HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1981-052 ORDINANCE NO. 81-52
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES FOR THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE
BY AMENDING CHAPTER 25, SECTION 37
RELATING TO PAYMENT DUE DATE; BY
AMENDING CHAPTER 25, SECTION 38
�� RELATING TO DISCONNECTION FOR DELIN-
QUENCY AND PENALTY FOR SAME; PROVID-
ING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING
A PENALTY; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS:
Section l. That Chapter 25 , Section 37 , Payment Due,
is hereby amended as follows :
Section 25-37 - Payment Due
Al1 bills of water and/or sewer and/or refuse service
by the City shall be due when rendered and shall be
payable not more than twenty (20) days from the
rendition of such bill. A bill for utility service
is delinquent if unpaid by the due date. The issuance
date on the bill shall constitute proof of the date
of issuance. If the due date falls on a holiday or
weekend, the due date for payment purposes shall be
the next work day after the due date.
Section 2. That Chapter 25, Section 38 is hereby
�-� amended as follows:
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Section 25-38 - Disconnection for Delinquency; Penalty
All charges for services furnished or rendered by the
City under this Chapter should be due and payable on
the date of issuance, and if not paid within twenty
(20) days after issuance, a penalty of ten (10) per-
cent of the gross bill, but no less than three dollars
($3. 00) shall be added thereto on the next bill.
Services to any customer in the event that any month' s
charges shall remain delinquent and unpaid at the time
of a subsequent billing, the user or customer with said
delinquent account shall receive a Delinquent Notice to
be mailed not later than ten (10) days after prepara-
tion of the second or subsequent billing. Services
will be discontinued if not paid or other disposition
made within ten (10) days of the date of the Delinquent
Notice. Unless a dangerous condition exists or the
public health is threatened as determined by the Public
Works Director or Code Enforcement Officer after notice
to the City Manager or unless the customer requests
disconnection, service shall not be discontinued on a
��� day, or on a day immediately preceding a day, when per-
sonnel of the City of Grapevine' s Water Department are
not available to the public for the purpose of making
collections and reconnecting service.
Services shall not be continued or reconnected to any
customer until all current and delinquent charges, plus
the l0o penalty, plus an additional seven dollars and
fifty cents ($7 . 50) to cover the cost of disconnecting
and reconnection of service.
The City Manager shall appoint a City Utility Hear-
ing Officer who shall serve in that capacity at the
pleasure of the City Manager. The City Utility
Hearing Officer shall be empowered to resolve bill-
ing errors and any discrepencies in advance of any
scheduled date of service termination. Any user or
customer shall be entitled to a pretermination hear-
ing before the Utility Hearing Officer prior to the
�,,, cutoff date specified in the delinquent notice. It
will be the duty of the Utility Hearing Officer to
� determine that customers are not overcharged or
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charged with services not rendered.
Section 3. Severability Clause. If any section, sen-
tence, phrase, word, paragraph, or provisions of this ordinance
or the application of that section, sentence, phrase, word,
paragraph, or provision to any person, situation or circum-
stance is for any reason adjudged invalid, the adjudication
shall not affect any other section, sentence, phrase, word,
paragraph or provision of the Grapevine City Code. The City
Council declares that it would have adopted the valid por-
tions and applications of this ordinance without the invalid
part, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are
declared to be severable.
Section 4. Penalties. Any person violating any of the
provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined $1. 00
to $200. 00.
5ection 5. Emergency Clause. 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 pre-
servation of public business property health, safety, and
�"' general welfare of the public which requires that this ordi-
nance 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 18th day of August, 1981.
APPROVED:
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Secr
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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
City Attorney