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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 5715 i r ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 37 OF THE FORT WORTH CITY CODE (1964) , WHICH CHAPTER REGULATES THE FURNISHING OF WATER AND SEWER SERVICE, BY INCREASING CHARGES ; MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF PRIOR ORDINANCES; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PROVISIONS OF THE FORT WORTH CITY CODE IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; 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 37-23 of Chapter 37 of the Fort Worth City Code is hereby amended, and, after being so amended, same shall read as follows: Sec. 37-23. To be read monthly; bills ; customer charges. (a) Meters shall be read monthly and the customer notified in writing or otherwise of the amount of water and/or sewer service charges against him for such month. Such notice may be furnished by depositing a bill for water and/or sewer service charges in the United States mail directed to the last known address of the customer. Unless such water and/or sewer service charges are paid within ten ('10) days from the date of the bill , an additional charge of Three Dollars ($3.00) for processing the delinquent account will be made and the water may be turned off or the sewer service line disconnected. In cases where the water has been turned off or the sewer service line disconnected, such water will not be turned on again until the total amount due is paid (including the Three Dollar ($3.00) charge for processing the delinquent account), plus an additional fee of Three Dollars ($3.00) for locking and/or removing the water meter; the sewer line shall not be reconnected until said total amount due and an additional fee of Five Dollars ($5.00) for discdnnecting such line have been paid. In such cases where the water has been turned off and the water service line or meter installation is broken, removed, destroyed or otherwise damaged, an additional fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00) shall be collected from the customer before water and sewer service will be restored. (b) In cases where the water meter is already in place or for any reason is installed prior to the payment of the meter deposit by the customer, the deposit must be made within seven (7) calendar days from the date of application for service. If the meter deposit is not received by the City Waterworks Depart- ment within such period, a Three Dollar ($3.00) processing charge shall be made against the customer and the water service may be turned off. (c) For all customers requesting a transfer of service, a Three Dollar ($3,00) transfer charge shall be made. (d) For all work done in setting a meter or activating a water service, where the request is received after 3:00 P.M., and the customer requests service that day, a Three Dollar ($3.00) after-hour charge shall be made. (e) For all work done after 5:00 P.M., at the request of a delinquent customer, a Three Dollar ($3.00) after-hour charge shall be made. SECTION 2. 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 conflict here- with, this ordinance shall be andis hereby made cumulative. SECTION 3. 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 unconstitutional, void or ineffective at the time of adopting this ordinance. SECTION 4. A violation of any of the above rules and regulations of the City Waterworks as set out herein, or a doing or causing 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 punish- able as such; and for each and every violation of the terms of this ordinance, the person, firm, association 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 comply with the terms of this ordinance shall constitute a separate offense. SECTION 5. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage and publication as required by law, and it is so ordained. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: r FdW15AW City Attgrney Adopted by the City Council January 30, 1967 Effective:: February 15, 1967.