HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 2405 ORDINANCE N0. `
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION I OF ORDINANCE NO. 1792,
PRESCRIBING RATES TO BE CHARGED CONSUMERS OF WATER
SUPPLIED BY THE CITY OF FORT WORTH 'WATER WORKS, AND,
IN ADDITION THERETO, PROVIDING FOR WATER RATES DURING
THE BILLING PERIODS BEGINNING MAY 1, 1947, AND ENDING
SEPTEMBER 30, 19473 SUCH RATES BEING APPLICABLE ONLY
TO RESIDENTIAL CONSUMERS USING WATER FOR RESIDENTIAL
AND IRRIGATIONAL PURPOSES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
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 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 Cu. Ft.
" 40,000 Cu. Ft. .15 Per 100 Cu. Ft,
" 43,333-1/3 Cu. Ft. .12 Per 100 Cu. Ft.
" 133,333-1/3 Cu. Ft. .09 Per 100 Cu. Ft.
" 400,000 Cu. Ft, .06 Per 100 Cu. Ft.
" 5033,333-1/3 Cu. Ft. .0525 Per 100 Cu. Ft.
The above rates shall be the rates charged for water fur-
nished to all persons, firms and corporations, provided, how-
ever.,
owever, that during the billing periods beginning May 1, 1947,
and ending September 30, 1947, residential consumers using
water for residential and irrigational purposes as herein de-
fined shall be billed during said billing periods at twenty
per cent (20%) less than the above schedule, provided, how-
ever, that no monthly billing shall be less than the monthly
minimum charge as set out in Ordinance No. 1792.
SECTION 2.
Under the terns 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 prop-
erty exterior to the dwelling, and does not include and shall not be ap-
plicable 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 it further
provided that in case of apartments and subdivided dwellings for which more
than one meter is placed, the reduced summer rate shall apply only to the
meter of the consumer who maintains and waters the exterior premises of the
property.
SECTION 3.
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 Forks.
$ECT ION 1+.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from
and after the date of its passage.
APPROVED:
Uel Stephens, Sup intendent
APPROVED AS TO FORK:
City Attorney