O75-10CITY OF KENNEDALE ORDINANCE NO. 75-10
AN ORDINANCE PRESCRIBING RATES TO BE CHARGED BY,
AND REGULATIONS CONCERNING USAGE OF THE KENNEDALE
MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM, AND AMENDING AND REPEALING
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENNEDALE, TEXAS:
Section 1. Water Consumption Charges.
(a) Each meter connection shall be charged the following
rates for water consumption per month:
0 to 2,500 gallons per month - $3.
2,501 to 4,500 gallons per month -
4,501 to 45 5GO gallons per month
gallons; i'°
' 4-5 ;51 to above gallons per month
gallons.
(b) Each living unit in a multiple dwelling, if served
by a common meter, including mobile home parks, shall be
charged $3.50 for 0-2,500 gallons of water per month.
The balance of the meter reading, if any, after the
2,500 gallons per living unit is deducted, shall be
divided equally among the number of living units, and
each living unit shall be charged at the same rate as
a single family residence using more than 2,500 gallons.
(c) In the event that a water meter fails to register during
any period, the customer shall be charged for that period
on an estimate made by the city secretary based upon the
average bill for the preceding three (3) months that the
meter was registering properly, or from other information
available which would provide a more equitable basis for
the charge.
(d) All bills for city utilities rendered by the City of
Kennedale, shall be paid monthly by the 10th day of the
month after the billing date. If such bills are not paid
by the 20th day of said month, a 10 per cent penalty will
be added for late payment. If said bill is not paid by
the 15th of the following month, the service shall be
discontinued, and water and sewer services are indivisible
in this regard, so that non-payment for either service
will justify discontinuance for both services.
(e) There shall be no water connection outside the
corporate limits of the city of Kennedale.. For such
services presently connected a charge shall be assessed
as follows per month:
Minimum rate - $5.00 per month;
Each thousand gallons over the minimum - $.90
per month.
50 (minimum charge) ;
$.60 per thousand gallons;
- $.50 per thousand
- $.40 per thousand
Section 2. Other Pertinent Charges of City Utilities.
(a) The minimum monthly charge for utility services,
including water, shall be applicable as a minimum charge
for the furnishing of such service for any part of a
calendar month, regardless of the number of days of the
month during which service is furnished for less than
a whole month.
(b) In event of discontinuance of service for non-payment
of water or sewer bill, a $5.00 charge will be made for
re -connection.
(c) For cutting off of water service for problems
on the service side of the meter a charge of $2.00
will be assessed.
(d) Applications for water service must be made
in writing on a form provided by the City Secretary
before service will be provided. This application
shall constitute a contract on the part of the person
making the application. A deposit shall be paid before
service is begun, at the following rate:
3/4 inch meter or smaller - $20.00;
1 inch meter - $30.00;
12 inch meter - $35.00;
2 inch meter - $50.00.
(e) This deposit will be an ongoing deposit and will
only be used should the deposit not cover the charges
against that service connection. Such deposit shall
be carried in a special city fund; and unless applied
to water, sewer, or garbage bill, shall be refunded by
the City Secretary when service is terminated. Refund
will be made following the immediate next 1st of the
month billing date after termination.
Section 3. Usage of the Water System.
(a) Placement and connection to the city water main may
only be made by city employees. Charges for setting are:
3/4 inch meter
1 inch meter -
12 inch meter
2 inch meter -
or smaller
$145.00;
- $325.00;
$450.00.
- $75.00;
Larger meters or compound meter installation will be
based on labor and meter costs as determined by City
Administrator.
(b) All water meters and services connected to the city
water system shall remain in place where set, unless re-
moval be deemed necessary by the City Administrator if
the premises become abandoned.
(c) Every building that is capable of independent
ownership shall have its own separate water service
line and meter connected directly to the city main.
Apartment houses, office complexes, mobile home parks,
or other buildings as deemed reasonable by the City
Administrator may be served by a single meter, provided
a service stop is provided for each unit or portion
of the entire complex. In such cases the amount of
required dposit shall be determined by the City
AdMinistrator reasonably commensurate .with the volume
of monthly: service.
