O-2018-3699 Amending Chapter 74 Utilities Eliminating Front Foot Development Fees

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Section 2. That Appendix — A "Fees", Chapter 74, "Utilities," Article III "Water and Sewer Service Charges", Division 4 "Utility Development Fees", of the Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte is hereby amended and shall hereinafter read as follows: Division 4. Utility Development Fees a) Water Development fee (equal to or under 2.5 acres): Rates per 100 square feet of the lot, tract or parcel of land to which water connections may be made, plus a water tapping fee listed below: (1 Residential ..... None (2) Commercial/Industrial ..... None Water Tap Fee ..... 388.00 (b Sewer Development Fee (equal to or under 2.5 acres): Rates per 100 square feet of the lot, tract or parcel of land to which sanitary sewer connections may be made, plus a sewer tap and inspection fees listed below: (1) Residential ..... None 2 CommerciaUIndustrial ..... None Stack Fee for 4 -inch sewer to .. 90.0 Stack Fee for a 6 -inch sewer to .. 15.0 Inspection Fee ..... 25.00 The charge for larger sewer service connections shall be at the city's actual cost. c) Water Development Fee (over 2.5 acres): Rates per linear front footage of the lot, tract or parcel of land to which water connections may be made, plus a water tapping fee listed below: Commercial industrial ..... None Water tap fee ..... 388.00 d Sewer Development Fee over 2.5 acres): Rates per linear front footage of the lot, tract or parcel of land to which sanitary sewer connections may be made, plus a sewer tap and inspection fees listed below: Commercial/industrial None Stack Fee for 4 -inch sewer tap 290.0 Stack Fee for a 6 -inch sewer tap 315.0 Inspection Fee 25.00 The charge for larger sewer service connections shall be at the city's actual cost. Section 3. If any provision, section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance, or the application of same to any person or set of circumstances is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, void or invalid, the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance or their application to other persons or sets of circumstances shall not be affected thereby, it being the intent of the City Council in adopting this ordinance that no portion hereof or provision or regulation contained herein shall become inoperative or fail by reason of any unconstitutionality, vividness or invalidity of any other portion hereof, and all provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable for that purpose. Section 4. All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency and in all other respects this ordinance shall be cumulative of other ordinances regulating and governing the subject matter covered by this ordinance.