HomeMy WebLinkAbout04288 ORD - 07/27/1955AN ORDINANCE
ADOPTING AND PROMULGATING RULES AND REGULATIONS
GOVERNING THE EXTENSION OF SEWER LINES IN STREETS AND
ALLEYS, OR EASEMENTS WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, ANC REGULATING THE BASIS
FOR CHARGES '1=CIR SUCH EXTENSIONS; BASIS FOR CHARGES AND
AND TAPPING ONTO SUCH EXTENSIONS AND ESTABLISHING A BASIS
FOR SEWER CHARGES FOR SEWAGE HANDLED BY THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CORPORATE
LIMITS OF THE CITY; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CON -
FLl"T HEREWITH; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
PRGVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF SAID CRDI.NANCE;
tND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
W H'ER LAS, IT IS NECESSARY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING HEALTH,
SAFETY AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, AND
TO FACILITATE THE ADEQUATE PROVISIONS OF SEWERAGE, THAT A SEWER ORDINANCE BE
PROMULGATED FOR THE :,ITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI; AND
WHL:EkS, THE CITY OF CORPUS (CHRISTI HEREWITH AND HEREBY ADOPTS,
RATIFIES, AND PROMULGATES ALL THE INTENT, PURPOSE5, AND POWER OF SAID ORDIN-
ANCES, AND EXPRESSLY VESTS SUCH POWERS NOT OTHERWISE PROHIBITED IN THE DE-
PARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES; SUBJECT, HOWEVER, TO ANY FUTURE MODIFICATIONS
AND NECESSITATED BY FUTURE GROWTH, PROGRESS, AND UNFORESEEN EXIGENCIES:
NOW, THEREFOkE, CjL IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI:
SECTION 1. THE SEWER DIV1510N OF THE PUBLIC UTILITY DEPARTMENT
MAY EXTEND SANITARY SEWER LATERALS IN THE STREETS AND ALLEYS, OR EASEMENTS
WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS 'CHRISTI AND BEYOND SUCH LIMITS
WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL, IN ORDER TO PERMIT CONNECTIONS BY
PERSONS DESIRING AND SEEKING SANITARY SEWER SERVICE, A CHARGE WHICH SHALL
BE KNOWN AS THE 'PRO RATA' FRONT FOOT CHARGE SHALL BE MADE AGAINST EACH LOT
OR TRACT OF LAND, AND THE OWNER THEREOF WHOSE SEWER LING SHALL BE HEREAFTER
CONNECTED WITH ANY EXTENDED SANITARY SEWER TRUNK OR LATERAL IN THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, AND THE CHARGE SHALL BE AT THE FOLLOWING RATE, WHICH RATE
SHALL BE A PORTION OF THE TOTAL COST OF SUCH SEWER LATERAL: ONE DOLLAR
AND FIFTY CENTS ($1.50) PER FRONT FOOT OF THE LOT OR TRACT OF LAND TO WHICH
SANITARY SEWER CONNECTIONS MAY BE MADE.
THE FRONT FOOT CHARGE RATE_ SHALL APPLY TO PROPERTY FRONTING ON STREETS IN
AREAS PLATTED INTO THE USUAL RECTANGULAR LOTS OR TRACTS OF
LAND WITH A DEPTH NOT TO EXCEED ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY (150.0) FEET.
WHERE LOTS OR TRACTS HAVE A GREATER DEPTH THAN ONE HUNDRED
AND FIFTY (150.0 FEET FROM THE FRONT STREET LINE, AND ARE OCCUPIED, OR
ARE TO BE OCCUPIED EXCLUSIVELY AS DWELLING PLACES. THEN THE ADDITIONAL
DEPTH SHALL NOT BE ASSESSED. IF THE PROPERTY 15 LATER SUBDIVIDED, RE-
QUIRING AN EXTENSION OF SEWER LINE TO SERVE SAME, THEN THE TERMS OF TH15
ORDINANCE SHALL GOVERN.
