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ORDINANCE NO./.4 C'
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 29 OF ORDINANCE NO.SS OF THE
CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA, BEING AN ORDINANCE CREATING A
WATER COMMITTEE AND A SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER WORKS FOR THE
CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA; PRESCRIBING THE DUTIES OF SAID
COMMITTEE AND SUPERINTENDENT, THEIR QUALIFICATIONS AND
FUNCTIONS; PRESCRIBING THE MANNER AND MEANS IN WHICH WATER
CONNECTIONS MAY BE MADE; PROHIBITING UNAUTHORIZED CONNECTIONS
AND DISTRUCTION OR DAMAGE TO THE WATER SYSTEM OF OKEECHOBEE
AFORESAID, AND PRESCRIBING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF,
AND PRESCRIBING WATER RATES FOR SAID CITY AND PROVIDING FOR
PUNISHMENT FOR VIOLATION OF ANY OF THE REGULATIONS IN 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 29 of Ordinance No. 88 of the City of
Okeechobee, Florida, be amended to read as follows: "SECTION
29.— RATES AND CHARGES. The rates for water to the consumers
of Okeechobee, Florida, shall be classified according to the
following schedules:
Where no meter is installed a flat rate of $1.75
for each fixture or spigot; *hare a hot and cold tap are placed
in one plumbing fixture, such arrangement shall be considered
one (1) opening.
Where meters are placed, the minimum rate shall
be $1.50 per month, the sliding scale being as follows: For
the first thirty thousand gallons the sum of 0.30 per 1000
gallons; All over thirty thousand gallons, the sum of $0.20
per thousand gallons.
Where there is more than one house connected to
one meter, each house shall pay the minimum rate of $1.50 per
month and each of such houses shall be allowed Five Thousand
gallons for said minimum rate; all over five thousand gallons
for each house shall be at the rate of $0.30 per thousand
gallons up to Thirty Thousand Gallons and in excess of said
Thirty Thousand Gallons for each house shall be at the rate of
$0.$O per thousand gallons."
SECTION 2. All Ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be in fill force and effect
upon its passage by the City Council and approval by the Mayor.
ATTEST:—
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 Coun 1, t4s 2nd. .,y of April, 19$5.
President; City Council
City Clerk.
The above and foregoing Ordinance is hereby
approved by me this
day of April, A. D. 1935.