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ORDINANCE NO. 829-A
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 829, "AN ORDINANCE
ESTABLISHING WATER AND SEWER SERVICE RATES; . . . ", AND
PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE:
Section 1.' Section 1 of Ordinance 829, which was passed
and approved by the City Commission 'of the City of La Porte
on October 6, 1969, is hereby amended, and shall hereafter
read as follows, to-wit:
"Section l~ Water service charges.
liThe following rates per month shall be charged for water
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service furnished by the City through meters in every instance
in which a different charge is not expressly and clearly
provided for elsewhere in thi~ Ordinance:
'''(a) Each single-family dwelling unit individually
metered for the consumption of ,water shall be charged for
water service furnished by the City, the fOllow,ing rates:
"For the first 2,000 gallons,
or part thereof $1.00 per 1,000 gallons
"For the next 3,000 gallons, $0.85 per 1,000 gallons
"For the next 5,000 gallons, $0.65 per 1,000 ,gallons
"For the, next 40,000 gallons, $0.50 per 1,000 gallons
"For the next 50,000 gallons $0.40 per 1,000 gallons
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100,000 gallons $0.30 per 1,000 gallons
liThe minimum monthly charge shall be Two Dollars ($2.00),
for wpich 2,000 gallons of water may be used.
".(b) Co:nunercial connections shall pay for water service
furnished by the City through meters, at the same rates as
single-family dwelli~gs.
"(c) Duplex units, apartment units, and individual
trailer units' in trailer courts, where units are not indivi-
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dually metered for water, a minimum monthly charge of Two
Dollars ($2.00), multiplied by the number of units or trailers,
for which the product of 2,000 gallons multiplied by the
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number of units may be used. Additional consumption shall
be charged at the following rates:
,"For the 'next, 3,000 gallons, $0.85 per 1,000 gallons
"For the next 5,000 gallons, $0.65 per 1,000 gallons
"For the next 40,000 gallons, $0.50 per 1,000 gallons
"For the next '50,000. gallons $0.40 per 1,000 gallons
"For allover the first
100,000 gallons $0.30 per 1,000 gallons
"The number o,f individual units or trailers shall be
considered the number of constructed units or existing
trailers, whether or not occupied."
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Section 2. Sub~P.aragraph (c) of Section 5 of said
Ordinance No.' 829, ,is hereby amended, and shall hereafter
read as follows, to-wit:
"(c) The monthly sewer service charge for duplex units,
apartment units, and individual trailer units in trailer
courts, with units not individually metered for water, will
be determined by multiplying the rate of One Dollar and
Twenty-five Cents ($1.25) times the number of individually
constructed duplex ?r apartment units, or times the number
of existi~g trailers, in the project, plus thirty-five per
cent (35%) of the total 'net' water bill for the current
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month~ "
Section 3. This Ordinance shall be effective immediately
upon its pass~ge and approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED, this the 15th day of December,
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