Ord G-296(20-58) EMERGENCY ORDINANCE G-296
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE RELATING TO WATER SERVICE
AND REGULATIONS, AMENDING SECTIONS 27-4, 27-5(a)
and (b), and 27-7 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA; PROVIDING NEW
SCHEDULE FOR WATER DEPOSITS; REVISING REGULATIONS
FOR RENDITION AND PAYMENT OF WATER BILLS; PRO-
HIBITING UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS TURNING ON WATER
SERVICE; PHOVIDING P~ALTIES AND RULE OF EVI-
DENCE; AND REPEALING ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT H~RE-
WITH.
BE IT 0RDAINE1) BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1. Section 27-4 of the Code of Ordinances of
the City of Delray Beach, Florida, is amended to read:
"A guarantee of payment deposit for all bills, shall
be made by each consumer or owner, varying according
to the size of the meter in use, as follows:
3/4" meter ........ $ 15.00
1" meter ........ 25.00
1-1/2" meter .............. 35.00
2" meter ..... 40.00
3" meter ...... 50.00
4" meter - - 100.00"
SECTION 2. Section 27-5(a) of the Code of Ordinances
of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, is amended to read:
"(a) Upon application for water service, and payment of
deposit as required by this chapter, water will be turned
on as soon as practical. Bills shall be rendered each
customer each month, and shall be due and payable forth-
with. Any bill remaining unpaid for a period of 30 days
after rendition shall become delinquent, and if not paid
within 18 days after being delinquent, the water shall
be cut off and service terminated without notice to the
Consumer. Water will be cut off at any time requested
by the Consumer and guarantee of deposit refunded upon
settlement of all back charges."
SECTION 3. Section 27-5(b) of the Code of Ordinances of
the City of Delray Beach, Florida, is amended to read:
"(b) At the option of the water department, the water
meter may be removed by the water department whenever
water is cut oI'f, either by request of the consumer or
by the water department for nonpayment of charges, or for
other reasons, and a charge of One Dollar and fifty cents
shall be paid before the meter shall be again installed."
SECTION 4. Section 27-7 of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Delray Beach, Florida, is amended to read:
"It shall be unlawful for any person other than an
authorized employee of the water department to turn on
water service; or to tamper or meddle with any meter or
other appliance or any part of the water system in such
manner as to cause loss or damage to the water department;
or to prevent any meter installed for registering water
from registering the quantity which otherwise would pass
through the same; or in any way to hinder or interfere
with the proper action or just registration of ~ny such
meter; or fraudulently to use, waste or suffer the waste
of water passing throu~ any such meter, pipe or fitting,
or other appliance or appurtenance connected with or
belonging to the water department, after such meter,
pipe, fitting, appliance or appurtenance has been t~mpered
with, injured or altered."
SECTION 5. Chapter 27 of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Delray Beach, Florida, is amended by adding the following
new section:
"~ny person who violates the provisions of this Ordinance,
as hereby amended, shall upon conviction, be punished as
provided in Section 1-6 of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Delray Beach, Florida."
SECTION 6. Chapter 27 of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Delray Beach, Florida, is amended b~o:adding the following
new section:
"The existence of any connection, conductor, meter alter-
ation, or any device whatsoever, which effects the diver-
sion of water without the same being measured or regis-
tered by or on a meter installed by the water department,
or which effects the use of water furnished by the water
department without its being measured or registered on a
meter provided therefor, or the flowing of water through
such meter after having been shut-off for non-payment of
charges or other reason and before such service is
restored by an authorized employee of the water depart-
merit, shall be prima facie evidence of intent to violate
and of the violation of this chapter by the person using
or receiving the direct benefits from the use of water
passing through such connection, device, or meter, or of
being used without being measured or registered on a
meter as aforesaid, or of being used without payment of
charges therefor."
SECTION 7. This ordinance repeals only those ordinances
specifically set forth.
SECTION 8. It is the intention of the City Council that
each separate provision of this ordinance shall be deemed inde-
pendent of all other provisions herein, and it is further the
intention of the City Council that if any provision of this ordi-
nance be declared invalid, all other provisions thereof shall
remain valid and enforceable.
SECTION 9. This ordinance shall take effect immediately
upon adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED on first and final reading on this
the 25th day of August, 1958.
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ATTEST:
1st reading AU8 ~5 ~958
Affidavit of Publication
DELRAY BEACH NEWS
Published Weekly
Delray Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF PALM BEACH
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Beach NEWS, a weekly newspaper published at
Delray Beach in Palm Beach County, Florida; that
the attached copy of advertisement, being a .......
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was published in said newspaper ~n the issue (s)
Affiant further says that the said Delray
Beach NEWS is a newspaper published at Delray
Beach, in said Palm Beach County, Florida, and
that the said newspaper has heretofore been con-
tinuously published in said Palm Beach County,
Florida, each Thursday and has been entered as
second class mail matter at the post office in
Delray Beach, in said Palm Beach County, Flor-
ida, for a period of one year next preceding the
first publication of the attached copy of adver-
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or corporation any discouut, rebate, commission
or refund for the purpose of securing this adver-
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