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AN ORDINANCE
MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT; AMENDING SECTION 38-49,
CORPUS CHRISTI CITY CODE, 1950; AS AMENDED, AND
PARTICULARLY AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 11612,,
PASSED AND APPROVED AUGUST 8, 1973, SO AS TO
PROVIDE CERTAIN INCREASES IN WASTEWATER RATES;
REPEALING ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERANCE; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND
PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
WHEREAS, the last increase in wastewater rates was authorized
by Ordinance No. 11612, passed and approved on August 8, 1973; and
WHEREAS, the cost of providing wastewater treatment service has
increased since that time and the City Council has studied such increases
and it further appearing that materials and operating costs have increased
at least 30%, and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that an increase in such waste-
water rates is necessary to cope with the rising cost of such service to
make such service more nearly self - supportive and thereby avoid a tax
increase:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Section 38-499 Corpus Christi City Code,
1958, as amended, and particularly as amended by Ordinance No. 11612,
passed and approved. on August 8, 1973, be and the same hereby is amended
by amending the schedule of rates and the rate of schedule only thereof
to hereafter read as follows:
"SCHEDULE OF RATES BASED ON WATER CONSUMPTION
CLASS INSIDE CITY LIMITS OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS
Minimum $1.48 $2.96
One - Family Maximum 3.70 7.40
The actual charges within the above minimums and maximums as
well as the charge for all other sewer users, will be computed as cents
per one thousand gallons of water used as follows:
INSIDE CITY LIMITS CENTS PER 1,000 GALLONS OF
WATER USED
First 10 thousand gallons of water $,37
Next 190 thousand gallons of water ,27
Over 200 thousand gallons of water ,17
1`299
OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS
First 10 thousand gallons of water .74
Next 190 thousand gallons of water .54
Over 200 thousand gallons of water .34"
SECTION 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith shall be and are hereby repealed to the extent of conflict here-
with.
SECTION 3. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision,
clause, phrase, word, or provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid
or unconstitutional by final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction
it shall not affect any other section, paragraph, subdivision, clause,
phrase, word or provision of this ordinance, for it is the definite in-
tent of this City council that every section, paragraph, subdivision,
clause, phrase, word, or provision hereof be given full force and effect
for its purpose.
SECTION 4. The effective date of this ordinance shall be
for those billings of September 1, 1974- ]
SECTION 5. Publication shall be made one time in the official
publication of the City of Corpus Christi, by publishing the caption
of this ordinance, stating in substance the purpose of the ordinance.
That the foregoing ordinance was read for t&e first time and passed
to its second reading on this the day of 19_Z by the
following vote:
Jason Luby
James T. Acuff ail
Rev. Harold T. Branch
Thomas V. Gonzales
Ricardo Gonzalez
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
J. Howard Stark
That the foregoing ordinance was reaIft- second time and passed
to its third reading on this the ZLQt day of 19F1� by the
following vote:
Jason Luby ' '
James T. Acuff
Rev. Harold T. Branch
Thomas V. Gonzales
Ricardo Gonzales
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
J. Howard Stark
That the foreggina ordinance was read for the third time and passed
finally on this the :ZM ay of 19 J , by the following vote:
Jason Luby
James T. Acuff '
Rev. Harold T. Branch
Thomas V. Gonzales
Ricardo Gonzales
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
J. Howard Stark
PASSED AND APPROVED, this the
ATTEST:
City Seery
APPROVED:
9 I DAY OF 19 1
Y
C., ASST.,City Attorney
19—Z'Le .
MAYO
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHR TEXAS
PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
STATE OF TEXAS, a:
County of Nueces.
Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day person0y came........_.__..._...__....
—&—bAkIr --------------- who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that he is the
_01 Ans.....M.—Manager .............. of the Corpus Christi Caller and The Corpus Christi Timm
Daily Newspapers published at Corpus Christi, Texas, in said County and State, and that the publication of
of Ordinance ... # 0 9A "..
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of which the annexed is a true copy, was published in . . ..... TUMUL ........ . ..........
on the.).3.— day of...._._AVZUA.t; ............. 19..714. . . ..........
Ad. agar
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1.5 ------- — day of__..AUM.t .. ........ ................... 19...7% -....
Louise Vick ------
Notary Ili., N�ewees County, Texas