Ordinance No. 9,226Published in the Baytown Sun Published in the Baytown
September 18, 2001 Sun on September 20, 2001
September 19, 2001 ORDINANCE NO. 9226 and September 21, 2001
® AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER
98 "UTILITIES," ARTICLE III "WATER SERVICE," SECTION 98 -57 "TAPPING
FEES" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS,
TO INCREASE WATER TAP FEES; AMENDING CHAPTER 98 "UTILITIES,"
ARTICLE IV "SEWER SERVICE," SECTION 98 -94 "TAPPING FEES,"
SUBSECTION (A) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN, TEXAS, TO INCREASE SEWER TAP FEES; PROVIDING A
REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING
FOR THE PUBLICATION AND 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, City of 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 .............................. ........................$350.00
(2) One -inch water tap .......... ............................... ........................$400.00
(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 ............................. ........................$500.00
(2) One inch water tap ................................. ............................... $550.00
(c) All other taps and other special water connections shall be made at actual cost, as
determined by the utility billing, supervisor, 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: That Chapter 98 "Utilities," Article III "Water Service," Section 98 -57 "Tapping
fees," of the Code of Ordinances, City of Baytown, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Chapter 98. UTILITIES
ARTICLE IV. SEWER SERVICE
See. 98 -94. Tapping fees.
(a) The utility billing division shall assess and collect a sewer tap fee of $350.00 for each and
every four -inch sewer tap made within the city limits and shall assess and collect a sewer
tap fee of $500.00 for each and every finished sewer tap made outside the city limits. All
other taps (six inches and larger) and other special connections shall be made by a
plumbing contractor or, at the city's option, at the estimated actual cost as determined by
the utility billing supervisor with consultation of the director of utilities.
Section 4: 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 ordinances.
Section 5: If any provisions, 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 circumstances and to
this end all provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
Section 6: This ordinance shall take effect October 1, 2001. 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 Baytown at least twice within ten (10) days after passage of this ordinance.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the City of
Baytown, this the 13'b day of September, 2001.
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PETE C. ALFARO, yor
ATTEST:
4f I
r . ' W SMITH, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ACIO RAMIREZ, SR., ty Attorney
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