ORDINANCE NO G-6105 PCC Chap. 28 Sewers

ORDINANCE NO. G-6105

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 28 OF THE PHOENIX CITY CODE BY AMENDING SECTION 28-39 PERTAINING TO SEWER SERVICE CHARGES AND SECTION 28-92 PERTAINING TO SEWER ENVIRONMENTAL RATES WITHIN AND WITHOUT THE CITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE FIRST BILL-DAY OF MARCH, 2016.

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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHOENIX as

follows:

SECTION 1. That the Phoenix City Code, Chapter 28, entitled “Sewers”, is

hereby amended as follows:

a. Section 28-39 is amended to read:

“Section 28-39. Sewer service rates and charges within and without the City.

(a) There shall be charged the following monthly service rate for customers

receiving City of Phoenix sewer service inside the limits of the City of

Phoenix:

1. Residential Users: Rate per hundred cubic feet of sewage discharged.

Sewer User Sewer Other Total Sewer USER CATEGORY Rate Rate Service Rate Single Family Residence $0.7441 $1.4713 $2.2154 $0.8359 $1.5922 $2.4281 Multi-Family Residence and Trailer $0.7441 $1.4713 $2.2154 Courts $0.8359 $1.5922 $2.4281

2. Commercial and Public Users: Rate per hundred cubic feet of sewage

discharged.

Sewer User Sewer Other Total Sewer Service USER CATEGORY Rate Rate Rate Commercial Domestic Strength Without Dining Facilities $0.6716 $1.2813 $1.9529 $0.7374 $1.4269 $2.1643 With Dining Facilities $0.8026 $1.6043 $2.4069 $0.9115 $1.7083 $2.6198 Laundries/Commercial $1.2702 $2.6576 $3.9278 $1.5137 $2.6283 $4.1420 Mortuaries $1.1767 $2.2542 $3.4309 $1.3561 $2.2804 $3.6365 Restaurants and Bakeries Without Dining Facilities $1.4525 $3.1137 $4.5662 $1.7572 $3.0255 $4.7827 With Dining Facilities $1.5289 $3.3063 $4.8352 $1.8596 $3.1933 $5.0529 Public Federal Building Without Dining Facilities $0.6599 $1.2213 $1.8812 $0.7160 $1.3752 $2.0912 With Dining Facilities $0.7595 $1.4956 $2.2551 $0.8538 $1.6137 $2.4675 All Other Public Without Dining Facilities $0.6599 $1.2213 $1.8812 $0.7160 $1.3752 $2.0912 With Dining Facilities $0.7595 $1.4956 $2.2551 $0.8538 $1.6137 $2.4675

3. Industrial Users: Rates.

Sewer User Sewer Other Total Sewer Service USER CATEGORY Rate Rate Rate Charge per Hundred Cubic Feet $0.3938 $0.6023 $0.9961 (CCF) of Sewage Discharged $0.3694 $0.8351 $1.2045

2 Ordinance G-6105 Charge per Pound of B.O.D. $0.1561 $0.3133 $0.4694 $0.1937 $0.2745 $0.4682 Charge per Pound of Suspended $0.0896 $0.2985 $0.3881 Solids $0.1339 $0.2584 $0.3923

4. Multi-City Subregional Operating Group (SROG) Agreement

Members.

Sewer User Billing Rate Member Per Thousand Gallons City of Glendale $ 1.16683 City of Mesa $ 1.06008 City of Scottsdale $ 1.10912 City of Tempe $ 0.75877

(b) In addition to user charges and other charges, all residential,

commercial and industrial users shall pay a billing and collection charge of $1.00 per

billing per month.

(c) In addition to user charges and other charges, car washes, laundries,

restaurants, bakeries, service stations and auto repair shops and other commercial and

public users with dining facilities shall pay a commercial inspection charge of $19.53 per

month.

(d) In addition to user charges SROG member cities shall pay all sample

collection and analytical costs associated with sampling activities at SROG facilities.

These costs are established every December for the upcoming year by the Water

Services Director and are determined by using the same unit cost amount used by the

City of Phoenix for sample collection and analytical activities within the City limits.

3 Ordinance G-6105 (e) In addition, all industrial users, including platers, shall pay an industrial waste pretreatment monitoring charge of $0.2918 per hundred cubic feet of sewage discharged.

(f) All customers served directly by the City and located outside the City limits shall pay at a rate of one and a half times the rate for the same classification of service inside the City. In determining the amount the Finance Director shall charge these customers the same user rates as customers inside the City and will add to this amount, as an "other charge", an amount sufficient to make the total charge payable by such customers equal to one and a half times the amount paid for the same classification in the City.

(g) There shall be a minimum monthly charge for all customers receiving

City of Phoenix sewer service in the amount of $4.50 per billing.

(h) All significant industrial users who are required to obtain a permit per

Sec. 28-45 of the City Code will be assessed an annual pretreatment monitoring fee of

$1,009.00.”

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b. Section 28-92 is amended to read:

“Section 28-92. Sewer environmental rate.

(a) In addition to other rates and charges set forth in this Chapter, there

shall be charged monthly the following sewer environmental rate for

customers receiving City of Phoenix sewer service located within the

4 Ordinance G-6105 City Of Phoenix:

Environmental Rate per Hundred Cubic Feet User Category (CCF) Residential user $ 0.5385 $0.5350 Commercial and public user $ 0.5385 $0.5350 Industrial user $ 0.5385 $0.5350

(b) All customers served directly by the City Of Phoenix and located

outside the City Of Phoenix’s limits shall be charged monthly a sewer

environmental rate in the amount of one and a half times the sewer

environmental rate for the same classification of service inside the City

of Phoenix.”

SECTION 2. The amendments to Chapter 28 of the Phoenix City Code as

set forth in this ordinance shall be effective and enforceable on the first bill-day of

March, 2016.

PASSED by the Council of the City of Phoenix this 6th day of January,

Greg Stanton M A Y O R

ATTEST:

Cris Meyer City Clerk

5 Ordinance G-6105 APPROVED AS TO FORM:

Daniel L. Brown Acting City Attorney

REVIEWED BY:

Ed Zuercher City Manager

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