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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance - 348-1926 - Municipal Water System Regulating Use Of Water - 07/22/1926jL/rf' OBDINANCE No.::J n_ AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM og LUBBOCK, TEXAS • REGULATING THE USE . OF WATER . THEREFROM: PROVIDING FOR THE SALE OF SAME AND FIXING THE PRICE THEREFOR, PROVIDING A METHOD OF C6LLECTING CHARGES THBREFOR .AND PRO VIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OP THIS ORDINANCE AND FROVlDING .FOR DEPOSIT POR LIGHT AllD WATER OR EITHER •. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS: Section 1. That as soon as practicable after tbe passage, ap- proval and publication of t his Ordinance, all water furnished by the Oity of Lubbock, Texas, to its uonsumers shall be meas- ured by meter. !he following meter rates are hereby established for those who are furnished water by the City of Lubbook,Texas: For the first 2,000 Gallons 75r/_ per thousand Gal. " ., next 3,000 " 50'f ,, " " " " " 5,000 " 25¢' '! " " ' ' . " " " 15,000 " 15¢' '! '! !! ' " " " 25,000 " 13¢. " " rr --' " " " 60,000 " 12¢' " ,, " ' . ., " ' . ,, " ,, 400,000 " 11¢' " ,, " ' --- Ana for consumers in exoess of 600,000 gallons per month, lOt/ per l.ooo gallons. All meters of 2 inches and larger must be furnished and repaired at customers expense. and shall remain hie property, but shall at all times be under the superVision of the Water Department. A minimum rate for water charged to consumers on meter rate shall be~.60 per month, regardless of the amounp 'of water used. z o c • Section 2. Any person, firm or corporation desiring to have ~he water or lights. or water and lights turned on for use at ~r premises, shall make application at the office of the ~ity Secretary for such service and shall be required to make a deposit in the sum of 15.00 for each residence and 110.00 for each business eo served and the City Secretary shall issue him ~ aer a receipt therefor. Said deposit shall remain up with the City of Lubbock until such time as tbe customer making same shall have ordered such service discontinued and shall have paid all bills due the City of Lubbock for water or light service at which time it would be the duty of the City Secretary to refund such deposit on pr e sentation by the consumer of his original receipt. Provided, however, that in oaee of default in payment of any water or light rental when same becomes due, the uity shall apply as much as may be necessary to payment of said rental without prejudice to its ri g hta to cut off such service or ita rights to make the dha rge for connecting up same again as provided by Ordinan ce. Section 3. Where there is more than one residence, business or premises using Git,y water through the same meter the Uity Water Department shall require payment of a monthly minimum charge for ..:t.A.fth Y.\_._.~ ..C a.e..a a .a fti ~~ .. "".A -.-~ .t .. ------------~---......• "' - • • - It shall be unlawful for any person other than the Water Superinten-t dent or some person especially empowered by him, or a regular employee ~- of the ~ire Department of this City, to open any fire hydrant, fountain or any device or connectioh therewith. It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully obstruct the access to any fire hydrant or any connection or water pipe by any means whatsoever• It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully in~ure any fire hydrant, fire hose, tools or any property of the water or sewer system. It shall be unlawful for any person exeept the Water Superintendent or some person especially authorized by him, or some member of the regular employees of the fire department of the Uity of Lubbock, Texas. to open. operate. close, turn on, turn off, interfere with or attach any pipe or -hose to or conneot anything with any gate valve, stop cook or fire hydrant belonging to the City of Lubbock, Texas. whether on private premises or not. It shall be unlawful for any person to turn on the water to his prem- ises after same has been turned off by the Water Superintendent or any lawful authority. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon convic- tion shall be fined in a sum not leas than $10.00 and not more than $100.00. Section 4. lees for tapping water mains shall be as follows:- Por 5/8" tapf tl7.50; 374" tap. $22.50; and 1 1 ' tap $32.50; for ta.}S larger than 1" consumers shall pay cost of labor and material of installation,-provided, however, t~at all taps made on paved streets shall be of lead or copper pipe and the consumer shall pay the actual coat of labor and material in addition to the tapping fees and shall pay for tearing up and replacing that portion of the paved street remo~ed. And it is· further provided that hereafter each residence, business or prem1aes shall have a separate and indep~ndent curb stop and no tW? consumers shall be served through the a~ter. Section 5. Any person desfring to have premises connected with the water supply of the City of Lubbock, Texas. shall make application to the Water Superintendent on the form ~ascribed by him, which said application shall contain the name and description of the lot. block and addition and official house number of the premises on which water is desired, and said application shall state the purpose for which said water is to be used and the number of sinks and hose bi8s, water closets and faucets on said }remises to be connected with the water supply. Said application shall also contain a proVision that the signer thereof consents to all of the provisions of this or any other Ordinance, rule or regulation relating to the water works of the City of L~bock, Texas. Said application shall be signed b7 the owner of the premises to be supplied, or his duly authorized agent. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to connect or ouase to be connected the water service pipe of hie o.