Ordinance 86-764ORDINANCE N0. 764
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LONGW00D FLORIDA,
AMENDING THE CITY CODE PERTAINING TO SEWER
AATES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; CONFLICTS
~ AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Commission authorized its consultants,
Dyer, Riddle, Mills and Precourt, Inc. to pcepa[e a Rates and
Charges Study on the City's sewee cost determination, and rate
setting methodology; and
WHEREAS, The Commcss ron deems ct [o be in the best
interest of the City to amend Section 23-60 of <he Longwood
City Code;
NOW, THEREFORE, DE IT ORDAINP,D BY THE CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF LONGWOOD, FLORI-A AS FOLLOIVS:
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Section 23-fi0 Fees rs hereby amended to read as follows:
(a) A residential customer shall pay a monthly fee to
the City for sewage treatment service rn [he amount of twenty
four dollars (524.00).
(b) A commercial establishment connected to the
city's water system shall pay a monthly fee for sewage treatment
service rn the amount of three hundred (300) percent of their
water bill, or twenty-four dot tars ($24.00), whichever rs
gre ate[.
~ (c) The monthly Eee for a business that is a nonwat er
system customer will be determined on a case by case basis.
(d) The monthly fee foe the Sanford-Orlando Kennel
Club shall be a monthly Eee to the City for sewage treatment
service rn the amount of one thousand Four-hundred fifteen
dollars (51,415.0 H) during the opei at irtg season and a monthly
fee of two-hundred dollars ($200.00) during off-season.
(e) The monthly fee for a residential or commercial
establishment which is vacant, but fo[ which capacity in the
system is retained, shall be four dollars (54.00).
_ (f) It as the intent of [he City that the wastewater
system governed by the prov [s ions of [his article, shall meet
its operating, repair, renewal and replacement expenses from
revenues de[ived from services rendered. It rs therefore
provided hereby that the City Commission may from trme to time
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establish by ordinance upon public notice much [at es as will
enable the intention of this article to be fulfilled.
(g) It rs the intent of the City to en courage
conservat lon of energy and resou[c es in eve [y way possible, and
the City fully supports the development and convecs ion of
residential and commercial sewe[ systems to a "gray Ovate c"
system which is defined as a sewer system which retains waste
f tom showers, bathtubs, laundxles and sinks on site 1n a
d[ainage field and/o[ in a xec[[c ul sting retention tank, and
only waste from Ovate[ closets and garbage disposal units would
enter the City's sewage disposal syst em. As an incentive to
developers and homeowne cs to install oc co nve[t to a "gray
Ovate c" system, sewe[ Eees will be ceaaced by twenty-five (251
percent pet month and sewer connection fees will be reduced one
hundred (9100.00) fo[ those residential and commercial
(h) At no t[me will the City Commission knowingly
approve or permit conneceions for wastewate[ treatment capacity
rn excess of that permitted by the Florida Depa [tment of
Environmental Regulation, or oe her regulatory agency having
ju[is dic Lion thereof. Any City Commissioner knowingly and
willfully voting to exceed such capacity shall be deemed guilty
of malfeasance and misfeasance of his or her of Eicial duties,
and subject to all penalties pelt aining the[eto.
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Conflicts- All ocd finances or parts of Ordinances in
conflict herewith be and the same are hereby eepealed.
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Libe,£a,l___~q¢gtEUgG lq¢~ The p[ovisi ons of this
Ordinance shall be liberally construed to effect the findings,
pu [poses, and [nt ent of this Ordinance.
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this Ordinance or the application thereof to any pe [son or ~
circumstance [s held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect
other pxov is ions or applications of Chis 0[dinance which can be
given effect without the invalid provisions o[ applications,
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