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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1 OF
ORDINANCE NO. 1792, PRESCRIBING RATES
TO BE CHARGED CONSUMERS OF WATER SUP-
PLIED BY THE CITY OF FORT WORTH ;HATER
WORKS, AND IN ADDITION THERETO, PRO-
VIDING FOR '+NATER RATES DURING THE BILL-
ING DATES FOR THE MONTHS OF MAY, JUNE,
JULY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, 1937, SUCH
RATES BEING APPLICABLE ONLY TO RESI-
DENTIAL CONSUMERS USING 'WATER FOR RESI-
DENTIAL AND IRRIGATIONAL PURPOSES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, '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 frac-
tion thereof, shall be the rates charged for
water furnished to consumers within the cor-
porate limits of the City of Fort Worth until
revised by the City Council of said city by
subsequent 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
It 40,000 Cu. Ft. .15 " " It It
43,333-1/3 Cu. Ft. .12 " it it to
133,333-1/3 Cu. Ft. .09 " it It It
400,000 Cu. Ft. .06 " It
It if
5,333,333-1/3 Cu. Ft. .0525 per 100 cubic feet
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 May 1, 1937, and ending
September 30, 1937, residential consumers using
water for residential and irrigational purposes
shall be billed during said billing periods as
follows:
The average water consumption of the months
of December, 1936, January, February and March,
1937, shall be used as a basis and billed at the
regular scheduled rates as set out above, and all
water consumed in excess of the above average shall
be billed at one-half (1/2) of the scheduled rates.
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, 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 four separate apartments
or boarding houses having more than three rooms for occupancy
by tenants; and be it further provided that in case of apart-
ments 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 con-
formity with other 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 FORM AND LEGALITY:
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