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Home My WebLink About06-3472 ord437 AMENDMENT -WATER SERVICE TAP FEES ORDINANCE NO. 06~-3472 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW, AMENDING CHAPTER 25 ARTICLE III, ENTITLED "WATER, SEWER 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: +~ ~+ ~"~.,+or ~.~ r~cr~c~6~e-~l~-c°f~liT~d~~ute~'~ vcic°c~E--~Ctef~S" n~rmf +"°c~~9dz~nfrt~le-~li`y'-nf Dvr I~-ra'nrv~e~TG~(~~ i.°. horoh~i mm~r~~orJ .~nrl hull h~~ nofnr+h rn•+`J '+c fnll ~~ SECTION I: Section 25-65 shall be amended to read as follows: 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 1:aps 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 Tao Charaes 3/" Service Tap $~0~:~8 $550.00 1" Service Tap $3t~-98 $610.00 1 %2" Service Tap $~-BA $925.00 2" Service Tap $x:98 $1,075.00 For service taps larger than two inches in diareter 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 Ordinance No. 06-3472 Water Service Tap Fees Effective 10-06 Page 1 of 3 438 to the party or parties having made the deposit, and a copy of same, constituting notice 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 #al-t shall be as follows: Single Family: $ 50.00 per meter Multiple Family: $ 50.00/1St unit plus $ 20.00/each additional unit Commercial, Institutional, or Industrial: 1 %2 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. Ordinance No. 0&3472 Water Service Tap Fees Effective 10-06 Page 2 of 3 439 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. SECTION V: This ordinance shall be effective with the first billing in October 2006 upon its passage and publication as required by law. PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading the 12th day of September, 2006. PASSED AND APPROVED on second reading the ;?6th day of September, 2006. hn C. Anderso ,Mayor ATTEST: ~.J Belinda Hinojosa, City Secret APPROVED AS TO CONTENT: Leslie pear Pear ,City Attorney Ordinance No. 06-3472 Water Service Tap Fees Effective 10-06 Page 3 of 3 APPROVED AS TO FORM: