File #: ORD. 2020-066    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Stricken
File created: 3/9/2020 In control: City Council
On agenda: 4/20/2020 Final action: 4/20/2020
Title: To amend and reordain certain fees set forth in Appendix A of the City Code for sections 28-650 (concerning fees for residential wastewater service), 28-651 (concerning fees for commercial wastewater service), 28-652 (concerning fees for industrial wastewater service), 28-653 (concerning fees for state and federal wastewater service), and 28-654 (concerning fees for municipal wastewater service) of the City Code, effective as of the date of rendering bills for Cycle I in July, 2020, to establish revised charges for such services.
Patrons: Mayor Stoney
Attachments: 1. Ord. No. 2020-066 - Stricken 20200420
Related files: ORD. 2020-049

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To amend and reordain certain fees set forth in Appendix A of the City Code for sections 28-650 (concerning fees for residential wastewater service), 28-651 (concerning fees for commercial wastewater service), 28-652 (concerning fees for industrial wastewater service), 28-653 (concerning fees for state and federal wastewater service), and 28-654 (concerning fees for municipal wastewater service) of the City Code, effective as of the date of rendering bills for Cycle I in July, 2020, to establish revised charges for such services.

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THE CITY OF RICHMOND HEREBY ORDAINS:

 

§ 1.                     That the fees set forth in Appendix A of the Code of the City of Richmond (2015) for sections 28-650(c), 28-650(d), 28-650(e)(1), 28-651(c), 28-651(d), 28-651(e)(2), 28-652(c), 28-652(d), 28-652(e)(2), 28-653(c), 28-653(d), 28-653(e)(2), 28-654(c), 28-654(d), and 28-654(e)(2) of the Code of the City of Richmond (2015) be and are hereby amended and reordained as follows:

Code Section

Description                                                                                                                                                                  

Fee

 28-650 (c) 

Monthly service charges for wastewater service:

 

 

(1)

Monthly service charges based on the size of each water meter located on the users’ premises, excluding fire line, product water and wastewater meters:

 

 

 

Meter size (inches):

 

 

 

 5/8

 [$18.21] $18.76

 

 

 3/4

[$25.98] $26.76

 

 

1

[$41.53] $42.78

 

 

1 1/2

[$80.41] $82.82

 

 

2

[$127.05] $130.86

 

 

3

[$251.44] $258.98

 

 

4

[$391.38] $403.12

 

 

6

[$780.10] $803.50

 

 

8

[$1,246.56] $1,283.96

 

 

10

 [$1,790.77] $1,844.49

 

(2)

Service charges for customers who receive fire line service and general water service through the same meter, based on the size of each such water meter located on the users’ premises, excluding product water and wastewater meters:

 

 

 

Domestic and fire line meter size (inches):

 

 

 

10

[$780.10] $803.50

 

 

8

[$391.38] $403.12

 

 

6

[$251.44] $258.98

 

 

4

[$127.05] $130.86

 

 

3

[$127.05] $130.86

28-650(d)

Monthly volume charges for the quantity of water which passes through the meters for residential water service:

 

 

(1)

December through February, per 100 cubic feet (ccf) of water delivered as recorded on the customer’s water meter

[$7.295] $7.514

 

(2)

March through November, per 100 cubic feet (ccf) of water delivered as recorded on a customer’s water meter [on a customer’s water meter] in such months or the average monthly use as billed to the customer during the preceding months of December through February, whichever is lower

[$7.295] $7.514

28-650(e)(1)

Flat service charge for residential wastewater service whenever any user obtains all or part of the user’s water supply from sources other than the City’s water distribution system, per month

[$65.60] $67.57

28-651(c)

Monthly service charges for wastewater service:

 

 

(1)

Monthly service charges based on the size of each water meter located on the users’ premises, excluding fire line, product water and wastewater meters:

 

 

 

Meter size (inches):

 

 

 

 5/8

   [$18.21] $18.76

 

 

 3/4

[$25.98] $26.76

 

 

1

[$41.53] $42.78

 

 

1 1/2

[$80.41] $82.82

 

 

2

[$127.05] $130.86

 

 

3

[$251.44] $258.98

 

 

4

[$391.38] $403.12

 

 

6

[$780.10] $803.50

 

 

8

[$1,246.56] $1,283.96

 

 

10

[$1,790.77] $1,844.49

 

(2)

Service charges for customers who receive fire line service and general water service through the same meter, based on the size of each such water meter located on the users’ premises, excluding product water and wastewater meters:

 

 

 

Domestic and fire line meter size (inches):

 

 

 

10

[$780.10] $803.50

 

 

8

[$391.38] $403.12

 

 

6

[$251.44] $258.98

 

 

4

[$127.05] $130.86

 

 

3

[$127.05] $130.86

28-651(d)

Volume charges for nonresidential wastewater service, for commercial class, per 100 cubic feet of water delivered as recorded on water meters or wastewater meters

[$7.295] $7.514

28-651(e)(2)

Monthly strong wastewater charge, in addition to the other charges in Section 106-587, which shall apply for the treatment of strong wastewater discharged into the City’s wastewater system:

 

 

a.

Suspended solids in excess of 275 milligrams per liter when the concentrations of suspended solids exceed 275 milligrams per liter, per pound

[$0.2247] $0.2314