Ordinance 85-714ORDINANCE N0. ]14
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE C[iV OF LONGW000, FLOR IOA
AMENDING THE LITY CODE BY AMENDING SECTION 23-19
(APPLI CRT ION FOR SERVICE); SECT [ON 23-22 (DEPOSIT)
ANO SECTION 23-28 (CNAR6t'8 FOR SERVICE) AS THEY
PERTAIN TO THE OPERATION OF THE WATER SYSTEM OF
SAID CITY; PROV IO [NG FOR CONFLICTS, SEVERAB [LITY
AND EFFECTIVE GATE
wHEREAS, the City of Longwood, Fl Dritla, is the owner antl has
control of the pvbl is water system used throughout the Li ty of Longwood,
Florida, and operates antl maintains the same for the benefit of [he citi-
zens of Longwood, and those in adjacent areas iq saitl City; antl
WHEREAS, Section Z3 of the City Code requires amendment to
provide for an increase in water rates to make the water system self sup-
porting; to provide far an increase in amount of tleposi is to insure that ~
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water castanets have. sufficient funds on tleposit tq guarantee payment of
bills due; tp provide that owners of the property must sign the application
for water service and provi tli ng provisions for placing a lien against the
property when bills are vnpai tl.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT OkDAIN ED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
LITY OF LDNGWODD, FLORI DR, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: Section 23-19. Application for Service, is
hereby amentletl to read as follows:
"Applications to use water from the City's water system must
be submitted and signed by the applicant, and if applicant is no[ the
~ legal owner, by the legal owner of the property or his agent agreeing to
be responsible for all water se rut ce provided to the property whether used
by the owner of the property or by a lessee. The owner shall make apPlica-
tion to the utility clerk giving the name of the applicant and his address,
a description of the premises to be servetl, the number of houses or estab-
lishments to be served by the meter and such other pertinent matters as
may be required by the clerk."
SECTION 2: Section 23-22. Deposit, is hereby amended to
read as follows:
"(a) The appl i<a tton for service shall be accompanied by a de-
posit according to the following sc M1edvl e, which shall be retained by the ~~
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utility clerk as a deposit and returned to the applicant wM1en the meter is
tli sconnec ted. provi di n9 all water bills have been paitl as a result of such
application and nq tlamage is sustained to the meter as a result of such
connection. Such deposits shall be as follows:
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- 111 each residential nnrt, fifty aollara tsso.ool. ,~
(2) St ogle commeroi el unr ts, fifty dollars Is50.oo).
13) Beauty shops and restaurants with seating capacity
of more than fifty 1501, one hundred dollars ($100.001.
141 Commercial or p invent building of twenty 1201
unrts or less where water purchased on bulk basis, one hundred
dollars 15100.00); over twenty (201 unr ts, two hundred dollars
($200.00);
b) All unpaid bills and damages may be charged against the
water deposit.
~~ (c) In the event the deposit Fos servrce rs rns u£f ici ent t
pay for all unpaid servrce or damages, the City Administrator m
cause a lien to De filed in the public records against any properties
for which water se rv ace has not been paid in Full."
SECTION 23-28. Charges for servrce, rs hereby amended to
read as follows:
"There is hereby charged for consumption of water by
customers of the city water system, the following charges:
111 For the first three thousand (3,000) gallons or part
thereof used during a billing period, the sum of five dollars f55.00).
(21 For additional gallonage between three thousand and one
(3,001) gal LOns and eight thousand 18,000) gallons or part chere+5.
the sum of s~60 cents per dad itional thousand gallons or any part
thereof.
(3) For additional gallonage between eight thousand and one
18,001) gallons and thirteen thousand 113,000) gallons or part thereof
the sum of $. 85 cents per additional thousand gallons ox any part
141 For addr tr Onal gallonage between thirteen thousand and
one 113,001) gal Sons and eighteen thousand (18,0001 yallons or part
thereof, the sum of $.90 cent per additional thousand gallons or
y part thereof
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151 For additional gallonage between eighteen thousand and
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one (18, OOU gallons and twenty three thousand (23,0001 gallons or
part thereof, the sum of $.95 certs per additional thousand gallons
or any part thereof.
161 For additional gallonage between twenty three thousand
and one (23,001) gallons and twenty eight thousand 128,000) gallons
or part thereof, the sum of one dollar (51.00) per additional thousand
and one (28,0011 gallons and thirty three thousand (33,0001 gallons or
part thereof, CM1e sum of one dollar and five cents ($1.05) per
addittonal thousand gallons ox any part thereof. ~\
and one 133,0011 and forty thousand gallons (540, OD0 gallons or part
thereof, the sum of one dollar and ten cents 151.10) per additional
one 140,0011 gallons, the sum of one dollar and fifteen cents (51.151
per aaditional thousand gallons o_ any part thereof.
herewith are hereby repealed. if any p t of this ordinance conflicts
with any ocher part, tt shall be severed and the remainder shall have
full farce and effect.
SECTION 4: If any sectron, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion o£ this ordinance is, for any reason, held to be
the validity of the remarning portion.
N 5: This ordinance shall take effect upon its final
passage and adoption.
FIRST xeADING: .IUly 18, 1985
SECOND READIN t 19 1985
PASSED AND ADOPTED THZS 19~I/t/h~D~~Aex OF =g st i985. ~\
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y of LOng~ood, Florida
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