ON LOTS OR TRACTS OF LAND WHICH EXTEND THROUGH FROM ONE
STREET TO ANOTHER, WITH FRONTAGE ON BOTH STREETS AND WHERE THE DISTANCE
BETWEEN THE STREET RIGHT OF WAY LINE IS TWO HUNDRED AND StXTY (260.0
FEET OR MORE, THEN THE PRO RATA CHARGES HEREIN PROVIDED FOR SHALL BE PAID
ON THE BASIS OF THE TOTAL OF THE TWO FRONTAGES WHEN A CONNECTION IS SECUR-
ED TO THE LOT OR TRACT.
WHERE LOTS OR TRACTS ARE IRREGULAR IN SIZE OR SHAPE, THEN
PRO RATA CHARGES SHALL BE BASED UPON EQUIVALENT RECTANGULAR LOTS OR TRACTS
USING THE CHARGE FOR ONE FRONT FOR EACH ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY (120) SQUARE
FEET OF AREA. -
WHERE THE EXTENSION OF A LATERAL LINE WILL SERVE PROPERTY
ONLY ON ONE SIDE, THEN THE PRO RATA COST WILL BE DOUBLE THAT FOR ABUTTING
PROPERTY.
WHERE LOTS OR TRACTS ARE INTENDED TO BE USED FOR OTHER THAN
EXCLUSIVELY RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES, OR HAVE A DEPTH GREATER THAN ONE HUN-
D.i CD : 1 TY (._30.1) F_—T l Tli- rdT ST ^l_T '_I ;! Ti7 :, Ti ... .., T..
..EREIN PROVIDED SHALL BE PAID ON THE FRONTAGE ON STREETS WHICH THE PRO-
PERTY MAY ABUT, MINUS 150 FOOT FRONTAGE FOR EACH CORNER OF THE PROPERTY
ABUTTING A STREET INTERSECTION. SHOULD SAID PROPERTY BE RE- SUBDIVIDED
WHEREBY SEWER MAIN EXTENSIONS ARE REQUIRED TO SERVE SAME, THE TERMS OF
THIS ORDINANCE SHALL APPLY.
SECTION 2. EXTENSION OF SEWER LINES. UPON REQUEST OF THE
OWNER . OF A GIVEN LOT OR TRACT OF LAND (NOT A SUBDIVISION) OR HIS AGENT
FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS ORDINANCE, KNOWN AS THE "APPLICANT', ACCOMPANIED
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BY THE PAYMENT OF THE CHARGES DUE UNDER THIS ORDINANCE, THE SANITARY SEWER
DIVISION SHALL EXTEND, LAY OR CONSTRUCT ALL NECESSARY SANITARY SEWER LAT-
ERALS NOT EXCEEDING A. DISTANCE OF ONE HUNDRED (100.0 FEET, THE LINE EX-
TENSION SHALL BE MEASURED SO AS TO INCLUDE TEN (10) FEET PAST THE NEAREST PRO-
PERTY CORNER OF THE APPLICANT, THE PROPERTY OWNER REQUESTING SERVICE SHALL
BE REQUIRED TO PAY THE CHARGES HEREIN PROVIDED FOR. THE OWNERS OF ALL
INTERVENING PROPERTY SERVED BY THE GIVEN MAIN EXTENSION SHALL BE REQUIR-
ED TO PAY THE CHARGES PROVIDED FOR HEREIN AT SUCH TIME AS THEIR PROPERTY 15
CONNECTED TO THE LATERALS THUS LAID. WHERE AN APPLICANT FOR SERVICE SE-
CURES AN EXTENSION AND SERVICE UNDER THIS PARTICULAR OPTION FOR LATERAL
EXTENSION, HE SHALL PAY THE PRO RATA CHARGES ON ALL PROPERTY OWNED BY HIM
AND WHICH CAN BE SERVED BY THE EXTENSION REQUESTED, IN APPLYING THE ONE
HUNDRED (100.0 FOOT RULE, THE REQUIRED EXTENSION OF LATERAL SHALL BE
FIGURED IN SUCH MANNER AS TO LEAVE OUT OF THE CALCULATIONS THAT PORTION OF
ANY LATERAL ADJACENT TO PROPERTY ALREADY HAVING OTHER THAN A TEMPORARY
SEWER SERVICE TO THE CITY SEWAGE COLLECTION SYSTEM, AND FOR WHICH THE
PRO RATA CHARGES THEREON HAVE BEEN PAID OR CREDITED UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS
ORDINANCE.
