HomeMy WebLinkAbout06903ORDINANCE NO. 6903
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTERS 6 AND 7 OF TITLE XVI OF THE PUEBLO
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO SEWER USER CHARGES AND EXCESSIVE STRENGTH
SURCHARGES AND PROVIDING REMEDIES AND PENAL -TIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that: (Brackets indicate matter
being deleted; underscoring indicates new matter being added.)
SECTION 1
Section 16 -6 -2 of Chapter 6, Title XVI of the Pueblo Municipal Code, as amended, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 16 -6 -2. Rates and charges.
(a) Nonindustrial users. The wastewater charge for nonindustrial users shall be
the [total] sum of the monthly service charge and monthly sewer volume charge, computed
as follows:
(1) Commencing on January 1 2003 and for each month in each year
thereafter for and in accordance with the calendar years indicated in the following
table the monthly service charge portion of the wastewater 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 [Monthly Service Charges
in Inches in U.S. Dollars
5/8
$3.74
3/4
3.74
1
3.95
1 -1/2
4.20
2
4.80
3
6.00
4
10.80
6
18.00
8]
25.20]
TABLE 16- 6- 2(a)(1)
Year: 2003
2004
2005
2006
�Q7
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012 and
subseauent
years
Meter
Line Size
In Inches
Monthly Service Charae (in U.S. Dollars)
5/8
3.88
4.03
4.18
4.35
4.52
4.71
4.90
5.11
5.32
5.55
3/4
3.88
4.03
4.18
4.35
4.52
4.71
4.90
5.11
5.32
5.5
1
4.07
4.20
4.34
. 4.49
4.64
4.80
4.98
5.16
5.35
5.55
1 -1/2
4.30
4.41
4.53
4.65
4.78
4.92
5.07
6.22
5.38
5.55
2
4.86
49 ,2
4.98
5.05
5.12
5.20
5.28
5.37
5.46
5.55
3
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
4
10.80
10_80
10_80
10.80
10_80
10.80
10.80
10.80
10.80
10_80
6
18.00
18.00
18.00
18_00
18_00
18_00
18.00
18.00
18.00
18_00
$
25_20
2520
25_20
25.20
25.20
25.20
25_20
25_20
25_20
25_20
(2) Commencing on January 1, 2003, and for each month in each year
thereafter. for and in accordance with the cale years indicated in the following
table. MIhe 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 and fifteen cents ($1.15)] the amount shown in the
following_table for each one thousand (1,000) gallons of water furnished and
supplied to the property[.]_
TABLE 16- 6- 2(a)(2)
2012 and
subsequent
Year: 2003 2004 2005 2M 2007 2008 2009 2010 �� years
Monthly Sewer Volume Charge (in U.S. Dollars)
Non -
Industrial
Use (De
100
allons 1.23 1.31 139 1.48 1.57 1.67 1.78 1.89 2.01 2.13
(3) The monthly 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:
a. For the months of January and February [1988] 2003 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)] the
amount specified in Table 16- 6- 2(aa)(2) for the applicable year for each one
thousand (1,000) gallons of water charged and billed to the property by the
Board of Water Works during its January and February monthly billing
periods for said year 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.
b. The monthly sewer volume charge for each month from and
including March [1988] 2003 through and including December [1988] 2003
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.
C. 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.
d. 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]
Prior years the monthly sewer volume charge shall be [equivalent to five
dollars and seventy-five cents ($5.75)] an amount equal to the applicable
calendar year monthly rate specified in Table 16- 6- 2(a)(2) per one thousand
(1.000) gallons of water used multiplied by five (5) per month for each
residential unit served at each property.
e. The sewer volume charge for each property using water not
metered by the Board of Water Works shall be [equivalent to five dollars and
seventy -five cents ($5.75)] an amount equal to the applicable calendar year
monthly rate specified in Table 16- 6- 2(a)(2) per one thousand (1,000)
gallons of water used multiplied by five (5) per month for each residential unit
served at each property or [one dollar and fifteen cents ($1.15)] the
applicable calendar year monthly rate specified in Table 16- 6- 2(a)(2) per one
thousand (1,000) gallons of water used per month based upon the January
or February monthly estimated water used or actual monthly water used,
whichever would be most proportionate to all classes of users, as
determined by the Director of Public Works.
(b) Industrial users.
W The wastewater charge for industrial users shall be the [total] sum 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 Commencing on January 1. 2003 and for each month in each year
thereafter, for and in accordance with the calendar years indicated in the following
table, the monthly sewer volume charge for industrial users shall be the amount
shown in the following table for each [of one dollar and fifteen cents ($1.15) per] one
thousand (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 one hundred percent
(100 %) of any costs incurred by the City in determining the amount of such
discharge.
