HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 87-21 ORDINANCE N0. 87-21
AN QRDINATICE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF FRIENDSWOOb, TEXAS, BY STRIKING THEREFROM THE
LAST �'ARAGRAFH GF SECTION 18-12 OF ARTICLE I QF
CI�APTER 18 ANL SUBSTITUTING THEREFOR A NEW LAST
PARAGRAPH OF SAII3 SECTION 1$-12 ; PROVIDING THAT
SECURITY DEPQSITS FOR WATEF�, SEWER, ANIi/OR GAR�AGE
COLLECTION SERVICES SHALL BE RETUIZNED AFTER THE
EXPIRATION aF ONE (1) YEAR FROM THE DATE SUCH DEPOSIT
IS NIADE FOR NONDELIN�UENT CUSTOrfiERS; PROVIDING FOR
WAIVER OF SECURITY DEPOSITS FOR CERTAIN CUSTOMERS; AND
PRQVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
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BE I.T ORI3AINED BY THE CITY COUNGIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD,
STATE QF TEXAS :
Section 1 . The Code of Ordinances of the City of
Friendswood , Texas , is hereby amended by strik,ing therefrom the
last paragraph of Section 18-I2 of Article I of Chapter 18,
which provides as follows :
"[Funds submitted to the city as a security
deposit sha11 be returned to the customer after the
expiration of two (2) years from the date such deposit
is made, provided that such customer seeking a refund
has not been delinquent on a payment for water, sewer,
and/or garbage collection for the preceding two year
period. ]
anc3 substituting therefor the following :
"Funds submitted to the City as a security
de osit shaZl be returned to the customer after the
expiration o one ear rom t e date such deposit
is made,pro iv ded t at suc customer see ing a re und
has not been de�in uent on a a ment or water, sewer,
an or ar a e co ection or t e rece in one ear
perio . T e City may waive t e requirement o a
security deposit for new customers as set ort erein
u on recei t o evidence that suc customer az�s not
een e in uentrin t e payment o water, sewer, an or
ar a�e co�lection services durin suc recedin one
ear eriod to t e su liers o such services . In
addition new customers with rior histor with t e
Cit wit in the recedin ive 5 ears who were not
delinquent on payments o� water, sewer an or gar age
collection services may also have suc -� security
deposits waived.
Section 2 . In the event any sECtion, paragraph,
subdivision, clause , phrase, provision, sentence, or part of
this Ordinance or tYie application of the same to any person or
circumstance shall for any reasan be adjudged invalid or held
unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall
not affect, impair, or invalidate this Ordinance as a whole or
any part or provision hereof other than the part declared to be
invalid or unconstitutional ; and the City Council of the City
of Friendswood , Texas , declares that it would have passed each
and every part of the same riotwithstanding the omission of any
such part thus declared to be invalid or unconstitutional , or
whether there be one or more parts .
PASSED and APPRQVEB on first reading this 20th day
of July , 1987 .
PASSED and APPROVED on second reading this 3rd �aY
of August , 1987 .
PASSE�, APPROVED, AND �DOPTED on third and final reading
this 17th day of Auqust , 1987 .
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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