HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 796 ORIGINAL
CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 796
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AMENDING CHAPTER 12,
BY AMENDING WATER AND SEWER CODES AS ADOPTED BY
ORDINANCE NO. 449, PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL THE 29TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1986; AMENDING
SECTION 5 OF THE WATER AND SEWER CODES, RELATING TO
UTILITY DEPOSITS AND SECTION 10 RELATING TO CHARGES FOR
RETURNED CHECKS; 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 1. That Section 5 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, 1986, shall
be amended in the following particulars:
A. Section 5. Deposits
Section 5.1 (a)
2 inch water meter and smaller $ 55.00
Commercial connection $100.00 (minimum)
Section 5.6 (b)
For the twenty-four (24) months preceding the determination of eligibility for refund,
the customer has not received a delinquent notice for late payment, or the
customer's service has not been terminated for failure to pay any amount owing to
the City; and
B. Section 10. Other Fees and Charges
Section 10.1 The City shall assess a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for the
dishonor of any check tendered to the City in payment of any charges or fees assessed by
the City.
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conflict with this ordinance, shall be and the same are hereby in all things repealed.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 ($1000.00) 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 b.e.~fective from and after its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this/~tay of,,z~2J?, 1993.
Villiam W. Manning, Mayor ~ &
ATI'EST:
Patti A. Hicks, CMC/AAE
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney