0179 (Amend ord.88 Water Committee )ORDINANCE NO. 179
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 160 OF THE MITY OF
OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA, BEING AN ORDINANCE AMEdDI.l\'G SECTION
29 OF ORDINANCE NO. 88 OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA,
SING AN ORDINANCE CREATING A WATER COMIvITTEE AND A
SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER 'V RKS FOR THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE,
FLORIDA; PRESCRIBING THE DUTIES OF SAID COMMITTEE AND
SUPERINTENDENT, THEIR Q,UALIFICATIONS AND FUNCTIONS; PRE-
SCRIBING THE MANNER AND MEANS IN !WHICH WATER CONAEOTIOVS
MAY BE MADE; PROHIBITING UNAUTHORIZED CONNECTIONS AND DIS-
TRUCTION OR DAMAGE TO THE WATER SYSTEM OF OKE'CHOBEE AFORESAID,
AND PRESCRIBING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF, AND
PRESCRIBING WATER RATES FOR SAID CITY AND PROVIDING PENALTY
FOR THE NON PAYMENT OF SAID WATER RATES AND PROVIDING FOR
P'.NISHMENT FOR VIOLATION OF ANY OF THE REGULATIONS Iii SAID
ORDINANCE; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT WITH SAME.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1. That Section 1 of Ordinance No. 160 of the City
of Okeechobee, Florida, be anended to read as folows:
"(SECTION 1.— RATES AND CHARGES. The rates of water to the
consumers of Okeechobee, Florida, shall be classified
according to the following schedules:
Where no meter is installed a flat rate of *1.50
for each fixtnne or spigot; where a hot and cold tap are
placed in one plumbing fixture, such arrangement shall be
considered one opening.
Where meters are placed the minimum rate shall be
41.50 per month, the minimun rate Wiling defined as 3,500
gallons, the sliding scale being as follows; For the next
26, 500 gallons the rates shall be 300 per thousand gallons
and in excess of 30,000 gallons shall be at the rate of 25¢
per thousand gallons.
Where there is more than one house colmected to
one meter, each house shall pay the minimum rate of 41.50
per month and each of such houses shall be allowed three
thousand five hundred gallons for said minimum rate; all over
3,500 gallons fey each house shall be at the rate of 300 per
thousand gallons up to 30,000 gallons and in excess of said
Thirty Thousand Gallons for each house shall be at the rate
of 25¢ per thousand gallons."
SECTION 2. Upon nor- pgyrnent of water bills by the tenth of
each month a ten per cent penalty will be added to the original
charge. Upon non - payment of water bills by the fifteenth of
each month water will be immediately disconnected.
SECTN 3_, All Ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4_ This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
upon its passage by the City Counci and approval by the Mayor.
Read a first time and by unanimous consent
passed to a second reading; read a second time and by unanimous
consent passed to a third and final reading; read a third time
and passed in open session of the City Council, this and day
of March, 1931.
ATTEST:
BY
CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA
PRESIDENT - CITY COUNCIL
The above and foregling Ordinance is hereby
approved by me this _ day of March, A. D. 1937.
MAYOR �>