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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING DIVISION 3 OF ARTICLE III OF CHAPTER 23 OF
THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO, ENTITLED "WATER
RATES AND CHARGES"
WHEREAS, the City Council finds it necessary to improve the
existing water transmission system; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has approved issuance of 2.7
million dollars of General Obligation Utility Bonds; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires that the cost of the debt
service for these utility improvements be paid for by the water
customers rather than out of the General Fund; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ASPEN~ COLORADO:
Section 1
That Division 3 of Article III of Chapter 23 of the Municipal
Code of the City of Aspen, Colorado, be and hereby is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 23-101. Schedule of flat rates.
The residential, multiple family and commercial flat in-city
rate shall be computed on a point basis according to the
following schedule; and for each point determined by fixture
count there shall be charged seventy-one and one-half cents
($0.715) per month, provided, however, that in no event shall
there be billed less than eleven dollars ($11.00) per month
for any flat rate service given.
Sec. 23-102. Schedule of meter rates.
(a)
Residential (single family and duplex only). For
in-city residential water users where a metering device
has been installed, is operative and readily accessible,
the rate of charge and/or monthly charge, or any
fraction thereof, shall be computed in accordance with
the following table.
Meter Size
Gallons
(Minimum)
Monthly Charge
(Minimum)
3/4 inch 5,000 $ 6.60
1 inch 10,000 11.88
1 1/2 inch 20,000 20.90
2 inch 40,000 40.48
Each additional 1,000 gallons over the minimum = $0.715
(b)
Commercial and multiple family (all other metered water
users except residential single and two family unit).
For commercial and multiple family in-city users where a
metering device has been installed, is operative and
readily accessible, the rate of charge and/or monthly
charge or any fraction thereof, shall be computed in
accordance with the following table:
Meter Size
Gallons
(Minimum)
Monthly Charge
(Minimum)
3/4 inch 5,000 $ 7.26
1 inch 10,000 13.20
1 1/2 inch 20,000 22.88
2 inch 40,000 44.00
3 inch 90,000 97.02
4 inch 150,000 158.40
6 inch 300,000 308.00
Each additional 1,000 gallons over the minimum = $0.825
Sec. 23-107. Shut-off and turn-on service charge.
A service charge of twenty dollars ($20.00) is hereby
established for each turn-on and each shut-off of water
service howsoever occurring.
Section 2
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or
portion of this ordinance is for any reason held invalid or
unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such
portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct, and independent
provisions, and such holding shall not affect the validity of the
remaining provisions.
Section 3
A public hearing on the ordinance shall be held on the
~ , 1981, in the City Council
day
of
Chambers, Aspen City Hall, Aspen, Colorado.
INTRODUCED, READ AND ORDERED published as provided by law by
the City Council of the City of Aspen, Colorado, at its regular
meeting held at the City of Aspen on ..
1981.
ATTEST:
Mayor
City Clerk
FINALLY adopted, passed and approved on the /~/
day of
ATTEST:
City Clerk
, 1981.
Mayor