1965-002 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY
OF DENTON, TE~S~ PROVIDING NEW W-1 WATER RATES, PROVIDING
A PENALTY FOR OVERDUE PAYMENTS, REPEALING CONFLICTING
ORDINANCES, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, AND DECLAP~ING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
~ECTION I,
That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton~ Texas,
is hereby amended and supplanted by substituting new Subsections
(a) (1) and (a) (4) of Article 17 17 in Chapter Seventeen of
said Code of Ordinances which shall hereafter read as follows
ARTICLE 17 17 - WATER RATES
(a) Residential~ C~m~rcial and Industrial Users Inside of
City Limits (W-1 Rate)
(1) Rate
3~000 gallons ~ 81¢ per 1,000 gallons
7,000 gallons $ 50¢ per 1,000 gallons
20,000 gallons ~ 40¢ per 1,000 gallons
50,000 gallons ~ 33¢ per 1,000 gallons
All over 80~000 gallons ~ 30¢ per 1,000 gallons
(4) Payment
Billing for service hereunder will be at the
net monthly rate, payment of which is due when
bills are issued Bills which are not paid
within 10 calendar days from the date of issuance
thereof will be considered overdue
Service to users having overdue bills may, at
the discretion of the utility, be discontinued
without notice, and a charge of 10 per cent of
the billlng shall be paid by the user in addition
to the net monthly amount There shall be a
charge of $3°00 for reconnecting such discontinued
service
SECTION II.
That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in force when the
provisIons of this ordinance become effective which are inconsistent
or zm confllct with the terms or provlszons contained ~n this
ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of any such conflict
SECTION III.
That mf any section, subsectmon, paragraph, sentence,
clause, phrase or word zn thms ordmnance, or applmeatmon thereof
to any person or c~rcumstances ~s held mnvalmd by any court of
competent ]urmsdmctlon, such holdmng shall not affect the
valmdmty of the rema~nmng portmons of thms ordmnance, and the
Cmty Council of the C~ty of Denton, Texas, hereby declares at
would have enacted such remalnmng portmons despmte any such
mnval~d~ty
~ECTION IV
That th~s ordmnance shall become effectmve fourteen (14)
days from the date of ~ts passage, and the Cmty Secretary Ks
hereby dmrected to cause the captmon of thms ordmnance to be
publzshed twmce ~n the Denton Record Chronmcle wmthmn ten (10)
days of the date of mts passage
PASSED AND APPROVED this J~ day of January, A D 1965
Warren Whmtson, Jr , Mayor
Cmty of Denton, Texas
ATTEST
Cmty of Denton, Texas
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM