§ 32-71. Fire hydrant service.

(a)

The Board hereby approves the rates for fire hydrant service as follows:

(1)

For all Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Authority Department water customers located within the City of Miami and for all Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Authority Department water customers provided fire protection by Metropolitan Miami-Dade County whenever said customer is located within six hundred sixty (660) feet of a fire hydrant; forty cents ($0.40) per month.

(2)

For all Metro-Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Utility water customers provided fire protection by Metropolitan Miami-Dade County whenever said customer is located within six hundred sixty (660) feet of a fire hydrant: thirty-eight cents ($0.38) per month.

(b)

The rates for fire hydrant service set forth in subsection (a) shall cover the costs of fire hydrant water service, repairs, maintenance and installation. Said rates shall become effective for all billings based upon fire hydrant service provided on and after January 1, 1984; where fire hydrant service being billed encompasses periods both prior to January 1, 1984, and after, fire hydrant service prior to January 1, 1984, shall be determined by proration according to the number of days for which the old and new rates were in effect.

(c)

The fire hydrant service charges authorized herein shall be held and restricted in a separate group of accounts by the Department and by the Metro-Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Utility and funds collected as a result of said charges are to be used solely to reimburse Department costs for fire hydrant water service, repairs, maintenance and installation.

(Ord. No. 84-1, §§ 1—3, 1-17-84)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 84-1, §§ 1—3, adopted Jan. 17, 1984, did not specify manner of amendment; therefore, codification as § 32-71 has been at the editor's discretion.

Annotation— AO 4-78.