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ORDINANCE NO . 2__~?? ___
AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE RATES TO BE CHARGED FOR SEWER
CONNECTIONS BY THE MUNICIPAL SEWER SYSTEM OF THE GITY
OF WEST EMPHIS, ARKANSAS, AND DECLARING AN ENfERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the City of West Memphis, Arkansas, owns and operates
a municipal sewer system which is in the process of being enlarged and
extended, and it becomes necessary to fix rates for new connections
with the sewer; and
WHEREAS, properties that begin using the sewer system on and
after this date have enjoyed the benefit of available sewer services
and the attendant increase in value without charge, and will not
bear a proportionate part of the cost oP said system; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of West Memphis,
Arkansas :
SECTION 1. That on and after the date of the passage of this
ordinance, the charges For connection to the sewer system shall b® as
follows:
In addition to the $30 now being charged by the City
of West Memphis for the purpose of paying the cost of labor
and material from the sewer main to the property line of
the property being connected, the City w111 make a charge
for connection upon the basis of the size of the property
being connected, to-wit:
A charge of Qe•ve ~~~ve cents per linear foot
of the frontage ci~sa~d property on the lines
of said sewer system .
These connection charges shall be paid in cash at
the time the permit Por connection is secured. The monthly
sewer service charges as fixed by Ordinance No. 108, passed
and approved July 2~, 19+5, shall begin to apply as soon
as the connection is put into actual use.
SECTION 2. It is hereby ascertained and declared that in
order to protect the lives and health and property of the citizens oP
~, West Memphis, it is necessary to improve and extend the municipal sewer
system; therefore, an emergency exists and this ordinance, being
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peach, health
and safety, shall take effect and be in force from and after its
passage .
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Passed: ___,K ____~ 1953•
APPROVED:
Attest: Mayor
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