HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 2162 ORDINANCE NO. 16,E
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION I OF ORDINANCE NO.
1792 PRESCRIBING RATES TO BE CHARGED CONSUMERS
OF WATER SUPPLIED BY THE CITY OF FORT WORTH WATER
WORKS, AND IN ADDITION THERETO, PROVIDING FOR
WATER RATES DURING THE BILLING PERIODS BEGINNING
MAY 1, 1943 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1943 sucH
RATES BEING APPLICABLE ONLY TO P.ESIDE-aTIAL CON-
SWERS USING WATER FOR RESIDENTIAL AND IRRIGATIONAL
PURPOSES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEKAS?
SECTION I
That Subsection 1 of Ordinance No. 1792 be and the same is hereby amended
and, after being so amended, it shall read as follows?
The following rates per month, or fraction 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 Ra e
First 266-2/3 Cu. Ft. $.75 Minimum
Neat 49,733-1/3 Cu. Ft. .19 Per 100 Cubic Feet
u 4o,000 CU. Ft. .15 " " u "
" 43,333-1/3 Cu. Ft. .12 " " " "
" 133,333-113 Cu. Ft. .09 " " " "
400,000 Ca. Ft. .06 "
" 5,333-333-1/3 Cu. Ft. .0525"
The above rates shall be the rates charged for
water furnished to all persons, firms and corporations, pro-
vided, however, that during the billing periods beginning May 1,
1943 and ending September 30, 1943, residential consumers using
water for residential and irrigational purposes as herein defined
shall be billed during said billing periods at twenty per cent
(20%) lose than the above schedule; provided, however, that no
monthly billing shall be less than the monthly minimum charge as
set out in Ordinance No. 1792.
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, shrub-
berg, flowers, gardens and any other improvements to the property exterior to the
dwelling, and does not include and shall not be applicable to hotels, tenements,
commercial establishments, industries and apartment houses having more than two
separate apartments or boarding houses having more than three rooms for occupancy
by tentants; 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 consumer who maintains and waters the exterior
premises 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 ordinances
and regulations pertaining to the Fort Worth City Water Works.
SECTION IV.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect
from and after the date of its passage.
APPROVED AS TO FOEM:
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