HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 119 ORDINANCE NO. 119
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 98
OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS, SPEC-
IFICALLY SECTION 4 B (No. 3), CONCERNING
CITY POLICY FOR WATER AND SEWER SERVICE
TO APPLICANTS OUTSIDE CORPORATE BOUN-
DARIES; PROVIDING A PENALTY; PRESCRIBING
FORM OF COMPLAINTS AND ADOPTING A SEV-
ERABILITY CLAUSE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD,
TEXAS DULY ASSEMBLED:
Section l. Ordinance No. 98, Section 4 B (No. 3) which previously read as
follow s:
"Applicants outside corporate boundaries requesting
sewer service only will pay the applicable minimum
sewer charge and the applicable minimum water
charge. "
is hereby amended as follows:
Applicants outside corporate boundaries requesting
sewer service only will pay the applicable minimum
sewer charge and the applicable minimum water
charge, unless, by contract in writing, the City Coun-
cil agrees to delete the minimum water charge.
Section 2. Penalty Clause. Any person, either by himself or agent, and any
firm, corporation or other entity who violates any of the provisions
of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, up-
on conviction of any such violation, shall be fined in any sum not to
exceed ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100. 00); and each day during
which such violation continues shall constitute a separate and dis-
tinct offense. In any case of a violation of any of the terms or pro-
visions of this ordinance by any corporation, the officers and agents
actively in charge of the business of such corporation shall be sub-
ject to the penalty herein provided. Any offense defined herein
which has been defined by laws of the State of Texas as an offense
and for which penalty has been prescribed shall be punished as pro-
vided in said State law, and nothing herein shall be held as fixing
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any penalty contrary to a penalty provided by the laws of the
State of Texas.
Section 3. Form of Complaints. In any prosecution hereunder, it shall not
be necessary for the complaint to negative any exceptions con-
t�,ined in this ordinance concerning any prohibited act, but any
such exception may be urged as a defense by any person charged
by such complaint.
Section 4. Severability Clause. If any provision of this ordinance, or the
application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held in-
valid, the remainder of the ordinance, and the application of
such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be
affected thereby.
PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading this 3rd day of Mdl^Ch , 1969.
PASSED AND APPROVED on second reading this 17thday of Mdt"Ch , 1969.
PASSED, APPROVED AND FINALLY ADOPTED on third reading, this 7th
day of April , 1969.
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Ralph Somers, Mayor
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