AN EXCEPTION TO THE ABOVE ONE HUNDRED (100.0 FOOT RULE SHALL
BE MADE WHERE TWO OR MORE INDIVIDUAL APPLICANTS DESIRE SEWER SERVICE AND
THE NEAREST APPLICANT 15 MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED (100.0 FEET FROM EXISTING
LINES, THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI WILL EXTEND THEIR LATERALS UPON PAYMENT OF
THE CHARGES DUE UNDER THIS ORDINANCE PROVIDED THERE IS ONE CUSTOMER FOR
EVERY ONE HUNDRED (100.0 FEET OF SUCH EXTENSION, EXCLUDING STREET INTER-
SECTIONS AND THAT PORTION OF THE EXTENSION ADJACENT TO PROPERTY ALREADY
HAVING OTHER THAN TEMPORARY SEWER SERVICE.
AT THE OPTION OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI , BUT NOT APPLI-
CABLE TO NEW OR PROP05ED ADDITIONS, THE FOLLOWING METHOD FOR EXTENDING
SEWER LATERALS MAY BE USED WHERE THE APPLICANT'S PROPERTY 15 MORE THAN ONE
HUNDRED (100.0 FEET FROM AN EXISTING SEWER MAIN PROVIDED THAT THIS METHOD
SHALL BE AVAILABLE ONLY FOR USE WHEN AN EXISTING SEWER MAIN IS AVAILABLE FOR
EXTENSION. THIS METHOD SHALL BE AVAILABLE ONLY FOR USE BY AN INDIVIDUAL
OWNER, PERSONAL OR CORPORATE, TO SECURE SEWER SERVICE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL'S
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RESIDENCE OR BUSINESS. WHERE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS OPTION, THE OWNER MAY
ADVANCE AND PAY UNTO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI THE ENTIRE PRO RATA COSTS
AS SET FORTH IN THIS ARTICLE, TO -WIT:
ONE DOLLAR AND 50100 ($1.50) PER FRONT FOOT FOR ABUTTING PROPERTY
FOR SEWER EXTENSIONS ON ALL PROPERTY SERVED BY THE DESIRED LATERAL EXTENSIONS,
AND THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, WHEN SAID MONEY HAS BEEN ACTUALLY DEPOSITED
WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES, WILL CONSTRUCT THE SAID DESIRED
SEWER LATERAL ALONG A STREET, ALLEY OR EASEMENT. WHEN ANY PROPERTY FOR
WHICH SUCH PERSON HAS ADVANCED THE PRO RATA COSTS 15 CONNECTED TO THE SAID
LATERAL EXTENSIONS, THEN, IN THAT EVENT, THE PRO RATA COSTS SO ADVANCED ON
THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY SHALL BE REFUNDED BY THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO
THE PERSON MAKING THE ORIGINAL DEPOSIT.
WHERE EXTENSION IS REQUESTED BY AN INDUSTRY OR COMMERCIAL BUSINE55
DISPOSING OF LARGE QUANTITIES OF SEWAGE AND WHICH CANNOT MEET THE REQUIRE-
MENTS OF ONE CUSTOMER PER ONE HUNDRED (100.0) FEET OF EXTENSION, SUCH EX-
TENSION MAY BE MADE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC UTILITIES,
PROVIDED FORTY PERCENT (40 %) OF THE ESTIMATED ANNUAL REVENUE FROM SUCH CUS-
TOMER WILL SUPPORT INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS ON THE COST OF THE EXTEN-
SION AT EIGHT PER CENT (BA) PER ANNUM.
IN NO EVENT MAY THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI BE REQUIRED TO MAKE EX-
TENSIONS UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE ORDINANCE IF WITHIN THE DISCRETION OF
THE CITY COUNCIL, THERE ARE NO FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXTENDING
THE PARTICULAR SEWER LINE OR LINES.
