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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 37-26A OF
CHAPTER 37 OF THE FORT WORTH CITY CODE
(1964) , AS AMENDED, WHICH SECTION REGULATES
FRONT FOOTAGE CHARGES FOR WATER AND SEWER
SERVICE CONNECTIONS IN THE CITY, BY MAKING
SUCH CHARGES APPLICABLE TO "SINGLE CUSTOMERS " ;
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 , THAT:
SECTION 1.
Subsections (a) and (b) of Section 37-26A of Chapter 37
of the Fort Worth City Code (1964) , as amended, be, and the
same are hereby amended, and, after being so amended, same
shall be and shall hereafter read as follows :
"Sec . 37-26A. Front footage charges for service
connections - water - sewer.
" (a) In addition to other connection charges
provided in this chapter, a front footage charge
shall be paid for all water service connections
made from and after the effective date hereof to
all water mains constructed or purchased after
October 1, 1961, except connections to on-site
mains for which the City has previously received
payment from a developer and except for reconnec-
tion of 'single customers ' to water main enlarged
to provide adequate water service.
" (b) In addition to other connection charges
provided in this chapter, a front footage charge
shall be paid for all sewer connections made from
and after the effective date hereof to sanitary
sewers authorized for construction after Octo-
ber 1, 1964, except service connections to
sanitary sewers extended by a developer . "
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 ordi-
nances or provisions of the Fort Worth City Code not in di-
rect conflict herewith, this ordinance shall be and is hereby
made cumulative.
SECTION 3 .
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City
Council that the sections , paragraphs , sentences, clauses
and phrases of this ordinance are severable, and if any phrase,
clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall
be declared void, ineffective or unconstitutional by the valid
judgment or final decree of a court of competent jurisdiction,
such voidness, ineffectiveness or unconstitutionality shall
not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences,
paragraphs and sections hereof, since the same would have
been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation
herein of any such void, ineffective or unconstitutional
phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section .
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SECTION 4 .
The violation of any provision of this ordinance or of
any provision of the Fort Worth City Code relating to water
or sewer service connection charges shall be deemed an of-
fense and shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed Two
Hundred Dollars ($200.00) , and each violation thereof and
each day that there is a failure to comply with the terms of
this ordinance shall be and is hereby deemed to be a distinct
and separate offense and punishable as such .
SECTION 5 .
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after its adoption and publication as required by law,
and it is so ordained.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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S . G. JOHNDROE, JR. , City Attorney
Adopted by the City Council
Effective
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LINE Mayor and Council Communication
BAILIFF
GRAHAM DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT: Amendment to Ordinance Relating PAGE
NUMBER to Water and Sanitary Sewer 1
ROBINSON 1/20/75 G-2603 Charges I of
On September 16, 1974 (M&C G-2507) , the City Council adopted Ordinance
No. 7059 increasing the water front foot charges from $2.50 per front
foot to $5.00 per front foot and increasing sanitary sewer front foot
charges from $2.00 per front foot to $4.50 per front foot.
It was the intent that these be the only changes to the front foot charge
Ordinance No. 6044 then in effect. However, in drafting the new Ordinance
No. 7059, language was inadvertently included excepting "single customer"
connections from payment of front foot charges. Such charges have applied
to single customer connections since Ordinance No. 6044 became effective
on July 1, 1969, and it was intended to continue this practice in effect.
Accordingly, the staff has prepared a corrected ordinance eliminating
exception of "single customer" connections from payment of front foot
charges for connection to water and sanitary sewer facilities.
Recommendation
It is recommended that amendment of Chapter 37-26A of the Fort Worth City
Code to provide for payment of front foot charges by "single customer"
connections to water and sanitary sewer facilities be approved.
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