslS5001 fornmrpayment oCSewage tr ant bills. which oharge shall automaticvlly be added too bill in without notice to rhea ntonmer.; anA a-deli.-eyed eb the customer e Aar ewith v within n 7 business des date the late Cee is essasse nay temrinale service e the ncluding w service tinsel tAe late charge onnect an ehere and ell bills in arrears have been paid in full ter SECTION'I: CONFLICTS. All ordinances or pans of ordinances in conFlict hcrewidr are hereby repealed. SECTION B: SEVERn13IL1]'Y. If any sediots paragraph sentence, cleusm phrase or word of this ordinwrvc is detemrined to he invalid, unlawful or unconstitutional, said determination shel I of be held to invalidate or impair the wlidity, force or eff t of any other seetion, paragraph. clan e, pbrese or ward ofthis ordinance not otherwise determined to be invalid, unlaw[nl or unconsntudonal. SECTION 9: EFFECTIVE DATE. This oMinanen shell rake effut immediately upon i6 pessaoe and adoption. O~dinencc No. 97-1588/~agc 5 P-28T RFADWG: /,/N,/J~'~~MppP9/~~~~, X997 SEGO\D READING: neS~CAP.~YrenP/~,S /997 PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS~S~.DAV OF~mw~+`^'~+YA/A.D_ 199. /z cW-eo (l-A--s Charles C. Miles. III, Mayor ATTEST: _. _,te ~i~ ALEc. {-.I noi~..'ly~ Approval as io foam and leSality TOr the use and reliance of die - Lon ood. FloriU;only. Richa~ Taylo ., iTy Adom~