ANY AND ALL SUMS OF MONEY HEREAFTER COLLECTED AS A FEE OR CONNECTIONS
CHARGE, AT THE RATES SET OUT IN THIS ORDINANCE, SHALL BE CREDITED TO THE
SANITARY SEWER FUND OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI.
SECTION 3. WHEN OWNER MAY INSTALL, ALL SANITARY SEWER LATERAL EX-
TENSIONS HEREIN PROVIDED FOR SHALL BE LAID, CONSTRUCTED, AMC) INSTALLED BY
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, DIRECTLY OR BY CONTRACT, EXCEPT THAT THE OWNER
OF A TRACT OF LAND OR HIS DULY AUTHORIZED AGENT MAY EXERCISE THE OPTION OF
INSTALLING A COMPLETE SEWER SYSTEM AT HIS OWN EXPENSE, IN WHICH EVENT, THAT
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PARTICULAR PROPERTY WOULD NOT BE CHARGED NOR SUBJECTED TO ANY ADDITIONAL
PRO RATA CHARGES FOR SANITARY SEWER MAINS. PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR
THIS WORK SHALL BE PREPARED BY A REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER AND SUCH
PLANS SHALL BEAR HIS SEAL. IT 15 FURTHER PROVIDED THAT THE SEWER LINES
CONSTRUCTED THROUGH A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR SHALL BE SUBJECT TO INSPECTION
AND TO ALL REQUIREMENTS, SPECIFICATIONS AND REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC WORKS COVERING SEWER MAINS TO BE CONNECTED TO THE SYSTEMS OF THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, AND THAT NO PRIVATE CONTRACT SHALL BE LET EXCEPT UPON
THE WRITTEN APPROVAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE PLANS AND
SPECIFICATIONS WITH THE PROVISION THAT ALL SUCH SEWER LATERALS AND ALL
APPURTENANCES THERETO, SHALL BE AND BECOME THE PROPERTY OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI IMMEDIATELY OPON THEIR INSTALLATION AND CONSTRUCTION, FREE
AND CLEAR OF ALL LIENS, CLAIMS AND ENCUMBRANCES. WHERE SEWER LATERALS ARE
INSTALLED UNDER THIS SECTION BY PRIVATE CONTRACTOR, IN NO CASE SHALL A
SEWER LATERAL BE CONSTRUCTED WHICH 15 LESS THAN EIGHT INCHES IN SIZE AT
0.4% GRADE UNLESS SPECIAL APPROVAL IS GIVEN BY THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC
WORKS AND THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC UTILITIES. THE APPLICANT SHALL PAY THE
TOTAL COST UP AND INCLUDING EIGHT (8) INCH SEWERS PROVIDED GRADE CONDI-
TIONS OR THE QUANTITY OF SEWAGE DO NOT REQUIRE LARGER SIZE SEWERS. IN
THE EVENT LARGER SEWER LINES THAN ARE NECESSARY TO SERVE THE AREA INCLUDED
IN THE TRACT OWNED BY THE DEVELOPER ARE DEEMED NECESSARY BY THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, SAID DEPARTMENT WILL BEAR THE
INCREMENTAL COST IF FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE, OR ENLARGING SUCH MAINS OVER THE
ABOVE SIZES PROVIDED FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE. THE INCREMENT OF COST BORNE BY
THE CITY SHALL BE DETERMINED ON THE BASIS OF THE AVERAGE COST FOR COMPARABLE
INSTALLATIONS PERFORMED IN THE LAST TWELVE MONTHS FOR THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, OR ON THE BASIS OF THE BID PRICE OF QUALIFIED CONTRACTORS UNDER
THE TERMS OF CITY REQUIREMENTS, PROVIDED, THAT IN THE EVENT THE BID PRICE
FOR LATERALS LARGER THAN EIGHT (8) INCHES ARE NOT CONSIDERED REASONABLE BY
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, THE CITY WILL NOT BE OBLIGATED TO PROCEED UNDER
THE TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE.
