HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances - MC-94-625 - 10/19/1994 - Ch 26 water user ratesORDINANCE NO. MC-94- 625
AN ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MCHENRY, McHENRY
COUNTY, ILLINOIS, as follows:
SECTION 1. Effective January 1, 1995, Section 26-24 of the City of
McHenry Municipal Code relating to water user rates shall be amended to
read as follows:
"Sec. 26-24. User rates.
The bi-monthly rates for the use of water of the City
waterworks through a meter shall be as follows:
(1) For the first four thousand (4,000) gallons or fraction
thereof, Four Dollars and Forty Cents ($4.40).
(2) For each succeeding one thousand (1,000) gallons
thereof, One Dollar and Ten Cents ($1.10). Metered
usage shall be read by the City to the lowest even
increment of 1,000 gallons.
Provided however, that in the case of apartment, commercial
and industrial buildings having more than one rental unit, each or
some of which contain water service facilities, the bi-monthly rate
which shall be paid for City water shall be Four Dollars and Flirty
Cents ($4.40) per each rental unit in such building, or the metered
rate for the entire building, whichever is greater; in the case of
motels and hotels which do not provide apartment rentals, nursing
homes, hospitals and congregate care facilities, the bi-monthly
rate shall be the metered rate for the entire building.
All water charges shall be collected by the City Clerk. The
owner of the premises, the occupant thereof and the user of the
service shall be jointly and severally liable to pay for the
service on such permises, and the service is furnished to the
premises by the City upon condition that the owner of the premises,
occupant and user of the service are jointly and severally liable
therefor to the City of McHenry."
SECTION 2. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision
of this ordinance shall be fined not less than Twenty Five Dollars
($25.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars for each offense committed
on each day during, or on which, a violation occurs or continues.
SECTION 3. All ordinances, or parts thereof, in conflict with the
terms and provisions hereof, be and the same are hereby repealed to the
extent of such conflict.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall be published in pamphlet form by
â–ºand under the authority of the corporate authorities of the City of
McHenry, Illinois.
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after its passage, approval and publication, as probided by law.
PASSED this 19th day of October , 1994.
NAYS:
ABSENT:
NOT VOTING:
ABSTAINED: None
APPROVED this 19th day of October , 1994.
ATTEST:
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