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ORDINANCE NO. 92- 19
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA,
RELATING TO WATER AND SEWERS; AMENDING THE
PRESENT CHAPTER 22 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES;
AMENDING SECTION 22-4 PROVIDING FOR SERVICE
CHARGE INCREASES DUE TO INCREASES IN POWER AND
CHEMICAL COSTS; AMENDING SECTION 22-35
CONCERNING THE CALCULATION OF WATER CAPITAL
CHARGES; AMENDING SECTION 22-46 CONCERNING
INCREASES IN WATER CAPITAL CHARGES; AMENDING
SECTION 22-65 CONCERNING THE CALCULATION OF
SEWER CAPITAL CHARGES; AMENDING SECTION 22-76
CONCERNING INCREASES IN SEWER CAPITAL CHARGES;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR
CODIFICATION; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION, CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA, AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Commission of the City of Ocoee has the authority to adopt this
Ordinance pursuant to Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of Florida and Chapters 163
and 166, Florida Statutes.
Section 2. The present Section 22-4 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Ocoee
is hereby amended to read as follows:
(a) The following shall be the schedule of monthly rates and charges for water and
sewer service provided by the City:
Water
Base Facility Charge
(zero consumption)
Effective
10/1/91
5/8 inch meter
1 inch meter
1-1/2 inch meter
2 inch meter
3 inch meter
4 inch meter
6 inch meter
8 inch meter
$ 7.64
19.10
38.20
61.12
122.24
191.00
382.00
611.00
1
10 inch meter
12 inch meter
878.60
1,642.60
Plus: Volumetric (gallons); charge of $0.51 per 1,000 gallons
Sewer
Base Facility Charge
(zero consumption)
Effective
10/1/91
5/8 inch meter
1 inch meter
1-1/2 inch meter
2 inch meter
3 inch meter
4 inch meter
6 inch meter
8 inch meter
10 inch meter
12 inch meter
$ 13.81
34.53
69.05
110.48
220.96
345.25
690.50
1,104.80
1,588.15
2,969.15
PLUS: Charge per 1000 gallons $1.47, provided that, for those residential consumers
with a 5/8 inch meter, the maximum sewer service charge shall be calculated as the Base
Facility Charge plus the current charge per 1000 gallons up to a maximum of 12,000
gallons.
Meters containing two register units shall be billed based upon the base facility charge
for the larger of the two nominal diameter flow paths, plus the sum of the volumetric
charges as determined by the current readings of both registers.
(b) The billing period for water and sewer charges shall be monthly. Consumers shall
have five (5) days from the due date to make payment. Payment in full must be made by the
due date. If payment is not received within thirty (30) days of the due date, service will be
terminated. Prior to restoration of service the entire past due balance and a service restoration
charge of $20.00 must be paid. If service restoration is requested after 5:00 p.m. or on a
weekend the service restoration charge shall be $30.00. If an account is two (2) months or more
in arrears the City may terminate the account and apply the deposit to the past due balance.
Restoration of the account will require a new deposit.
(c) Consumers Located Outside City Limits.
Water and/or sewer services may, at the City Commissioner's discretion, be provided
to consumers outside the city limits in accordance with Section 22-33 and Section 22-63 of City
of Ocoee Ordinance No. 88-32. Rates will be set in accordance with applicable City of Ocoee
Ordinances and Florida Statutes.
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(d) SPECIFIC CHARGES. The following specific charges shall be collected by the
City from each consumer under the circumstances set forth below.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
Turn-on/Turn-off for Customer Convenience:
Regular Business Hours
Turn-off only
Turn-on only
Non-Business Hours
Turn-off only
Turn-on only
$ 20.00
20.00
30.00
30.00
Unauthorized Connection Penalty (each occurrence)
1,000.00
Fire Hydrant Meter Deposit (per meter)
600.00
Tanker Fill-up/Bulk Water Charge
(per 1,000 gallons)
1.00
Tampering with meter or installation
of unauthorized bypass (each occurrence):
3/4 inch x 5/8 inch meter
1 inch meter
1-1/2 inch meter
2 inch meter
All other Meters
75.00
150.00
250.00
500.00
1,000.00
FIRE LINES (Payable annually in advance on October 1)
4 inch line
6 inch line
8 inch line
10 inch line
300.00
600.00
800.00
1,000.00
Meter Testing
10.00
(e) Non-Sufficient Funds or Returned Checks. The fee for checks returned to the city
for non-sufficient funds or uncollected funds shall be $15.00 per check. Notification will be
made to customer advising that payment in the form of cash, money order, or cashiers check
must be received by the utility department within 24 hours of notification or service will be
terminated. Payment shall include the amount of the check plus the aforementioned fee. If
service is terminated, restoration of service will require payment as set forth in Section 22-4(b)
above.