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SECTION 4. DEVELOPMENT OF SUBDIVISIONS. THE DEVELOPER OF AN ADDITION
OR SUBDIVISION TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI PLAT OF WHICH HAS BEEN FIN-
ALLY APPROVED BY THE CITY PLAN COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, SHALL DESIGN
AND PREPARE CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS OF SANITARY SEWER FACIL-
ITIES, TO SERVE THE SUBDIVISION, INCLUDING ANY ACCESS OR OFF -SATE FACILITIES
THAT MAY BE REQUIRED. THESE PLANS SHALL CONFORM IN ALL DETAILS TO THE CITY'S
STANDARDS AS TO THE DESIGN, GRADE, LOCATION, SIZE AND QUALITY OF MATERIALS
AND CONSTRUCTION AND SHALL BE PREPARED BY A REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER
AND SHALL BEAR HIS SEAL. PLANS SUBMITTED BY DEVELOPERS SHALL BE ON STANDARD
2211 x 3611 SHEETS AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ORDINANCE NO. 4168.
ALL SPECIFICATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS SHALL BE BASED UPON
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS FOR MATERIALS AND PER-
FORMANCE.
NO INSTALLATION OF SEWER LATERALS WILL BE MADE AT ANY OTHER LOCA-
TION EXCEPT A DEDICATED STREET, ALLEY, OR AN EASEMENT RUNNING IN FAVOR OF
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, WHICH SHALL BE FILED OF RECORD BY THE OWNER OF
SAID ADDITION.
UPON APPROVAL OF THE PLANS BY THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, THE DE-
VELOPER MAY ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH ANY INDIVIDUAL OR MAY HIMSELF CON-
STRUCT THE SYSTEM AS 50 PLANNED; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE CONSTRUCTION
AND INSTALLATION OF THE SEWER LINES SHALL BE SUPERVISED AND APPROVED BY
INSPECTORS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TO SEE THAT THE INSTALLATION 15
MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PLANS AND THE CITY'S STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS
WHICH, IN EVERY INSTANCE, SHALL BE A PART OF SAID INSTALLATION CONTRACT.
THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, OR AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE, SHALL HAVE AUTHORITY TO SEE THAT THE WORK IS
INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPROVED PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS. IF THE
SYSTEM 15 NOT BEING INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPROVED PLANS AND
SPECIFICATIONS, THEN THE WORK SHALL BE STOPPED UNTIL SUCH TIME AS PROPER
CORRECTIONS WILL BE MADE.
ANY SUCH INSTALLATION, WHEN MADE AND APPROVED SHALL BECOME THE
PROPERTY OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, FREE AND CLEAR OF ALL ENCUMBRANCES,
AND ANY CONTRACT ENTERED INTO BETWEEN THE DEVELOPER AND A CONTRACTOR SHALL
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PROVIDE FOR A 100 PER CENT PERFORMANCE BOND, MAKING THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
AND THE DEVELOPER CO- BENEFICIARIES. IN THE EVENT THE DEVELOPER MAKES THE
INSTALLATION HIMSELF AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 3. THEN HE SHALL EXECUTE A PER-
FORMANCE BOND IN FAVOR OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI THE SAME FBRM AND CON-
DITIONED IN THE SAME MANNER AS PROVIDED FOR IN THE STANDARD CONTRACT DOCUMENTS
USED BY THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI IN THE MAKING OF SANITARY SEWER INSTALLATIONS.
SECTION 5. EXISTING LINES EXEMPT. ALL PROPERTY PLATTED INTO LOTS OR
TRACTS AND HAVING EXISTING SANITARY SEWER MAINS INSTALLED BY THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, AT THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE PRO RATA CHARGES SET FORTH IN
THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM THE PRO RATA CHARGES FOR THE SANITARY
SEWER MAINS AS TO THE SAID EXISTING ADEQUATE MAINS. WHERE SUCH PROPERTY IS
LATER RE- SUBDIVIDED, WHEREBY AN EXTENSION OF LATERALS 15 REQUESTED TO SERVE
SAME, THEN THE TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL GOVERN. WHERE THE PROPERTY
OWNER OR DEVELOPER HAS ALREADY PAID OR CONTRIBUTED TOWARDS ANE OF THE EX-
ISTING LINES, THEN THE PROPERTY PROPERLY SERVED BY THE EXISTING MAINS WITH-
OUT EXTENSION THEREOF, SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM THE PRO RATA CHARGES FROM SEWER
CONNECTIONS.
