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INTRO DUCED AS A BILL BY COUNCILMAN SMITH
BY AUTHORITY
ORDINANCE NO. 55 , SERIES OF 1976
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 4, TITLE XV,OF THE 1969 E.M.C.,
BY RE VISING THE SCHEDULE OF RATES AND CHARGES FOR SANITARY
SEWAGE SERVICE.
WHEREAS, the City Council, having reviewed the sanitary
sewage service needs of the City and costs incident thereto,
finds a nd concludes that the rates and charges for sanitary
sewage service are in need of revision.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO, as follows:
Section 1.
That Section 9, Chapter 4, Title XV of the 1969 E.M.C.,
is hereby amended to read as follows:
15-4-9: RATES AND CHARGES FOR SEWERAGE SERVICE
(a) GENERAL: There is hereby levied and charged
on each lot, parcel of land, and premises
served by or having sewer connection with
the sanitary sewer of the City of Englewood,
or otherwise discharging sanitary sewage,
industrial wastes or other liquids either
directly or indirectly into the City sanitary
sewer system, an annual service charge .which
shall b e c omputed and payable as follows:
1. The charge for sewage treatment shall
be based on the gallonage of water
delivered to the premises during the
appropriate water meter reading period
falling between November 1st and April 30th.
This gallonage converted to an annual
equivalent and multiplied by the annual
rate per 1000 gallons provides the annual
treatment charge.
2. A charge for sewer collection system
maintenance shall be established annually
by action of the City Council where prem-
ises are served by the City collection
system. Where the City does not own and
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maintain the collection system, the
City will collect charges for maintenance
of same only when authorized by the terms
of contract between the City and the
sanitation district.
Where water usage information is not avail-
able, sewage service charges shall be com-
puted using the current rate per 1000
gallons and based on the following "normal
usage" by class as follows:
2 mo.
(a) Single Family
Dwellings 14
(b) Multi-Family
Dwelling Units 9
(c) Mobile Home Units 5
(d) Conunercial (by meter
size/capacity)
5/8" 19
3/4" 29
1" 49
1 1/2" 97
2 ti 156
3" 311
4" 487
6 ti 973
3 mo.
21
13
8
29
44
73
146
234
467
730
1460
12 mo.
83
52
32
116
176
292
584
936
1868
2920
5840
"Normal usage" by class will be checked by
tabulation and averaging at least every five
(5) years to detect and adjust for changes
in patterns of water usage.
The minimum charge per year for sewage treat-
ment service, by customer class, shall be a
percentage of flat rate charge, this amount
representing the fixed portion of Operation
and Maintenance (O & M) costs.
Outside City customers will be charged 105% of
the amount charged inside City customers for
similar service to compensate for additional
infiltration from the longer interceptor
lines. This factor has been included in the
flat rate and minimum rate tables in paragraph
8 below .
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6. Charges for service to customers inside
City limits shall be billed in quarter-
annual installments in advance. Charges
for sewer-only service outside the City
may, at the discretion of the Finance
Director, be billed annually where this
would not conflict with special provisions
of a connector's agreement. All bills are
due and payable as of the billing date and
become delinquent fifteen (15) days after
the billing date.
7. User charges shall be reviewed annually
and revised periodically to reflect actual
treatment works O & M costs.
8. The following rates will become effective
January 1, 1977.
Sewage Treatment Charge:
Collection System Charge:
.203/1000 gals.
.027/1000 gals.
.230/1000 gals. Both:
IN CITY _{g_~R. ) . OUTS IDE ('!R. )
Single Family
Dwelling 4.85 4.40 17.70 16.10
Multi-Family
Dr.rel ling 3.00 2.71) 11.30 10.30
Mobile Home/Unit 1.85 1.65 6.80 6.20
Coamiercial & Indus-
trial by Water
Meter Ca2acitI
5/8" 6.65 6.05 24.70 22.50
3/4" 10.10 9.20 37.50 34.10
l" 16.80 15.30 62.20 56.60
1 1/2" 33.60 30.55 124.40 113.20
2" 53.80 49.00 199.35 181.45
3" 107.40 97.75 397.90 362.05
4" 167.90 152.80 621.95 566.00
6" 335.80 305.60 1243.90 1131.95
Minimum charges both inside and outside the City will
be 91 % of the inside City flat rate charge for the
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Section 2.
(b) SPECIAL CASES:
1. Schools operating on a nine-month school
year shall be billed seventy-six percent
(76%) of the charges which would normally
accrue for similar usage by a re~idential
customer.
2. Tndustries, car washes and other establish-
ments where summer irrigation water is not
significant, or where seasonal business
fluctuations are more significant than
irrigation usage, shall be billed based on
a~nu~l rather than winter period water
usage.
3. Customers with delivery flow characteristics
significantly different from those of a
single family dwelling, shall pay an additional
readiness-to-serve fee based on the following
formula:
R=V (. 9lxNW) where R
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Annual delivery flow
rate characteristics
charge
Readiness-to-serve
portion of O&M costs
Customer's annual non-
working days
Number of days in cal-
endar year
Annual volume charge for
wastewater treatment
Where the procedures above are not applicable,
or when application of same would work an ob-
vious and significant injustice to the customer,
a rate shall be established by the Director
based on reasonable estimates of projected flow.
The amendment hereinabove set forth shall become effective
comme ncing January 1, 1977.
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Introduced, read in full and passed on first reading
on the 4th day of October, 1976.
Published as a Bi ll for an Ordinance on the 6th day
of October, 1976.
Read by title and passed on final reading on the 18th.
day of October, 1976.
Published by title as Ordinance No. __ ss __ ~,Series of
1976, on the 20th day of October, 1976.
ATTEST:
I. William D. James, do hereby certify that the above
and fore going is a true, accurate and complete copy of the
Ordinance , passed on final reading and published by title as
Ordinance No. 55 , Series of 1976.
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