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(t) Service charges (Volumetric) for water service and sewer service shall be
automatically adjusted for increases and decreases in expenses to the City in electrical power,
chemical, and wholesale treatment costs using the following formula:
New Rate = Old Rate + (% of Budget for power and chemicals
and wholesale rate x Old Rate x % Increase).
Said adjustments shall be made annually or more often if determined necessary by the City
Manager due to increases or decreases in expenses. The City Manager shall give the City
Commission notice of any such proposed adjustments at least thirty (30) days prior to the
effective date thereof. Such notice shall also be set forth on all utility bills at least thirty (30)
days prior to the effective date thereof. Within said thirty (30) day period from notice to the
City Commission, the City Commission may, at its option, reject any such adjustments proposed
by the City Manager, in which case said adjustments shall not take effect and the service charges
(Volumetric) for water and sewer service shall remain unchanged.
Section 3. The present Section 22-35 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Ocoee
is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 22-35. Water Capital Charges.
(a) The intent of this section is to establish charges for the purpose of compensating
the City for costs incurred in providing water treatment facilities and in extending water
distribution and transmission lines to a point of reasonable availability for connection to the city
Water System. The charges shall be computed on the basis of real property use, zoning and size
in approximate proportion to the benefits received.
(b) A water capital charge is hereby established at $966.00 per equivalent residential
unit (ERU). Those persons, corporations, or entities which have previously prepaid the existing
water connection fee or who have entered into an agreement with the City providing credits
against the water connection fee shall be exempt from paying this water capital charge. The
amount of credit shall not exceed the amount prepaid or the approved credit authorized in the
Developer's Agreement.
(c) For the purpose of calculating and imposing the water capital charge the ERU
factor for a connection shall be as follows:
ESTABLISHMENT
UNIT
FACTOR
Residential
Single Family Detached
Duplex (1-2 Bedroom)
Duplex (Greater Than 2 Bedrooms)
Multi-Family (Efficiency)
Multi-Family (1-2 Bedroom)
Per Dwelling Unit
Per Dwelling Unit
Per Dwelling Unit
Per Dwelling Unit
Per Dwelling Unit
1.0
0.833
1.0
0.5
0.833
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Multi-Family (Greater Than 2 Bedrooms) Per Dwelling Unit 1.0
Mobile Home (1-2 Bedrooms) Per Dwelling Unit 0.833
Mobile Home (Greater Than 2 Bedrooms) Per Dwelling Unit 1.0
Commercial
Shopping Center and 1,000 square feet gross 0.5
Retail Shopping
Office Building (add food 1,000 square feet 0.4
service and retail space)
Auditorium Seat 0.02
Laundry, Self Service Per Machine 1.4
Barber/Beauty Shop Per Work Station 0.333
Bowling Alley Per Lane 0.333
Theater Per Seat 0.02
Dinner Theater Per Seat 0.1
Trailer Park (overnight) Site 0.833
Dentist Office Per Dentist and 1.0
per wet chair 0.667
Doctor Office Per Doctor 1.0
Hospital Per Bed 0.833
Nursing Home Per Bed 0.5
Automotive Service and/or
Detail Facility: Per Bay 1.0
Automotive Care
Add: Per Wash Bay 3.2
Add: Per Public Restroom 1.5
Convenience Store/ Per Public Restroom 1.5
Self-Service Gas Pumps
Industrial/Manufacturing (not
including food service; not
including industrial waste)
Without showers Per 1,000 square feet 0.4
With showers Per 1,000 square feet 1.25
Hotel, Motel (not including Room 0.5
food service, banquet, and
meeting rooms and laundries
which are calculated separately)
Church Per Seat 0.02
Warehouse Per Restroom and 0.75
1,000 square feet 0.2
Grocery Store 1,000 square feet 0.75
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Food Service:
Restaurant/Cafeteria
Restaurant (24 hour)
Restaurant (fast food)
Bar/Cocktail Lounge
Seat
Seat
Seat
Seat
0.1
0.185
0.1
0.1
Schools, Middle and High
Schools, Elementary and Nursery
Per Student
Per Student
0.075
0.033
(d) One ERU shall have an assigned value of 1.00. One ERU is hereby established
and determined to be equal to a flow of 300 gallons per day (GPD), Average Annual Basis. The
water capital fee shall be determined by multiplying the ERU factor listed in subsection (c)
above times $966.00, times the number of units. For all establishments not listed in subsection
(c) above, the water capital charge shall be determined by multiplying the number of fixture
units, as published in the Standard Plumbing Code, by 25, times $966.00, and dividing that
numerator by 300 GPD/ERU.
