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<br />-e. <br /> <br />-. <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />e. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />-.:, <br /> <br />y' <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. 912 <br /> <br />INDUSTRIAL WASTE ORDINANCE <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE RATES TO BE CHARGED BY THE CITY OF <br />LA PORTE, TEXAS, TO PERSONS, FIRMS, AND CORPORATIONS USING ITS <br />SANITARY SEWER LINES AND SYSTEM OR PARTS THEREOF, INCLUDING THE <br />SEWAGE DISPOSAL PLANTS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT AND PROPERTY USED IN <br />THE TREATMENT OF SEWAGE; PROHIBITING AND REGULATING THE DIS- <br />CHARGE OF CERTAIN WATERS AND WASTES INTO THE PUBLIC SEWER SYSTEM; <br />PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF; DEFINING CERTAIN <br />TERMS; ESTABLISHING A BILLING PROCEDURE; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES <br />OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING AN <br />EFFECTIVE DATE. <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City of La Porte, Texas, has built and has <br /> <br />in operation a sanitary sewage system, sanitary sewer lines and a <br />sewage disposal plant for the purpose of collecti~g sanitary <br />sewage and conveyi~g same away from the premises to a place of <br />disposal, and in connection with such system, it is maintaining <br /> <br />and operating lines, plant, intercepting sewers, pumping stations <br />and disposal works for the receiving, transportation and treatment <br /> <br />of such sew~ge; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of La Porte in <br />the exercise of the discretion reposed in it by law, in order to <br /> <br />promote the public welfare, health, safety, peace, and convenience, <br />determined that it is necessary"in order to pay the costs and the <br /> <br />expense of the maintenance, operation, and repair of such sewer <br /> <br />systems and to provide for the payment of principal and of interest <br />of said bonds, to levy and collect a charge, or rental, for the <br /> <br />use of such lines, systems and plant by those persons, firms, or <br />corporations discharging water and waste into the sanitary sewers <br /> <br />of the City of La Porte, <br /> <br />SECTION ONE. DEFINITION OF TERMS <br /> <br />The meaning of terms used in this Ordinance shall be as <br /> <br />follows: <br /> <br />(a). "City" shall mean the City of La Porte, Texas, or <br />any authorized person acting in its behalf. <br /> <br />(b). "Person" shall mean any and all persons, natural <br />or artificial, includi~g any individual, firm, company, industry, <br />municipal or private corporation, association, governmental <br /> <br />agency or other entente and agents, servants or employees. <br />