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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 297 i ORD INALI CE NO. AS ORDINABOB CREATING ME OFFICE OF INSPECTOR OF US, .SIGHT MD OWiR AND WATER 93-MRS, DEFINING IUS DUTIES, FIXING HIS -8OYIDIUG FOR THE TESTING OF 10MRS, FIXING PENALTY FOR IT3 YIOLATIOH, AND REPM'ALING CONFLICTING ORDINAMC'M:- Be it ordained by the Board of Commissioners of the9 city of Fort Lorth, Texas:- See 1:- That the office of Inspector of Gas, Light and Power and Later Vetere is hereby created. Said Inspector shall be appointed by the Board of Commissioners of said City, subject lift- to dismissal without cause a at any time by said Board or by the City E .eotrioian of said CitZw th the € vijr val of s ,` said Board, and he ehe.il receive an* anrnxal Salary A payable in equal monthly installments. He shall maintain an office in the City Electricians Office in said city and shall keep` a written record in detail of all official inspections made by him and the results thereof, and of all amounts received and expended by him and from whom and for what purpose received and issue to whom and for what purpose expended. He shall - titten receipts for P 11 ninount. received br him w�i-�i�xe-�__��._n _��e fe ,.�,,, ,mil I amounts expended by him, and shall keep a record of such receipts. lie shall, upon the first day of snob month or as soon thereafter as possible turn over to the Treasurer all amounts in his 'hands together with a detailed written statement of said amounts and from whom and for what purpose received. Said slAary shall be paid out of, and said amounts deport ted to the credit of the General Find of said city. Said inspector shall execute a good and sufficient Band in favor of said city with some good surety company us surety in the sum of ;10O0.00, to be approved by said Board of Commissioners , conditioned upon the faithful performance of all his official duties and upon his promptly accounting to said City for all funds coring into his hands. Section -2.- Every person, firm or corporation engaged f"n !ian- ufactaring or furnishing gas to the inhabitants o-T said city, under a franchise from said city, shall furnish merchantable ga.e to the consumers, free of more than traoee of impurity, as nearly as pro- portionate in composIticm as ? c£=si#7e, t ' mort 1,e" thm � . -lb-ftift Thermal Units per cubic foot, at a to peratnre of 32 Degrees Fahrenheit, and 760 Millimeters Barometer pressure, when tested with a standard gas calorimeter, to be tested by said Inspector or some one designated by him with the anprova_ of said Board of Commissioners and Its City Eleotrieian, as often as neees. ai7; the expenses of all such tests as shall prove unsatisfactory shall be paid immediately by the furnishet of such gas, and the expenses of such tests as shall prove satisfactory shall be paid by said city . If any month's average supply- of gas shall fall below -- LZZ ::ritleh `h,,. _L,%1 Y per cubic foot then the rate charged therefor shall be reduced proportionately. Said Gas shall be delivered to the concuner at such uniform pressure as to be capable of producing an efriolent and hi;-h standard of heating or illuminating service. Section 3:- Every person, firm or corporation engegnd in furnishing electrical current for the' nurpose of light or power to the inhabitants of said city, under a 1ranahise from ald City shall furnish such ourrent as will produce an ezricient continuous standard of light or heating service . Se.o ion 4:- All Water furnished the inhabitants of said city by MWOL said city or any person, firm or corporation, under a franchise from said city, shall be as nearly pure an of as uniform quantity, quality and pressure a practicable. Said inspeotcx shall as often as necessary, with the approval of said hoard of Co-mminsionere and City ElAotrician, at the expense of said city* hape chemical analyses made of the water furnished the lnhabitaqte of said. City and report the results thereof in writing to Baia B94rd of Commieeioners, which report shall be filed with the City Secgazary and be subject at all times to public inepeotion. Section b:- Only ww"harae for m^Ras, light or water meter shaJ.1 be made for each residence or for each family residing therein, or for-each place of business or for each person firm or corporatin conducting a business therein, except by agreement,,.witt the con- s►caner. Section b:- The charges ror gas, rater or electrical ourrent shall be governed by the existing and future ordinances of said city. Section 7:- Said inspector, shall, upon the written ooiiplaint of any consumer of water, gas or olectrical current, accompanied by a fee of 7,1.tfZf at once rna a th:ozough teem •ef the usts-r complained of, er s m�_a a� and ftfr snQh 1 urpoe e the owner of said meter shall at once upon nodes rrom said ins ­'-otor deliver same to his orrice where it shall remain for inspection not more than 24 hours, and edd owner of each meter shal furnish and instal anther meter for the use of the consumer during said. time. Said inspector may test such renter at Its plane of loo- ation and for such purpoee-shall have the right of ingress and egress thereto. If he finds that the meter reoords within .2% of the amount of gas, water or electrical current actually consumed he shall so report to the consumer and said fee shall become the property of said city. If be finds that said meter does not record within 2% of the amount of Gas, Water or Eleotrical current con- sumed, he sh€ ll return said fee to the consumer and at once re- port the condition of the meter to Its owner who shall immediately pay to said inspector a fee of $1.00 for said inepsotion gad said meter shall not be used furhhee until it shall have been corrected . c,_PVT The owner of any meter may at any time have the sawe te3s.od by said inspector upon the, payment of a fee of 61.00 there- for and if said meter is found dnoorreot after allowing a variation of 2% it shall not be need farther until corrected ��l to meter tested under the foregoing provisions shall be Farther used unless the same hue attached to it a certificate of said inspector showing the date of inspection, that oame3 was found correct, and 'haring said inspectois signature. Lhe owner of any meter tested or the consunsr using same may be present when it is tested. 3e ation 8:- o2Titrial testes findinge, ralings and decisions of said inspector shall be finc.l, except when disapproved by said City Electrician in which event the action of said City Electrician shall be Fined, unless written appeal be taken therefrom within ten days to said Board of Commissioners , and during the pendency of snob e,ppeal the action of said inspector or said City Electrician shall remain in force. Seotion 9:- Said inspector shall be under the direct sup6rvUion of the City Electrician of Said City and shall perform s_ er and firther duties as may be assigned him by said City Electrician ­r ant- 'RnA-M of Commissioners. tad ba shall make written reports of any official note of his upon the request of said City ylsotrioian or eaV Board of Comq+Wicnners or any member thereof. Uetion 10:- rson, persons. firm or corporation, their agents or employees, violating any of the provisions of this ordinance ;shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon a conviction there- of shall be fined An any sum not less than $25.00 or more than 4200.00. Section ll:- Any person, firm or corporation, acting under a franchise from said City, who shall violate or fail or refn.a to obe# any of the provisions of this ordinance shall thereby subject its franchise to forfeiture, and the same may thereupon be forfeited by said Hoard of Commissioners after ten day 's written notice to the holder theroof or its agent or emplo$ee at its office or place of business of the time and place of the contemplated action of said Board of Commissioners. The provisions of this section are not to be construed to repeal any of the provisions of the, neat preoeeding sec ion but are to be cumulative thereto. Section 12:- All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed in so far as they may so conflict, but otherwise are to ruin in full force and effect. Section 13:- This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication as required by law. I hereby certify that the above and fore going ordinance was duly presented and unanimously pas:~ed and adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Fort Worth at a session of said Board Held Tuesday March 26th,1912. City Secretary. Approved as to form:- set; b*oratJ_*a vunsel.