HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1992 ORDINANCE NO.�I
AN ORDINANCE AIMMING SECTION I OF ORDINANCE N0.
1792, PRESCRIBING BATES TO BE CHARGED CONSUMERS
OF WATER SUPPLIED BY THE CITY OF FORT 'WORTH WATER
1,0=9, AND IN ADDITION THWTO, 'RCVIDING PLR
hATER BATES WRING THE BILLING PERIODS BEGINNING
MAY 1, 1938, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1938, SUCH
RATES BEING APPLICABLE ONLY TO RE'SIM.@TIAL CON�-
SMMS USING PATER FOR RESIMTTIAL AND IRRIGA-
TIONAL PURPOSES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF TEET CITY
FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
SECTION I.
That Subsection 1 of Ordinance No. 1792 be and the same is hereby
amended and, after being so emended, it shall read as follows:
The following rates per month, or (ration
thereof, shall be the rates charged for water furnished
to consumers within the corporate limits of the City of
Fort Worth until revised by the City Council of said
city by subsequent ordinance, to wit:
Cubic Feet Rate
First 266-2/3 Cu. Ft. $-75 Minimum
Next 49,733-1/3 Ou. Ft. .18 per 100 cubic feet
n 4o,000 Ou. Ft. .15 u n n n
" 43333-1/3 Cu. Ft. .12 n n n u
u 133:333-1/3 Cu- Ft- ,0g n n n a
" 400000 Cu. Ft. .06 n n n n
" 5.333:333-1/3 Ga- Ft- .0525 per 100 cubic feet
The above rates shall be the rates charged for
water furnished to all persons, firms and corporations,
provided, however, that daring the billing periods beginning
May 1, 1938, and ending September 30, 1938, residential con-
sumers using water for residential and irrigational purposes
shall be billed during said billing periods as follows:
The average water consumption of the months of
December, 1937, January, February and March, 1938, ahall be
used as a basis and billed at the regular scheduled rates
as set out above, and all water consumed in excess of the
above average shall be billed at one-half (1/2) of the sched-
uled rates.
SECTION II.
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 and any other improvements to the property ex-
terior to the dwelling, and does not include, and shall not be applicable to
hotels, tenements, conanerd al establishements, industries and apartment houses
having more than four separate apartments or boarding houses having more than
three rooms for occupancy by tenants, and be it further provided that in case
of apartments and subdivided dwellings for which more than one meter is
placed, that the reduced summer rate shall apply only to the meter of the con-
sumer who maintains and waters the exterior pro=ses of the property.
SECTION III.
All charges and assessments due for water to residential consumers
as herein defined shall be made and collected in conformity with other or-
d-inances and regmlations pertainir;g to the Fort Worth City Water Works.
SECTION IP.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect
from and after the date of its passage.
APPROPED AS TO F 1-' AND LEGALIM
City Attorney
ORDINANCE
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Date
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City Seaetary.