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ORDINANCE NO. 4917-1455 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PRESCOTT, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA, AMENDING PRESCOTT CITY CODE TITLE II (DEPARTMENTS), CHAPTER 2-1 (PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT), BY AMENDING SECTION 2-1-21 (UTILITIES DIVISION, WASTEWATER RATES), ADDING A NEW SECTION 2-1-22 (WASTEWATER ONLY SERVICE AND SEPTAGE RECEIVING), AND AMENDING SECTION 2-1-57 (EFFLUENT LINE AND CONNECTIONS). RECITALS: WHEREAS, the Prescott City Charter Article XII (Franchise and Public Utilities), Section 2 (Establishment of Municipally Owned and Operated Utilities) provides that the City Council may provide by ordinance the establishment of water and wastewater utilities and provide for its regulation and control and the fixing of rates to be charged; and WHEREAS, the City of Prescott desires to amend Prescott City Code Chapter 2-1 as follows. ENACTMENTS: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PRESCOTT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. THAT the Prescott City Code Title II, Chapter 2-1, Section 2-1-21 (Wastewater Rates), is hereby amended as follows: A. The Rate Table in Paragraph B is amended as shown on Exhibit A to this Ordinance. SECTION 2. THAT the Prescott City Code Title II, Chapter 2-1, is amended to add a new Section 2-1-22 (Wastewater-Only Service and Septage Receiving), as follows: (A) There is hereby established a rate for residential utility customers receiving wastewater service from the City but not water service. Wastewater-only service charges shall begin at the time of connection to the wastewater system. Customers shall be billed monthly thereafter when the building is occupied. The wastewater-only rate shall be based on the average quantity for all users in the same customer classification. (B) The charge for each wastewater-only connection shall be the monthly base charge plus the volume charge based on the average customer classification usage for winter months times a rate based as set forth in the rate table Section 2-1-21(B) of this Code. (C) Collective or group wastewater only users who connect to the City wastewater system by way of a private lift station shall install, calibrate, and maintain, at their own expense, an accurate flow measuring device to aid in determining wastewater flows.