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· ORIGiNAL
ORDINANCE NO. 97-2194
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 26, ARTICLE II, "WATER, SEWERS, AND SEWAGE
DISPOSAL," OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE; ESTABLISHING A
NEW RATE AND FEE STRUCTURE; CONTAINING A REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE:
Section 1. Section 26-15 of Ordinance No. 1284 as amended by Ordinance No. 1441, Ordinance
No. 1666, and Ordinance 1748 is hereby amended, to hereafter read as follows, to-wit:
RATES FOR SEWER SERVICES
The following rates shall be applicable for sewage treatment by the City of La Porte computed on
a monthly basis;
A. Residential Use:
A minimum charge, per month, shall be $9.45.
B. Apartment Units, Duplex Units, Individual Mobile Homes In Mobile Home Parks, with units
not individually metered for water:
A minimum charge per month, shall be $6.45 per living unit.
C. Commercial and Industrial Use:
A minimum charge per month shall be made in accordance with the size of the meter utilized
to measure service to the customer in accordance with the following schedules:
3/4" meter, or smaller meter
1" meter:
1 W' meter:
2" meter:
3" meter:
4" meter, or larger:
$ 16.95
$ 25,95
$ 50.95
$ 85.95
$186.95
$326.95
D, Volume Charges:
(5) Computation of Volume based on water purchased:
Residential:
The volume of sewage treated shall be based on 85% of the resident's water
volume billed each month. However, the maximum residential charge will be
limited to $35.00 in any given month.
Section 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the
extent of such conflict only.
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Section 3. If any section, sentence, phrase, clause, or any part of any section, sentence, phrase,
or clause, of this Ordinance shall, for any reason, be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the
remaining portions of this Ordinance, and it is hereby declared to be the intention of this City Council
to have passed each section, sentence, phrase, or clause, or part thereof, irrespective of the fact
that any other section, sentence, phrase, or clause, or part thereof, may be declared invalid.
Section 4. The City Council officially finds, determines, recites and declares that a sufficient written
notice of the date, hour, place, and subject of this meeting of the City Council was posted at a place
convenient to the public at the City Hall of the City for the time required by law preceding this
meeting, as required by the Open Meetings Law, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code; and that
this meeting has been open to the public as required.
Section 5. This Ordinance shall be in effect and in force on October 1, 1997.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 8th day of September, 1997.
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APPROVED:
City Attorney