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HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-1993-1897 . e " COpy ORDINANCE NO. 93-1897 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 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. A new section of the Code of Ordinance of the City of La. Porte, Article II, Chapter 26, of said Code, shall be added to hereafter read as follows, to-wit: "Sec. 26-12.2 Fee established for certain services: collection of fee Upon recommendation of the director of finance, the City Council of the City of La Porte, pursuant to the directives established in Article II of Chapter 26 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte, hereby establishes the following rates and fees: "(a) Sec. 12-2.2(a) - Each consumer requesting new service with the city shall be charged a service fee of $10.00 (ten dollars) and said service fee is to be collected prior to the beginning of the requested service. "(b) Sec. l2-2.2(b) - Each consumer requesting the transfer from one service location within the city to another service location within the city shall be charged a transfer fee of $15.00 (fifteen dollars) and said fee is to be charged to their account and collected through the normal billing and collection process. "(c) Sec. l2-2.2(c) - Each consumer requesting that their meter be replaced by a new meter, when the city has no reason to believe the meter to be replaced has reached the end of its useful life, shall be charged a meter replacement fee of $25.00 (twenty-five dollars) and said fee is to be charged to their account and collected through the normal billing and collection process. "(d) Sec. l2-2.2(d) - Each consumer requesting that their service lines be pressure tested by the city, and said pressure test is subsequent to a pressure test obtained from the city in the preceding (12) twelve month period, shall be charged a pressure test fee of $25.00 (twenty-five dollars) and said fee is to be charged to their account and collected through the normal billing and collection process. -; e . 1 Ordinance No. 93-1897, page 2 "(e) Sec. 12-2.2(e) - Each consumer requesting that their meter be re-read by the city, and said re-read is subsequent to a re-read requested by the consumer and performed by the city in the preceding (12) twelve month period, and said re-read confirms the accuracy of the previous meter reading, a fee of $5.00 (five dollars) shall be charged for the additional reading and said fee is to be charged to their account and collected through the normal billing and collection process." "Sec. 26-13. Termination of water service for failure to pay. Upon recommendation of the director of finance, the City Council of the City of La Porte, pursuant to the directives established in Article II of Chapter 26 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte, hereby establishes the following rates and fees: "(c) During regular hours (9:00 a.m. through 3:30 p.m., monday through friday, except Holidays approved by the City Council), the service restoration fee shall be $25.00; after the aforementioned hours, the service restoration fee shall be $35.00. "(d) In cases where any person gives the City a check in payment of water and sewer services wtlich is not honored by the drawee bank for any reason, an additional charge shall be levied against such person and said charge shall be the maxi.mum charge authorized by state law. "(e) In cases where the discontinuance of service had to be achieved by the use of a locking mechanism, an additional fee of $25.00 (twenty-five dollars) shall be assessed. If the locking mechanism is removed or otherwise altered to allow service continuance before satisfactory arrangements have been made with the city, another additional fee of $25.00 (twenty-five dollars) shall be assessed. "(f) In cases where the consumer has been provided service by means of an unauthorized tap or hook-up, an administrative penalty of $200.00 (two hundred dollars) shall be assessed." "Sec. 26-14. Water deposits and refunds. "(f) Deposit Schedule 1. Owner-occupied single family residence consumers shall place on deposit the sum of $90.00 (ninety dollars). 2. Other single-family residence consumers shall place on deposit the sum of $125.00 (one hundred twenty-five dollars). .! e . Ordinance No. 93-1897, page 3 Section 2. 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 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 City for the time required by law preceding this meeting, as required by the Open Meetings Law, Article 6252-17, Texas Revised Civil Statutes Annotated; 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. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval. PASSED AND APPROVED this the 26th day of April, 1993. CITY OF LA PORTE i-' r ~ By - _,' , v...c:: ..<; Joh ~Iichael Cooper, '.layor ATTEST: /1 ~L t!J&~, I . " 4'> - City Secretary .- cL APPRi" V ED..: ' ad! vJ ~,,~ City Attorney