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143-0-19
AN ORDINANCE
Amending City Code Section 7-13-3 to Decrease Sewer User Rates
NOW BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THAT:
SECTION 1: Section 7-13-3 "Sewer User Rates" of the City Code of
2012 is hereby amended to read as follows, to include a four and forty-six tenths
percent (4.46%) rate decrease in the Sewer User Rates as provided below, effective
January 1, 2020:
7-13-3. - SEWER USER RATES.
(A) There is hereby established a sewer user charge for the use of, and service
supplied by, the public sewer of the City. The sewer user charges shall be
assessed for all users each bimonthly billing period commencing on or after
January 1, 2020.
(B) The sewer user charge for users of the system within the City that are not
exempt from the payment of property taxes shall be three dollars twenty-four
cents ($3.24) per billing unit of water consumed.
(C) The sewer user charge for users of the system within the City that are exempt
from the payment of property taxes shall be three dollars cents ($3,24) per
billing unit for the first one hundred (100) billing units of water consumed.
Thereafter, the sewer user charge shall be four dollars fifty-three cents
($4.53) per billing unit in excess of one hundred (100) billing units of water
consumed.
(D) The adequacy of the sewer user charge shall be reviewed annually by the
City Council. The sewer user charge will be revised by ordinance as needed.
(E) The users of the public sewer will be notified of any change in the total sewer
user charges in conjunction with the regular sewer billing.
(F) Those furnished with sewer service only, and not connected with or supplied
with water from the City water supply system, shall pay a bimonthly sewer
service fee based on a calculated estimate of the volume of use at the rate
established in Subsection (A) of this Section.
(G) Those furnished with water service only and not connected with or supplied
with sewer service shall pay only the water rates and charges established by
Section 7-12-17 of this Title.
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(H) Those furnished with water and sewer service but not consuming any water
shall pay a bimonthly minimum sewer service charge of sixteen dollars
twenty cents ($16.20).
SECTION 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
SECTION 3: If any provision of this Ordinance 143-0-19 or application
thereof to any person or circumstance is held unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such
invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this Ordinance that can be
given effect without the invalid application or provision, and each invalid application of
this Ordinance is severable.
SECTION 4: The findings and recitals contained herein are declared to be
prima facie evidence of the law of the City and shall be received in evidence as
provided by the Illinois Compiled Statutes and the courts of the State of Illinois.
SECTION 5: This Ordinance 143-0-19 shall be in full force and effect on
January 1, 2019, after its passage, approval, and publication in the manner provided by
law.
Introduced: Iovembec i I , 2019 Approved:
Adopted: �Oveye\)oef a5 , 2019 / 'CP� l� , 2019
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Attest: Approved as to form:
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Michelle L. Masoncup, Corporat(on
Counsel
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