1977-054NO 77 S y
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 25, ARTICLE II
ELECTRIC SERVICE BY AMENDING SECTIONS 23 AND 24, REPEALING SECTIONS
25, 119, 121, AND 122 OF ARTICLE VII, CHAPTER 25, PROVIDING A SEVER-
ABILITY CLAUSE AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, HEREBY ORDAINS
PART I
That the below designated portions of Chapter 25, Article II
"Electric Service" of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton,
Texas are hereby amended and changed to read as follows
SECTION 25-23 - FURNISHING OF ELECTRIC SERVICE
(a) The edition of the National Electrical Code as adopted
by the City Council shall be the minimum requirements permitted
and shall rule where the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton
is silent
(b) The service entrance, supply voltage, and metering loca-
tion shall be established by the Director of Utilities prior to
issuing a building permit.
(c) The meter socket or base (and current transformers if
required) will be furnished by the City of Denton and installed
and maintained by the owner The owner may furnish the meter socket
or base, but the design and type shall be subject to the approval of
the Director of Utilities or his designated representative
(d) Underground Services
(1) Underground services shall be installed in conduit
(2) The owner shall furnish and install all secondary
service
(3) The owner shall furnish, install, and maintain all
conduit for secondary voltage service conductors
except that portion required within ten (10') feet
of an accessible energized primary source
(4) The owner shall furnish satisfactory easements
where transformers and/or primary voltage equipment
is required to be installed on the owner's property
(e) Temporary Services
Temporary service shall be made available at the utility's
nearest available supply If the supply is an underground distri-
bution system, service shall be at a point within ten (10') feet of
the transformer location The contractor shall be responsible for
furnishing and installing a temporary service metering pole and for
extending secondaries to his site of work If supply is an overhead
distribution system, all cost to install and/or remove material ex-
cept low voltage service conductors which does not become a part of
the permanent service shall be paid by the contractor.
In addition, the contractor shall pay a Fifteen ($15 00) Dollar
service charge in advance for each temporary service connection.
SECTION 25-24 - STREET LIGHTING SERVICES
(a) To protect the public welfare and in keeping with accepted
practices of street illumination standards, the City of Denton shall
install street lighting on dedicated street right-of-way in all new
subdivisions, planned developments, etc where streets are accepted
for public use The number, type, and location shall be established
by the Director of Utilities prior to final approval of the plat
(b) The owner shall provide satisfactory easements for the con-
struction and maintenance of the facilities to be installed and pay
for each street light to be installed The City of Denton will in-
voice the owner and the owner shall pay the invoiced amount prior to
the construction of the facilities The invoiced amount shall be
the average current cost to install similiar street lighting facilities
(c) In the event that the street is designated as an arterial or
thoroughfare and requires a higher level of illumination than that
normally used for streets, the City will bear the cost above the
average current cost
(d) The average current cost is defined as the cost per street
light of the type to be installed determined semi-annually by the
Public Utility Board of the City of Denton based on the actual con-
struction costs of street lighting standards, considering all ap-
purtenances thereto and needed therefore, during a six (6) months
period ending two (2) months prior to the determination
PART II
That Chapter 25, Article II "Electric Service", Section 25-25 of
the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton, Texas is hereby repealed
PART III
That the below designated portions of Chapter 25, Article VII
"Underground Utilities" of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Denton, Texas are hereby repealed
Section 25-9 - SANDING MACHINES
Section 25-119 - LOW VOLTAGE INSTALLATIONS
Section 25-121 - RESIDENTIAL MAIN SWITCHES
Section 25-122 - UNDERGROUND STREET LIGHTING
PART IV
That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause,
phrase or word in this ordinance, or application thereof to any per-
son or circumstances is held invalid by any court of competent 7uris-
diction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this ordinance, and the City Council of the City of Denton,
Texas, hereby declares it would have enacted such remaining portions
despite any such invalidity.
PART V.
That this ordinance shall become effective fourteen (14) days
from the date of its passage, and the City Secretary is hereby directed
to cause the caption of this ordinance to be published twice in the
Denton Record-Chronicle, the official newspaper of the City of Denton,
Texas, within ten (10) days of the date of its passage
L11"D/3~ie , 1977
PASSED AND APPROVED This the 0( day of 49
ELINOR HUGHES, Mh-fOR
ATTEST
O C HO LT, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
PAUL C ISHAM, CITY ATTORNEY