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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1939-0021 - Ordinance - 07/06/1939ORDINANCE NO. 21 AN ORDINANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF A SEINER FRANCHISE. Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Col- lege Station, Texas: The public utility agencies furnishing sewer service to the inhabitants residing within any area of this City shall, upon application, be granted a franchise for furnishing such sewer service within such area under the following terms and Conditions: 1. The period of the grant shall be ten years from the date hereof, at the end of which time the rights granted shall terminate. 2. The grantee shall furnish sewer service of a reasonable standard for such service. 3. The grantee shall immediately and fully repair all dam- ages to streets and alleys occasioned by the construc- tion and maintenance of its sewer lines. 4. The grantee shall assume all liability for claims against the City of College Station for damages to per- sons or property arising in connection with the opera- tions herein contemplated. 5. The grantee shall not allow -a nuisance against the in habitants of the City of College Station to exist by reason of its operations either within or outside the limits of aforesaid city. 6. The grantee shall make.a service charge of 50 (fifty) cents a month per household or business establishment for sewer service. 7. This franchise shall not be transferable or assignable unless the transferee or 'assignee shall assent in writ- ing.to all of the provisions herein contained and un- less consent to such transferor assignment isgiven by the City Council. 8. Any infraction hereof by the grantee shall be a cause for forfeiture of this grant when persisted in 30 days after written notice. 9. The City of College Station, Texas, agrees to enact and enforce such ordinances relative to septic tanks and other matters as in the judgment of the City Council and mayor should be observed by persons or firms using the sewer services contemplated hereunder. The fact that the City Council has not made any provi- sion for granting franchises to public utility concerns Ordinance No. 21 Continued ---- and that some of the concerns desire such franchises immed- iately in order to go ahead with some major construction contemplated creates an emergency requiring that the rule necessitstin; the readin of an ordinance at two consecutive meetings of the City Council be suspended. An emergency is hereby declared and aforesaid rule suspended and this or- dinance take full force and effect immediately on and after its passage. Passed and approved this the 6th day of July, 1939 A. D. ATTEST: City S:cretary ORDINANCE NO. 21 AN ORDINANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF A SEWER FRANCHISE. Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Col- lege Station, Texas: The public utility agencies furnishing sewer service to the inhabitants residing within any area of this City shall, upon application, be granted a franchise for furnishing such sewer service within such area under the following terms and conditions: 1. The period of the grant shall be ten years from the date hereof, at the end of which time the rights granted shall terminate. 2. The grantee shall furnish sewer service of.a reasonable standard for such service. 3. The grantee shall immediately and fully repair all dam- ages to streets and alleys occasioned by the construc- tion and maintenance of its sewer lines. 4. The grantee shall assume all_ liability for claims against the City of College Station for damages to per- sons or property arising in connection with the opera- tions herein contemplated. 5. The grantee shall not allow a nuisance against the in- habitants of the City of College Station to exist by reason of its operations either within or outside the limits of aforesaid city. 6. The grantee shall make a service charge of 50 (fifty) cents a month per household or business establishment for sewer service. 7. This franchise shall not be transferable or assignable unless the transferee or assignee shall assent in writ- ing to all of the provisions herein contained and un- less consent to such transfer or assignment is given by the City Council. 8. Any infraction hereof by the grantee shall be a cause for forfeiture of this grant when persisted in 30 days after written notice. 9. The City of College Station, Texas, agrees to enact and enforce such ordinances relative to septic tanks and other matters as in the judgment of the City Council and mayor should be observed by persons or firms using the sewer services contemplated hereunder. The fact that the City Council has not made any provi- sion for granting franchises to public utility concerns `2-11 ORDINANCES NO. 21 CONTINUED and that some of the concerns desire such franchises imme- diately in order to go ahead with some major construction contemplated creates an emergency requiring that the rule necessitating the reading of an ordinance at two consecutive meetings of the City Council be suspended. An emergency is hereby declared and aforesaid rule suspended and this or- dinance take full force and effect immediately on and after its passage. Passed and approved this the 6th. day of July, 1939 A. D. ATTEST: s/ Sidney L. Loveless City Secretary J. H. Binnev. Mayor