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CITY OF PROSPER. TEXAS ORDINANCE NO. 83-2
AN ORDINANCE FIXING WATER AND SEWAGE MAIN TAP FEES FOR THE
` CITY OF PROSPER, TEXAS; SPECIFYING AUTHORIZED PERSONS TO
MAKE WATER AND SEWER MAIN TAPS; REPEALING CONFLICTING
ORDINANCES; IMPOSING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS
ORDINANCE: PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION HEREOF
AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, water and sewer mains provide necessary services to
residents of the City of Prosper, Texas; and
WHEREAS~ the City Council of the City of Prosper is charged
with the responsibility of providing said water and sewer
services; and
WHEREAS, considerable cost is involved in tapping water and
sewer mains for the purpose of connecting new lines and meters
onto service mains.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF PROSPER, TEXAS:
SECTION 1: That from amd after the effective date of this
Ordinance the City Secretary or other duly designated City Agent
shall collect from each person or entity requiring the tapping of
a municipal water main a tap fee of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars
($250. O0) .
SECTION 2: That from and after the effective date of this
Ordinance the City Secretary or other duly designated City Agent
shall collect from each person or entity requiring the tapping of
a municipal sewer main a tap fee of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars
($250. 00) .
SECTION 3: The tap fees mentioned in Section 1 and Section
2 hereof shall be paid for by the person or entity ordering the
work done before said work commences.
SECTION 4: It shall be unlawful for any person, other than
duly authorized employees of the City to tap any municipal water
or sewage main.
SECTION 5: No water or sewer line shall be laid except in a
dedicated street, alley or easement in favor of the City of
Prosper and the person requesting water or sewer service shall
pay the full cost of extending any service from an existing main
to the property line.
SECTION 6: If a service line and or meter is requested
which is larger than the normal residential service line or
meter, the charge therefore shall be determined by the City
Secretary based on the actual most of labor and material
necessary to provide the requested service.
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SECTION 7: Any and all Ordinances and Resolutions of the
City of Prosper , Texas, heretofore adopted which are in conflict
with this Ordinance are hereby repealed insofar as the same are
in conflict therewith.
SECTION 8: If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence,
phrase, or clause of this Ordinance shall be declared invalid for
any reason whatsoever, such decision shall not affect the
remaining portion of this Ordinance which shall remain :in full
force and effect; and to this end the provisions of this
Ordinance are hereby declared to be severable.
SECTION 9: Any person, firm or corporation who violates any
provision of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction therefore, shall be fined any
sum not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars ($200. 00) , and each and
every day that such violation continues shall be considered a
separate offense; provided, however, that such penal provision
shall not preclude a suit to enjoin such violation.
SECTION 10: The caption of this Ordinance shall be
published one ( 1 ) time in a weekly newspaper having general
circulation in the City of Prosper, Texas, and will be effective
immediately after its adoption and such publication.
DULY PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PROSPER, TEXAS, on the _1/24___ day of _ __1983.
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or John Cockrell
i ty of Prosper
Ci y Secret ry
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