Ord G-110(17-50) ORDINANCE N0. G-110
AN tqlDINANCE UP TtiE CITY COUNCIL Ul? Till CITY OF D~LI'j~Y B~C~,
ING N0 ?ENALTY FOR DELIN~tUENT PAI%iEi~T OF WATER BILLS; PROVIDING AN
I~[C[~.~SE ~.~F T]~ENTY-FIVE CL~TS To TiiE MIN/~fCi, i Ci-ffkl{GE PER
PKOVIDI)4G T~ukT ALL ~i:.T~'l IN EXCESS ~ THE MINIM~i SI~LL BE SIXTEEN
~.~NT'~ ~:'Ei~ T~ ~S~D G~LOi~S ;~:i[~E ~'A'I'~I I~ ~i?~ISI-~I~ WITilIN' THE
CITY LE~IITS 0F TiiE CITY 0F DE~,Y B~Ci{, ~xND F~{TII~I PROVIDING
FOR TIlE TESTING ~[)F /~ATEI~ METEi:~S.
W~i~i~S, due to the growth of the ~ity, it is necess.
ary for the City of Delray Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida., to
make improvements to the City ~(ater Elant, and other water facil-
ities, and
~!iEit~kS the income derived from the present rates
charged for water used is insufficient to accomplish such improve-
NOW,
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Com~cil of tire City of
Delray ]'~each, florida as follows:
Section 1: Th:t Section 3 of Ordinancev.o~r. G-74 be
and the same is hereby m~ended to read as follows:
"A monthly minim~ charge will be made, payable
monthly, varying according to the size of the meter; and allowing
a fixed amount of water without excess, charged for the different
sized meters, as set forth in the following schedule:
Size of i~iinimmn .aJnt. of Water
Met er Charge A1 lo wed
per Month Per Month
3/4" ~2.25 5 ~ Gals.
1" 2.75 lO ~i. Gals.
1-1/2" 3.75 20 A~. Gals.
2" 4.75 30 l~. Gals.
All in excess of ti.e minim~ shall be 16~'; per ti'~ous-
and gallons where water is furnished within the City limits of the
City oF Delr~,y Beach, i"lorid~, snd shall be 30~{ pel taousand gal-
lons where water is furnished out of the city limits of the City of
;~elrz~y Beach, Florida."
section 2: Ti,z,t Section 5 of O~"dinance No.G-74 be
and the same is ~ereby a:aended to read as follows:
"Upon application for water service, and payment oF
deposit as required by tl~is Ordinance, water will be turned on as
soon as practical. All l)ills for water shall become due and pay-
able on the first day of eact~ month; and if said bill is not p~id
on or before the 20th day of ti~e month, the water may be cut off
without further notice. .~'ater ~ill be cut off at any time request
ed by cons,tuner and guarantee of ~,ayment deposit refunded u~:~on set-
tle~;~ent of all back charges.
Meter shall be removed by the ~,'ater oe~artment with-
out delay whenever water is cut off, either by request, or the con.
sumer, or by tile U~ater De~,af'tment for non-payment of charges, or
For other reasons, and a charge of One Dollar and fifty cents
(~1.50) shall be ~aid before ti~e meter shall be again installed.
That any ~)erson, firm or corporation using a water
meter may ~ave the same tested for accuracy by the City of Delray
Beaci~ by requesting such test from the City ~[anager, and by de-
positing ti~e s~m~ of ~.~ne Dollar anq fifty cents (~1~ .50) with the
City Maneger to cover the cost for such testing. If such test re-
veals that t~e said ~'aeter is accurate, said s~a of one Dollar and
fifty cents (~1.50) s~:lall be retaiiied by the City; ii' such test
reveals that said meter is inaccurate and to the det~-iment of the
user, t[~e City ~,~nager shall, i~ave a new meter installed for such
~.~'ater user, and said stm~ of One Dollar and fifty cents (ql.50)
will be returned to the person depositing same."
~ection 3: Tiiat Ordinance No.~,-7~, shall in
other respects remain unchsn.ged.
I)A3~ED in regul~r session on the second and final
reading on this the 26th day of September, A.D. 1950.
AT:I'E~T:
C'ity ~
1st Reading - [~eptember
2n~] I~ea~iing- ~e~tember. ~6,'~ 1950
Passed a~ A~o~ted - ~eptember 2~,1950
Affidavit of Puhhcation
DELRAY BEACH NEWS
Published Weekly
Delray Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF PALM BEACH
Before the undersigned authority personally
appeared .............. __M_.e_?__r___ '_l_~__B._.___ H___i_!__l__i_. ~_r__. d_.
who on 6ath says that_h__e__.__is ..............................
General Manager of the Delray
Beach News, a weekly newspaper published at
Delray Beach in Palm Beach County, Florida;
that the attached copy of advertisement, being a
...... _O__r.d._i_n_. _a_~__c_ _e___.G_._-_7...4_ .........................................
· AN 0 NCE 0r THE CITY
in the matter of ...................................................... covNc~ oF THE CITY OF DEI~
R&Y BEACH, FLORIDA, AMEND-
...... ~:~-x~~~¥id~i-n-~ for increase , lNG 0RDIXANCE No. o-,4;
.......................................................... VID1NG AX INCREASr or TWrX.
TY-~TVE CENTs TO TRE MINIMUM
CHARGE FOR WATER PER MONTH
....... in.raonthly_._w_a t_e r___c_h__a___r_g_c ...................
AND FURTHER. PROVIDING THAT
ALL WATER 1N E~CES8 OF THE
MINIMUM SHALL RE . SIXTEEX
CENTS PER THOUSAND ~ALLONS
in the ........................................................ Court, WHERE ~n~_r?_ is FVRNISHED
WITHIN UITY LIMITS OF THE
was published in said newspape~ in the issues of CITX' or DELRA~ BEACm
FURTHER PROVIDING FOR MET-
ER TE~qTS.
.....S_ep_t_e _m_ber Zl~ 1950 The above Oedinanee is l)ublished
................................................................. .a~pt~.n. on~l.y. Copy of .... is on fi'~ b~,y
J~ tslry '-;lerk's Office - ' · .....
nterested pers~ ~ . mr Inspection of
........................................................................................ ~llS.l'hls Ordinance was
,laced on first reading by the City Coun-
cil at a Regular Meeting held on
tember 12th, 1950, and said City Counci
Affiant further says that the said De]ray wul sit in the Council Chambers in the
Beach News is a newspaper published at Delray I city Hall on lahe 26th day of SePtember,
iJ950, at which Hme the above Ordinance
Beach, in said Palm Beach County, Florida. and shall be read in full, and all Persqns
I terested shall be given an opportunity to
that the said newspaper has heretofore been con- Ibc heard.
tinuously published in said Palm Beach County, } . RVT~r ~. smitH,
' City Clerk.
Florida, each Friday and has been entered as Published Sevt. S~. ~0~0.
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-
tisement; and affiant further says that ~ -he---
has neither paid nor promised any person, firm
or corporation any discount, rebate, commission
or refund for the purpose of securing this adver-
tisement for publJ~tion in the said newsvaoer./fi'~' '
~,2 ,~ '~/~
Sworn to and subscribed before me this_Z___Z_
day of ......... _.8__~__t_~,_m~___b___e__r .............. A. D. 19___5___0_
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