HomeMy WebLinkAbout5978ORDINANCE. NO. ;978
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 5451, FIXING JUST AND EQUI-
TABLE RATES AND CHARGES FOR THE USE OF AND SERVICE RENDERED BY
THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF,
LITTLE ROCK, COUNTY�OF PULASKI, STATE OF ARKANSAS, REPEALING
ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:.
Section 1. Section 3 of Ordinance No. 5451 is hereby
amended 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
sewerage 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 sew-
erage service charge or rental payable as hereinafter provided,
and in amount determinable as follows:
(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, either directly or indirectly, into the Muni-
cipal sanitary sewerage system, said charge or rental shall be
based upon the average of the quantity of water used during the
calendar year 1939, thereon or therein as the same was measured
by the City water met6r there in use, and there shall be
charged a rate for all users, whether domestic, commerdial or
otherwise of the Municipal sanitary sewerage system on the fol-
lowing basis
A sum equal to 15% of 112 of the total water bill
charged by the Little Rock Municipal Water Works for
the calendar year 19391 provided, however, that the
minimum sewer charge for any one user, whether domes-
tic, commercial or otherwise, will be 20� per month
and the maximum sewer charge will be $100.00 per
month.
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(b) In the event that the building or premises of any
landowner discharging sanitary sewage, industrial waste, water
or other 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, or is a user of water,
supplied by the Water Department of said City and also is a user
of water supplied from some source other than the Water Depart-
ment of said City; then the sanitary board shall estimate the
amount of water used during the calendar year 1939 from all
sources other than the water department of said City, and shall com-
pute 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 sewer charge as set out in sub - section (a) of Section
3 of Ordinance 6451 as amended by this ordinance just as if the water
so used had actually been supplied by the water department of said
City. This charge shall be in addition to the charge based on the
water supplied by the water department of said City.
(c) Any owner of any building or premises, discharging san-
itary sewage, industrial waste, water or other liquids into the
Municipal 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. In the event of such application
by an owner of such premises, the Sanitary Board may permit such
owner to install a separate meter or meters under conditions sat-
isfactory 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 sewerage system as so de-
termined shall no.t be included in the water consumption to which the
sewer service charge or rentals as herein provided shall be applied.
(d) The landowner of ffacant, unoccupied property not actually
using the Municipal sanitary sewerage system shall not be subject to
a service charge or rental as herein provided.
(e) The sewer service charge or rental provided in the
ordinances shall be payable monthly at such place as will be desig-
nated 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 begins to discharge sewage, any industrial waste, water or
other liquid into the Municipal sanitary sewerage system, either directl;
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 sewage 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 board,
based upon the average consumption of water for said previous year, at
the rate as hereinabove provided, and the estimated rate theretofore
charged shall be adjusted accordingly by said Board, and if the esti-
mated rate therefore charge& shall be adjusted accordingly by said
board, and if the estimated charge was lower than the fixed charge,
the difference for the period said charge was estimated, shall be
paid by the landowner at the time of paying the monthly charge after
such adjustment is made. If the estimated rate was too high, credit
shall be given such landowner for all excess amounts so paid by are-
- diting such difference on future monthly charges.
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 and thereafter, the rate or charge to
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each landowner shall be made by said board, based on such average
monthly consumption for such period at the rate as set out in para
graph #3 hereof.
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Section 4. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage and approval.
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