(a) Commencing with the billing date of February 1 2024, the following monthly rates for all water users in the City are hereby established:
(1) 2024 Water rates (beginning February 1, 2024).
Gallons Used | Charge Per 1,000 Gallons |
First 25,000 | $5.37 |
All over 25,000 | $4.53 |
(2) 2025 Water rates (beginning February 1, 2025).
Gallons Used | Charge Per 1,000 Gallons |
First 25,000 | $5.48 |
All over 25,000 | $4.62 |
There shall be no minimum consumption charge. A service charge of one dollar ($1.00) will be charged per account per month.
(b) Effective January 1, 2023, there will be a service charge of thirty dollars ($30.00) for connection of water and thirty dollars ($30.00) for disconnection of water.
The Director of Finance is hereby authorized and directed to adjust, from time to time, the dollar amount of the water usage rate fixed and established in this division to reflect any increase or decrease in such amount charged to the City of Avon by the City of Avon Lake or any other supplier of water at wholesale for distribution to users in the City of Avon, provided, however, that no such adjustment shall take effect until the Director has filed with the Clerk of Council a notice of the water rate adjustment.
(c) The charges set forth in divisions (a) and (b) hereof are minimum charges, not maximum charges, and the City reserves the right and is obligated to increase the same at any time should the revenues of the Municipal waterworks system prove insufficient to pay the operating and maintenance expenses and the debt service charges of the bonds issued to construct such waterworks system.
(d) Fireline Rate. The City shall charge the following rate for all fireline and fire suppression systems. In addition to said rate, each account will be charged the monthly service charge set forth in Section (a).
Diameter of the Pipe Supplying the System | Rate/Charge |
2" | $2.00 + Current Service Charge |
3" | $3.00 + Current Service Charge |
4" | $4.00 + Current Service Charge |
6" | $6.00 + Current Service Charge |
8" | $8.00 + Current Service Charge |
10" | $10.00 + Current Service Charge |
12" | $12.00 + Current Service Charge |
(Ord. 352. Passed 4-17-53; Ord. 27-09. Passed 3-9-09; Ord. 105-09. Passed 7-13-09; Ord. 57-14. Passed 5-27-14; Ord. 93-15. Passed 7-13-15; Ord. 67-16. Passed 6-13-16; Ord. 85-16. Passed 7-11-16; Ord. 59-17. Passed 7-3-17; Ord. 60-18. Passed 7-9-18; Ord. 67-19. Passed 7-8- 19; Ord. 63-20. Passed 7-13-20; Ord. 58-21. Passed 8-9-21; Ord. 121-22. Passed 11-14-22; Ord. 2-24. Passed 1-22-24.)