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HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-1967-759-E ... ,- " ' . O~DINANeE NO. 759-E . AN ORDINANeE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 759, AN ORDINANeE ESTAB- LISHING A POLICY ON WAT~R AND SEWER LINE EXTENSIONS; ESTAB- LISHING CONNEeTION FEES AND INSPECTION FEES FOR PROPERTY HEREAFTER eONNECTED TO WATER AND SEWER MAINS; AND PROVIDING ,AN EFFBeTIVE DATE ijEREOF. , BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE eITY OF LA POR~E: ; Section 1. ' Section 2 of Ordinance No. 759, as amended by Ordinance No., 759-D, is hereby amended, and shall hereafter read as follows: "Section, 2. A connection charge shall be made agains,t 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 eity of La Porte, which 'charge shall be at the following rates, which rates are a portion of the total cost of such water and sewer mains , to-wit.: "(1) $1. 44 per front foot of the lot, tract, or parcel of land to which water connections may be made, plus a water tapping charge of: "(a) On connections requiring a 5/8"x3/4" meter, a fee of $184.00. "(b) On connections requiring a 1" or larger meter, at the actual cost of . the materials, plus 11.5% thereof, and the labor, plus 23% thereof. " (c;::) 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; ,"(cl)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. .'. ~~. . ...~~ Ordinance No~ 759-E, Page 2 . "(2) $2.30 per front foot of the lot, tract or parcel of land to which sanitary sewer connections may be made; a stack fee of $149.50 for a 4" sewer tap, and a stack fee of $161.00 fora 6" sewer tap; and an inspection fee of $5.75." Section: 2. Sub-paragraph (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 used for,' school, church, institutional, business, commercial or industrial purposes, including apart- . ment, shopping center, and other multi-building and multi- tenant proje~ts, ~e connection charge shall be, in the case of water, $1.73 per 120 square feet of the connected area served, plus a flat fee per conn-ection, as provided in Section 2 hereof, and all a.pp~icable inspection fees, provided, however, tha~ .in no event shall such connection charge be less, in the case of water, than an amount equal to $1.73 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. UIn'the case of sewer lines, the lots or tracts that are intended ,to be used for, or are being used for, the . purp~ses noted in'the preceding paragraph, the connection charge shall be $2~88 per 120 square f~et of connected area served,- provided, however,,' that in no event shall such connection charge be less than an amount equal to $2.88 per front foot, hor more than an amount equal to the total cost 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 .,' . . Ordinanc~ No. 75~-E~ Page 3. . charge is not. paid, a connection charge in an amount determined in accordance with the provisions of the ordinances of the City Of La Porte will be collected at such time as they are developed. "The eity 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 lines are located within easements dedicated or conveyed to the eity at no cost to it by a duly recorded plat or by an instrument meeting the approval of the eity Attorney, and the lines located therein are conveyed to the eity, at no . cost to it, by a bill of sale meeting the approval of the City Attorney. The eity will not accept ownership nor maintenance of water lines and facilities located on the customer side of the meter." Section '3.. This Ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage and approval. The rates herein provided shall be e~fective' for all service from and after October 1, 1976. ,PASSED AND APPROVED, this the 16th day,pf August, 1976. eITY,OF LA PORTE fii&: ~--==:- ~ J.' J. Meza, Mayor '. ATTEST: .~o~ City ele~ APr~;: ' / ~ tzr4 -aJ~~ eity Attorney' .'