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WATER SERVICE TAP FEES
ORDINANCE NO. 05-3458
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW, AMENDING CHAPTER
25 ARTICLE III ENTITLED "WATER, SEWFR EXTENSIONS" OF THE
CODE OF THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW, TEXAS; CUMULATIVENESS
CLAUSE; CONFLICTS CLAUSE; SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Plainview, Texas, provides water to its citizens; and
WHEREAS, the City Council is charged with the responsibility of establishing
water service tap fees in order to insure that the services provided are maintained at an
acceptable level; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that an increase in the fees charged for such
services is necessary to insure the continued viability of said program;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City of Plainview hereby ordains that Chapter 25 Article
I!1 entitled "Water, Sewer Extensions" of the Code of the City of Plainview, Texas is
hereby amended and shall henceforth read as follows:
SeCtion I.
Sec. 25-65. Water service taps and fees.
The City shall install and maintain all water service taps in the streets, alleys and
easements, both inside and outside the city limits of the City, and shall charge for the
installation and maintenance of all such service taps a sum sufficient to cover the
average cost thereof; such sum is to be determined and collected by the Water and
Sewer Department and shall be at the following rates or basis:
Water Service Tap Charges
%" Service Tap
1" Service Tap
I ~" Service Tap
2" Service Tap
$200.00 300.00
.$~q741~0380.00
$~675.00
$660.00795.00
For service taps larger than two inches in diameter
An estimate of the cost for all service taps larger than two inches (2") in diameter
will be furnished by the City Representative, and a deposit of the estimated amount will
be required before work is started on the installation of such tap, the final cost to be
adjusted upon completion of the work. Should the final cost of the work exceed the
amount of the deposit, a statement showing the amount of the excess will be furnished
to the party or parties having made the deposit, and a copy of same, constituting notice
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that the excess amount is due, shall be furnished the contractor or owner of the property
to which service is being extended. Upon failure to receive prompt payment of any
excess amount due on such estimates, the City Representative, at his option, may
refuse or discontinue water service to the property until full payment has been made for
the work performed.
In the event that upon completion of the work for which deposit has been made
the final cost is less than the amount of estimate or deposit, a refund of the amount of
over-payment will be made to the party or parties from whom the deposit was received.
The above flat rate charges, and the estimates of cost of all service taps larger
than two (2") inches in diameter, shall include all costs incident to making the installation
of the service tap required. The Street Department .shall make the necessary pavement
repairs, the cost of same to be included in the cost figures as above enumerated.
There shall also be paid with and in addition to the water tap fee a utility account
deposit, the amount of which shall be determined by the type of property use served.
The utility account deposits halt be as follows:
Single Family:
Multiple Family:
Commercial, Institutional, or Industrial:
~ 50.00 per meter
$~ 50.00/1't unit plus
$~ 20.00/each additional unit
times estimated bill
($~. 50.00 minimum)
Costs set out herein shall apply for connections to property inside and outside
the city limits of the City. The City will maintain, at its own expense, and at their original
sizes, all services from the main to the meter so long as the consumer continues the
use thereof. Whenever use of a service is abandoned by the consumer, this obligation
to maintain the service shall cease.
Section II
Provisions of this ordinance are cumulative and nothing herein shall prevent,
alter, or diminish the applicability or enforcement of other ordinances restricting,
regulating, or governing the subject matter herein.
Section III
All ordinances or portions of any ordinance of the City of Plainview, Texas in
conflict herewith, are hereby amended to conform with the provisions hereof.
Section IV
Should any section, subsection, or any portion hereof be deemed invalid for any
reason, such holding shall not render or invalidate any other section, subsection,
sentence, provision, clause, phrase, or word severable therefrom and the same shall be
deemed severable for this purpose.
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Section V
This ordinance shall be effective with the first billing in October, 2005.
PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading this the 20th day of September, 2005.
PASSED AND APPROVED on second reading this the 27th day of September,
2005.
ATTFST:
Belinda Hinojosa, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Leslie Pearce, City Attorney
APPROVED AS/~0N~,~T: /
Keller, Budget Manager
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