HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE 13-80,‘
ORDINANCE NO.13 -80
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 13.32 OF
THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE TOWN OF ESTE$
PARK,COLORADO,THE SAME PERTAINING TO
WATER RATES AND CHARGES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF ESTES
PARK,COLORADO:
Section 1.That Section 13.32.090 of the Municipal Code of the
Town of Estes Park,Colorado is amended as follows:
13.32.090 Schedule of water rates and rate proration.There
shall be no reduction in rates or charges or any rebates thereof for
use for less than a one—month period;except the rates charged consumers
making new connections to the town’s water system,which rates shall
be prorated on the basis of the number of days remaining in the one—
month billing period in which the new connection is made.
Section 2.That subsections (C),(D),and (G)of section
13.32.110 of the Municipal Code of the Town of Estes Park,Colorado,
are amended as follows:
13.32.110 Urban gravity and pumped—flow water rate.
C.Rates.Minimum charge for up to 2,500 gallons of water used
in each one-month billing period is $7.42.Additional charge for each
1,000 gallons over the first 2,500 gallons used in each one—month
billing period is $1.17.
D.Payment.Bills for water service will be rendered by the
town to each water customer on or about August 1st of 1980 for the
months of June and July of 1980 and every one-month thereafter.All
bills shall be due andpayable within fifteen days from the date of
the bill.Bills shall become delinquent thirty days from the date
of the bill.
G.Additional Pumped-flow Rates.In addition to the above rates,
all consumers within the town limits who are connected to a town—owned
and town-maintained pumped-flow water system shall be charged the
following additional sums:a minimum charge of $3.405 for each one—
month billing period plus $.07 per one thousand gallons of water
used in excess of the minimum usages provided for in subsection C of
this section.
Section 3.That subsections (C),(D),and (G)of Section 13.32.130
of the Municipal Code of the Town of Estes Park,Colorado,are amended
as follows:
13.32.130 Rural gravity and pumped—flow water rates schedule.
C.Rates.Minimum charge for up to 2,500 gallons of water used
in each one—month billing period is $12.015.Additional charge for
each 1,000 gallons over the first 2,500 gallons used in each one-month
hilling period is $1.90.
C.
D.Payment.Bills for water service will be rendered by the
town to each water customer on or about August 1st of 1980 for the
months of June and July of 1980 and every one—month thereafter.All
bills shall be due and payable within fifteen days from the date of
the bill.
G.Additional Pumped-flow Rates.In addition to the rates
provided for in subsections C and F of this section,all consumers
outside the town limits who are connected to a town—owned and
town—maintained pumped—flow water system shall be charged the
following additional sums:a minimum charge of $3.405 for each
one—month billing period plus $.07 per 1,000 gallons of water used in
excess of the minimum usages provided for in subsection C of this
section.
Section 4.The Board of Trustees of the Town of Estes Park,
Colorado,herewith finds,determines and designates that this
Ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
peace,health and safety,in order to provide for uniform water rates
and charges;and whereas,in the opinion of the Board of Trustees,
an emergency exists,this Ordinance shall take effect and be in
force immediately after its passage,adoption and signature of the
Mayor.
Aayor
I hereby certify that the above ordinance was introduced and read
at a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees on the 27th day of
May ,1980,and published in a newspaper of general circula
tion in the Town of Estes Park,Colorado,on the 30th day of May
1930,all as required by the Statutes of the State of Colorado.
(jn Clerk