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SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
No. 31 of 2019
(Adopting New Water and Sewer Rate Structures)
WHEREAS, Salt Lake City Department of Public Utilities convened a Rate Advisory
Committee comprised of community representatives and stakeholders, and completed a
Comprehensive Water, Sewer, and Stormwater Rate Study in 2018;
WHEREAS, as part of the 2018 Rate Study, the Rate Advisory Committee and the Public
Utilities Advisory Committee recommended changes in the structure of water and sewer rates to meet
primary objectives of conservation, essential water use affordability, water demand management. rate
stability, and interclass equity;
WHEREAS, the key structural changes reflecting the above objectives include: (1) changing
water rates from a system-wide cost of service basis to a class cost of service basis to meet equity and
essential water use affordability goals; (2) reduction of the block four threshold to meet conservation
and demand management goals; and (3) reduction of the sewer minimum charge to meet essential
water use affordability goals;
WHEREAS, a new rate for secondary irrigation water was established, including an inclining
rate block structure, to facilitate the use and conservation of secondary irrigation water at certain Salt
Lake City parks and golf courses
WHEREAS, the Salt Lake City Consolidated Fee Schedule is proposed to be amended to
incorporate new water and sewer rate structures in coordination with approval of Public Utilities' Fiscal
Year 2019-2020 budget; and
WHEREAS, the Salt Lake City Council finds that good grounds exist for updating the
calculation of water and sewer rates to better reflect the policies and priorities of the Council and are
necessary, reasonable, and equitable.
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NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah:
SECTION 1. The Salt Lake City Consolidated Fee Schedule shall be amended, in pertinent
part, to reflect changes to water and sewer rate structures in coordination with approval of Public
Utilities' Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Budget.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall become effective on ► 1, 2019.
Passed by the City Council of Salt
Lake City, Utah, this llth day of
June, 2019.
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Transmitted to Mayor on June 14, 2019
Mayor's Action: X Approved. Vetoed.
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Bill No. 31 of 2019.
Published: June 27, 2019
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