(d) Each service installation shall have, between the
meter and service hydrant, a stop and waste valve for
the customers' use in making repairs on the customers'
property. Present services shall conform to this section
when any service is changed or altered. City water system
employees shall have the right, at a reasonable time, to
read, inspect, remove or test any water meter, and
temporarily disconnect the water service for such purpose.
(e) If the accuracy or correctness of the water meter is
questioned by the customer the meter can be tested. The
meter may be tested with the customer present if desired.
If a mistake is present, the excess amount, as taken from
the total of gallons used, shall be credited to the
customers' account. If no error is found in the meter
registry, a charge of $2.00 will be made for the test
for 3/4 inch meters and actual costs as charged by
independent testing company for larger meters.
(f) In a shortage of water emergency it shall be
the duty of the City Administrator to give reasonable
notice to water customers not to use water from the
system for any purpose other than domestic use and
other uses as determined. Until the City Administrator
proclaims the emergency at an end, it shall be unlawful
for any person to use water from the city water system
for watering or sprinkling a lawn, flower bed, garden,
or to use such water for any purpose other than domestic
use or designated uses.
(g) No person unauthorized by the city may turn off,
turn on, connect, disconnect, test, repair, tamper,
interfere with, or alter in any manner the Water System of the City
of Kennedale. Penalty for such a violation is up to a $200 fine.
Section 4. Penalty.
(a) Any person, firm or corporation violating any of
the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
shall be fined in any sum not less than $10.00 nor
more than $200.00, and each day that any violation
continues shall constitute a separate and distinct
offense; provided, however, the failure to pay water
consumption and other service charges hereunder shall
not constitute a penal offense, but such charges shall
be a debt of the person, firm or corporation incurring
same.
(b) Every section of this ordinance, and every
provision of each section is hereby declared to be
an individual section or provision and the holding
of any section or provision of any section to be
void, ineffective or unconstitutional for any cause
whatsoever shall not be deemed to affect any other
section or provision hereof.
Section 5. Repealing Clause.
This ordinance amends all prior ordinances of the
city regulating rates for water service by the
Kennedale Municipal Water System, and repeals all
ordinances or parts of ordinances of the City of
Kennedale to the extent of any necessary conflict
with the provisions hereof. This ordinance
expressly amends and/or repeals the following
numbered ordinances: Ordinance Nos. 16, 19, 21,
22, 69-10, 69-11, 70-5, 71-4 and 75-1.
Section 6. Effective Date.
This ordinance shall be effective as to ratesherein
described for water service rendered on and after
January 1, 1976, and shall be reflected in billings
therefor made on and after February 1, 1976. The
regulatory and penal provisions hereof shall be
immediately effective upon adoption of the ordinance,
and publication as provided by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this llth day of December, 1975.
ATTEST:
APPROVED:
N./T. Chi1dres, Mayor of the
City of Kennedale, Texas
Evelyr-f" Templeton,
(CITY SEAL)
Secretary
Formula,For Water billing
1. 2500 gallons allowed for each minimum
$ 3.50
2. Subtract the total minimum gallons from the total consumption -leaving
all gallons over the minimum.
3. The next 2000 gallons - .600 per thousand $ 1.20
.060 per hundred
4. The next 45,500 gallons .500 per thousand $ 22.75
.050 per hundred
5. All over 50,000 gallons .400 per thousand
.040 per hundred
Example
(100,000 gallons)
-2,500 $ 3.50
97,500
-2,000 1.20
95,500
-45,500 22.75
50,000
-50,000 20.00
-0- 47.45 Total Bill
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Outside City Limits
2,500 gallons minimum $ 5.00
all over minimum,90 per thousand
.090 per hundred
KENNEDALE ORDINANCE NO. 69-11
AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE WA TER RATES FOR THE CITY OF
KENNEDALE, TEXAS, AND ORDAINING OTHER MATTERS RELA-
TIVE TO WATER SERVICE RENDERED BY THE CITY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENNEDALE, TEXAS:
1. That the water rates per month to be .charged and -col-
lected by the City of Kennedale, Texas, from all customers obtain-
ing service from the Waterworks System of the City, shall be and
are hereby fixed -as set forth below:
Minimum (2,500 gallons per mo.) - - - - $3.50
Next 2,000 gallons, per 1,000 gls.- - - 0.60
4,500 to 50,000 gallons, per 1,000 gis.- 0.50
50,000 100,000 gallons, per 1,000g1s.- 0.30
Over 100,000 gallons, per 1,000 gis. - - 0.25
2. That all bills for services rendered by said System
shall be paid monthly by the loth day of the month after the
billing date. If not paid within thirty (30) days after the
-'due date, service shall be discontinued. In event of discontin-
uance of service, an additional sum of M.00 shall be charged
for recCnnection to the System.