SECTION 6. DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC UTILITIES TO EQUALIZE CHARGES. THE
INTENT AND PURPOSE OF THIS ORDINANCE 15 TO PROVIDE AN EQUITABLE CHARGE FOR
SANITARY SEWER CONNECTIONS AS A PROPORTIONATE DISTRIBUTION OF THE COST OF
SEWER LATERAL EXTENSIONS TO SERVE PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI ON
A FRONT FOOT BASIS. IN CASE PROPERTY OF A TRACT OF LAND IS SO SITUATED OR
SHAPED 50 THAT THE PRO RATA FRONT FOOT RULE CREATES AN INEQUITABLE BASIS AS
BETWEEN IT AND OTHER TRACTS OF LAND IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, THEN, IN
THAT EVENT, THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC UTILITIES OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
SHALL DETERMINE THE PROPER CHARGES IN ACCORD WITH THE INTENT AND PURPOSE OF
THIS ORDINANCE. NO PERSON SHALL ACQUIRE ANY VESTED RIGHTS UNDER THE TERMS
AND PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE.
SECTION 7. TAP FEES. THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI SHALL INSTALL AND
MAINTAIN ALL HOUSE SERVICE LINES FROM THE CITY SEWER "MAINS TO THE NEAREST
PROPERTY OR EASEMENT LINES, BOTH INSIDE AND OUT5IDE THE CITY LIMITS OF THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, AND SHALL CHARGE A TAP FEE FOR THE INSTALLATION OF
ANY SUCH HOUSE LATERALS A SUM SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE AVERAGE COST THEREOF.
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SUCH SUM 15 TO BE DETERMINED AND COLLECTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
UTILITIES AND SHALL BE AT THE FOLLOWING RATES OR BASIS:
"HOUSE SERVICE LINE TAP CHARGES (SEWER)
FOR SEWERS LOCATED IN ALLEYS OR EASEMENTS; 4" LINE TAP $20.00
FOR SEWERS LOCATED IN ALLEYS OR EASEMENTS; 6" LINE TAP 30.00
FOR SEWERS LOCATED IN ALLEYS OR EASEMENTS; 8" LINE TAP 40.00
FOR SEWERS IN STREETS (EXCEPT IN BUSINESS AREAS
4" LINE TAP 40.00
FOR SEWERS IN STREETS (EXCEPT IN BUSINESS AREAS) 50.00
6" LINE TAP
FOR SEWERS IN STREETS (EXCEPT IN BUSINESS AREAS)
8" LINE TAP 60.00
FOR SEWERS IN STREETS OF NEW SUBDIVISIONS WHERE HOUSE SERVICES
ARE ALREADY INSTALLED TO THE PROPERTY LINES, A TAP CHARGE OF
$10.00 WILL APPLY.
FOR BUSINESS AREAS, OR WHERE DEEP CUT CONNECTIONS ARE IN-
VOLVED, ESTIMATES OF C05T WILL BE FURNISHED UPON REQUEST.
SUCH ESTIMATED COST MUST BE DEPOSITED WITH THE DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC UTILITIES BEFORE WORK 15 DONE."
