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ORDINANCE NO. 759-B
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2 OF ORDINANCE NO. 759, AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE:
Section 1. Section 2 of Ordinance No. 759 is hereby
amended, and shall hereafter read as follows:
"Section 2. A connection charge shall be made
~gainst each lot, tract, or parcel of land and the owner
thereof whose water and sewer line shall be hereafter connected
with any water main'or sanitary sewer main of the City of
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La Porte, which cha~ge shall be at the following rates, which
rates are a portion of the total cost of such water and sewer
mains, to-wit:
"(1) $0.75 per front foot of the lot, tract, or
parcel or land to which water connections may be made, plus
a water tappi~g charge of:
"(a) On connections requiring a 5/8"x3/4"
meter, a fee of $65.00;
"(b) On connections requiring a l-inch water
meter, a fee of $100.00;
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"-:{c) On connections requiri~g a 1-1/4" or
la~ger meter, at the actual cost of the
meter and installation thereof;
"(d) On existing connections requiring a
larger meter, the cost of the new, larger
meter shall be discounted by the cost of
the existing smaller meter;
II (e) If the connection requires an excavation
in an asphalt or concrete street, necessi-
tating street repairs, there will be an
additional charge of the actual cost of
said street repairs.
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"(2) $1.50 per front foot of the lot, tract or
parcel of land to which. sanitary sewer connections may be
made, plus a stack fee of $25.00.11
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Ordinance No. 759-B~ P~ge 2.
Section 2. Sub-par~graph (3) of Section 5 of Ordinance
No. 759, is hereby amended, and shall hereafter read as
follows:
"(3) For lots or tracts that are intended to be
used for, or are being tis~d for, school, church, institutional,
business, commercial or industrial purposes, including apart-
ment,' shoppi~g center, and other multi-building and multi-
tenant projects, the connection charge shall be, in the case
Of water, $1.00 per 120 square feet of connected area served,
plus a flat fee per connection, as provided in Section 2 hereof,
and all applicable inspection fees, provided, however, that in
no event shall sucn connection cha~ge be less, in the case of
water, than an amount equal to $1.00 per front foot, nor more
than an amount equal to the total cost of constructing
required water mains to provide water service to such property.
"In the case of sewer lines, the lots or tracts
that are intended to be used for, or are being used for, the
purpo,ses noted in the precedi~g par~graph, the connection
cha~ge shall be $1.75 per 120 square feet of connected area
served, provided, however, that in no event shall such
connection charge be less than an amount equal to $1.75 per
front foot, nor more than an amount equal to the total cost
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of constructing required sewer mains to provide sewer service
to such property.
"The area served shall be the area developed and
improved, including off-street parking areas, but shall not
include areas intended for future development. As to those
undeveloped and unimproved areas for which a connection charge
is not paid, a connection charge in an amount determined in
accordance with the provisions of the ordinances of the City
of LaPorte will be collected at such time as they are developed.
liThe City will accept ownership and maintenance of
those water lines, on the source of intake side of the water
meter or meters, constructed within the area served when such
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Ordinance No. 759-B, Page 3.
lines are located within easements dedicated or conveyed to
the City at no cost to ~t by a duly recorded plat or by an
instrument me~tingthe approval of the City Attorney, and
the lines located therein are conveyed to the City, at no
cost to it, by a bill of sale meeti~g the approval of the
City ~ttorney. The City will not accept ownership nor
maint~nance of wate~ lines and facilities located on the
customer side of the meter."
Section 3. This Ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its pass~ge and approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED, this the
15th day of December,
A.D. 1969.
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CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS
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