56-79 ORDINANCE NO. 56-79
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DELRAY
BEACH, FLORIDA, A~NDING CHAPTER 27 "WATER ~ND S~qITARY
SEt, RAGE" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DELR~Y
BEACH, FLORIDA, BY ~ENDING SECTION 27-26 "ADDITIONAL
SEWER CONNECTIONS; COST TO BE BORNE BY PERSON CONNECTING",
TO INCREASE THE COST PAID BY THE OWNER TO THE CITY FOR
ADDITIONAL SEWER TAP CONNECTIONS; PROVIDING A SAVING
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A~ EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS the current cost paid by the owner to the City of
Delray Beach for additional sewer taps as set by Section 27-26 of the
Code of Ordinances is less than the actual cost incurred by the City;
and~
WHEREAS, the City Administration has recommended that said
amount as reflected in Section 27-26 be'increased to reflect the actual
costs to the City; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Delray Beach, Florida,
deems it in the best interest of the citizens and residents of the City
of Delray Beach, Florida, to increase said cost paid by the owner to the
City,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Section 27-26 of the Code of Ordinances is
hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 27-26. Additional sewer connections; cost to be
borne by person connecting.
The city will pay the cost of constructing one sewer
tap to the property line of the person making the connec-
tion. Any additional sewer tap connections will be at the
expense of the owner, ~ubject to the approval of the city
engineer, at a cost of
two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) each, paid to the city
by the owner. On all properties where any building drain
is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer,
sanitary sewage carried by such drain shall be lifted by
approved artificial means and discharged to the public sewer
at no cost to the city.
Section 2. 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 part thereof
other than the part declared to be invalid.
Section 3. That this ordinance shall become effective ten days
after passage on second and final reading.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on second and final
reading on this the 10th day of Septem~r ~, 1979.
MAYO~
ATTEST: LEON M. WEEKES
'~ City Clerk
First Reading ~ugust 27, 1979
Second Reading September 10, 1979