(e) The water capital charge shall be paid prior to the issuance of the building permit
pursuant to Section 5-42 of the Ocoee Code of Ordinances.
(1) An applicant may submit data and other information on actual usage, anticipated
usage, peak load requirements, or a combination of the foregoing to the City Engineer to support
a requested decrease in the total Equivalent Residential Unit value. The City Engineer may use
this information to determine a revised total ERU value, which may be less than, or greater
than, that established by subsection (c) above, and which will be used to determine a revised
water capital charge. In either case, the applicant shall pay the revised water capital charge
instead of the water capital charge established by subsection (c) above.
Alternatively, an applicant may pay the water capital charge as established by subsection (c)
above, and after one year of operation, submit one year's data on actual usage to the City
Engineer for review. The City Engineer may use this information to determine a total ERU
value, which may be less than, or greater than that established by subsection (c) above, and
which will be used to determine a revised water capital charge.
Section 4. The present Section 22-46 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Ocoee
is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 22-46. Water Capital Charge Escalation
The basis for the water capital charge schedule set forth herein has been structured by
the City with regard to two (2) major but variable factors. First, the present level of
construction costs of water distribution and water treatment plant facilities; second, the treatment
facilities and treatment levels as prescribed by the State of Florida Department of Environmental
Regulation or other governmental entities with jurisdiction. The City hereby declares that the
schedule of water capital charges set forth herein shall be escalated based upon increases arising
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from these factors as set forth and identified in the ENGINEERING NEWS RECORD
CONSTRUCTION COST INDEX. The water capital charges shall be automatically adjusted
annually by the percentage change in the ENR Construction Cost Index.
Section 5. The present Section 22-65 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Ocoee
is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 22-65. Sewer Capital Charges
(a) The intent of this section is to establish fees for the purpose of compensating the
City for costs incurred in providing sewage treatment facilities, effluent disposal facilities and
pumping stations and extending sewage collection lines to a point of reasonable availability for
connection to the City Sewer System. The charges shall be computed on the basis of real
property use, zoning and size in approximate proportion the benefits received.
(b) A sewer capital charge is hereby established at $2,865.00 per equivalent
residential unit (ERU). Those persons, corporations or entities which have previously prepaid
the existing sewer capacity charges or who prepaid sewer capacity charges to Prima Vista Utility
Company, Inc. (PVU) which were transferred from PVU to the City pursuant to the agreement
between PVU and the City dated December 3, 1987 shall be exempt from paying this sewer
capital charge. The exemption or credit shall equal the amount pre-purchased or transferred as
authorized in the Prima Vista Package/Sale Agreement.
(c) For the purpose of calculating and imposing the sewer capital charge the ERU
factor for a connection shall be as follows:
ESTABLISHMENT
Residential
Single Family Detached
Duplex (1-2 Bedroom)
Duplex (Greater Than 2 Bedrooms)
Multi-Family (Efficiency)
Multi-Family (1-2 Bedroom)
Multi-Family (Greater Than 2 Bedrooms)
Mobile Home (1-2 Bedrooms)
Mobile Home (Greater Than 2 Bedrooms)
Commercial
Shopping Center and
Retail Shopping
Office Building (add food
service and retail space)
Auditorium
Laundry, Self Service
UNIT
FACTOR
Per Dwelling Unit
Per Dwelling Unit
Per Dwelling Unit
Per Dwelling Unit
Per Dwelling Unit
Per Dwelling Unit
Per Dwelling Unit
Per Dwelling Unit
1.0
0.833
1.0
0.5
0.833
1.0
0.833
1.0
1,000 square feet gross
0.5
1,000 square feet
0.4
Seat
Per Machine
0.02
1.4
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Barber/Beauty Shop Per Work Station 0.333
Bowling Alley Per Lane 0.333
Theater Per Seat 0.02
Dinner Theater Per Seat 0.1
Trailer Park (overnight) Space 0.833
Dentist Office Per Dentist and 1.0
per wet chair 0.667
Doctor Office Per Doctor 1.0
Hospital Per Bed 0.833
Nursing Home Per Bed 0.5
Automotive Service and/or
Detail Facility - Per Bay 1.0
Automotive Care
Add: Per Wash Bay 3.2
Add: Per Public Restroom 1.5
Convenience Store/ Per Public Restroom 1.5
Self-Service Gas Pumps
Industrial/Manufacturing (not
