39-70 ORDINANCE NO. 39-70.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CiTY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AMEND-
ING CHAPTER 27, SECTION 27-3 (b), CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THIS CITY, PERTAINING TO WATER
RATES CHARGED TO THE CONSUMERS OUTSIDE THE
CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF DELRA¥ B~ACH,
FLORIDA.
WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of Florida on
October 9, 1970, passed Senate Bill 281 over the Governor,s
veto, and
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 281 provides penalties against
the City for not reducing water rates to consumers out-
side the City Limits, and
WHEREAS, time is of the essence to avoid liability
to the City, and
WHEREAS, the City in adopting this Emergency Ordi-
nance is not waiving any of its rights to attack the
legality of Senate Bill 281 or take such other action as
it deems appropriate against the users of City water out-
side the City Limits;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Subsection (b) of Section 27-3, Chap-
ter 27 of the Code of Ordinances of the City be amended to
read as follows:
"(b) The rates for water furnished by the water
facilities or plant of the City of Delray Beach,
Florida, to consumers wholly outside the corpo-
rate limits of said city be, and the same are
hereby fixed at sums equal to the rates shown in
the schedule set forth in sub-paragraph (a) here-
inabove plus twenty-five per cent (25%) of each
respective classification."
Section 2. This ordinance shall become effective with
the billings to water consumers outside the City Limits on
and after December 8, 1970.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on this first and
final reading, on this 23rdday of November, 1970.
/ MAYOR
ATTEST:
City ClerkJ
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