08-16-23-Ordinance-Amending the Fee Schedule 4.00 Reconnection, Tampering Service Fee-08/07/2023CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS
ORDINANCE 08-16-23
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANGER, DENTON
COUNTY, TEXAS, AMENDING APPENDIX A, FEE SCHEDULE, ARTICLE 4.00
UTILITY RELATED FEES, DIVISION 4.100 GENERALLY, SECTION 4.101 UTILITY
RECONNECTION FEES, SECTION 4.102 TAMPERING FEE, SECTION 4.103 UTILITY
SERVICE FEES; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT; PROVIDING A CUMULATIVE CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AUTHORIZING
PUBLICATION; AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Sanger (the "City") is a home rule municipality regulated by state
law and Charter; and
WHEREAS, the City Council approved Ordinance 03-OS-19 adopting utility fees on
November 15, 2010; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the passage of this Ordinance is in the best interest
of the citizens of Sanger.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANGER, TEXAS AMENDS
SECTION 1. That Sections 4.101, 4.102, and 4.103 be amended as follows:
4.101 Utility Fees.
Service may be discontinued, upon ten days' written notice to customers having past due bills on
the twenty-seventh day following the billing date. In addition, athiLey -dollar ($30.00) service fee
will be assessed to all water customers and a thirty dollar ($30.00) service fee will be assessed to
all electric customers whose service bill has not been paid by the twenty-seventh [day] following
the billing date, whether the service has been disconnected or not.
That Section 4.102 be amended as follows:
4.102 Tampering Fee.
In the event the user or customer or his agent restores water services or electric services after
service has been disconnected by the city, or the user or customer or his agent tampers with the
water meter or the electric meter or service line appurtenances in any manner, based on the best
estimated time that tampering occurred, an average usage will be charged at current rates. All
vehicle, manhours and equipment replacement costs will also be charged. A tampering fee of two
hundred dollars ($200.00) shall be collected in addition to the reconnect fees.
That Section 4.103 be amended as follows:
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4.103 Other Utility Fees.
(1) Additional Trip Fee. To a customer that has requested water service be connected and is
not present at the time of connection, and there is an issue not allowing services to be left on, thus
causing an additional service trip for reconnect will be charged an additional trip fee of $20.00 per
tTip,
(2) After -Hours Utility Service Fee. To a customer who requests a utility service connection
or disconnection after regular business hours or less than one hour before close of business, where
the connection or disconnection is due to no fault of the city, will be charged an after-hours fee of
$50.00 in addition to the $30.00 service fee on each service.
SECTION 2. That all matters stated in the preamble are found to be true and correct
and are incorporated herein as if copied in their entirety.
SECTION 3. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections,
paragraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases, and words of this Ordinance are severable and, if any
word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section of this Ordinance shall be declared
unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such
unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining portions of this Ordinance, since the same
would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this Ordinance or any
such unconstitutional word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section.
SECTION 4. That this Ordinance shall be cumulative of all other City Ordinances and all other
provisions of other Ordinances adopted by the City which are inconsistent with the terms or
provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION 5. This ordinance and the rates herein adopted shall become effective, charged, and
applied to services rendered by the City, and all usage by Customers of the City effective with the
first billing issued on or after October 1, 2023.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Sanger, Texas, on this '7rn
day of August 2023.
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APPROVED:
Thomas E. Muir, Mayor
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