Ordinance No. 1,081ORDINANCE NO. 1081
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN, TEXAS, BY THE AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 31, UTILITIES,
ARTICLE IV, WATER SERVICE, BY THE AMENDMENT OF SECTION 31 -58
THEREOF, SO AS TO AMEND THE PROCEDURES PERTAINING TO DISCON-
TINUANCE OF WATER SERVICE; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; REPEAL-
ING ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECT-
IVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section 1: That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Baytown
Texas, is hereby amended by the amendment of Section 31 -58, which shall
read as follows, to -wit:
Section 31 -58. Billing; payment; penalty; discontinuance of service.
(a) Meters shall be read monthly and each customer shall
be billed monthly. Each water bill shall have a precalculated
and stated due date, which shall be approximately fifteen (15)
days from the date the bills are to be mailed. If a water account
is not paid by such due date, the customer shall be charged a
penalty in the amount of ten (10 %) percent of the amount of such
water charge, which shall be shown as the gross amount on such
bill; if not paid by the next billing date, such gross amount
will be shown in arrears on the customer's bill for the next
month following. If the total amount of the following month's
water bill, including arrears and current water service, is not
paid by the due date specified on such month's bill, then ten
per cent (10 %) of said following month's water charge will
be added as a penalty and the total of the two (2) month's charges
will then be in arrears; the City reserves the right to include
with such water bill a message advising the
customer that the due date on such bill shall also serve as a
water service cut -off date. If a water account is not paid in full
by such specified cut -off date, the City shall reserve the right
to cut off and discontinue water service until al past due charges
have been paid, together with reconnection service charges.
(b) The provisions of this section pertaining to a penalty
of ten (10 %) percent for the late payment of water bills shall
not apply to political subdivisions organized under the laws of
this State or to official public agencies of either the Federal
or State government.
Section 2: If any provision, exception, section, subsection,
paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance or the applica-
tion of same to any person or set of circumstances shall for any reason
be held unconstitutional, void or invalid, such invalidity shall not af-
fect 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 3: All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent
with the terms of this ordinanco 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 4: 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 ordi-
nance to be published in the official newspaper of the City of Baytown
at least twice within ten (10) days after the passage of this ordinance.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City
Council of the City of Baytown, on this the 25th day of March, 1971.
C. GLEN WALKER, Mayor
ATTEST:
EDNA OLIVER, City Clerk
APPROVED:
WILLIAM R. LAUGHLIN, City A orney