395 Amendment of City Code pertaining to sewer tie-in and adjustment of water/sewer rates

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Com' ` 6426 s : �O \\ ORDINANCE NO . 395 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING §19-3 OF CITY CODE PERTAINING TO SEWER TIE-IN CHARGE; AMENDING §19-26( b) PERTAINING TO WATER TURN ON AND TURN OFF FEES ; AND §19-35 PERTAINING TO WATER AND SEWER RATES; AMENDING §19-43 PERTAINING TORATESPRIOR TO METER INSTALLATION AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE . BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ZEPHYRHILLS, AS FOLLOWS : 1 .. Section 19-3 of the City Code shall be deleted in its entirety and shall hereafter read as follows : Sec . 19-3 . Application for service; initial fee . No person shall use the city water and/or sewer system without first making written application for . such service to the city at least fourteen ( 14) working days , in the case of initial cut-in , before the service is desired , paying all costs , charges , fees and deposits incident thereto . Such application shall be on forms furnished by the c - and such applicant shall agree, by acceptance of such service, to abide by all the provisions of this chapter and such applicable rules of the city in regard to the use of its water, sewer and sewage disposal system as may from time to time be operative and effective. All such applications shall be accompanied by a sum equal to six dollars .i , and thirty-nine cents ( $6 . 39 ) per gallon as a "sewer tie- in charge , which amount shall be for the purpose of future sewer plant expansion and sewer line extension , and the sum of one dollar and seventy-five cents ( $1 . 75) per gallon as a water connection fee , plus actual cost of water meter . The number of gallons shall be determined as per a "table" which shall be adopted by the city by resolution , and as may be amended from time to time, which table shall establish the gallons per day of use according to the type of establishment to be serviced . Applications for service by firms , partnerships, associations and corporations shall be tendered only by their duly authorized agents and the official title of such party shall be assigned to the application . r ,: . 2 . Section 19-26 of the City Code shall be deleted in its entirety and shall hereafter read as follows : Sec . 19-26 . Water installations and connections and charges for same. ( a) Payment . Before any building or property shall hereafter be connected to the water system of the City of Zephyrhills , the city shall be paid for proper water meter at cost to city. ( "At cost to city" means that the city will furnish said installations and pay for same at current market price , and that the user will be charged for the item or items at the actual cost to the city together with connection fees and any additional costs incurred by the city . ). Said sums shall 0. 8._1502 PG 0014