Ord 07-2011 1/18-2011ORDINANCE NO. 07 -2011
Ordinance Amending Section 106 -990 of the Code Of Ordinances Of
The City Of Wichita Falls, relating to The City's Storm Drainage Utility
System, Providing For Codification, And Declaring An Effective Date
WHEREAS, Article IX of Chapter 106 of the Wichita Falls Code of Ordinances
was approved on November 2, 2010, relating to the City's Stormwater Drainage Utility
System;
WHEREAS, Subchapter C of Chapter 552 of the Texas Local Government Code
authorizes the City of Wichita Falls to establish a Stormwater Drainage Utility System
and sets forth the requirements to approve and implement said System, and the City
Council finds that the City has complied with all statutory pre- requisites for adoption of
changes to said system, including public hearing and publication of the ordinance and
notice of public hearing three times before the date of said public hearing, with the first
publication at least 30 days before the hearing; and
WHEREAS, the aforementioned publication and public hearing contained a
correct statement of the entirety of Section 106 -990, but a portion of said section was
omitted in the approved ordinance. This ordinance corrects that omission.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS:
1. Section 106 -990 of the Wichita Falls Code of Ordinances is amended to read
as follows:
See. 106 -990. Billing, deposits, and expenditures.
(a) The City will bill for drainage services on the monthly utility bill along with water, sewer, and
solid waste services.
(b) There will be no separate deposit required.
(c) In the case of a delinquent payment of the monthly utility bill, which includes the drainage charge,
the city is authorized by Texas Local Government Code § 552.041 et seq., and by this article to
discontinue service of all City utilities for nonpayment, even if the amount in dispute is the
drainage charge component of the monthly utility bill.
(d) The City shall identify and separate all drainage utility income.
(e) The monies received from utility drainage charges shall be used only for purposes that are directly
or indirectly related to the utility drainage system, as provided by law, including those costs of
service defined in section 106 -986.
2. Codification
The City Council intends the provisions of this ordinance to become a part of the
Code of Ordinances of the City of Wichita Falls, and sections of this ordinance may be
renumbered or relettered to accomplish such intention.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 18th day of January, 2011.
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