TABLE 16- 6- 2(b)(1)
2012 and
Year: subsequent
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 1 2011 years
Monthly Sewer Volume Charae (in U.S. Dollars)
Industrial
se er
1000
allons 1.23 1.31 1.39 1.48 1.57 1.67 1.78 1.89 2.01 2.13
(2) 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.
(1) Commencing on January 1. 2003 and as adjusted on January 1 of
each year thereafter, [F]for wastewater delivered to the City's treatment plant from
Blende Sanitation District and derived exclusively from nonindustrial customers, the
monthly sewer volume charge shall be [eighty-five cents ($0.85)] the specified
monthly non - industrial use rate for the applicable calendar year as set forth in Table
16- 6 -2(c) below per one thousand (1,000) gallons, together with such monthly
service charges as may be provided by agreement or resolution of the City Council.
(2) Commencing on January 1, 2003 and as adjusted on January 1 of
each year thereafter, [F]for wastewater delivered to the City's treatment plant from
Blende Sanitation District and derived from industrial customers, the volume charge
shall be [eighty -nine cents ($0.89)] the specified monthly industrial use rate for the
applicable calendar year as set forth in Table 16- 6 -2(c) below per one thousand
(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.
TABLE 16- 6 -2(c)
(d) Sewer users and septic haulers depositing or discharging liquid waste into
the system shall be assessed wastewater charges consisting of the sum of the following
components:
u a monthly service charge at the specified monthly rate for the
applicable calendar year as set forth in Table 16- 6- 2(d)(1) below: and
2012 and
Year:
subsequent
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
years
Monthly Sewer Volume Charge (in U.S. Dollars)
Blende
Sanitation
District
Non -
Industrial
Use (Pe
1000
allons
0.91
0.97
1.03
1.10
117
1.24
1.32
1.40
1.49
1.58
Blende
Sanitation
District
Industrial
Use (Pe
1 . 000
allons
0.94
1.00
1.06
L.
1.19
1.26
1.33
1.41
1.49
1.58
(d) Sewer users and septic haulers depositing or discharging liquid waste into
the system shall be assessed wastewater charges consisting of the sum of the following
components:
u a monthly service charge at the specified monthly rate for the
applicable calendar year as set forth in Table 16- 6- 2(d)(1) below: and
TABLE 16- 6- 2(d)(1)
Year:
2012 and
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 subsequent years
Monthly Sewer Volume Charae (in U.S. Dollars)
1.88 4.03 4.18 4.35 4.52 4.71 4.90 5.11 5.32 5.55
u a combined monthly sewer volume charge and excessive strength
surcharge [of two dollars and seventeen cents ($2.17)] at the specified monthly rate
for the applicable calendar year as set forth in Table 16- 6- 2(d)(2) below per one
hundred (100) gallons of liquid waste deposited or discharged into the system; and
TABLE 16- 6- 2(d)(2)
Year: 2012 and
subseauent
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 years
Combined Monthly Sewer Volume Charae and Excess Strenath Surcharge (in U.S. Dollars)
Septic
Hauler
(p er 100
g allonsl 2.24 2.31 2.38 2.46 2.54 2.63 2.72 2.82 2.92 3.03
() [together with] a monthly monitoring fee of one hundred thirty -eight
dollars ($138.00) [for each billing period] ;i)rovided, however, that commencing on
January 1, 2003, and as adiust on January 1 of each year thereafter, the amount
of the monitoring fee shall be the amount shown in the row for "MC" in Table 16-7 -
2(b) of Chapter 7 of this Title for the applicable calendar year
(e) Airport Collection System.
(1) The wastewater charges for all users connected to the Airport
Collection System shall be as provided in Subsections (a) and (b) of this Section,
subject to the provisions of this Subsection (e).(2) (Reserved)
(3) (Reserved)
(4) The wastewater charges set forth herein for users connected to the
Airport Collection 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 2
Section 16 -7 -2 of Chapter 7 of Title XVI of the Pueblo Municipal Code, as amended, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 16 -7 -2. Surcharge classification and rates.
(a) Users subject to the excessive strength surcharge shall be assessed the
surcharge based upon the following formula:
[S = Vs x 8.34 [$0.1554 x (BOD -225) + $0.1260 x (SS -200)] + MC]
S = Vs x 8.34 f$BOD x (BOD -225) + $SS x (SS -200)1 + MC
(b) The following definitions or meanings apply to the formula in paragraph (a)
above:
(1) "S" means the monthly excessive strength surcharge expressed in
U.S. dollars.
(2) Ws" means the monthly sewage volume expressed in millions of
gallons.
water.
(3) "8.34" is a constant representing the weight in pounds per gallon of
(4) [ "$0.1554 "] "$BOD" is the charge for BOD expressed in U.S. dollars
per pound determined in accordance with specified rate for the applicable calendar
vear as set forth in Table 16- 7 -2(b) below.
