HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances - MC-97-694 - 11/12/1997 - Ch 26 Water user ratesORDINANCE NO. MC-97-694
AN ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MCHENRY, NcHENRY
COUNTY, ILLINOIS, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 26-24 of the Municipal Code, City of McHenry,
Illinois relating to the Water User Rates is hereby amended to read as
follows:
"Section 26-24. User rates.
Effective February 1, 1998, the bi-monthly rates for the use of water
of the City water -works through a meter shall be as follows. These rates
shall be reflected in the May billing each year thereafter:
Effective Effective Effective
Feb. 1, 1998 Feb.l, 1999 Feb.l, 2000*
First 4,000 gallons $5 .20 $6 .20 $7 .40
Each succeeding 1,000 $1.30/1, 000 $1.55/1, 000 $1. 85/1, 000
gallons gals . gals. gals.
+ Water user rates shall be adjusted annually effective February 1, 2001 and each
February 1 thereafter based upon the Chicago Area Consumer Price Index Annual Average
and shall be subject to Annual Review by the City Council.
Metered usage shall be read by the City to the ]Lowest even increment
of 1,000 gallons.
All water rates shall be collected by the City Clerk except as
hereinafter provided and all persons shall pay their bills for water
consumed on or before the twentieth day after bills are mailed in the
months of January, March, May, July, September and November; payment of
bills for such months shall subject the user to a penalty of ten percent
(10%) of the amount of the unpaid bill; payment of bills for such bi-
monthly periods after the forty-second day that bills are mailed shall
subject the user to another penalty of ten percent (10%) of the amount
of the unpaid bill.
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 the minimum rate assessed for 4,000
gallons per each rental unit in such building, or the metered rate for
a
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 premises, and
the service is furnished to the premises by the City upon condition that
the owner of the premises, occupant and user.
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 Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00) for each
offense committed on each day during, or on which, a violation occurs or
continues.
SECTION 4. 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 5. This ordinance shall be published in pamphlet form by and
under the authority of the corporate authorities of the City of McHenry,
Illinois.
SECTION 6. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage, approval and publication, as provided by law.
PASSED this 12 th day of November, 1997.
AYES: Bolger, Glab. McClatchey, Murgatroyd, Baird -
NAYS: Nf) n a
ABSENT: Nona_
NOT VOTING: None.
ABSTAINED: Non _
APPROVED this 12 th day of November, 1997.
Mayor
ATTEST:
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