THE ABOVE CHARGES SHALL INCLUDE COST OF TAPPING THE CITY SEWER
MAIN, THE INSTALLATION OF WYE5 AND PLACING HOUSE SERVICE LINE TO THE NEAREST
STREET RIGHT OF WAY OR UTILITY LINE. THEY SHALL INCLUDE ALL COSTS INCIDENT
TO NECESSARY REPAIRS TO PAVEMENT OF ANY KIND OR CHARACTER INVOLVED IN MAKING
THE SAID HOUSE SERVICE LINE CONNECTION. WHERE SANITARY SEWER HOUSE SERVICE
LINES HAVE BEEN INSTALLED AHEAD OF PAVING, THE ABOVE COST FOR SUCH SHALL IN-
CLUDE EXTENSION OF THE LINE TO THE NEAREST PROPERTY LINE, IF NOT ALREADY THUS
EXTENDED. THE STREET DEPARTMENT SHALL MAKE THE PAVEMENT REPAIRS AS PART OF
THE INSTALLATION JOB. COST AS SET OUT HEREIN SHALL APPLY FOR CONNECTIONS TO
PROPERTY INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI. FOR CONNECT-
IONS TO PROPERTY OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS, THE ACTUAL COST OF CONSTRUCTION
SHALL GOVERN, WITH A MINIMUM CHARGE ACCORDING TO THE ABOVE SCHEDULE.
SECTION e. PENALTY FOR DELINQUENCY OF PAYMENT. IN THE EVENT
SANITARY SEWER LATERALS OR HOUSE SERVICE LINES HAVE BEEN INSTALLED UNDER THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS ORD']NANCE, AND THE PRO RATA PAYMENTS FOR CONNECTION TO SUCH
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SANITARY SEWER MAINS HAVE NOT BEEN PAID, THEN THE OWNER OR OWNERS OF SUCH
PROPERTY TO BE SERVED BY SAID SANITARY SEWER MAINS, SHALL WITHIN SIXTY (60)
DAYS AFTER COMPLETION OF SUCH LINES PAY SUCH PRO RATA PAYMENTS AT THE RATE
OR RATES WHICH EXISTED AT THE TIME OF THE APPLICATION FOR SERVICE, AND ANY
PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION NOT MAKING SUCH PAYMENTS WITHIN THE TIME SO SPE-
CIFIED, SHALL THEREAFTER BE REQUIRED TO PAY A COLLECTION FEE OF AN ADDITION-
AL 10% OF SUCH CHARGES.
IT IS FURTHER PROVIDED THAT IN NO EVENT SHALL THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI BE REQUIRED, TO MAKE ANY SURVEYS, STREET GRADING OR STAKING OFF ON
THE GROUND OR SUBDIVISION OF THE APPLICANT FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING H15
INSTALLATION, BUT ALL OF SUCH WORK SHALL BE DONE BY THE DEVELOPER OR HIS
ENGINEER AT HIS OWN COST AND EXPENSE AND SHALL BE DONE TO THE SATISFACTION OF
THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI.
SECTION 9. COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL WASTE DISPOSAL. THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REVIEW AND APPROVE ANY WATERS OR
WASTE NOW ENTERING THE CITY SEWER SYSTEM pR PROPOSED TO BE DISCHARGED INTO
SUCH SYSTEM OR HAVING AN AVERAGE DAILY ®LOW GREATER THAN 2% OF THE AVERAGE
DAILY FLOW OF THE ENTIRE CITY OR HAVING ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS:
A5 -DAY B.O.D. GREATER THAN 250 PPM; A SETTLEABOE SOLIDS CONTENT GREATER THAN
300 PPM A HYDROGEN ION CONCENTRATION LESS THAN 6, OR MORE THAN S. NO WASTE
CONTAINING SOLIDS OF SUCH SIZE OR COMPOSITION THAT MIGHT OBSTRUCT THE FLOW
OF THE SYSTEM OR TREATMENT PLANT OR FAIL TO SETTLE OUT IN TREATMENT PROCESS
MAY BE DISCHARGED OR DEPOSITED IN THE CITY SEWER SYSTEM OR ANY PIPES OR DRAINS
CONNECTED THEREWITH.
IN NO CASES MAY PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, TOXIC WATERS, OR EXPLOSIVE
MATERIAL BE DISCHARGED IN THE CITY SEWER SYSTEM OR ANY PIPES OR DRAINS CON-
NECTED THEREWITH.
