HomeMy WebLinkAbout05755ORDINANCE NO. 5755
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 6 OF TITLE XVI
OF THE 1971 CODE OF ORDINANCES RELATING TO
SEWER USER CHARGES FOR USERS CONNECTED TO THE
PUEBLO MEMORIAL AIRPORT SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM
AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that:
(Brackets indicate material being deleted; underscoring indicates
new material being added.)
SECTION 1.
Section 16 -6 -1 of Chapter 6, Title XVI of the 1971 Code of
Ordinances, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:
16 -6 -1: WASTEWATER CHARGES
(a) (1) [The City of Pueblo operates two independent
sewer collection and wastewater treatment systems,
one of which services the City, certain sanitation
districts and extraterritorial users (the main
system). The other system located at Pueblo
Memorial Airport serves the airport and contiguous
commercial and industrial land. It is the
expressed intention of the City Council that all of
the provisions of Chapters 6, 7, 8 and 9 of this
Title apply to both such systems and the users of
each except such provisions as are made inappli-
cable to the Pueblo Memorial Airport System by this
subparagraph. The costs of operation and mainte-
nance and capital costs are substantially different
for each system. The rates for wastewater charges
and excessive strength surcharges set forth in this
Title were established on the basis of the cost of
service and capital costs of the City's main system
and not that of the Pueblo Memorial Airport and are
therefore inappropriate for users of the Pueblo
Memorial Airport System. The wastewater charges,
excessive strength surcharges and restrictions on
the use of sewer user charges set forth in this
Title are hereby made inapplicable to the Pueblo
Memorial Airport System. The wastewater charges
and excessive strength surcharge rates in effect
for users of the Pueblo Memorial Airport System on
the effective date of this Ordinance shall continue
in effect until and unless amended, revised or
modified by resolution or ordinance of the City
Council.]
The City of P ueblo opera two sanitary sewer
collection systems, one of which services the City,
certain sanitation districts and extraterritorial
users (hereinafter r ef e rred to a mai
system "). The other system which connects the
Pueblo Memorial Airport and Air port_ Industrial
Park to the main system, serves the airport and
contiguous commercial and industrial land (herein-
after referred to as the "Airport Collection
System "). Both sanitary sewe collec systems
discharge to the City's main wastewater treatment
plant and are hereby included as the City of Pueblo
sewer collection and wastewater treatment system.
It is the expressed intention of t he City Counc
that all of the provisions of Chapters 6, 7, 8 and
9 of this Title apply to b oth su col
systems and the users of each, except such
provisions as are herein made _ spec
applicable only to the Airport Collection System
users. The rates for wastewate ch arges and
excessive strength surcharges set forth in this
Title are based on cost of _se and capital
costs uniformly allocated to both the main system
and the Airport Collection System.
(2) [Except as limited in subparagraph (1) of this
paragraph, all] All property connected to the City
of Pueblo sewer collection and wastewater treatment
system and all users of such facilities, whether
connected or not, shall be charged wastewater
charges and other fees as set forth in this chapter
and Chapter 7 of this Title and shall be subject to
all requirements of these chapters. All industrial
users of such system or systems shall also be sub-
ject to the industrial cost recovery and pretreat-
ment requirements as set forth in Chapters 8 and 9
of this Title or as same may be amended.
(b) Wastewater charges shall be assessed on the basis
of the following classification of all users:
(1) Non industrial customers,
(2) Industrial Customers,
(3) Blende Sanitation District, and
(4) Septic dischargers, septic haulers, sludge
pumpers and all others who discharge liquid or
semi - liquid waste into the system.
(c) Whenever the term "Pueblo Board of Water Works" or
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"Board of Water Works" is used in this chapter or
in Chapters 7, 8 and 9 of this Title, it shall mean
the Board of Water Works of Pueblo.
(d) The terms "Industrial Customer" or "Industrial
User" in this Chapter shall include those classifi-
cations of users identified in Section 16- 7 -2(c) of
Chapter 7 of this Title, as well as any other non
residential users that discharge, or contribute to
the system, wastewater containing greater than 225
mg /l of five day biochemical oxygen demand or
containing greater than 200 mg /l of suspended
solids.
(e) When the requirements or provisions of Chapters 6,
7, 8 and 9 of this Title are at variance with or
confict with the requirements or provisions of any
other ordinance, code, resolution, rule or
regulations of the City, including building codes,
the requirements and provisions of Chapters 6, 7, 8
and 9 of this Title shall apply and, to the extent
of such variance or conflict, the requirements and
provisions of Chapters 6, 7, 8 and 9 of this Title
shall supersede all conflicting provisions and
requirements of all other ordinances, codes,
resolutions, rules and regulations of the City.
SECTION 2.
Section 16 -6 -2 of Chapter 6, Title XVI of the 1971 Code of
Ordinances, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:
16 -6 -2: RATES AND CHARGES
(a) Non industrial users.
