HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-1968-520 ORDINANCE NO. 520
AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING DEPOSITS BY NEW
APPLICANTS FOR WATER SERVICE OR FOR WATER
SERVICE AND SANITARY SEWER SERVICE FURNISHED
TO PREMISES WITHIN THE CITY BY CITY OF DANIA
FLORIDA- AND PROVIDING THAT ALL ORDINANCES
OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH
BE REPEALED TO THE EXTENT OF SUCH CONFLICT;
j AND PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE-
COME EFFECTIVE AS OF ITS PASSAGE AND ADOPTION,
ON THIRD READING.
WHEREAS, §27, Code of Ordinances, City of Dania, Florida, as
amended by subsequent ordinances of the city, is the basic enactment
which concerns and relates to the subject of water distribution, water rates
and water charges to users of water service in the city; and
WHEREAS, since the adoptionof said §27, Code of Ordinances, City
of Dania, Florida, as amended, the city has also constructed sanitary sewer
service facilities in certain parts of the city so as to provide sanitary sewer
service to certain users within the city; and
WHEREAS, the basic enactment concerning the rates to be charged
and collected from the users of the municipal sanitary sewer system is
set forth in Resolution No. 1724, which was adopted on May 16, 1966; and
WHEREAS, subsequent to the adoption of said Resolution No. 1724,
the City Commission adopted Ordinance No. 503 which basically concerns
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provision for the billing of accounts, payments and procedures with respect
to sewer services within the city; and
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l WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 503 relates the matter of water service
to the matter of sanitary sewer service for the reason that, as a general
statement, the best remedy available to the city to enforce the collection
of sanitary sewer services is that of discontinuing water service to any
premises, served by the sanitary sewer system, where sanitary sewer
service charges become delinquent; and
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WHEREAS in order to secure further the matter of the collection
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of both water charges and sanitary sewer charges, th, City Commission
desires affirmatively to require certain deposits from new users of both
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the water system and the sanitary sewer system, all under the terms and
conditions hereinafter stated,
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION
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OF THE CITY OF DANIA, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. - That with respect to premises within the city where
there is a water meter or where a water meter will be installed at the time
of application for water service, so that the premises may be furnished
with water service by the city, and if such premises are not capable of
being served by the sanitary sewer system of the city, each new applicant
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for water service shall pay a deposit of at the time that
application is made for the furnishing of eater service to the premises
and such deposit shall serve to guarantee the payment of all water furnished
to the premises by the city, under the terms of this ordinance.
Section 2. - That with respect to premises within the city where
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there is a water meter, or where a water meter will be installed at the
time of application for water service, so that the premises may be fur-
nished with water service by the city, and if such premises are capable of
being served by the sanitary sewer system of the city, each new applicant
for water service and sanitary sewer service shall pay a deposit of
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$ ( > — at the time that application is made for the furnishing of
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water service and sanitary sewer service to the premises and such deposit
shall serve to guarantee the payment of all water furnished to the premises
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by the city and all sanitary sewer service extended to the premises by the
city, under the terms of this ordinance.
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Section 3. - All deposits required under the previous sections of
this ordinance shall guarantee the payment of all bills or charges made
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by the city for water service for for water and sanitary sewer service
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furnished to any premises by the city and all or any part of such deposits
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may be used and charged, by the city, for the purpose of paying any delin-
quent charges made against the respective premises by the city for water
service or for water and sanitary sewer service.
Section 4. - That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith be and the same are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
Section 5. - That this ordinance shall be in force and take effect
immediately upon its passage and adoption.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED on Firr,t Reading this Ij— day o,°
1968.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED on Seconl .Reading this day of
1968.
PASSED AND ADOPTED on Third Reading this C.
of
1968.
1VIa�cr-Commissioner
Attest:
Clerk-Au itor
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