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Abnormal Sewage Surcharge

Commercial customers whose discharge is found to qualify under the abnormal
sewage ordinance will be surcharged according to the following rates:

Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) $0.5478 per pound

Total Suspended Solids (TSS) $0.3175 per pound

Section 5

That all of the above premises are found to be true and correct and are incorporated into
the body of this ordinance as if copied in their entirety.

Section 6

It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the phrases, clauses,
sentences, paragraphs, and sections of this ordinance are severable, and if any phrase,
clause, sentence, paragraph, or section of this ordinance sh al I be declared unconstitutional
by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such
unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences,
paragraphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the
City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such unconstitutional
phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section.

Section 7

This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Burleson, Texas, as amended, except where the provisions of this
ordinance are in direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinances and such Code, in
which event the conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such Code are hereby
repealed.

Section 8

All rights and remedies of the City are expressly saved as to any and all provisions of any
ordinance affecting water and wastewater fees of the City and to any and all violations of the
provisions of any prior ordinance pertaining to water and wastewater fees and regulations
within the City which have accrued as of the effective date of this ordinance; as to such accrued
fees, collection activity, violations, and any pending litigation, both civil and criminal, whether
pending in court or not, under such prior ordinances, same shall not be affected by this
ordinance but may be prosecuted and pursued until final disposition by the courts.

Section 9

That it is hereby officially found and determined that the meeting at which this ordinance is
passed is open to the public and that public notice of the time, place, and purpose of said
meeting was given as required by law.

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