3. Tapping fees and meter deposits shall be in accord-
ancd with other applicable ordinances of the City of Kennedale.
4. The City shall provide a wye in the alley or street
adjacent to the last or nearest corner of the connector's prop-
erty, within ten (10) feet of the surface of the ground. The
house connection from the City lateral shall be installed at
the expense of the connector in accordance withthe regulations
of and subject to the inspection of the City.
5. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon
its passage at this meeting, and all ordinances or parts of ord-
inances necessarily in conflict herewith are hereby repealed,
but only to the extent of such conflict; otherwise, this ordi-
nance is to be construed in harmony with other existing ordi-
nances of the City and the charges herein provided are intended
to be in addition to any charges for services provided by other
ordinances and not necessarily in conflict herewith.
PASSED AND APPROVED this loth day of August, 1969.
APPROVED:
Mayor, City of Kennedale, Texas
ATTEST:
City Secretary
CITY SEAL)
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CITY OF KENNEDALE ORDINANCE NO. 75-10
AN ORDINANCE PRESCRIBING RATES TO BE CHARGED BY,
AND REGULATIONS CONCERNING USAGE OF THE KENNEDALE
MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM, AND AMENDING AND REPEALING
'I�
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENNEDALE, TEXAS:
Section 1.. Water Consumption Charges.
(a) Each meter connection shall be charged the following
rates for water consumption per month:
0 to 2,500 gallons per month - $3.50 (minimum charge);
2,501 to 4,500 gallons per month - $.60 per thousand gallons;
4,501 to 45-,500 gallons per month - $.50 per thousand
gallons ; 0 4i 44
'451401 to above gallons
gallons.
per month - $.40 per thousand
(b) Each living unit in a multiple dwelling, if served
by a common meter, including mobile home parks, shall be
charged $3.50 for 0-2,500 gallons of water per month.
The balance of the meter reading, if any, after the
2,500 gallons per living unit is deducted, shall be
divided equally among the number of living units, and
each living unit shall be charged at the same rate as
a single family residence using more than 2,500 gallons.
(c) In the event that a water meter fails to register during
any period, the customer shall be charged for that period
on an estimate made by the city secretary based upon the
average bill for the preceding three (3) months that the
meter was registering properly, or from other information
available which would provide a more equitable basis for
the charge.
(d) All bills for city utilities rendered by the City of
Kennedale, shall be paid monthly by the loth day of the
month after the billing date. If such bills are not paid
by the 20th day of said month, a 10 per cent penalty will
be added for late payment. If said bill is not paid by
the 15th of the following month, the service shall be
discontinued, and water and sewer services are indivisible
in this regard, so that non-payment for either service
will justify discontinuance for both services.
(e) There shall be no water connection outside the
corporate limits of the city of Kennedale. For such
services presently connected a charge shall be assessed
as follows per month:
Minimum rate - $5.00 per month;
Each thousand gallons over the minimum - $.90
per month.
Section 2. Other Pertinent Charges of City Utilities.
(a) The minimum monthly charge for utility services,
including water, shall be applicable as a minimum charge
for the furnishing of such service for any part of a
calendar month, regardless of the number of days of the
month during which service is furnished for less than
a whole month.
(b) In event of discontinuance of service for non-payment
of water or sewer bill, a $5.00 charge will be made for
re -connection.