including food service; not
including industrial waste)
Without showers Per 1,000 square feet 0.4
With showers Per 1,000 square feet 1.25
Hotel, Motel (not including Room 0.5
food service, banquet, and
meeting rooms and laundries)
Church Per Seat 0.02
Warehouse Per Restroom 0.75
1,000 square feet 0.2
Grocery Store 1,000 square feet 0.75
Food Service:
Restaurant! Cafeteria Seat 0.1
Restaurant (24 hour) Seat 0.185
Restaurant (fast food) Seat 0.1
Bar/Cocktail Lounge Seat 0.1
Schools, Middle and High Per Student 0.075
Schools, Elementary and Nursery Per Student 0.033
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(d) One ERU shall have an assigned value of 1.00. One ERU is hereby established
and determined to be equal to a flow of 270 gallons per day (GPD), Average Annual Basis. The
sewer capital fee shall be determined by multiplying the ERU factor listed in subsection (c)
above times $2,865.00, times the number of units. For all establishments not listed in
subsection (c) above, the sewer capital charge shall be determined by multiplying the number
of fixture units, as published in the Standard Plumbing Code, by 25, times $2,865.00, and
dividing that numerator by 270 GPD/ERU.
(e) The sewer capital charge shall be paid prior to the issuance of the building permit
pursuant to Section 5-42 of the Ocoee Code of Ordinances.
(f) An applicant may submit data and other information on actual usage, anticipated
usage, peak load requirements, or a combination of the foregoing to the City Engineer to support
a requested decrease in the total Equivalent Residential Unit value. The City Engineer may use
this information to determine a revised total ERU value, which may be less than, or greater
than, that established by subsection (c) above, and which will be used to determine a revised
sewer capital charge. In either case, the applicant shall pay the revised sewer capital charge
instead of the sewer capital charge established by subsection (c) above.
Alternatively, an applicant may pay the sewer capital charge as established by subsection (c)
above, and after one year of operation, submit one year's data on actual usage to the City
Engineer for review. The City Engineer may use this information to determine a total ERU
value, which may be less than, or greater than that established by subsection (c) above, and
which will be used to determine a revised sewer capital charge.
Section 6. The present Section 22-76 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Ocoee
is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 22-76. Sewer Capital Charge Escalation
The basis for the sewer capital charges schedule set forth herein has been structured by
the City with regard to two (2) major but variable factors. First, the present level of
construction costs of sewer collection and treatment plant facilities; second, the treatment level
as prescribed by the State of Florida Department of Environmental Regulation or other
governmental entities with jurisdiction. The City hereby declares that the schedule of sewer
capital charges set forth herein shall be escalated based upon increases arising from these factors
or as set forth and identified in the ENGINEERING NEWS RECORD CONSTRUCTION COST
INDEX. The sewer capital charges shall be automatically adjusted annually by the percentage
change in the ENR Construction Cost Index.
Section 7. Severability. 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
provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion hereto.
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Section 8. Codification. It is the intention of the City Commission of the City that
the provisions of this ordinance shall become and be made a part of the Code of Ordinances of
the City; and that sections of this ordinance may be renumbered or relettered and the word
"ordinance" may be changed to "chapter", "section", "article", or such other appropriate word
or phrase in order to accomplish, sections of this ordinance may be renumbered or relettered and
the correction of typographical errors which do not affect the intent may be authorized by the
City Manager, without need of public hearing, by filing a corrected or recodified copy of same
with the City Clerk.
Section 9. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon
passage and adoption.
,1992.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 18th day of August
SEAL
For Use and Reliance Only
By the City of Ocoee
Approved as to Form and
Legal~tY., this _, ~~ day
of tbJ d ,J:-. t- ' 1992
'J
FOLE~LARDNER
By: rI oJ ~ f!&JlJ-
City Attorney
Advertised Augus t 6
Read First Time Augus t 4
Read Second Time and Adopted
August 18
, 1992
, 1992
,1992
Approved by the Ocoee City Commission
at a Meeting Held on August 1 R
1992 Under Agenda Item No. v A
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