9547' ORDINANCE NO. -954.7
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 7553j, AS AMENDED BY ORDI-
NANCE NO. 87852 FIXING JUST AND EQUITABLE RATES AND CHARGES,
FOR THE USE OF AND SERVICE RENDERED BY THE IMPROVEMENT FOR
THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS,
REPEALING .ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1 of Ordinance No. 7553 passed March 15, 1948,
as amended by Section 1 of Ordinance No. 8785, passed November 19, 19510
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"For the purpose as provided in Section 20 there is hereby levied
and assessed upon each landowner whose buildings or premises are con-
nected with and use the Municipal Sanitary Sewer System of said city
or otherwise discharge sewage, industrial wastes, water, or other
liquids, either directly or indirectly into the Municipal Sanitary Sew-
erage System, a sewerage service charge or rental payable as herein-
after provided, and in an amount determinable as follows:
"(a) For any landowner whose building or premises are connected
with and use the Municipal Sanitary Sewerage System or otherwise dis-
charges sanitary sewage, industrial wastes, water or other liquids,
II either directly or indirectly into the Municipal Sanitary Sewerage
lSystem, said monthly charge or rental shall be based upon the average
J of the quantity of water used during the calendar year, 1953, thereon
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or therein as the same was measured by the City water meter there in
use, and there shall be charged a rate for all users, whether domestic,
commercial, or otherwise of the Municipal Sanitary Sewerage System on
the following basis:
"A sum equal to 18 percent of the average monthly water bill charged
by the Little :hock Municipal Water Won %s represented by meter readings
made during the calendar year 1953, excluding the months of June,
July, August and September; provided, however, that the minimum month-
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ly sewer charge for any user will be 20 cents per month, and the
maximum charge will be $100.00 per month.
"(b) In the event the building or premises of any landowner, dis-
charging sanitary sewage, industrial waste, water or other liquids;
into the Municipal Sanitary Sewerage System, either directly pr indi-
rectly, is a user of water not supplied by the Water Department of
said City, and also is a user of water supplied from source other than
the Water Depw tment of said City; then, the, Sanitary Board shall esti-
mate the amount of water used during the calendar year 1953 from all
sources other than the Water Dep w tment of said City, and shall compute
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the water bill that would have been paid thereon had the water been
supplied by the Water Department of said City, and the user shall pay
a charge as set out in sub - section (a) of Section l of this Ordinance
just as if the water so used had actually been supplied by the Water
Department of said City.
"(c) Any owner of any building or premises, discharging sanitary
sewage, industrial waste, water or other liquids into the Municipal
Sanitary Sewerage System either directly or indirectly, in which prem-
ises water is so utilized in manufacturing, industrial or other pro -
cess-es, that some of it after use is not discharged into the Municipal
Sanitary Sewerage System either directly or indirectly, may apply to
the Sanitary Board to have the water entering into the premises and
not discharged to the swwerage system, deducted from the aggregate of
water consumption on which the sewer rental charge is determined. In
the event of such application by the owner of such premises, the Sani-
tary Board may permit such owner to install a separate meter or meters
under conditions satisfactory to said Board, to measure the water
entering the premises but not discharged into the Municipal Sanitary
Sewerage System as so determined shall not be included in the water
consumption to which the sewer service charge or rental as herein pro-
vided shall be applied.
"(d) The Landowner of vacant, unoccupied property not actually
using the Municipal Sanitary Sewerage System shall not be subject to
a service or rental as herein provided..
"(e) The sewer service charge or rental provided in the ordinance
shall be payable monthly at such place as will be designated in said
City by the Sanitary Board."
SECTION 2. That where sewer service is furnished for properties
located outside the city limits of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas,
the Sewer Committee is hereby authorized to fix appropriate charges
for the service rendered.
SECTION 3. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict here-
with are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4- WHEREAS, the present rate is based on water consumption
for the calendar year 1951, and whereas the individual consumption of
water has changed to the point that many of our citizens are being dis-
criminated against because of the inequity of the present charge, an
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emergency is hereby declared, and this Ordinance being necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety,
the same shall be in full force and effect fron and after its passage,
approval, and publication.
PASSED • May 24, 1954
ATTEST*
City Clerk
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APPROVED:
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