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HomeMy WebLinkAbout6441V :. . W* ORDINANCE NO 6441 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE N0. NO. 5978; FIXING JUST AND EQUITABLE FOR THE USE OF AND SERVICE RENDERED TO THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM OF THE ROCS, ARKANSAS, REPZALING ALL ORDIR FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 5451 AND ORDINANCE RATES AND CHARGES, BY THE IMPROVEMENTS CITY OF LITTLE kNCES IN CONFLICT, AND BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.. SECTION 1. Section 1 of Ordinance No 5978 which amended Section 3 Ordia 5451 is hereby mended to read as follows: "For the purposes 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 payable as hereinafter provided, and in an amount determinable as follows: a (a) For any landowner whose buildings or premises are con- nected with and use the Municipal Sanitary Sewerage System or otherwise discharge sanitary sewage, industrial wastes, water or other liquids, j either directly or indirectly into the Municipal Sanitary Sewerage System, said charge or rental shall be based upon the average of the quantity of water used during the calendar year, 1941s, 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% of 1/12 of the total water bill charged by the Little Rock Municipal Water Works for the calendar year, 1941, provided, however, that the minimum sewer charge for any user, whether _ estic� -comneraial or otherwise, will be 20� per month and the maximum sewer charge will be $100 per month. " (b) In the event that the building or premises.of any.land- owner discharging sanitary sewage, industrial waste, water pother liquids into the Municipal Sanitary Sewerage System, either directly or indirectly, is a user of water not supplied by the Water Department of said city, and also is a user of water supplied from some source other than the Water Department of said City; then the Sanitary Board g IL Page 2 - shall estimate the amount of water used during the calendar year 1941 from all sources other than the Water Department of said city, and shall compute the water bill thattwould 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 1 of Ordi- nance No. 5978 as amended by this ordinance just as if the water so used had actually been supplied by the Water Department of said city, dh rge� shall be in addition 3to the charge based on the water supplied by the Water Department of said city. "(c) Any owner of any building or premises, discharging sani- tary sewage, industrial waste, water or other liquids into the Munic- ipal Sanitary Sewerage System either directly or indirectly, in which premises water is so utilized in manufacturing, industrial or other processes, 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 the premises and not discharged to the sewerage system, deducted from the aggregate of water consumption on which the sewer rental charge is determined. t In the event of such application by the owner of such premises, the Sanitary 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 to the sewer system and the amount of water not discharged into the Municipal Sanitary Sewer - age System as so determined shall not be included in the water con - sumption to which the sewer service charge or rental as herein provided 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 oharge or rental as-herein provided. f"(e) The sewer service charge or tental provided in the ordinances shall be payable monthly at such place as will be designated in said city by the Sanitary Board." SECTION '2, For any landowner from whose building or premises connection is made with the Municipal Sanitary Sewerage System and which I begins to discharge sewage, any industrial waste, water or other liquids into the Municipal Sanitary Sewerage System either directly Page 3- or indirectly, after the ordinance becomes effective, a charge shall be made pursuant to this ordinance, said charge to be made as of the date when the discharge into the sewerage system begins. Said charge shall be estimated by the Sanitary Board and made on a monthly basis, until the following year, when the charge shall be fixed by said Bo %rd, based upon the average consumption of water for said previous year, - at the rate as hereinabove provided, and.the estimated rate thereto- fore charged shall be adjusted accordingly by.said,board* and if the 'fiia ed "charge was lowexr than' ' fix ®d c i : 'a i the period said charge was estimated, shall be paid by.the landowner after such adjustment is made. If the estimated rate was too high, credit shall be given such landowner for all excess amounts so paid be credited such difference on future monthly charges* c SECTION 3. To prevent inequalities in the charge in future years due to increased or decreased use of water, a sanitary board may from _ time to time readjust such charge by ascertaining the average monthly consumption of each and every landowner during any previous year by dividing the annual consumption by 12 and readjusting the charge to each landowner in accordance with.such average monthly consumption for such period at the rate as set out herein. SECTION 4. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. SECTION 5. Whereas, the Water Company had reduced its rate and such reduction had caused the Revenue of the Sewer Department to de- cline to a point where the safety and security of the sewer project is endangered, an.Aemergeney is hereby declared and this ordinance being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace and safety, the same shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication. PASSED: APP OVED: June 1 142 mayor ATTEST: City Clerk.