HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 552 - ORD Fixing & Establishing Rates Paid for Connection of City Sewer System
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AN OP.DINANCE FIXING AND ESTA13LISHINGI RATES TO BE PAID
FOR CONNECTIONS TO THE CITY SANITA_'RY SEv1JERo SYSTEM OF
THE CITY OF WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE, TEXAS FOR PROPERTIES
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OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF WEST UNlVERSIIl'Y PUCE,' TEXAS:
AND DIRECTING THAT A COPY OF THE ORDTI:NANCE BE FURNISHED
TO THE CIT Y OF HOUSTON, TEXAS.
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WHEREAS, the City of West University' Place, Texas, maintains
and operates a Sewag'e 'Treatment and Disposal Plan~ on the North bank of
Brays Bayou West of and near the Southern p:colong~tion of Kirby Drive, to
which sewage is conducted through sanitary sewer !lines of the City of vV.est
Universi ty Place; and
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lNHEREAS, by contracts heretofore made and now existing, the
City has permitted certain persons, firms and corporations to make connec-
tions into the City sanitary sewage lines for transporting and handling by
the City of sewage from areas outside the incorpo~ated limits of the City of
West University Place and lying within the limits I of the City of Houston, as
more ful~ set out in said respective presently existing contracts; and
VffiEREAS, certain other connections to the sanitary sewage
facilities of the City"have heretofore been permi~ted under contracts and
agreements now expired and no longer in existence; and
WHEREAS, it has been determined that the capacity of the City
of West University Place Sewage Treatment and Disposal Plant, and its
sanitary sewer lines leading thereto, is sufficieht to accommodate, trans-
port, treat and dispose of additional residential sewage in excess of the
maximum to be so handled, treated and disposed of, under said existing con-
tracts, in addition to the maximum sewage originat.ing in the City; and
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WHEREAS, it is contemplated that the' City of West University
Place may hereafter make contracts and agreements concerning the providing
for and the handling of sewage originating in areas outside of its corporate
limits but not now in areas served~)by the sanitary-sewer facilities of the
City of Houston; and the City desires to establish a standard charge for the
connection of each residential lot or homesite, sewage from which enters the
lines or other sewage facilities of the City of West University Place,
whether such individual connection be made direct to facilities of the City, .
or to a line which is in turn connected, or which might hereafter be cohnected,
to the lines or facilities of the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE, TEXAS:
Section I. Owners or occupants of each residential lot or
homesite in an area lying outside of the city limits of the City of Nest
University Place, Texas, and which area is now serviced by a sanitary sewage
line now connected with the sanitary sewer lines and facilities of the City,
may be permitted to connect to such service line upon the payment to the
City of-West University Place, 'at its City Hall, 6f the sum of One Hundred
($100.00) Dollars for each such residential lot or homesite for which
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connection is hereafter made.
Section 2. Owners or occupants of each residential lot or
homesite in, any area lying outside the cd.tylimitsof, but adjacent to, the
City of West University Place, and which area is not now serviced by a
sanitary sewer line connected to the sanitary sewer lines and facilities of
the City ofiVest University Place, Texas, but "which area is within the city
limits of the City of Houston, may be permitted to connect with the sanitary
sewer lines of the .City of West University' Place, directly or indirectly
through a service line which might hereafter be connected ~vith the sanitary
sewer lines of the City ofVvestUniv:ersity Place upon payment to the City of ~
West University Place, Texas at its City Hall of the sum of One Hundred ($100.00)
Dollars for each such residential lot or homesite for which connection is here-
after made.
Section 3. Any owner or owners of ten (10) or more residential
lots or homesites in areas outside the city limits of, but adjacent to, the
City of West University. Place, or any Developer or Contractor who may develop
or sl,]bdivide an area outside the city limits but adjacent to the City of Vvest
University Place into ten (10) or more lots or homesites in such area may be
permitted to connect sanitary sewage lines to the lines and facilities of the
City upon such terms as the City Commission may from time to time authorize
and provide; provided, however, th~t such owner or ovmers shall be and remain
responsible to the City for service connection charges for such residential
lots or homesites on such terms as the City Commission of the City of West
University Place may hereafter and from time to time authorize or permit.
Section 4. The sanitary sewage service connection charge herein
provided shall not be applicable to, nor collected from, any owner or owners
of any residential lot or lots or homesites which have heretofore been
connected directly or indirectly to the lines and facilities of the City;
nor any areas covered by presently existing sewage connection contracts, but
such connections may be made under the terms and provisions of such existing
contracts, provided such individual connections are made within the terms of
the applicable existing contract.
Section,. The authorization and provlslons of this ordinance
are applicable solely to residential sewage; and no connection director
indirect to the City of West University Place sewage system shall be permitted
for industrial establishments under the terms hereof nor under any condition
except as may be authorized by the City Commission~rom time to time.
Section 6. The charges herein established are the charges to be
paid for connection to the City Sanitary Sewer System of the City of uVest
University Place, Texas and nothing herein shall be construed to affect the
terms and provisions of that certain existing contract between the City of
West University Place and the City of Houston pertaining to monthly sewage
disposal':charges for each connection in areas lying within the City of
Houston, in which contract a standard rate for monthly sewage disposal
charges has been agreed upon between the two cities.
SectIon 7. The City Secretary is hereby directed to furnish a
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certified copy hereof to the City of Houston, Te~as for its .informatiun and
use in its performance of and compliance with the terms and provisions of
that certain contract executed by the City of Houston J.;une 30, 1949 and the
City of West University Place, Texas, under date of July 25, 1949.
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Section 8. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force
immediately from and after its passage and ~pproval.
'PASS~ this the 26th day of February, A. D. 1951.
COMMISSIONERS Hangs, Holman, Mooney and Nisbet
and Mayor Terry
voting aye.
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voting no .
cO~lrrSSIONERS None
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APPROVED . this the 26th day of February, A. D~ 1951.
of West
Texas
ATTEST:
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APPROVED:
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City Attorney
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