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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 69- 884, Amends Ord. 746, sewer service rates. ORDINANCE NO. 884 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 746 OF THE CITY, AND FIXING RATES AND CHARGES FOR SEWER SERVICE. BE IT ORDAINED by the City Commission of the City of Bozeman, MOntana, as follows: Section 1. Section 12 of Ordinance No. 746 of the City Adopted April 7, 1948 is hereby I amended to read as follows: "Section 12. Until otherwise prescribed, in accordance with the covenants and provisions of this ordainance,and as the schedule of rates, charges, and rentals for the services and benefits provided by the City's sewerage system, there shall be and is hereby imposed a sewerage charge upon each user of the sewerage utility, which shall be due and payable monthly, in advance, commencing September l, 1969, to be as follows: I (a) The monthly rate for sewer rental shall be one hundred one and one-half per cent (101.5%) of the average monthly charge for water used during the months of November, December, January and February in the three years next preceding the current year. Said "monthly charge for water usedl.l shall be determined from the City's records as to premises which were connected with the City's Water distribution system during the afore- said four months' periods of such three preceding years, and as to premises which were not so connected shall be fixed by the City Manager upon the basis of what the monthly charge for water used would probably have been if the premises, in their present condition, had been so connected and supplied with water by the City, according to the best investigation there- of he is able to make. (b) Charges for sewer rental under this schedule shall be made a part of the current monthly bill for water used, to be shown by separate item or surcharge on such bill. Acceptance will not be made of separate payment of either the charge for water or the charge for sewer rental. Both charges must be paid at one and the same time. (c) Charges for water used and for sewer rentals become due and payable on the lst day of each month. A discount of twenty-five cents (25i) will be allowed on each bill for water used and sewer rental if paid prior to the 15th day of the month in which the bill becomes due and payable. If any bill is not paid on or before the 15th day of that month, it will then become delinquent and if not paid in full by the 15th of the following month, water service to the premises involved shall be discontinued. A charge of $1.00 will be made for reinstating a water service which has been discontinued for nonpayment of water and sewer rental charges. "In cases where sewer rentals under this schedule are claimed to be unfair, unreasonable, or not in proportion to charges made to other water and sewer users, the person or persons against whom such charges are made may apply to the City Manager or the City Commission for an adjustment, stating the circumstances, and the City Commission may make such adjustment of such sewer rental rate as is deemed necessary, fair and equitable. "In the event that it becomes necessary or desirable at any time to change the schedule of sewer rates, charges and rentals hereinbefore set forth. and such changes are duly and regularly made by the City Commission of the City of Bozeman, such changed rates, charges and rent- als shall be and remain effective without repealing or amending this ordinance in whole or in part, providing that certified copies of such changed rates, charges and rentals, shall be and remain on file for public inspection at the office of the City Clerk of the City of Bozeman." Section 2. Section 1 of this ordinance shall be effective notwithstanding the provisions of any other ordinance of the City also amending Section 12 of Ordinance No. 746. Section 3. This ordinance is adopted to provide revenues of the municipal sewerage system sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the $1,400,000 prinicipal amount of Revenue I Bonds authorized to be issued by the electors at the bond election held 10 September, 1968, and all other bonds payable from such revenues. Section 4. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty days from and after its final passage. Passed by the City Commission of Bozeman, Montana, and approved by the Mayor this 23rd day of July, 1969. ORDINANCE No. 884 151 I 152 Approved: At te s t : State of Montana ) County of Gallatin Ci~y of Bozeman ) I, Erna V. Harding, Clerk of the Commission of the City of Bozeman, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 884 was published by title and number in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in said City in the issue of the 28th day of July, 1969, and due proof of such publication is on file in my office. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I hereunto set my hand and affix t~e-eorporate seal of my office this 28th day of July, 1969. 9 -~~.-_...~ ~&' ?~ ? Erna v. Har ing, Clerk of the City Commission I I ORDINANCE No. 884