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ORDINANCE NO. 8153
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 7553, FIXING JUST AND
EQUITABLE RATES AND CHARGES, FOR THE USE OF AND SERVICE
RENDERED BY THE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE SANITARY SEVER SYSTEM
OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, REPEALING ALL ORDIN-
ANCES IN CONFLICT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARK-
ANSAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1 of Ordinance No. 7553 passed March 15,
1948 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"For the purpose as provided in Section 2, there is hereby
levied and assessed upon each landowner whose buildings or premises
are connected 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 Sewerage System, a sewerage service charge or rental pay-
able as hereinafter provided, and in an amount determinable as
follows:
"(a) For any landowner whose building or premises are connect-
ed with and use the Municipal Sanitary Sewerage System or otherwise
discharges sanitary sewage, industrial wastes, water or other liquids,
either directly or indirectly into the Municipal Sanitary Sewerage
System, said monthly charge or rental shall be based upon the aver-
age of the quantity of water used during the calendar year, 1949,
thereon, 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 RockMunicipal Water Works represented by meter
readings made during the calendar year 19490 excluding the months
of June, July, August and September; provided, however that the
minimum monthly sewer charge for any user will be 20 cents per month,
and the maximum charge will be $100.00 per month.
K(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 or in-
directly, 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
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than the Water Department of said City; then, the Sanitary Board
shall estimate the amount of water used during the calendar year
1949 from all sources other than the Water Department of said City.,
and shall compute the water bill that would have been aid thereo
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had the water been supplied by the Water Department of said Cit
and the user shall a g y'
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P char a as set out in sub - section (a) of
Smotion.I of this Ordinance just as if the water so used had actually
been supplied by the Water
r Department of said City.
"(c) Any mwner of any building or premises, discharging; sanitary
sewage, industrial waste, water or other liquids into the Municipal
Sanitary Sewerage System either directly or indirectly,
mixes water is so utilized in manufacturing, in which pre -
turing industrial or other pro-
cesses, that some of it after use is not discharged into the M
pal Sanitar unici-
y 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 sewerage system, deducted from the aggregate
of water consumption on which the sewer rental charge is deter
determined.
In the event of'such application by the owner of such re ned.
P wises, the
Sanitary Board may permit such owner to install a separate meter o n
meters under conditions satisfactory to said Board, to measure the
water entering the premises but not discharged into the Municipal
itary Sewerage System as so determined shall not be included San
a or
water consumption to which the sewer service char in the
herein provided shall be applied.
g rental as
"(d) The Landowner of vacant, unoccupied property
using the Municipal Sanitary Sewerage System steal not actually
a service or rental as herein provided. 1 not be subject to
"(e) The sewer service charge or rental provided in the ordin-
ance
shall be payable monthly at such place as will be designated
said City by the Sanitary Board," ignated in
SECTION 2.
All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3, y�,MREASs the present rate is basea on water
Ion .mfxxz *ar for the calendar year 1947 consumpt- .
and whereas the individual
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consumption of water has changed to the point that many of our
citizens are being discriminated against because of the inequity
of the present charge, an 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 from and after its passage, approval, and publication.
PASSED: November 21, 1949
ATTEST
City Clerk
APPROVED: 4v�-�
Mayor