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O;tnllli!.}1C.h: NO.
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AN ORD:n'br!CE FIXING J'HH: HA.TH:S ':PO BE CffiUtGED EY craE C rfY
01" 1.A, Fl)!~E, TEXAS, TO PERSONS, ItllRvlS AND CORP()3.!~;rHmS F:HNC rl'3
SAIHTA-~Y 3&r;Ki LIN:3S AND SYSTEM; PHEsC~nBING 'l';'fE 'l'nVd AND PI,ACli; POR
THE FL~YiC~a?r (',-:" ACCOt"NTS; ALLOWniG cr SN P~"R CENT. (lO~:~) CISCOtJNT ~1'OR
P::lO},l pr;' PAYii1El,'T; PROVIDING FOR DISCONNECTING SEWER LHIBcl ]1'011 1l'l!E
:'AILFR.r:; ]10 PAY SHOE CHARGES AS THEy BB:COriE DUE; PROVIDING 70R IrEE
D:.!:SJC'i;cl'IYF,',liCE OF' iiVi.TER SERVICE ':'OR F.!\ILTIRE ira PAY SSUER CIJj...~G~S;
Rr~P1tilLI~Jt3 ,A:J,l ORDINANCES O~ PARTS OF r)RDING..NCES INCONSl~)lI'}:~,r'l' EE11E-
WITH; PROVL..IH:} A SA V l.UGS CLAUSE; DECLARHofG AN M'.'lEHG~NCY Ai.m PHO-
VIDIN3 '111:& ~'GIJLOWI1m: THE SBWER Sii:mT ICE FOR to:'ACH AND EVERY Pd:H~)Ol~',
?Il~i: It'.{ COnP();-~TION WHO FAIIJS on llli.~t;'3l<;S 11'0 PAY ANY l.'.OIUHLY SEilER
BILL Ol'i OR hA~ORB 'fHE TENTH DAY O.'? THE SECOND kOlljll'H SUCCEEDIJ\G. T!f~~T
?OR WI,ICH StiCH BILL IS RENDERED~ SHAI,L BE DISCON11IN1JED BY '.PEE GITY
BY LISCOW:::'WTING 1'Hl!: SEINER LINE ?ROJ,~ ThE CITY 81!.'\fIK'i S:{:)Ta !t;.JD LINS::j
;'~m) ~PEE;illA3TEH NO SEWEH COm~BcrflOi~ SHALL.. AlilTEJl B.~ING :91SCON'.lECTb.1")
J'O!: Tf:E N01-fl:.:PAYMEIJT 0:;1 ClJl\.ROES, m~ AGAIN ~~CPU!ECT~r.. {"OB 'fF!'; B:.JdE
U3EH lJlfl'IL AIJ, COSTS INC.UR~D H! I~HF.: ACTUAL PHYS:::CAL !nSCONf!SC:J.1Ilm
,~lm ~u~C01~I~ECTIHG SHALT-l HA va: B ~EN PAID AND ALL DELINQtENT SElNER
3J:1~:;'VIC.E CHAT{GES HAVE BE'i!:N PAID T(' 'l'F~ CITY; 'l'lIl~ BOARD OF' CQJ.';tISSION-
~RS 0:' IrEE CITY MAY, IE' THi!:Y SO DECIDE~ DISCONTINF~ lItHE ',VATE3 SER-
VICE '1.'0 ANY WATER CQnsurf.ER IN 'I'HE CITY WHO FAILS ()~ RE::?T'SES To PAY
Al>Y :'. Ol~'l'JLY SRNEH CIIA"RGE ON OR SB'ilORE THE TENTH DAY Ow rrH~ SgCOND
l.~ OEl1H clUCCE1i;DING THAr Fon WHICH sum" BILL IS RENDERED; A RECONN~~1C-
TIOl~ FEE OTj1 TWO DOLLARS ($2.00) SHAI.!. B}t~ CHARGED ANY CONS1JMER ':mOt1,H;
WAT:d:~q SEHVICE HAS BEEl\T DISCONNECTl!.'D li'OR NONPAYMENT 07 Si!..""rER BILL::;
OH OTHE::l VIOI~TION O~ THE C ITY ORD':}~AHCES.
