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AN ORDINANCE AAENDING SECTION I OF ORDINANCE NO. 1754 PRESCRIB-
ING RATES TO BE CHARGED CONS Si iM OF WATER SUPPLIED BY THE FORT
WORTH CITY WATERWORKS, AND, IN ADDITION THERETO, PROVIDING FOR
RATES DURING THE MONTHS OF JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST OF THE YEAR
1933, SUCH RATES BEING APPLICABLE ONLY TO RESIDENTIAL CONSUMKRS
USING WATER FOR RSSIDMIAL AND IRRIGATIONAL PURPOSES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH,
TELLS:
SECTION I.
The following rates per month shall be the rates charged for water to
consumers within the corporate limits of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, until
revised by the City Council of said City by subsequent ordinance, to wit:
Cubic Feet Rate
First 366.3/3 $ 0.75 Minimum
Next 490733.1/3 0.18 per 100 Cu. Fte
Next 400000 0.15 per 100 Cu. Ft•
Next 43„333-1/3 0.12 per 100 Cu. Ft•
Next 106000000 0.09 per 100 Cu. Ft.
Next 492669666-2/3 0.06 per 100 Cu. Ft.
The above rates shall be the rates charged for water furnished to all
persons, firms and corporations, provided, however, that during the months of
June, July and August of the year 1933 residential consumers using water for
residential and irrigational purposes shall be charged the following rates per
month or fraction thereof:
Cubic Feet Rate
First 333-1/3 0.75 Minimum
Next All water consumed over and above
333-1/3 cubic feet, up to an amount
which shall equal the total amount of
water consumed by the same consumer
during the same month of the year
1932, shall be at the rate of $ 0.18 per 100 Cu. Ft.
Next- After the amount of water consumed
for each of the months of June, July
and August of 1932 has been reached,
all additional water consumed up to
the total number of gallons consumed
during the same month and the corres-
ponding period for the year 1932, the
rate shall be 0.09 per 100 Cu. Ft.
Next” For a13, water consumed over and above
an amount equal to double the amount
consumed for each of the months of June,
July and August of 1932, as stated in
the two preceding paragraphs, the rates
shall be the same as those existing prior
to the enactment of Ordinance No• 1754,
and as provided in the first table above
applicable to all consumers.
Under the terms of this ordinance "residential consumers of water for
residential and irrigational purposes" is meant those using water in or upon the
premises of a residence or dwelling for the purpose of sprinkling lawns, shrubbery,
flowers, gardens or any other improvements to the property exterior to the dwell-
Ing, and does not include and shall not be applicable to hotels, tenements, com-
mercial establishments, industries and apartment' houses having more than two
separate apartments, or boarding houses having more than two rooms for occupancy
by tenants•
SECTIQN III.
The water consumers who have no rating for the corresponding months
of the year 1932, to wit,_ June, July and August, and to whom the rate fixed by
this ordinance would be applicable, shall apply to the Superintendent of mater
Works for a rating and the fixing of a bill so as to fix a rate, and the Superin-
tendent of Water Works shall forthwith determine the rate applicable to such con-
sumer and the premises involved, and upon such determination the rate when so
fixed shall be final.
aGTION IV.
All charges and assessments due for water to residential consumers as
herein defined shall be made and collected in conformity with other ordinances
and the regulations pertaining to the Fort Worth City Waterworks, but in the event
any person, firm or corporation fails or refuses to pay said charges under the
rates provided for June, July and August more than ten (10) days after the report
or monthly billing date as shown by said statement setting forth the amount due,
the rate charged and paid upon by such person, firm or corporation shall be that
rate provided for persons, firms and corporations other than residential consum-
ers using water for residential and irrigational purposeso
SECTION V*
This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from
and after the date of its passage*
APPROVED AS TO FOEM AND LEGALITY:
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