2000-056-ORD PROVIDING SECTION 34-4(a) OF CODE OF ORDINANCES BE AMENDED BY REVISING WATER AND SEWER TAP FEES

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ORDINANCE NO. 2000-0')6 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, PROVIDING THAT SECTION 34-4(a) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF PARIS, BE AMENDED BY REVISING THE WATER AND SEWER TAP FEES; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED $2,000.00; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, finds and determines that significant costs are incurred by the City in providing the opportunity for water and sewer taps under the City's Code of Ordinances; and, WHEREAS, the City Council deems it appropriate to assess a portion of those costs on the parties seeking such water and sewer connections pursuant to said Code of Ordinances; and, WHEREAS, the Texas Local Government Code, the City Charter, and the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas authorize the City to assess appropriate water and sewer tap fees incident to providing such services within the City; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things approved, Section 2. That Section 34-4(a) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: "Sec. 34-4. Application and fee for water and sewer taps. "(a) Each person desiring a water or sewer tap within the City shall make application to the department of community development and shall pay a fee for each such tap as follows: "( 1) Each standard water tap in or across a hard-surfaced street, seven hundred dollars ($700,00), "(2) Each standard sewer tap in or across a hard-surfaced street, eight hundred fifty dollars ($850,00),