HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 238 ORDINA.NCE NO. �.��
A.N ORDINA.NCE A.MENDING ORDINA.NCE NO. 220 OF THE CITY OF
FRIENDSWOOD, TEXA.S, PA.SSED A.ND A.PPROVED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF SA.ID CITY ON JUNE 17, 1974, DETERMINING A.ND FIXING
THE SCHEDULES OF DOMESTIC RA.TES TO BE CHA.RGED BY HOUSTON
NA.TURA.L GA.S CORPORA.TION IN THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD; PRE-
SCRIBING THE MA.NNER OF FIXING RA.TES FOR LA.RGE VOLUME CON-
SUMERS; PROVIDING A. SEVERA.BILITY CLA.USE; A.ND REPEA.LING A.LL
ORDINA.NCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD,
STATE OF TEXA.S;
Section 1. Ordinance No. 220 of the City of Friendswood, Texas,
passed and approved by the City Council of said City on June 17, 1974,
determining and fixing the schedules of domestic rates to be charged by
Houston Natural Gas Corporation (the "Company") in the City of Friendswood
(the "City") is hereby amended by deleting in its entirety Section 3 thereof
and adding as a new Section 3 the following paragraph, to-wit:
"Section 3. The Company shall establish and post
in its office rate schedules providing monthly billing
rates complying with Section 1 of this Ordinance. The
rates specified in Section 1 of this Ordinance shall be
applicable to all consumers using 150, 000 cubic feet
or less of gas per month. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Ordinance, the rates for consumers
using more than 150, 000 cubic feet or more in any
month (hereinafter called "large volume consumers")
shall be the rates for large volume consumers estab-
lished by the Company. Such rates sl�all be open to
inspection by the City. It is understood that the City
Council does not hereby waive or relinquish any legal
right or authority which the City has or may have to
fi� and regulate gas rates in the future; and all reve-
nues received by the Company from its large volume
consumers served from the Company's distribution
system shall be taken into account in consideration
by the City Council of any alterations in domestic
rates fixed by an ordinance of the City. "
Section 2. The amendment to Ordinance No. 220 prescribed above
shall be effective on and after the passage and approval of this
ordinance as provided by law.
Section 3. If any provision, section, subsection, sentence, clause
or phrase of this ordinance, or the application of same to any person
or set of circumstances, is for any reason held to be unconstitutional ,
void or inva7id (or for any reason unenforceable) , the validity of the
remaining portions of this ordinance or their application to other
persons or sets of circumstances shal7 not be affected thereby, it being
the intent of the City Council of the City of Friendswood in adopting
this ordinance, that no portion thereof or provisions or regulation
contained herein sha71 become inoperative or fail by reason of any
unconstitutionality or invalidity of an.y other portion, provision or
regulation, and to this end, all provisions of this ordinance are
declared to be severab7e.
Section 4. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of the conflict only,
Passed on first reading this_7th_dayo uf April , 7975.
Passed on second readinq this 21st day of April� 1975.
Passed, approved and fina7ly adopted on third reading this 5th
day of May, 1975.
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Ra ph L. Lowe, Mayor
Attest:
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City Secretary
Approved as to Form:
City Attorney