1965-047 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCE OF
THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, DEFINING CERTAIN GEN-
ERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL
UTILITIES, REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, PRO-
VIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, AND DECLARING AN EFFEC-
TIVE DATE
THE COUNCIL OF TPE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
,SECTION I
That the Code of Ordinances of the Czty of Denton, Texas
hereby ammnded by addzng new articles
to Chapter Seventeen of sazd Code of Ordznanoes which shall
herea~fter read as follows
Artlcle 17 32 - Low Vqltaqe Installatlons
(h) The City of Denton, Department of Public Ut~lmt~es,
wzll mnstall or cause to be mnstalled w~thout charge
the underground service connection from the trans-
former pole structure, transformer pad mount, or
secondary termlnatxon pedestal, not to exceed 150
feet for any all-electric residence An all-electric
resxdence shall be classlfmed as one which utmlmzes
only electricity for general purpos~ heatmng, water
heatmng, cooling, cooklng, etc
(i) The City of Denton, Deaprtment of Public utllltles,
wxll install or cause to be mnstalled, an the front
yard of an all-electric residence, an underground
served~ photo-cell operated yard l~ght Th~s instal-
lation will be made at no charge to the owner of the
reszdence An all-electr~c residence shall be class-
~fled as one which utilizes only electricity for
general purpose heatmng, wa~er heatzng, coolzng, cook-
lng, etc
Article 17 35 - Underqround Street Llqhtzng
(g) The City of Denton shall share in the installation
cost, in the amount of One Hundred Dollars ($100 00)
per llghtlng standard in the underground ~nstallatlon
of street lxghtlng as installed by the Developer
The required number and locatzon of street lights shall
be determined by the City of Denton In the event that
a h~gher level of Illumination is requzred (m e for
intersections or h~gh densxty traffic areas) the C~ty
of Denton wall bear the additional cost ~ncurred in
the required larger fmxture and ballast over and above
the standard 250 Watt Mercury Vapor F~xture
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.SECTION II.
That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in force when
the provisions of this ordinance become effective which are
inconsistent or in conflict with the terms or provisions con-
talned in this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of
any such conflict
SECTION III
That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence,
clause, phrase or word in this ordinance, or application there-
of tO any person or circumstances l~ held invalid by any court
of competent jurisdiction, 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 ~t
would have enacted such remaining portions despite any such
invalidity
SECTION IV
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 within ten (10)
days from the date of its passage
PASSED AND APPROVED this ~ day of ~~. ,
A D 1965
Warren Whltson, Jr , Mayor
C~ty of Denton, Texas
ATTEST
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
~k Q Barton, City Attorn y
/~lty of Denton, Texas
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