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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 5875 v ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 37 OF THE FORT WORTH CITY CODE (1964) , WHICH CHAPTER REGULATES THE FUR- NISHING OF WATER AND SEWER SERVICE, BY INCREASING CHARGES, PROVIDING ADDITIONAL CHARGES AND PROVIDING FOR MULTIPLE SMALL METER SETTINGS AT A SINGLE LOCA- TION; MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF PRIOR ORDINANCES; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PROVISIONS OF THE FORT WORTH CITY CODE IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSEI PROVIDING A PENALTY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That Section 37-26, Paragraph (d) , of Chapter 37 of the Fort Worth city Code, as amended by Ordinance No. 5432, adopted August 23, 1965, is hereby amended, and, after being so amended, said paragraph shall hereafter read as follows: (d) A charge shall be made by the City Water- works Department for each tap made to a water main for a connection, which charge shall be determined by the size of the connection and the character of the surface of the street in which the connection is to be located. From the follow- ing schedule shall be determined the charge for making taps, and the charge shall be payable in advances Installation Charge Unimproved Shot or Chat Paved Size Tap Street Street street 3/4 inch $ 50.00 $ 95.00 $115.00 1 inch 75.00 120.00 140.00 1-1/2 inch 150.00 195.00 215.00 2 inch 200.00 245.00 265.00 For each 3/4 inch branch, add $10.00 For each 1 inch branch, add $20.00 Above 2 inch, cost plus 10% Developers will pay the full cost of all water service tape constructed by contract in new de- velopments, but this sentence shall not be deemed to change the terms of developers' contracts made prior to the adoption of this ordinance. Any water connection larger than two inches shall be made under a contract between the cus- tomer and the City, acting by and through the Director or Superintendent of the waterworks Department. SECTION 2. That Section 37-26, Paragraph (e) , of Chapter 37 of the Fort North City Code, as amended by Ordinance No. 5432, adopted August 23, 1965, is hereby amended, and, after being so amended, said paragraph shall hereafter read as follows: (e) In cases where the City Council has ordered an unimproved street to be paved and such unimproved street contains existing water and/or sewer mains but no sanitary sewer and water taps have been extended to one or more of the abutting lots, in order to prevent future paving cuts, the City Waterworks Department is authorised to install or cause to be installed a sanitary sewer tap or water tap to connect the water and/or sewer mains to each such lot. SECTION 3. That Section 37-26, Paragraph (f) , of Chapter 37 of the Fort Worth City Code, as amended by ordinance No. 5432, adopted August 23, 1965, is hereby amended, and, after being so amended, said paragraph shall hereafter read as follows: (f) The City Waterworks Department is au- thorized to make a charge according to the schedule set out in Paragraph (d) hereof against the owner of each abutting lot served by each water tap constructed under Paragraph (e) . SECTION 4. That Section 37-26, Paragraph (g) , of Chapter 37 of the Fort Worth City Code, as amended by Ordinance No. 5432, adopted August 23, 1965, is hereby amended, and, after being so amended, said paragraph shall hereafter read as follows: (g) A charge shall be made against the owner of each abutting lot which is serviced by a sanitary sewer tap installed under the provisions of Paragraph (e) . Such charge shall be made ac- cording to th`6 following schedule: Size of Service Lateral 4„ V Concrete or Cast Concrete or Cast Vitrified Clay Iron Vitrified Clay Iron $60.00 $65.00 $70.00 $85.00 For the purpose of this section, a sanitary sewer tap is hereby defined as a connection to a public sanitary sewer located in a public street and extended to a point approximately three feet behind the curb line adjacent to the property served thereby. SECTION 5. That Section 37-26, Paragraph (h) , of Chapter 37 of the Fort Worth City Code, as amended by Ordinance No. 5432, adopted August 23, 1965, is hereby amended, and, after being so amended, said paragraph shall hereafter read as followss (h) If the applicable charges for water or sanitary sewer taps installed hereunder are not paid prior to the date such street is im- proved by paving, an additional Thirty Dollars ($30.00) shall be charged for each water or sanitary sewer tap. These charges shall be pay- able at the time the property is connected to the water or sewer line of the City. SECTION 6. That Section 37-26 of Chapter 37 of the Port Worth City Code is hereby amended by adding thereto Paragraph (i) , which paragraph shall read as follows: (i) In instances where fire protection is not a factor, good engineering practices permit, and there is written authorization from the Director of the City Waterworks Department, multiple small meter settings may be made at a single location instead of a three inch or larger meter at such location, but such multiple small meter settings shall be made entirely at the customer's cost. The customer's cost shall include tap in- stallation, meters, meter fittings and meter boxes. The City shall retain ownership of all of said facilities and equipment. SECTION 7. This ordinance shall repeal every prior ordinance and provision of the Fort Worth City Code in conflict herewith but only insofar as the portion of such prior ordinance or provision shall be in conflict, and as to all other ordinances or provisions of the Fort Worth City Code not in direct con- flict herewith, this ordinance shall be and is hereby made cumulative. SECTION 8. if any section, part of a section or provision of any section of this ordinance shall be held to be void, ineffective or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, the holding of such section, part of a section or provision of any section to be void, ineffective or, unconstitutional for any cause whatsoever shall in no way affect the validity of the remaining sections and provisions of this ordinance, which shall remain in full force and effect. The City Council would not have passed any sections, parts of sections or provisions of any section of this ordinance that were unconstitutional void or ineffective if it had known that they were unconstitu- tional, void or ineffective at the time of adopting this ordi- nance. SECTION 9. A violation of any of the above rules and regulations of the City waterworks as not out herein, or a doing or caus- ing to be done by any person or persons, firm or association, of any of the things or acts forbidden or made unlawful in any of such rules and regulations, shall be deemed to constitute a violation under the terms of this ordinance and an offense, and shall be punishable as suchi and for each and every viola- tion of the terms of this ordinance, the person, firm, asso- ciation or corporation shall, upon conviction thereof in the Corporation Court, be fined not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) , and each violation and each day there is a failure to amply with the terms of this ordinance shall constitute a separate offense. SECTION 10. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage and publica- tion as required by law, and it is so ordained. APPRO 'Ma v r..i t» TO FORM AND r.utu.I i x t City Attorney Adopted by the City Council Effective