Ordinance No. 13,361ORDINANCE NO. 13,361
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS,
AMENDING CHAPTER 98 "UTILITIES," ARTICLE III "WATER SERVICE,"
SECTION 98 -57 "TAPPING FEES" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, TO ESTABLISH TAPPING FEES, WITHOUT REGARD TO WHETHER
THE TAP IS ON THE LONG OR SHORT SIDE; CONTAINING A REPEALING
CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PRESCRIBING A MAXIMUM
PENALTY OF FIVE HUNDRED AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($500.00); AND
PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION AND THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section 1: That Chapter 98 "Utilities," Article III "Water Service," Section 98 -57 "Tapping
fees" of the Code of Ordinances, Baytown, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 98. UTILITIES
ARTICLE III. WATER SERVICE
Sec. 98 -57. Tapping fees.
(a) The following fees shall be assessed and collected by the utility billing division for water taps
inside the city limits:
(1) Three - fourths -inch water tap ............................. ............................... ........................$900.00
(2) One -inch water tap ................................................................. ............................... $1,000.00
(b) The following fees shall be assessed and collected by the utility billing division for water taps
outside the city limits:
(1) Three - fourths -inch water tap ............................ ............................... ...................... $1,100.00
(2) One -inch water tap ................................................................. ............................... $1,200.00
(c) All other taps and other special water connections shall be made at actual cost, as determined by
the utility billing manager, with the consultation of the director of utilities.
(d) If a person pays for a water tap and fails to have the tap made within one year from the date such
tap fee is paid, the city shall not allow the water tap to be made unless the person requesting the
tap pays such additional amount necessary to increase the original payment to the current cost of
a water tap.
Section 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the terms of this ordinance are
hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency and
in all other respects this ordinance shall be cumulative of other ordinances regulating and governing the
subject matter covered by this ordinance.
Section 3: If any provision, section, exception, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase
of the ordinance or the application of same to any person or the set of circumstances, shall for any reason
be held unconstitutional, void or invalid, such invalidity shall not effect the validity of the remaining
provisions of this ordinance or their application to other persons or sets of circumstances and to this end
all provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
Section 4: Any person who fails to comply with any provision of this ordinance shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine in an amount of not more than
FIVE HUNDRED AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($500.00). Each act of violation and each day upon which
any such violation shall occur shall constitute a separate offense. In addition to the penalty prescribed
above, the city may pursue other remedies such as abatement of nuisances, injunctive relief,
administrative adjudication and revocation of licenses or permits.
Section 5: This ordinance shall take effect from and after ten (10) days from its passage by
the City Council. The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice hereof by causing the caption of this
ordinance to be published in the official newspaper of the City of Baytowp, t least twice within ten (10)
days after passage of this ordinance.
INTRODUCED, READ, AND PASSED by the affirmative ;,I of the City Council of Baytown,
this the 21" day of November, 2016.
H. DONCARLOS, Mayor
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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