HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 685 CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS AMENDING
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AMENDING CHAPTER ]2, BY AMENDING
WATER AND SEWER CODES AS ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE NO. 449,
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL THE 29TH DAY OF
SEPTEMBER, ]986; AMENDING SECTION 6 OF THE WATER AND
SEWER CODES; ESTABLISHING A SEWER SURCHARGE; PROVIDING
A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY; DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW THEREFORE~ BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF THE COLONY, TEXAS:
Section ]. That Section 6 of the Water and Sewer Codes as
adopted by Ordinance No. 449 passed and approved by the City
Council on the 29th day of September, ]986, shall be amended by
adding the following:
Section 6.4 A sewer charge in the amount of $1.65 per
month shall be added to the utility bill of each customer receiving
service from the City of The Colony. Such charge shall be for the
re-payment of the State Revolving Fund Loan acquired for the
installation of sanitary sewer improvements in the Eastvale
Subdivision.
Section 2. If any section, article paragraph, sentence~
clause, phrase or word in this ordinance~ or application thereto
any persons or circumstances is held invalid or unconstitutional by
a Court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect
the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance; and the
City Council hereby declares it would have passed such remaining
portions of this Ordinance despite such invalidity~ which remaining
portions shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 3. All ordinances, resolutions and orders
heretofore passed, adopted and made, or any part of the same~
affecting rates charges and policies for sales made or services
rendered by the water and sewer systems of the City of The Colony~
Texas which are in conflict with this ordinance~ shall be and the
same are hereby in all things repealed.
Section 4. Any person, firm or corporation violating any
of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not
exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($I000.00) and a separate offense
shall be deemed committed upon each day during or on which a
violation occurs or continues.
Section 5. This ordinance shall be effective from and
after its passage.
Patti A. Hicks, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
John Boyle, City Attorney