Ordinance #75-10
Water Rates 12-11-75
2500-3.50 8500-6.70 14500-9.70 20500-12.70
2600-3.56 8600-6.7.5 14600-9.75 20600-12.75
2700-3.62 8700-6.80 14700-9.80 20700-12.80
2800-3.68 8800-6.85 14800-9,85 20800-12.85
2900-3.74 8900-6.90 14900-9.90 20900-12.90
3000-3.80 9000-6.95 15000-9.95 21000-12.95
3100-3.86 9100-7.00 15100-10.00 21100-13.00
3200-3.92 9200-7.05 15200-10.05 21200-1305
3300-3.98 9300-7.10 15300-10.10 21300-13.10
3400-4.04 9400-7.15 15400-10.15 21400-13.15
3500-4.10 9500-7.20 15500-10.20 21500-13.20
3600-4.16 9600-7.25 15600-10.25 21600-13.25
3700-4.22 9700-7.30 15700-10.30 21700-13.30
3800-4.28 9800-7.35 15800-10,35 21800-13.35
3900-4.34 9900-7.40 15900-10.40 21900-13.40
4000-4.40= 10000-7,45 16000-10,45 22000-13.45
4100-4.46 10100-7.50 16100-10.50 22100-13.50
4200-4.52 10200-7.55 16200-10.55 22200-13.55
4300-4,58 10300-7.60 16300-10.60 22300-13.60
4400-4.64 10400-7,65 16400-10.65 22400-13.65
4500-4.70 10500-7.70 16500-10.70 22500-13.70
4600-4.75 10600-7.75 16600-10.75 22600-13.75
4700-4.80 10700-7,80 16700-10.80 22700v13.80
4800-4,85 10800-7.85 16800-10.85 22800-13.85
4900-4.90 10900-7.90 16900-10.90 22900-13.90
5000-4.95 11000-7.95 17000-10.95 23000-13.95
5100-5.00 11100-8.00 17100-11.00 23100-14.00
5200-5.05 11200-8.05 17200-11.05 2320E=14.05
5300-5.10 11300-8.10 17300-11.10 23300-14.10
5400-5.15 11400-8.15 17400-11.15 23400-14,15
5500-5.20 11500-8.20 17500-11.20 23500-14.20
5600-5.25 11600-8.25 17600-11.25 23600-14.25
5700-5.30 11700-8.30 17700-11.30 23700-14.30
5800-5.35 11800-8.35 17800-11.35 23800-14.35
59Q0-5.40 11900-8.40 17900-11.40 23900-14.40
6000-5.45 12000-8.45 18000-11.45 24000-14.45
6100-5.50 12100-8.50 18100-11.50 24100-14.50
6200-5.55 12200-8.55 18200-11.55 24200-14.55
6300-5,60 12300-8.60 18300-11.60 24300-14.60
6400-5,65 12400-8.65 18400-11.65 24400-14.65
6500-5.70 12500-8.70 18500-11.70 24500-14.70
6600-5.75 12600-8.75 18600-11.75 24600-14.75
6700-5.80 12700-8.80 18700-11.80 24700-14.80
6800-5,85 12800-8,85 18800-11.85 24800-14,85
6900-5.90 12900-8.90 18900-11,90 24900-14.90
7000-5.95 13000-8.95 19000-11.95 25000-14.95
7100-6,00 13100-9.00 19100-12.00 25100-15.00
7200-6.05 13200-9.05 19200-12.05 25200-15.05
7300-6.10 13300-9.10 19300-12.10 25300-15.10
7400-6.15 13400-9.15 19400-12.15 25400-15.15
7500-6.20 13500-9.20 19500-12.20 25500-15.20
7600-6.25 13600-9.25 19600-12.25 25600-15.25
7700-6.30 13700-9.30 19700-12.30 25700-15.30
7800-6.35 13800-9.35 19800-12.35 25800-15.35
7900-6,40 13900-9.40 19900-12.40 25900-15.40
8000-6.45 14000-9.45 20000-12.45 26000-15.45
8100-6.50 14100-9.50 20100-12.50 26100-15.50
8200-6,55 14200-9.55 20200-12.55 26200-15. 55
8300-6.60 14300-9.60 20300-12.60 26300-15.60
B#0046.65 14400 9.65 20400-12.65 26400-15,65
26500-15.70 32300-18.60
26600-15.75 32400-18.65
