§ 21-113. Rates for water service.

(a)

The water rates and charges hereinafter enumerated shall be collected for the purposes of providing funds for the continued operation, improvement, servicing and maintenance of the City water system and for other municipal governmental purposes related to providing utility services.

(b)

The following monthly rates shall apply to each residential metered user (including residence, mobile home, or other single-family dwelling unit, apartment, townhouse or dwelling):

(1)

$6.00 base fee;

(2)

$3.35 per one thousand (1,000) gallons for 0 to 5,000 gallons;

(3)

$4.10 per one thousand (1,000) gallons for 5,001 to 15,000 gallons;

(4)

$5.20 per one thousand (1,000) gallons for 15,001 to 20,000 gallons;

(5)

$6.80 per one thousand (1,000) gallons for over 20,000 gallons.

(c)

The base rate and the first five thousand (5,000) gallons of usage for residential metered users under subsection (b) above, who are low income as defined by Section 8 of the Housing Act of 1937, amended by the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, will be calculated at a reduction of twenty-five (25) percent.

(d)

In addition to the monthly rates set forth herein, all households (defined as a residential unit consistent with the purposes statement of R-1 and Rl-A zoning districts) shall be assessed a high usage surcharge of thirty-five cents ($0.35) per thousand gallons of usage over twenty thousand (20,000) gallons used during the peak water demand months of July and August (billed in August and September, respectively).

(e)

The following monthly rates shall apply to each non-residential metered user (including business, industrial, or commercial establishments):

(1)

Average winter consumption: the average of a non-residential metered user's water consumption for the monthly billings generated by the City of Norman in December, January, and February of the most recent year.

(2)

All non-residential metered users shall pay a base fee of six dollars ($6.00) for each water meter.

(3)

The water rate for consumption up to a non-residential metered user's average winter consumption shall be three dollars and eighty cents ($3.80) per one thousand (1,000) gallons of water.

(4)

The water rate for consumption exceeding a non-residential metered user's average winter consumption shall be four dollars and twenty cents ($4.20) per one thousand (1,000) gallons of water.

(Ord. Nos. 0-7374-32; 0-7475-6; 0-7475-59; Ord. No. 0-7980-53; Ord. No. 0-9495-60; Ord. No. 0-9899-29; Ord. No. 0-0506-20; Ord. No. 0-1415-15, § 7; Ord. No. 0-1415-30, § 13)

Editor's note

It should be noted that section 8 of Ord. No. 0-1415-15 states the rates described above shall be effective for all billings issued on or after the first day of March 2015.