21-89 ORDINANCE NO. 2!-89
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING TITLE V, "PUBLIC
WORKS", CHAPTER 52, "WATER", "METERS", BY ENACTING A
NEW SECTION 52.20, "ACCESS TO WATER METERS AND
APPURTENANCES"; TO PROVIDE THAT IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL
FOR ANY PERSON TO INTERFERE, DENY OR RESTRICT ACCESS
TO WATER ~IETERS OR T~EIR APPURTENANCES BY THE CIT~I'S
AGENTS OR EMPLOYEES FOR THE PURPOSE OF ~,~%KING
PERIODIC METER READINGS, REPAIRS, RE/~OVAL, OR
DISCONNECTION OF SERVICE; PROVIDING A GENERAL
REPEALER CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE;
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY ThE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Title V, "Public Works", Chapter 52, "WATER",
"METERS", of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Delray Beach,
Florida, be and the same is hereby amended by enacting a new Section
52.20, "ACCESS TO WATER METERS AND APPURTENANCES", to read as follows:
Section 52.20 ACCESS TO WATER METERS
It shall be unlawful for any person to interfere
with, effectively deny, or to restrict in any manner, full
access to City water meters or their appurtenances by the
City's agents or employees, for the purposes of making
necessary periodic readings, repairs, removal, or
disconnection of service on said meters or their
appurtenances. Such interference may include, but shall not
be limited to, use of locked gates or fences, presence of
animals, physical barriers, and/or overgrown vegetation.
Section 2. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances which
are in conflict herewith be and the s~me are hereby repealed.
Section 3. That should any section or provision of this
ordinance or any portion thereof, any paragraph, sentence, or word be
declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the remainder hereof as a
'whole or a part thereof other than the part declared to be invalid.
Section 4 That
· unl~ ordinance shall become effective ten
[10) days after its passage on second and final reading.
PASSED AND .ADOPTED in regular session on second and final
reading on this 28th day of M~rch , 1989.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
First Reading March 14t 1989
Second ReadingMarch 28. 1989