IT 15 THE INTENT AND PURPOSE OF THIS ARTICLE TO RESERVE TO THE
CITY THE RIGHT TO GOVERN THE STRENGTH AND CHARACTERISTICS OF SEWERAGE EN-
TERING ITS SEWERAGE SYSTEM. AND TO ESTABLISH FAIR HANDLING TREATMENT CHARGES
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COMMENSURATE FOR THE LOAD IMPOSED, AS DETERMINED BY THE CITY FROM COMPOSITE
SAMPLES TAKEN ANNUALLY OR AT SUCH INTERVALS AS THE CITY MAY ELECT AT AVERAGE
PLANT OPERATION WHEN PRODUCING THE MAXIMUM STRENGTH SEWAGE PRODUCED IN THEIR
PRODUCTION. THE INDUSTRIES MAY SUBMIT TO THE CITY CERTIFIED REPORTS FROM PRI-
VATE. LABORATORIES, APPROVED BY THE i,ITY, OF COMPOSITE SAMPLES TAKEN MONTHLY
UNDER THE SAME CONDITIONS AS OUTLINED FOR DETERMINATION BY THE CITY. THE t,ITY
RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHECK SUCH REPORTS. THESE CHARGES SHALL BE NEGOTIATED
WITH THE SUPER INTEM DENT OF THE SEWAGE DEPARTMENT, OR HIS REPRESENTATIVE, SUB-
JECT TO FINAL APPROVAL BY THE i;ITY COUNCIL.
SECTION 10. ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
HEREWITH SHALL BE AND ARE HEREBY REPEALED.
SLCTION 11. IF FOR ANY REASON ANY SECTION, PARAGRAPH, SUBDIVISION,
CLAUSE, PHRASE, OR PROVISION OF THIS URDINA,NCE SHALL HE HELD INVALID, IT
SHALL NOT EFFECT THL REMAINING PROVISIONS OF THIS OR ANY OTHER ORDINANCE OF
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO WHICH THESE RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATE.
SECTION 12. THE FACT THAT THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THF_' %ITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI AND INCREASED COSTS OF LABOR AND MATERIALS MAKE IT IMPERA-
TIVE THAT THIS OPUINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE A$ PROVIDED HEREIN, IT BEING
NECESSARY FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC WELFARE THAT SAID ORDINANCE SO
BECOMES EFFECTIVE AND OPERATIVE CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND PUBLIC IM-
PERATIVE NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE 'CHARTER RULE THAT NO
ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED
AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL. AIF_ET-
INGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE HAYOR HAVING DECLARED THAT SUCH PUBLIC
EMERGENCY AND Ip•1PERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST, AND HAVING RFQUE5TED THAT SUCH
i.HARTER RULZ: BE: SUSPENDED, AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE
DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT
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FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAdNED.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS It DAY oF�1955.
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MAYOR J -A
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
ATTEST,:
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CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM: `f� � 6
CITY ATTORNEY
CORPUS CHRISTI T,,-,AS
1955
TO THE MEMEERS OF THE CIT( COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
GENTLEMEN;
FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FOREGOIN'
ORDINANCE, A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR THE SUSPEN-
SION OF THE CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAT NO ORDINANCE. OR RESOLUTION SHALL
BE PASSED FINALI -Y ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCE'), AND THAT SUCH ORDIFIANCF-OR
RESOLUTION SHALL CE READ AT THREE MEETliv :S OF THE CITY COUNCIL; i, THEREFORE,
HEREBY REQUEST THAT YOU 3USPEND SAID CHARTER RULE OR RE QUI REPIENT Af1D PASS
THIS OROIP'.ANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, 01 AT THE PRESS ?IT MEE71 ?IC-
OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
RESPECTFULLY,
MAYOR p�
THE CITY OF C0 PQ� tHRI STI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE;
f.
FARRELL D. SMITH
MINOR CULL]
W. J. RosERTS
B. E. BIGLER
MANUEL P. MALDONADO
THc ADOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE -
.
FARRELL D. SMITH
MINOR CULL 1
W. J. RDSERTS
B. E. BIGLER
MANUEL P. MALDONADO j t;
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