The wastewater charge for non industrial users shall be
the total of the monthly service charge and monthly sewer
volume charge, computed as follows:
(1) The monthly service charge portion of the waste-
water charge shall be assessed and charged based upon
the water meter size of the water line or lines
servicing the property in accordance with the following
table:
Meter Line Size
in In
Monthly Service Charges
in U.S. Do
5/8
3/4
1
1 1/4
3.65
3.65
3.90
4.00
Ma
1 1/2
4.20
2
4.80
3
6.00
4
10.80
6
18.00
8
25.20
(2) The monthly sewer volume charge portion of the
wastewater charge for each property with metered water
service furnished and provided by the Board of Water
Works shall be one dollar fifteen cents ($1.15) for each
1,000 gallons of water furnished and supplied to the
property. The sewer volume charge shall be based upon
the monthly water meter measurements and readings (or
estimates thereof) of the Board of Water Works and shall
be computed and billed as follows:
(i) For the months of January and February 1988,
and for the months of January and February of each
year thereafter, the monthly sewer volume charge
shall be one dollar and fifteen cents ($1.15) for
each 1,000 gallons of water charges and billed to
the property by the Board of Water Works during its
January and February monthly billing periods. The
term monthly billing period, as used herein,
commences when a water meter is read in the prior
month and ends when the water meter is read in the
subsequent month of billing.
(ii) The monthly sewer volume charge for each
month from and including March 1988 through and
including December 1988, and for the months of
March through December each year thereafter, shall
be the average of the monthly sewer volume charges
made for the immediately preceding January and
February.
(iii) If for any reason water meter readings are
not made or are delayed, the sewer volume charge
shall be computed upon an estimate of water
services and the actual charge therefor shall be
made and apportioned upon the actual meter
measurement and readings made thereafter.
(iv) In the event a property is connected to the
Board of Water Works System after February of any
year or if for some other reason, there is not
available an average monthly sewer volume charge
based upon the January to February billing periods
or such periods in subsequent years, the monthly
sewer volume charge shall be equivalent to $5.75
per month for each residential unit served at each
property.
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(v) The sewer volume charge for each property
using water not metered by the Board of Water Works
shall be equivalent to $5.75 per month for each
residential unit served at each property or $1.15
per 1,000 gallons of water used per month based
upon the January or February monthly water used or
actual monthly water used, whichever would be most
proportionate to all classes of users, as deter-
mined by the Director of Public Works or his
designee.
(b) Industrial Users.
The wastewater charge for industrial users shall be the
total of the monthly service charge based upon the meter size
and determined in accordance with paragraph (a)(1) of this
section, and a monthly sewer volume charge of $1.15 per 1,000
gallons of discharge per month based upon either actual
measured discharge or upon water used after adjustment for
any permitted use allowance, as determined by the Director of
Public Works, plus 100% of any costs incurred by the City in
determining the amount of such discharge. Industrial users
are also subject to excessive strength surcharges as provided
in Chapter 7 of this title and all other fees and charges
required of industrial users by this title.
(c) Blende Sanitation District.
(i) For wastewater delivered to the City of
Pueblo's treatment plant from Blende Sanitation
District and derived exclusively from non
industrial customers, the volume charge shall be
$0.82 per 1,000 gallons together with such monthly
service charges as may be provided by agreement or
resolution of the City Council.
(ii) For wastewater delivered to the City of
Pueblo's treatment plant from Blende Sanitation
District and derived from industrial customers, the
volume charge shall be $0.89 per 1,000 gallons,
together with such monthly service charges as may
be provided by agreement or resolution of the City
Council, and together with excessive strength
surcharges as provided by Chapter 7 of this title.
(d) Sewer users and septic haulers depositing or dis-
charging liquid waste into the system shall be assessed
wastewater charges consisting of a combined volume
charge and excessive strength surcharge of $2.17 per 100
gallons together with a monitoring fee of $138.00 for
each billing period.
e) Airport Collection System.
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(i) The wastewater charges for all users connected
to the Airport Collection System shall be as pro-
vided in subsections (a) and (b) of thi section
16 -6 -2, subject to the provisions of this subsec-
tion (e).
(ii) With respect only to those users connected to
the Airport Collection System prior to July 1,
1992, wastewater charges shall be pha in as
provided in the following table:
Actual User Charge as Percentage
of Charges Determined Under
Calendar Year Subsections (a) and (b)
1992 0%
1993 25%
1994 50%
1995 75%
1996 and thereafter 100%
(iii) All users first connected to the Airport
_Collection System on or after July 1, 1992 shall
immediately upon connection to the system ' pay and
be responsible for the full amount of _wa stewater
charges determined as provided by subsections (a)
and (b) of this section 16 -6 -2.
(iv) The wastewater charges set forth herein for
users connected to the Airport Collecti System
shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any
and all other charges or fees associated with or
assessed to property owners or occupants of
facilities located at the Pueblo Memorial Airport
or the Airport Industrial Park.
SECTION 3
This Ordinance may be enforced as provided in sections
16 -6 -11, 16 -7 -19, 16 -7 -20, 16 -7 -21, 16 -7 -26, 16 -9 -13, 16 -9 -14 and
16 -9 -15 of Title XVI of the 1971 Code of Ordinances, as amended,
the remedies therein stated being cumulative, the exercise of
any one or more not constituting any bar or limitation to the
exercise of any other. Any person found guilty of a violation of
this Ordinance shall be punished as provided in Section 1 -2 -1 of
the 1971 Code of Ordinances, as amended.
( V O M T n M A
This Ordinance shall become effective July 1, 1992 and the
user charges for wastewater service for users connected to the
Airport Collection System as provided herein shall be applicable
to all billings rendered on or after August 1, 1992 for wastewater
service provided on or after July 1, 1992.
INTRODUCED: May 11 , 1992
By JOYCE LAWRENCE
Councilperson
ATTEST: APPROVED:
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Ci Clerk Presi ent of the City Council
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