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ORDINANCE NO. 96-1637-A
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION VI OF THE ELECTRIC CODE OF THE CITY
OF LA PORTE; PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE TERMS OF THIS
ORDINANCE SHALL BE GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND UPON CONVICTION
THEREOF SHALL BE FINED IN ANY SUM NOT MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED
DOLLARS ($500.00); 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 6.01(a) of the Electric Code of the City
of La Porte is hereby amended, to hereafter read as follows, to-
wit:
"6.01 Meter Cabinets
(a) The meter cabinets and electrical metering equipment
through which service is rendered by the electric public
service company to domestic establishments and buildings
combining domestic establishments with commercial or
industrial usage, shall be installed where readily
accessible on the exterior of the building. Meter
cabinets or meter sockets shall be approved by the
electric public service company and installed by the
master electrician performing the work, and meter
cabinets to be located so the center of the opening for
the meter dial shall be not less that five feet (5') nor
more than six feet (6') above mean ground level, and to
be readily accessible to the electric public service
company to service. On apartment buildings, where space
limitations will not permit placing all meters at the
same height, they may be arranged in two (2) tiers, with
the openings for the meter dials in lower tier as near as
practicable to five feet (5') above mean ground level and
second tier placed as near as practicable above the
first. Where space limitations will not permit placing
of meter cabinets as outlined above, the electric public
service company, subject to the approval of the
Inspector, may determine the arrangement to be used. All
service outlets shall be located so as to permit placing
the electric public service company's service wires on
the wall of the building next to the supply."
section 2. If any section, sentence, phrase, clause, or any
part of any section, sentence, phrase, or clause, of the ordinance
shall, for any reason, be held invalid, such invalidity shall not
affect the remaining portions of the ordinance, and it is hereby
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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 3. 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
ci ty 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
by law at all times during which this ordinance and the subject
matter thereof has been discussed, considered and formally acted
upon. The City Council further ratifies, approves and confirms
such written notice and the contents and posting thereof.
section 4. Any person as defined in section 1.07(27). Texas
Penal Code, who shall violate any provision of this ordinance,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall
be punished by a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).
section 5. This Ordinance shall be effective from and after
its passage and approval, and it is so ordered.
PASSED AND APPROVED, this 22nd day of July, 1996.
By:
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ATTEST:
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Sue Lenes,
City Secretary