HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1449 - ORD Establishing and Reestablishing Fees & Charges
ORDINANCE NUMBER 1449
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING AND REESTABLISHING FEES AND CHARGES FOR
ACTIVITIES, GOODS AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CITY; REPEALING PRIOR
ORDINANCES SETTING FEES; CONTAINING A PROVISION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY
MANAGER TO ESTABLISH FEES AND CHARGES IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES;
CONTAINING FINDINGS AND OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST UNIVERSITY
PLACE, TEXAS:
Section 1. The City Council does hereby establish and reestablish
the fees and charges shown in the attached Exhibit A. which is hereby
incorporated into this ordinance by this reference for all purposes.
Any comprehensive fee schedule adopted prior to this ordinance, is
hereby superceded and amended in its entirety by this new fee schedule.
Section 2. Each of the fees and charges shown in the attached
Exhibit A shall take effect January I, 1993 upon passage and approval
of this ordinance.
Section 3. In the case of any activity. goods or services
provided by the City for which there is an out-of-pocket cost to the
City, or for which a fee or charge has traditionally been collected,
the City Manager is authorized to establish and reestablish fees and
charges, but only in those circumstances in which a fee or a charge is
not prescribed in Exhibit A to this ordinance. In prescribing fees and
charges, the City Manager shall first determine the cost to the City of
providing the activity. goods or services. and the fees or charges
established shall be as equivalent as practicable to such cost.
Section 4. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of the conflict only.
Section 5. If any word, phrase, clause. sentence, paragraph,
section or other part of this ordinance or the application thereof to
any person or circumstance, shall ever be held to be invalid or
unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction. the remainder
of this ordinance and the application of such word, phrase, clause.
sentence. paragraph. section or other part of this ordinance to any
other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
Section 6. The City Council officially finds. determines and
declares that a sufficient written notice of the date. hour. place and
subject of each meeting at which this ordinance was discussed.
considered or acted upon was given in the manner required by the Open
Meetings Law, TEX. REV. CIV. STAT. ANN. art. 6252-17, as amended, and
that each such meeting has been open to the public as required law
at all times during such discussion, consideration and action. The
City Council ratifies, approves and confirms such notices and the
contents and posti thereof.
Section 7. This ordinance becomes effective immediately upon
adoption and signature.
PASSED AND APPROV ON FIRST READING this
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day of
Voting Aye:
Voting No:
Absent:
PASSED AND APPROVED ON SECOND READING this
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day of
Voting Aye:
Voting No:
Absent:
Signed:
ATTEST:
Kay Holloway
City Secretary
(SEAL)
APPROV AS TO FORM:
James L. Dougherty, Jr.
City Attorney