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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 4648 OFFICIAL RECORD ORDINANCE NO. CITY SWECRETARY FT. WORTH, TEX. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2 OF ORDINANCE NO. 4581, WHICH IS AN ORDINANCE SETTING RATES FOR WATER AND SAN- ITARY SEWER SERVICE, BY PROVIDING A CHARGE FOR EACH CONNECTION MADE TO A SANITARY SEWER MAIN LOCATED IN AN UNIMPROVED STREET WHICH HAS BEEN ORDERED PAVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND BY PROVIDING AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE FOR EACH WATER AND/OR SANITARY SEWER CONNECTION WHERE PAYMENT OF THE STANDARD CHARGE IS NOT MADE BEFORE THE STREET IS PAVED; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF ALL PRIOR ORDINANCES NOT IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF OF A FINE NOT LESS THAN TWENTY- FIVE DOLLARS ($25.00) NOR MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100,00) ; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND NAMING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, in the exercise of the discretion reposed in it by laws the City Council has determined that it is necessary to install water and sanitary sewer taps in streets before new paving is constructed; and, WHEREAS,, the City Council has determined that the charges and regulations established .in the following section of this ordinance are reasonable and that said charges should be paid by the owners of the property served by said water and sewer taps; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH., TEXAS: SECTION to That Section 2 of Ordinance No. 4581 be amended by adding subsections (e) , (f) , (g) and (h) thereto, which shall read as follows: (e) In cases where the City Council has ordered a street to be paved and no sanitary sewer and/or water taps have been installed to ,connect the sani- tary sewer main or water main in said street to one or more of the lots adjacent thereto, the City Water Works Department is hereby authorized to install or cause to be installed a sanitary sewer tap and/or water tap to connect the main to each such lot abut- ting said street. M The Water Works Department is authorized to charge the owner of each abutting lot served by each water tap constructed hereunder according to the schedule set out in subsection (d) of Section 2 of Ordinance No. 4581. (g) The Water Works Department is hereby authorized to charge the owner of each abutting lot served by each sanitary sewer tap installed hereunder according to the following schedulez Roadway Width Tap Charge Less than 31 feet $25.00 31 feet to 40 feet 33.00 Over 40 feet to 60 feet 44.00 Over 60 feet 55.00 For the purpose of this ordinance, a sanitary sewer tap is hereby defined as a connection to a public sewer located in a public street and extended to a point ap- proximately three feet behind the curb line adjacent to the property served thereby. (h) The applicable charges for water and/or sanitary sewer taps installed hereunder shall be payable in ad- vance of installation. If any such payment is not made prior to the date such street is improved by paving, an additional Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) shall be charged for each such tap so made, and shall be payable along with the charge or charges hereinabove set out at the time the property is connected to the water and/or sewer lines of the City of Fort Worth. SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be and is hereby declared to be cumu- lative of all other ordinances of the City of Fort Worth setting rates for water and sanitary sewer service, and it shall not operate to repeal or affect any such ordinance except insofar as the provisions of any such ordinance are inconsistent or in con- -2- flict with the provisions of this ordinance, in which instance such conflicting provisions shall be, and they are hereby, repealed. SECTION 3. A violation of any of the above rules and regulations of the City Water Works 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 vio- lation under the terms of this ordinance and an offense, and shall be punishable 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 Corpora- tion Court, be fined not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) , and each violation and each day there is a failure to comply with the terms of this ordinance shall constitute a separate offense. SECTION 4. If any section, part of a section or provision of any sec- tion 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 section of this ordinance that was unconstitutional, void -3- or ineffective if they had known that it was unconstitutional, void or ineffective at the time of adopting this ordinance. SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage and publication as required by law. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: S. G. Johndroe, Jr. City Attorney -4-