(5) "BOD" means the five -day biochemical oxygen demand strength
index of the user's discharge to the system in milligrams per liter by
weight as determined by the Director of Public Works.
(6) "225" is a constant representing the maximum allowed BOD strength
in mg /I before an excessive strength surcharge for BOD will be assessed.
(7) [ "$0.1260 "] "$ is the charge for total suspended solids expressed
in U.S. dollars per pound determined in accordance with the specified rate for the
applicable calendar year as set forth in Table 16- 7 -2(b) below.
(8) "SS" means the total suspended solids strength index in milligrams
per liter by weight as determined by the Director of Public Works.
(9) "200" is a constant representing the maximum allowed suspended
solids strength in mg /I before an excessive strength surcharge for SS will be
assessed.
(10) "MC" [shall be $138.00 which represents] means monitoring charge
and is the average monthly user charge portion of costs associated with monitoring
of excessive strength discharges to the system determined in accordance with the
specified rate for the applicable calendar year as set forth in Table 16- 7 -2(b) below.
TABLE 16- 7 -2(b)
Lc) All users subject to excessive strength surcharges shall have samples of
their discharge collected and a test report prepared in a manner approved by the Director of
Public Works at least twice annually or more frequently if so directed by the Director of
Public Works. By way of illustration, and not by way of limitation, the following classes of
industrial and commercial enterprises may be subject to excessive strength surcharges:
malt producers, macaroni and spaghetti producers, fabricated plate works, manufacturing
industries, linen suppliers, fruit and vegetable canning, ink manufacturing, printers, sugar
processing, commercial or industrial laundries, hotels, restaurants, tallow rendering,
corrugated box producers, steel manufacturing, meat packing, bakeries, dairy products
processing, drum cleaning, pharmaceutical manufacturers, miscellaneous food
manufacturers, grain mills, leather tanning, inorganic chemical manufacturers, animal fats
and oil processing, and slaughterhouses.
SECTION 3
This Ordinance may be enforced as provided in Sections 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 Pueblo Municipal Code, as amended, the
remedies therein stated being cumulative, with the exercise of any one or more not constituting any
bar or limitation to the exercise of the other. Any person found guilty of a violation of this
Ordinance shall be punished as provided in Section 1 -2 -1 of the Pueblo Municipal Code, as
amended.
SECTION 4
This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after final passage and approval;
provided, however, that the changes made in this Ordinance to sewer user rates and charges in
effect on the date of final passage shall take effect on the date or dates so specified, and if not so
specified, shall become effective on December 31, 2002 at 11:59 p.m.
2012 and
subsequent
years
Year: 2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
$BOD (Dollars
per pound for
excess BOD)
0.164
0.173
0.183
0.194
0.205
0.216
0.228
0.241
0.255
0.269
$SS (Dollars
per pound for
excess TSS
0.128
0.130
0.132
0.134
0.136
0.139
0.141
0.144
0.147
0.150
MC (Dollars
per month)
145.00
153.00
161.00
170.00
179.00
188.00
198.00
209.00
220.00
232.00
Lc) All users subject to excessive strength surcharges shall have samples of
their discharge collected and a test report prepared in a manner approved by the Director of
Public Works at least twice annually or more frequently if so directed by the Director of
Public Works. By way of illustration, and not by way of limitation, the following classes of
industrial and commercial enterprises may be subject to excessive strength surcharges:
malt producers, macaroni and spaghetti producers, fabricated plate works, manufacturing
industries, linen suppliers, fruit and vegetable canning, ink manufacturing, printers, sugar
processing, commercial or industrial laundries, hotels, restaurants, tallow rendering,
corrugated box producers, steel manufacturing, meat packing, bakeries, dairy products
processing, drum cleaning, pharmaceutical manufacturers, miscellaneous food
manufacturers, grain mills, leather tanning, inorganic chemical manufacturers, animal fats
and oil processing, and slaughterhouses.
SECTION 3
This Ordinance may be enforced as provided in Sections 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 Pueblo Municipal Code, as amended, the
remedies therein stated being cumulative, with the exercise of any one or more not constituting any
bar or limitation to the exercise of the other. Any person found guilty of a violation of this
Ordinance shall be punished as provided in Section 1 -2 -1 of the Pueblo Municipal Code, as
amended.
SECTION 4
This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after final passage and approval;
provided, however, that the changes made in this Ordinance to sewer user rates and charges in
effect on the date of final passage shall take effect on the date or dates so specified, and if not so
specified, shall become effective on December 31, 2002 at 11:59 p.m.
INTRODUCED October 28, 2002
L-l'1
Councilperson
APPROVED:
resident of City Council
ATTEST:
City C
PASSED AND APPROVED: November 11. 2002