Ordinance 162ORDINANCE NO. ~ 6~~
AN ORDINANCE OP TN6 CITY OF LOHON'OODr PLORIDA~
PROVLDINO FOR THE OPEPATYOH OA TNR WATER SYSTEM
OF 3o4i0 CYTY, PRWIDIN6 PEES FOR U&B OP SAID
WAT6Rr RECDYAT[OHS aN0 PENALT IEB AOE THE VIOUITION
OP HUNL R6(;UTATIONS,
WHEAEAS~ the City of Longwootl, Florida, is the owner of
antl has the ent vre control of the public water system usetl
thrqugboui tM Ciky q4 LRq$Wgod, Pl oritla, and operates antl
maantavns the same £or the benefit of the citizens of Longwood
and those in a®jacent areas to saatl city, antl
M1AHEREAS~ in order to properly provide servace to .the users
of said water system it vs necessary that t;. .G3 ky gFOmulgate
ce rt aan rules and regulations fox said system ROO4 :pFgvide Fox
its maintenance by the establishment of a scOkaydaa4A q~ Fees,
NOW, TNEAEFOREe EE IT ENAC1`FD A9LD (9RI}AYNED HY 1996 FS4YOR
AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IG9IDID. fffiARID4F
1. No person shall connect to any water 1pAe q[ A.br. any
pater from any water lane without first having sepALaA IfLg1A the
City a permit for such connection.
2. Each pars on tlesiri ng to use water from the City's
water system shall first make w it ten application to the City
Clerk; such application shall give the name of the applicant antl
hrs addre ss~ a description of the premises to be served, the
number of houses or esAab0.a¢hmeats to be served by said met
the name of the plnmbeL mM9 'ahll make the connection and such
other pertinent maRkera .a'.s .may be required by the Clerk. Such
application shall be accgmpaAaed by a sum of Ten ($10.00) Dollars
which shall be retainAd ibq Y~6e Clerk as a deposit and returned
to the applicant upon ~AAe ~psq onnection~ pF,A?'-.l-A$All ,W3,ktF
bi 115 have been paid a5 :a amht of such agpydci~ii=A .WAd N~ „@am~g4
tanned to the melee as a eesult of svol: ~~._~c~tv~n. x114
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wgpatid bills and da-m3.g6 iH4xadd :Ae :PpaF;$dd ag:~i~~_ ~ ~1'~0 .Wdtei dQPP931C.
Should there be no meter at the required connection avd it is
necessary that a meter be vns tailed, then in adtlition to the
aforesaid deposit of Ten ($10.00) Dolls , the applicant shall
further pay as a connec tr on fee the sum of Fifty ($50.00)
Dollars.
3. Each tlwelling c ect ed to the water system shall
have a separate meter except that where there vs one mavv house,
the garage apartment and outbuildings may be servetl by one meter.
4. The making of an application by any .person shall act
to grant the properly authorized age vt of the city Free access
to the p muses at all reasonable hours fox the pux pose of read-
ing. examvning, repairing or eemovi ng the water meter or making
such other inspection of the property as the city may determine
desirable to discover the use being made of the water furnished
the px emises.
5. The City reserves the right to discontinue its water
setvvice without notice in case the consumer vs rn arrears an
payment of bills Foe the use of the water or Failure to comply
with the City rules and regulations. In rase the City discon-
tvnues Furnishing the water for any of these taus r vs,
through the fault of the consum , prevented from mpplyivg the
wat , then the City reserves the right to not reconnect the
premises to the water system until the payment to the C~tY of
One ($1.00) Dollar as a fee for such reconnection.
fi. In case the applicant is not the owner of the Apr emises
or of intervening property between the premises antl the~~ yes
water mar , the applicant shall obtain from the proper ~gner
nance on the p em uses and on such intervening property of all
pipes antl equipment required for supplying water to the applicant
tahen supplied to cus tomees operating office buildings and build-
ings of svmil ax character, in whack event vt may be re soltl by the
customers to tenants providing such tenants occupy the premises
and the rates charged such tenants correspond to the sates charged
by the City for a like servv<e.
8. Bills will normally De eendered on the 15th of January9
April, July and Octobe[ and are due avd payable on presentation
and become delinquent on the 10th of the mouth following. They
may be paid at the office of the City Clerk during regular office
hours or mailed to such office.
9. The xe is hereby charged fox the consumption of water
by the customers of the City water system the following charges:
r the first 15,000 gallons o any part
thereof used during the three months billing
pe sod, the sum of $fi.00.
For any additional gallonage ver .wi above
15,000 gallous and not o er 6y,600aga 1lons,
the sum of 30 cents per thou%and gal ova.
any additional gallonage o r ,000
gallous but n 1159000 gall o-~, the sum
of 25 cents per thouwnd gallons.
For all amounts over 115,000 gallons, the sum of
All p rty o side the corporate 1 mi is of the
City ofPLOngwood shall pay i addition to the above
schedule of fees,-an a unt equal to 25`b of each
billing.
10. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to tamper
with or molest, damage or destroy any of the mete , pipes, or
equipment of the water system or to remove any seal, tag or notice
placed upon any water meter and any person or persons violating
the pr vrsa ons of this se cta , upon being found guilty, may be
fined i amount not in excess of $300.00 or imprisoned in the
City j 1 fo[ not more than 30 days or may be both so fined and
mp aapnea.
11.peALLll ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith Yc hereby repealed.
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12. This oetlina nce aha 11 take effect --~-~-~+.wr-Nn-~.~ its
final passage and adoption.
AMIPTEO at a regular meeting/ Aof, t~%he City Council of the
City of Longwood, Floriday this ~ day of 1962..
ATTEST: /m yo`