~rr premises to the water service pipe of any other premises. Section 6. The City of Lubbock, Texas, shall furnish water to any and all parsons applying therefor where it has a main in the street in front of or abutting upon the property toThe served. upon the payment .a • * . -'-__ _._. ..... _...._. __ .....,_----~.A-----L.I ----..11 L • "' rl All extentions of ·water and sewer mains or laterals in or upon any street or ally within the oor~orate limits of the City of Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas, shall be done by the Water Department of the City of Lubbock, Texas, and no person, firm or corporation shall make a~ such extention except by special permit from the Mayor and City Com- mission. It shall be unlawfUl for any person except the Water Superintendent or some one authorized by him to open any cook or stop box. It shall be unlawfUl for any person except the Water. Superintendent or some person authorized by him to turn the water on or off at said stop cock or stop box, and any person violating this section of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than tlo.oo and not more than floo.oo. Section 7. All chargee for water service will be charged against the premises for which service was installed and against the owner thereof and said premises and said owner shall be liable for the payment of any and all water furnished. Provided, however, it shall be ~wful for any owner to contract with his tenant, in addition to the regular rent to be paid, for the paymeht of suoh water rent and it shall be lawful for said tenant to pay said water rents; but suoh contract shall not re- l -i-eve the owner of his property from liability for such rent. Section e. Wa~e~o bta~e r wtll be due and payable on the first day of eaoh calendar month for the month preoeeding and same must be paid with• in ten days thereafter, and should bhe same not be paid ¢he ~-J ioniWDe!l ... ·lJitall be ·out f off and the water shall not be turned on again until the amount due shall be paid and the consumer shall pay ,1.00 extra for turning on the water again. A discount of lo% will be allowed on all water bills paid before the lOth of the month.- All water charges and fees proVided to be paid in this Ordinance are payable at the o£fiae of the City Secretary. Section 9. Any consumer desiring to discontinue the use of water shall give notice in writing to the o£fice of City Secretary on or before the date on which he will discontinue to use same and he shall be liable for the use of water until such notioe is given. Section 10. The City of Lubbock, Texas, shall not be liable for any damage to property by machinery or .any apparatus belonging to or con- nected with the water works or for damage •aused by stoppage for nec- essary repairs or for accidents resulting from enginea or variations of water ~assure. Consumers shall be required to keep all pipes, hoae, bibs and fixtures in good order and free from leaks at tbair own expense and must have same repaired promptly and failure to repair same within two days after notice from the Water Superintendent shall be deemed an offense and any person found guilty thereof shall be fine411J!n&nf :-'sUilc not less than $10.00 nor more than tloo.oo. Section 11. The Water Superintendent and employees of the Water De- partment of the City of Lubbock, Texas, shall have acoess at all reasonable hours to all premises supplied with water for the purpose of seeiDg that the terms of this Ordinance are being observed and for the purpose of inspecting and reading meters. As s9on as practicable, after the passage, approval and publication of this Ordinance, all consumers of City water shall be put on separate and independent metees. Where there is more than one oonsum&r or premises served by the same meter, it shall be the duty of the property owner to run a separate service from each premises to a point two feet inside curb line and it shall be the duty of the Water Superintendent to set a meter thereon. • • -• -' I Section 12. Any person violating any section of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of an offenee and shall be fined in any sum not more than floo.oo. Section l3. The City Manager shall have authority to decide any ques- tion which may arise and whioh is not fully oovered by any of the provisions of this Ordinancai and he shall have the right to fix and determine any Water ~ate not provided for in this Ordinance and his decision in such cases shall be final. subject to modification by the Mayor and City Uommission of the City of Lubbock, Texas. - Section 14. All Ordinances and parts of Ordinances in conflict here- with shall be and the same are hereby repealed and all Ordinances and parts of Ordinances not in conflict with this Ordinance shall remain in full fore$ an~ effect. Section 15. Whereas at this time the Gity of Lubbock, Texas. has no adequate wate~ rates governing the water furnished to the consumers and the water ts being wasted and thereby additional expense is being created against the tax payers of said City, and Whereas it is neces- sary that said City have a uniform water rate. INTRODU ~n T THE Regular Meeting of the City Commission on the~~ day 9f~~~~-7--~· 1926, and ~ally p~ssed at the Hegular Meeting of th Commission on the ~ day of ~ • 1926. iaesei First nead:ift! .lll;Ly aa 1 l~B&. , l9e6 ... ~m~ Mayor ATT:it.ST: '*iiretary . ' I • ' I I \.. 1 • Affidavit of Publisher THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF LUBBO CK Before m e, the undersigned author:ty o n this day personally a p p ear e d James L. Dow, kn~o, being by l(le duly~ deposes and says that he is the publisher of the ---~------------~----------------- 8 newspaper of general cir c ulation published in said oo unty, that said newspaper has been continuously and r e gularly published in said c ounty for a period of m o re than one year; that copy of the within}~e g oing notice was published in said newspaper at l east once each week for a period oL __ LP._~v~::..~"-- d ayo befote the tetam d~ed thetein, •uch publication being on the followinKif' ---~~-:t ___ ,~ __ (_f~~---~--q~!rq ___ -1-/'Z~-~: __ _ a nd a newspaper copy of which ia hereto attached. Sworn to and subscribed before me Publisher ~~~'!il'::--~----· 192~ ---'1 J /