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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. 1465-A <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 26, ARTICLE II, "WATER, SEWERS, AND <br />SEWAGE DISPOSAL, II OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: <br />FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW: AND PROVIDING AN <br />EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: <br /> <br />Section 1. Section 1 of Ordinance Number l465, an ordinance <br /> <br />amending Chapter 26, Article II, "Water, Sewers, and Sewage Disposal," <br /> <br />of the Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte, is hereby amended, <br /> <br />by adding thereto a new sub-paragraph "E", which shall read as follows, <br /> <br />to-wit: <br /> <br />liE. No meter charge for fire suppression systems: <br /> <br />The City of La Porte ratifies and affirms its <br />long-standing policy, that there shall be no <br />minimum monthly water meter usage fee on water <br />meters installed, used and dedicated to closed <br />fire suppression systems in the City of La Porte. <br />Said closed fire suppression systems shall be <br />billed only for actual water used." <br /> <br />Section 2. Section 2D(5) of Ordinance Number 1465, an ordinance <br /> <br />amending Chapter 26, Article II, "Water, Sewers, and Sewage Disposal, II <br /> <br />of the Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte, is hereby amended, <br /> <br />to hereafter read as follows, to-wit: <br /> <br />"Section 2D(5): Computation of Volume based on water <br />purchased: <br /> <br />Residential: <br /> <br />The volume of sewage treated shall be based <br />upon 95% of the resident's water volume bill- <br />ed each month. However, the maximum residen- <br />tial charge will be based on 95% of a resi- <br />dent's average water billed for the water <br />metered during the months of November, Decem- <br />ber and January. <br /> <br />For new residents, the basis will be 6,500 <br />gallons rather than the average of November, <br />December, and January. <br /> <br />commercial and Industrial: <br /> <br />The volume of sewage treated will be based <br />upon 85% of the monthly water consumption. <br /> <br />Multi-units: <br /> <br />The volume charge to Apartment Units, Duplex <br />Units, Individual Mobile Homes in Mobile <br />Home Parks, with units not individually meter- <br />ed for water, shall be based on 85% of the <br />amount of water billed each month. II <br />