1965-042 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE
TY OF DENTON, TEXAS, PROVIDING FOR SEPARATE AND
LTIPLE WATER AND ELECTRIC METERS, PROVIDING FOR
LTIPLE BLOCK RATES, PROVIDING FOR MASTER METERS,
~ROVIDING A CHARGE FOR CHANGING FROM MULTIPLE TO
SINGLE METERS AND FROM SINGLE METERS TO MULTIPLE
METERS, REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, PROVIDING
A SAVINGS CLAUSE, DEICLARING 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,
Ks hereby amended and supplanted by substituting new subsection
(d) to Article 17.05 in Chapter Seventeen of said Code of Ordin-
ances which shall hereafter read as follows
~RTICLE 17.05 - BILLING & COLLECTION FOR SERVICE
.(d) Separate Meters Requlre.d.
Each customer maintaining a separate residence,
either house or apartment, shall have a separate
water and electric meter, provided, however, that
multiple dwellings contaln~ng s~x (6) or more un~ts
may be served by one water and electric meter and
charged according to the rates applicable to com-
mercial users. Customers having multiple dwellings
with less than slx (6) units may have single meter-
lng facilities but will be billed by the residential
multlple block rate. Customers desiring to change
from multiple metering to master (1) metering or
from single metering to multiple metering shall be
charged a minimum per meter unit to be established
by the City Manager.
SECTION II.
That all ordinances or parts of ordinances zn force when
the provzslons of this ordznance become effective which are
consistent or in conflict with the terms or provisions contained
in thzs ordinance are hereby~r~p~aled to the extent of any such
conflict, and Ordinance No.--~__ is expressly repealed.
,SECTION III.
,That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause,
phrase or word in this ordinance, or application thereof to any
person or circumstances is held ~nvalld by any court of competent
]urlsdlctlon, such holding shall not affect the validity of the
remalnlng portlons of thls ordinance, and the City Council of
the ~mty of Denton, Texas, hereby declares it would have enacted
such, remaining portions despite any such invalidity.
~SECTION IV
That this ordlnance shall become effective ~mmed~ately
upon its passage, and the C~ty Secretary 1s hereby d~rected
to cause the caption of th~s ordinance to be published twice
1n the Denton Record Chronlcle within ten (10) days of the
date of ~ts passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED th~s 26th day of October, A D 1965.
Warren W'h~tson, Jr., Mayor
C1ty of Denton, Texas
ATTEST
C~ty of Denton, Texas
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
j k~Q. B~artOn, C~ty Attorney
/~lty of Denton, Texas