HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 2108 ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION I OF ORDINANCE
NO. 1792 PRESCRIBING RATES TO BE CHARGED CON-
SU1MRS OF•WATER SUPPLIED BY THE CITY OF FORT
"TORT$ WATER WOM, AND IN ADDITION TIMETO,
PROVIDING FOR PATER RATES DURING THE BILLING
PERIODS BEGINNING JUNE 1, 1941 AND ENDING
SEPTRIBER 30, 1941, SUCH RATES BEING APPLICABLE
ONLY TO RESIDENTIAL CONSU2MS USING WATER FOR
RESIDENTIAL AND IRRIGATIONAL PURPOSES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT ffORTH,
TEXAS:
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 subseouent
ordinance, to-wit:
Cubic Feet Rate
First 266-2/3 Cu.Ft. $.75 Minimum
Next 49,733-1/3 Cu.Ft. .18 per 100 cubic feet
40,000 Cu.Ft. .15 a 11 a If
43,333-1/3 Cu.Ft. .12 " ° if "
If 133,333-.1/3 Cu.Ft. .09 " It It it
" 400,000 Cu.Ft. .06 11 It If If
it 5,333,333--1/3Cu.Ft. .0525" " it it
The above rates shall be the rates charged for water
furnished to all persons, firms and corporations, provided,
however, that during the billing periods beginning June 1,
1941 and ending September 30, 1941, residential consumers
using water for residential and irrigational purposes as
herein defined shall be billed during said billing periods
at twenty per cent (20%) less than the above schedule; pro-
vided, 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, Nresidential 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
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 tenants; and be if 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
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maintains and craters the exterior premises of the property.
SECTIOR 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 FOR14:
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