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<br />. e <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. 1168 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE DRILLING OF WATER WELLS WITHIN THE <br />CITY; REGULATING THE USE AND SALE OF WATER WITHIN THE CITY; <br />PROVIDING EXCEPTIONS; PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE <br />TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEEMED GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR <br />AND UPON CONVICTION SHALL BE FINED IN ANY SUM NOT MORE THAN TWO <br />HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00); CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; <br />FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN <br />EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: <br /> <br />Section 1. From and after the effective date hereof, it <br /> <br />shall be unlawful for any person to drill a water well to provide <br /> <br />water for 'human consumption, or for residential or commercial <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />purposes within the City of La Porte. <br /> <br />Section 2. From and after the effective date hereof, it <br /> <br />shall be unlawful for any person to use, sell, barter, give away <br /> <br />or offer for sale, offer to barter, or offer to give away, for <br /> <br />human consumption, or for residential or commercial purposes, <br /> <br />water originating from any source other than the Water Department <br /> <br />of the City of La Porte, to any other person within the City of <br /> <br />La Porte, except such City. <br />Section 3. The provisions of this Ordinance shall not be <br /> <br />applicable to the drilling of a well on, or the providing of <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />water to, property which the Director of Public Works determines <br />is situated in excess of five hundred (500) feet from an existing <br /> <br />water main of the City of La Porte, or when it has been determined <br /> <br />by the Director of Public Works that such existing water main is <br /> <br />inadequate to supply the needs of such property. The provisions <br /> <br />of this Ordinance shall not be applicable to the sale of dis- <br /> <br />tilled water, nor to commercial stand-by water supplies approved <br />in advance by City Commission. <br /> <br />Section 4. This Ordinance shall be effective on November 1, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />1979, which is more than fourteen (14) days after its passage <br />and approval. The City Clerk shall give notice of the passage <br />of this ordinance by causing the caption hereof to be published <br />