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CITY OF PORT ARTHUR
UTILITY OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJECT:
Steve Fitzgibbons, City Manager
Daniel Shepherd, Director of Utility Operations/~'//
October 10, 2002
Proposed Ordinance No. 5291
COMMENTS
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff is recommending the adoption of Proposed Ordinance No. 5291. If adopted by Council the
ordinance will grant developers refunds on tap fees for the building of four (4) new residential
homes. The refund will only be granted to a developer after the new homes have been
constructed. This request for the refund can only be made in January, after the completion of the
construction of the homes from the previous year.
BACKGROUND:
This proposalis beingrecommended asa pa~ofthe CityofPod A~hur'seffo~tostimulate
economicgrowthintheareaandtoprovideaneconomicincentivefortheconstructionofnew
homes.
BUDGET/FISCCALEFFECT:
Tapfeesfornewsingle-familyresidentialhomesrangebetween$600to$750perstructure.
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P. O. No. 5291
10/08/02 Id
ORDINANCE NO.
CHANGING ORDINANCES, IN THEIR ENTIRETY,
PARAGRAPH (B) (7) IN SECTION 110-61 OF DIVISION 2
(CONNECTIONS) OF ARTICLE II (WATER) AND
PARAGRAPH (5) IN SECTION 110-168 OF DIVISION 2
(CONNECTIONS) OF ARTICLE III (SEWER) OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF PORT ARTHUR; SAID
CHANGES REPEAL ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND
DECLARING THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
WHEREAS, the City desires to promote economic development and provide
incentives for new construction under Chapter 380, Local Government Code, V.C.T.A.;
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR:
Section 1. Paragraph (b) (7) of Section 110-61 of Division 2 (Connections), Article II
(Water) of Chapter 110 (Utilities) of the Code of Ordinances, City of Port Arthur, is amended
in its entirety to read as follows:
"Sec. 110-61. Service connection."
(7)
In order to provide incentives for building residential units in the City, water tap
fees shaft be refunded for new single-family residential structures when the
following conditions are met:
(a) The customer has completed four (4) or more new single-family residential
homes during the preceding calendar year within the City.
(b) Requests for refund may be made only between January 1 and January 31
each year for the tap fees paid during the preceding calendar year.
(c) The customer requesting a refund shaft be the same customer that paid the
tap fees being considered for refund.
(d) The refund shall be for the actual tap fee paid for each home with a
maximum of $450 per home.
(e) This incentive is only appficable for refunds wherein it pertains to building
permits issued after January 1, 2003.
(f) The City may enter into Development Participation Agreements with terms
as delineated at the discretion of the C,,y Council.
P. O. No. 5291
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Section 2. Paragraph (5) of Section 110-168 of Division 2 (Connections), Article ill
(Sewer) of Chapter 110 (Utilities) of the Code of Ordinances, City of Port Arthur, is amended
in its entirety to read as follows:
"Sec. 110-168. Fees."
(5)
In order to provide incentives for building residential units in the City, sewer tap
fees shaft be refunded for new single-family residential structures when the
following conditions are met:
(a) The customer has completed four (4) or more new single-family residential
homes during the preceding calendar year within the City.
(b) Requests for refunds may be made only between January 1 and January 31
each year for the tap fees paid during the preceding calendar year.
(c) The customer requesting a refund shall be the same customer that paid the
tap fees being considered for refund
(d) The refund shall be for the actual tap fee paid for each home with a
maximum of $300 per home.
(e) This incentive is only applicable for refund wherein it pertains to building
permits issued after January 1, 2003.
(0 The City may enter into Development Participation Agreements with terms
as delineated at the discretion of the City Council.
Section 3. That this being an ordinance not requiring publication, it shall be effective
January 1,2003.
THAT a copy of the caption of the Ordinance be spread upon the Minutes of the City
Council.
READ, ADOPTED AND APPROVED on this the day of
,2002 at
a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Port Arthur, by the following vote:
AYES: Mayor_
Councilmembers
NOES
Oscar G. Ortiz
Mayor
P. O. No. 5291
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ATTEST:
APPROVED FOR ADMINISTRATION:
Evangeline Green
City Secretary
Steve Fitzgibbons
City Manager
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
-- Daniel Shep efC~d ~
Director of Utility Operations