Ordinance No. 4,45960522 -2
ORDINANCE NO. 4459
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN, TEXAS, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES,
SECTION 31 -58, "BILLING; PAYMENT; PENALTY; DISCONTINUANCE
OF SERVICE," TO PROVIDE FOR DISCONTINUATION OF WATER
SERVICE TWELVE DAYS AFTER THE PAYMENT DUE DATE;
REPEALING INCONSISTENT ORDINANCES; CONTAINING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS:
Section 1: That Subsection 31 -58(a) of the Code of Ordinances, City of
Baytown, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 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 pre - calculated and stated
due date, which shall be approximately
fourteen (14) days from the day 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 the gross amount is not paid
within twelve (12) days after the indicated
due and payable date, the City reserves the
right to terminate water service without
further notice except as required by law and
shall not restore service until the charges
are paid, including reconnect charges.
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repealed, provided however, that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 this ordinance or the application of same to any
person or set of circumstances, shall for any reason be held unconstitutional, void or
invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of
this ordinance or their application to other persons or sets of circurstances and to
this end all provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
Section 4: This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its
passage by the City Council of the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City
Council of the City of Baytown, this the 22nd day o ay, 1986.
TO. Hu I rol, ayr
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL, ity Cler
APPROVED:
RANDALL"
B. STR G, City orney