26700-15.80 32500-18.70
26800-15.85 32600-18.75
26900-15.90 32700-18.80
27000-15.95 32800-18.85
27100-16,00 32900-18,90
27200-16,05 33000-18.95
27300-16,10 33100-19.00
27400-16.15 33200-19.05
2''500-16,20 33300-19.10
27600-16,25 33400-19.15
27700-16,30 33500-19,20
27800-16.35 33600-19,25
2?900-16,40 33700-19.30
28000-16,45 33800-19.35
28100-16,50 33900-19,40
28200-16.55 34000-19.45
28300-16,60 34100-19,50
28400-16.65 34200-19.55
28500-16,70 34300-19.60
28600-16.75 34400-19,65
28700-16.80 34500-19.70
28800-16,85 34600-19,75
28900-16.90 34700-19.80
29000-16.95 34800-19.85
29100-17,00 34900-19,90
29200-17.05 35000-19.95
29300-17.10 35100-20.00
29400-17.15 35200-20.05
29500-17.20 35300-20,10
29600-17,25 35400-20.15
29700-17,30 35500-20.20
29800-17.35 35600-20,25
29900-17.40 35700-20.30
30000-17.45 35800-20,35
30100-17.50 35900-20.40
30200-17.55 36000-20.45
30300-17.60 36100-20,50
30400-17,65 36200-20,55
30500-17.70 36300-20,60
30600-17.75 36400-20,65
30700-17.80 36500-20,70
30300-17,85 36600-20.75
30900-17.90 36700-20,80
31000-17.95 36800-20.85
31100-18.00 36900-20,90
31200-18.05 37000-20.95
31300-18.10 37100-21.00
31400-18.15 37200-21,05
31500-18.20 37300-21.10
31600-18,25 37400-21,15
31700-18.30 37500-21.20
31800-18,35 37600-21.25
31900-18,40 37700-21.30
32000-18.45 37800-21.35
32100-18.50 37900-21.40
3220-18,55 38000-21,45
38100-21,50 43900-24,40
38200-21,55 44000224.45
38300-21,60 44100-24.50
38400-21.65 44200-24,55
38500-21,70 44300-24.60
38600-21.75 44400-24,65
38700-21.80 44500-24,70
38800-21.85 44600-24,75
38900-21,90 44700-24,80
39000-21,95 44800-24.85
39100-22.00 44900-24.90
39200-22,05 45000-24.95
39300-22,10 45100-25,00
39400-22.15 45200-25.05
39500-22.20 45300-25.10
39600-22,25 45400-25.15
39700-22.30 45500-25.20
39800-22.35 45600-25,25
39900-22,40 45700-25,30
40000-22.45 45800-25.35
40100-22,50 45900-25.40
40200-22.55 46000-25.45
40300-22.60 46100-25.50
40400-22,65 46200-25.55
40500-22.70 46300-25,60
40600-22.75 46400-25.65
40700-22.80 46500-25.70
40800-22.85 46600-25.75
40900.22.90 46700-25.80
41000-22.95 46800-25.85
41100-23.00 46900-25,90
41200-23.05 47000-25.95
41300-23.10 47100-26.00
41400-23.15 47200-26.05
41500-23,20 47300-26,10
41600-23.25 47400-26.15
41700-23.30 47500-26.20
41800-23.35 47600-26,25
41900-23.40 47700-26.30
42000-23,45 47800-26.35
42100-23.50 47900-26,40
42200-23,55 48000-26.45
42300-23.60 48100-26,50
42400-23.65 48200-26.55
42500-23,70 48300-26,60
42600-23.75 48400-26.65
42700-23.80 48500-26.70
42800-23,85 48600-26.75
42900-23.90 48700-26.80
43000-23.95 48800-26.85
43100-24,00 48900-26,90
43200-24,05 49000-26.95
43300-24.10 49100-27,00
43400-24,15 49200-27,05
43500-24.20 49300-27.10
43600-24,25 49400-27.15
43700-24.30 49500-27.20
43800-24.35 49600-27.25
49700-27.30
49800-27;35
49900-27.40
50000-27.45