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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 26-126 1 OF THE DENTON CODE OF ORDI-
NANCES TO REQUIRE THAT NO WASTEWATER TAP FEE WOULD BE REQUIRED
UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE A TAP FEE WAS NOT REQUIRED PRIOR TO THE
ENACTMENT OF THE TAP FEE REGULATIONS, RATIFYING PREVIOUS ACTIONS,
REQUIRING THE PROPERTY OWNER TO PRESENT EVIDENCE CONCERNING THE
CIRCUMSTANCES, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, a property owner — Mr Roosevelt Washington — has requested the waiver of
a wastewater tap fee for the property located at 523 Ruth Street, and
WHEREAS the City Council deems it in the public interest to require that no wastewater
tap fees shall be required to be paid under circumstances similar to the situation at 523 Ruth
Street where previously there were no requirements for wastewater tap fees to be paid when
wastewater service had been provided in the past, NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION 1 That Section 26-126 1 "Installation of taps by utility department' Chapter
26 "Utilities" of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton is hereby amended by adding a
new subsection (f) which shall read as follows
(f) Wastewater tap fees waived under certain circumstances Upon the pres-
entation of satisfactory evidence by the property owner to the City,
through its Director of Water/Wastewater Utilities, that a resident had
multiple wastewater service where two or more residences had service on
a single line prior to enactment of tap fees and the Utility Department de-
cides to serve the properties on multiple lines under circumstances that
will promote redevelopment of the property, no additional wastewater tap
fees may be charged against the property owner
SECTION 2 That save and except as amended hereby, all the sections, subsections,
paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of Section 26-126 1 and Chapter 26 of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Denton shall remain in full force and effect
SECTION 3 That any action by the City Manger or the Director of Water/Wastewater
Utilities in connecting wastewater service to the property at 523 Ruth Street or issuing certifi-
cates of occupancy are hereby retroactively approved
SECTION 4 That this ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage
and approval
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PASSED AND APPROVED this the,�?6 ' day of CL i , 2000
EULINE BROCK, MAYOR
ATTEST
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
IED
APPVVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
HERBERT L PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY
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