HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 83-45 - Amending Electrical Rates104
ORDINANCE NO. 3 . 5
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF
GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, ADOPTED APRIL 30, 1979, BY AMENDING
CHAPTER 23 "UTILITIES AND SERVICES" ARTICE I, SECTION
23-1 (A) CAPTIONED "ELECTRICAL REATES" BY ADDING THERETO
SUBSECTION (10) WHICH PROVIDES FOR ELECTRICAL SERVICE
TAP FEES, FIXES TERMINATION DATES, PROVIDES FOR
EXTENTION OF TIME LIMITS, CONTAINS A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE AND DECLARES AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Georgetown deems it to be in
the best interest of the citizens to establish certain tap fees in connection
with electrical service provided by said city; and
WHEREAS, it is proper for the Code of Ordinances of the City of Georgetown,
Texas, adopted April 30, 1979, to be amended by adding thereto a section providing
electrical tap fees and it is accordingly ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, as follows:
That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Georgetown, Texas, adopted
April 30, 1979, being Chapter 23 styled "Utiltiies and Services", Artice I,
Section 23-1 (a) is hereby amended by adding thereto the paragraphs as follows:
"(10) Electrical tap fees:
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Up to and including 200 amp serive
Service in excess of 200 amp up to
400 amp service
Service in excess of 400 amp
FEE
$350.00
$550.00
cost of materials
required for service
No electrical connections shall be made until such tap fee is paid".
The right to connect a tract to the Electrical System of the City
of Georgetown shall remain valid for a period of 18 months. Such time
may be extended for an additional term not to exceed one year upon wfitten
application filed not less than 60 days prior to termination date. In the.
event of permit termination, the sums paid shall not be refundable. The
owner of the tract involved may reapply for an electrical tap at a later
date and all service previously paid shall be credited toward such application.
These same rules and standards shall apply with equal force to other tap
fees including water and wastewater as herein provided for.
This ordinance and its administration shall be reviewed by the City
Council of the City of Georgetown no less frequently than annually.
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Any provision, section, sentence, clause or phase of this ordinance,
or the application of same to any person or set of circumstances is for any
reason held to be unconstitutional, void, or invalid (or for any reason
unenforceable), the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance or
this application to other persons or sets of circumstances shall not be
affected thereby, it being the intent of the City Council of the City of
Georgetown in adopting this Ordiance that no portion hereof nor provision
or regulation containediherein become inoperative or fail by reason of any
unconsitutionality or invalidity of any other portion, provision or
regulation.
The rule requiring the reading of ordinances on two (2) separate days
is hereby suspended and this Ordinance shall become effective on this day
of its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED: December 13, 1983.
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JOV C. DOERFLER MAYOR
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