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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1988-001 ORDINANCE NO. 88-01 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, APPENDIX E, ARTICLE I, STANDARDS OF DESIGN RELATIVE TO SERVICE LINES; PROVIDING A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500. 00) AND A SEPARATE OFFENSE SHALL BE ,�ww DEEMED COMMITTED UPON EACH DAY DURING OR ON WHICH AN OFFENSE OCCURS OR CONTINUES; PROVID- ING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; DECLARING AN �, EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS: Section 1 . That Appendix E, Article I of the City Code of the City of Grapevine, Texas, relating to Standards of Design is hereby amended in the following particulars and all other sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences, definitions, phrases and words of said Code of Ordinances is not amended, but shall remain intact and is hereby ratified, verified, and affirmed. Section 2. That the City Code, Appendix E, Article I, Standards of Design, Item 4 . 4 relative to Service Lines is hereby amended to read as follows: "4. 4 A water service line shall be laid to each 1ot with fittings in accordance with the specifications for construction of (Article 3 of �`�"' this Appendix and the standard details) . Al1 service lines shall be Type K copper having a minimum size of one (1) inch. At the subdividers option, a service line may serve two adjacent lots provided it be a one and one-half (1 1/2) inch and it is located at the common property line and complies with the standard details. Meter boxes to be furnished by the City shall be set level to the finish lot grades and an angle meter stop shall be set by the contractor about twelve (12) inches below the meter box top. After the curb and gutter has been installed the water service line shall be marked by inscribing a "W" in the top of the curb opposite the service line location. " Section 3. Any person violatinq any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500 . 00) for each offense and a separate offense shall be deemed committed upon each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues. Section 4. If any section, article, paragraph, sentence, �'' clause, phrase or word in this ordinance, or application thereto any person or circumstance, is held invalid or unconstitutional by a Court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not °«� affect the validity of the remaining portions of the ordinance; and the City Council hereby declares it would have passed such remaining portions of the ordinance despite such invalidity, which remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect. Section 5 . The fact that the present ordinances and regulations of the City of Grapevine, Texas, are inadequate to properly safeguard the health, safety, morals, peace, and general welfare of the inhabitants of the City of Grapevine, Texas, creates an emergency for the immediate preservation of public business, property, health, safety, and general welfare of the public which requires that this ordinance shall become effective from and after the date of its passage, and it is accordingly so ordained. PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on this the 5th day of January ► 1988 • APPROVED: ww�r Mayor ATTEST: Secretary APPROVED AS TO FORM: �/+��l�� City Attorney �.�� � �