ORD NO 11-1981 CITY OF VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS
ORDINANCE NO. -1981
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE IN SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE
NO. 17 -1972 "NO SEWER SERVICE SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO ANYONE WHO IS
NOT A CITY WATER CUSTOMER. TO PROVIDE THAT CUTTING OFF WATER SERVICE
TO CUSTOMERS NOT PAYING THEIR SEWER BILL WILL BE A PART OF ANY AGREEMENT
OR REGULATORY AUTHORITY TAKEN BY THE CITY OF VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS, UNDER
ORDINANCE NO. 1981, REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCE VALIDITY
CLAUSE, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, Even though no court has declared that part of Ordinance
No. 17 -1972, that provided "no sewer service shall be made
available to anyone who is not a city water customer
invalid, we have a duty to provide sewer service to those
persons who have or will form a sub division or who can pay
for sewer lines to their area, and
WHEREAS, Those companies that furnish water which goes into our
sewer system and their customers should be subject to the
same rules that the Van Buren Water and Sewer Department
and their customers are subject to, ie: the cutting off of
water service to those persons not paying their sewer charges.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VAN
BUREN, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. THAT the following sentence of Section 1 of
Ordinance No. 17 -1972, is hereby repealed: "No sewer service
shall be made available to anyone who is not a city water
customer The remainder of Section 1 of Ordinance No.
17 -1972, shall be and remains in full force and effect.
SECTION 2. THAT the City of Van Buren retain the authority
to control what goes into the Van Buren Water and Sewer
Commission's sewer system and thus, any agreement between
or regulation adopted pursuant to Ordinance No. 7 1981,
with Water Public Utility Companies, shall provide for the
cutting off of water service for non payment of sewer charge.
SECTION 3. THAT a copy of this Ordinance shall be sent to
the affected Water Public Utility by certified mail, return
receipt requested.
SECTION 4. THAT should any section or provisions of this
Ordinance be declared by the court or courts to be uncon-
stitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the
validity of the ordinance as a whole or any part thereof,
other than the part so declared to be unconstitutional or
invalid.
Q SECTION 5. THAT all ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict with this ordinance or any part of this ordinance
are hereby specifically repealed.
SECTION 6. THAT this ordinance being necessary to make
sewer service available to the people of Van Buren, Arkansas,
and to provide for collection of sewer service charges, an
emergency is therefore declared, and this ordinance being
necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health,
and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage.
0 La PASSED AND APPROVED THIS leth DAY OF 19 81
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MAYOR
ATTESTED:
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