§ 28-1A. Water shortage—Declaration of emergency; emergency restrictions.

(a)

Declaration. The city manager is hereby authorized, after consultation with the public works director or designee to have appropriate personnel enforce the provisions or restrictions of any declaration of the South Florida Water Management District pertaining to a water shortage.

(b)

Restrictions. Whenever activated by the South Florida Water Management District in times of a water shortage those provisions of chapter 40E-21 of the Florida Administrative Code as they relate to water usage restrictions, will be enacted. It shall be unlawful for any person to fail to comply with said restrictions.

(c)

Surcharges. In the event the South Florida Water Management District declares a water shortage and mandates water restrictions in one (1) of the four (4) established water shortage phases, the City of Fort Lauderdale will implement a surcharge on the water, wastewater, and sprinkling meter commodity charges established in sections 28-76, 28-143 and 28-144 of the Code of Ordinances and on the industrial user charges established in section 28-78 of the Code of Ordinances. The amount of surcharge shall be based on the level of declaration of a Phase I, Phase II, Phase III or Phase IV level of water restrictions as provided in this subsection and the number of gallons generated by the user with priority consideration given to the purpose of the usage. If a declaration of any phase level of water restriction is issued prior to or on the 15th of the month, the prescribed surcharge for that level of water restriction shall appear on the first utility billing processed on or after the 1st day of the following month. If such declaration is issued after the 15th of the month, the prescribed surcharge shall appear on the first utility billing issued on or after the 1st day of the month following a thirty-day period after the declaration date. When a declaration of water restrictions is rescinded by the South Florida Water Management District, surcharges shall be rescinded with the adjustment appearing on the first utility billing issued on or after the 1st day of the month following the date the declaration is rescinded. All surcharge adjustments, including the initial imposition, any increases and decreases, and the rescinding of the surcharge shall be implemented as described above. Surcharges shall be charged as follows in the chart below:

Sec. 28-76. WASTEWATER USER RATES		Phase I	Phase II	Phase III	Phase IV
Sec. 28-76(b)(2) Single-Family Residences
Block 1	0—3,000 gallons	0%	0%	0%	0%
Block 2	4,000—20,000 gallons	0%	0%	29%	43%
Block 3	>20,000 gallons	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sec. 28-76(b)(3) Multifamily Residential Dwelling Units (1,000 gallons per month × number of dwelling units)
Block 1	0—1,000 gallons	0%	0%	0%	0%
Block 2	2,000—8,000 gallons	0%	0%	29%	43%
Block 3	>8,000 gallons	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sec. 28-76(b)(4) All Others
All Usage		0%	0%	29%	43%

 

 

Sec. 28-78. Industrial User Charges		Phase I	Phase II	Phase III	Phase IV
All Usage		0%	0%	29%	43%

 

 

Sec. 28-143. WATER RATES		Phase I	Phase II	Phase III	Phase IV
Sec. 28-143(a)(2) Single-Family Residences
Block 1	0—3,000 gallons	0%	0%	0%	0%
Block 2	4,000—8,000 gallons	0%	0%	17%	31%
Block 3	9,000—12,000 gallons	0%	0%	17%	31%
Block 4	13,000—20,000 gallons	0%	0%	17%	31%
Block 5	>20,000 gallons	0%	0%	17%	31%
Sec. 28-143(a)(3) Multifamily Residential Dwelling Units (1,000 gallons per month × number of dwelling units)
Block 1	0—1,000 gallons	0%	0%	0%	0%
Block 2	2,000—3,000 gallons	0%	0%	0%	0%
Block 3	4,000—5,000 gallons	0%	0%	17%	31%
Block 4	6,000—8,000 gallons	0%	0%	17%	31%
Block 5	>8,000 gallons	0%	0%	17%	31%
Sec. 28-143(a)(4) All Others
All Usage		0%	0%	17%	31%
Sec. 28-143(b)(2) Master Meter
All Usage		0%	0%	17%	31%
Sec. 28-143(c) Retail Consumers Receiving Water Outside the Corporate Limits
Single-Family	Refer to chart Sec. 28-143(a)(2) above
Multifamily	Refer to chart Sec. 28-143(a)(3) above
All Others	Refer to chart Sec. 28-143(a)(4) above

 

 

Sec. 28-144(b) SPRINKLING METER CHARGES		Phase I	Phase II	Phase III	Phase IV
(1,000 gallons per month × the Meter Equivalency Factor)
Block 1	0—12,000 gallons	0%	0%	40%	50%
Block 2	13,000—20,000 gallons	0%	0%	40%	50%
Block 3	>20,000 gallons	0%	0%	40%	50%

 

( Ord. No. C-09-13, § 1, 6-16-09 ; Ord. No. C-09-21, § 2, 7-21-09 )