WHKtlj.:A,S, the City of TJa Porte, 'l'exas, at a great expense
has built and has in operation a sanita.ry sewerage system" sa.nitary
sewer lines and a sewage disposal plant for the ~rpose of collect-
ing sanitary sewage and conveyine same away from tl1e premises to a
place of disposal, and in COnllsction with such system, 1 irJ.8s and
pla~t, it is mainta1n1nr, and oper9.ting intercept in[\: sewers~ j)'t'JTlp-
1r..g stations and a disposal works for the treatment of such sewage;
and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the City of I.a
Porte in the exercise of the d:'-scl'et1on reposed in it by law, in
ordel" to promote the publ ic v/olfare, health, safety and convenience"
has decided that it is necessary, in order to pay the cost and the
expense of maintenance, operation and repair of such property, to
levy and collect a charge or rental for the use of such lir.es, sys-
tem and plant; and
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W1J.EREA8, it is deemed by the Board of Commissioners of
the City of La Porte necessary to fix uniform rates to be charged
the users of the sanitary sewer system to be furnished ~y said
City's lLunic 1pal Sewer System by basing such rates on the amount
of water used by such users,
l,jOW, TlIEHEFORE~ BE IT ORDAIJ.\lED BY 1;'1-fE BOARD 0[" COj','-
MIS3I(1I.J:~RS o::~ THE CITY Ofil LA POHlri<~, TJill<AS, THAT:
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the calendar month succeeding that fOl" which the bill 1. s ~~An:ioT'edJl
the City shall allow a discount i:1 the sum of ten Jer cent. (lP%).
A.Il bills paid after the tenth day of the calendar raontl-J succeeding
that foIt whioh such bill is rendered s.-l1all r.ot be subjeot to sueh
'Jeoome due and payable at the times and with sue!.!, month] Y ',vater
b1~_ls. On all :nonthly 1Jl1J s paid on or before the tenth dt:l.Y of
bJT the City monthly at the time the \'1atc:r bills :;.re made and shall
of ti:10tr I'Mlpective monthl:r water bills; such churge shilll be "oade
using tbe Sanitary Sewer 3~7stem of the City shall pay a rr'onthly
chul'ge to the City ot.' such ser"t~e equal to thirty per cent. (.30:'~)
Seotion 4. Hereafter, each person, firm Ol~ corporati:m
ahall.. with thetr r{~speotive applications, pay to the City a tap
char'ge or connectinn fee in the sum of 'Pi ve Doll aI'S U!:5. :}J; .
applyinF, fOI' conl1ection to the Sewer SanitaJ:'Y SY3telr. and. 1incs
Sec}tlon 3. Hel~el:-\fter, oaoh person, firm 01' corpu!'atic)l'l
shall pefuse such sewer service.
to corr~'plete and execute such applicati,:m andco!1tract, th,!) City
Comr:lls8i~)nel~Sj upon the failure or T'efusal 01'" B.[Y suoh applicllnt
form and provisiuns of 1,vhich shall be p:reacribeC'. by tile Bonrd of
regular Sev/el" Service Application and C()ntraot with tht} City, tha
se\'lsr system Dr lines of tbe City shall compl()t(~ and execute a
cm?,tiorat1on inside of the Ct ty appl ying for usr.~ of th:) 3a:n5_ tary
Section 2. Hereafter, each and ever:r perscn, firm or
profit.
