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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 15961 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 I1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ORDINANCE No. 1596 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME AMENDING CHAPTER 15.08 ESTABLISHING WASTEWATER COLLECTION RATES AND CHARGES The CITY COUNCIL of the CITY OF BURLINGAME does hereby ordain as follows: Section 1. Notice of proposed revisions to the sewer rates and of the public hearing on the proposed rates was mailed to each property owner in the City and to tenants paying utility bills, and duly published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City. The City Council, after public hearing and due study and deliberation, has determined that the price of sewer service to customers must be increased to balance increased costs and improvements. In construction and maintenance of the City sewer system, the City general fund has contributed significant amounts of money to build, maintain, and operate the system. Section 2. Section 15.08.070 of the Burlingame Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 15.08.070 Sewer rental—Service charges. Every person whose premises in the city are served by a connection with the system of sewerage of the city, whereby the sewerage or industrial wastes, or either or both, are disposed by the city, shall pay a bimonthly sewer charge based upon the quantity of metered water per bimonthly billing period as set forth in the following rate schedule, whether such water is derived from a source other than city water supply or all or part of such water is furnished to the premises without charge. The director of public works shall determine the classification of uses not specifically listed. The finance director shall have the discretion and authority to establish a different sewer charge when circumstances such as water leaks or unseasonable or atypical water usage cause established rates to result in inequitably low or high sewer charges; any such determination shall be reviewed by the city manager upon request from the customer. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Classification (1) Single-family/duplex k Multi -family residential (3) Restaurant, caterers, supermarkets, bakeries and other commercial food processing and food -related commercial (4) Moderate strength commercial, including manufacturing, commercial or industrial laundries, hotels with restaurants and hospitals (5) Light strength commercial including office -warehouse, office buildings, cocktail lounges, auto -related, carwash, laundromats, convalescent homes and hotels without restaurants (6) Institutional (schools and churches) Amount $2.40 per thousand gallons of average water consumption for the billing periods January through Apra of the years 1996, 1997, and 1998. $2.97 per thousand gallons of water consumption for the current billing period. $8.36 per thousand gallons of water consumption for the current billing period. $6.38 per thousand gallons of water consumption for the current billing period. $4.65 per thousand gallons of water consumption for the current billing period. $.93 per thousand gallons of water consumption for the current billing period." Section 3. The schedule of rates shall be effective for all billings on and after September 1, 1998. Section 4. The City Council finds that the rates adopted by this ordinance are not discriminatory or excessive and are intended to provide sufficient revenue to operate the sewer enterpri se pursuant to the Government Code. Section 5. This ordinance shall be published as require -2- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 I, JUDITH A. MALFATTI, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 6THday of JULY 1998, and adopted thereafter at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 20 day of JULY , 1998, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: GALLIGAN, JANNEY, KNIGHT, O'MAHONY, SPINELLI NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE City Cler;k�'/ -3- C:\W P51 \FILES\Sewer\1998rates.ord.wpd