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DRAFT attorney\ordwork\current\Water and Sewer Tap Fees - Amend Ord 2009 ORDINANCE N0. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING SECTION 34-4(a), APPLICATION AND FEE FOR WATER AND SEWER TAPS, OF CHAPTER 34 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS TO REVISE AND UPDATE THE WATER AND SEWER TAP FEES; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBjECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the rates charged for water and sewer taps in the City of Paris were last adjusted in 2005. WHEREAS, material costs, equipment costs and labor costs have increased since May, 2005, and the City needs to amend its water and sewer tap rates to keep up with these costs; 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 ORDAIIVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 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, one thousand three hundred eight dollars ($1,380.00). - 0UG14_ r