cupies the time, attentlon and 1 aoor of persons for tJ"'.e V.tT'pOG'~ of
01' 'Jy a corpoI'&.tion, which deal s Wlt;~l tlw gene:::'Sl1 puol 11] a.1l~ oc-,
(30) days; the term 'tFamily vni.l:;f1 shall be helo. and oonstrued tC)
mean a.ny number of 1ndi."iduala living together as a sl:':i.;le hous~~-
keephli:; unit; the t arm "Bustne33 Place" shall be held an~~ ~'.):t:Rtl'U~j
tu uean t}1Ose places operated lndivldu,a.lly" by :it group of i.rd:l:lTj.dnnls
of time between the dates the readL1gs of the ~vater meters a!'e 9.ctu-
allJ' takcnby the City, which p er10d shall be approximately thir',~y
"t;:onthU and It~\;onthly" shall be held and construed to mean t"le period
means the Git;)t of .lA.'. PnJ.~to, 1::1. :Iarl'1s County, Texas; thl~ term
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Recti.on 1. Por the iJUrpOSe 01' t}l:lS Ord1:"1ance... the tenl
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Section 5. The sewer service for each and every perso~,
i'1I'rr\ or corpor'aticn who fails or l"cf'uses to pay any m,:mthly sewer
bill or: or before the tenth day of the second month ::m_cceeding t.hA.t
fOl' wj:1ioh Si.1ch bill is rendered" shall be discontiruec1 'oJ the City
by d.:i.sconnecting the sewer line from the City sewp.1' system and
lj,nes and thereafter no sewer connectlcn aha1l, aftcn't being diR-
connected .f'Ol" the nonpaymer..t of charges" be again reconnected for
the same useI' until all conts incur:r.ed in the actual physical d1s-
cormecting and reconnecting shall have been paid a.nd all del i.n,quer..t
sewer se!'vice charges have been paid to tl:e City.
Section 6. The Boare.. of Comrrissior:ers of the City rr.ay"
if '~hey so decide, discontinue the water seI'vice to an~r \'Inter Con-
sumo!' in tho Jity who fails or y'efuses to po.:V any 'r;~r.Uq.y sewer
cn';::"ge on or before the tenth da.y of tho second month succeeding
that flll" wl1icIl sucb bill is rendered. A reconnection fee of 'fwo
Dollar5 (~?2.00) shall be c]~!lrGed any Coraumer whose water service
has been d:I.scor~ected for nonpaym.er.t of sewer h1118 02" other
violation of' the City Ordinances.
Section 7. The cash water deposit made 'by water Con.-
sumers to the City may be applied by the City to the payment of
any unpaid sewer service bill as well as any unpaid water bill
and when so applied by the City, the deposit shall be restored
by t~'1.e watar COllst.:UJ'I_Cr to the original amount. Any unused .f.>Ortio!l
of' the depo::l it shall be rorunded by the C i t,y at any ti1~c the nc-
caunt is discontinued.
Section 8. In the event any section, clauRe, derini-
t ion or phrase of this Ordinance shall be declaI'.ed or adjtF1ged
iJ::val lei or unconstitutional, such adjudicat I'm shall in r,;,() !11eanA
affect any other sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrHses
or definitions of this Ordinance" but all the rest hereof shall be
in full force and effect .1U9t as though the section" subsection,
sentence, cla.use, de.t'i;;'itior. or i)h:rase so declared or adjudged
inva.l id or unconst5.t'l:'.tional 'ilS.S not criginally a part hereof.
Section 9. All Ordinances or pa}~ts of Ordlnancp,s :n-
conl3iste~lt or in conflict with the provisions of this OJJd:t:-Jance
shall end the same are hereby :rcpealc.ed.
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Sectlon 10. 'rhe fact the best interest awl Bene!'::;.]
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welfare or t'::le City requir-e that the regulations "':a.de heI'ein he
put into effect, constitutes rmd, creates an emergency arid a. pub-
lic necessity that the pule roqui:r*i.ng Ordinances to be rend at
three several rn G3tlnss be s'Uspl!n.iod and that this Orclicancc be
passed finally oc its first readinp,; and th~t this Orc~ranne
tllkc e t':'o)ct anl4. be it"), force .f'ro!'!1 and after its passA.gn, :apprtwal
and l'rilbl icati'')nj and it is so ordai.ned.
Pas3ed and a.pproved this the 1zttay of
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