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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 12, Page 608, No Ordinance Number608 ; AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE WATER PIPE LINES AND WATER MAINS CO NVEYED BY THE WOODLAWN OAKDALE =,511UNITY WATER COMPANY, A CORPORATION, TO THE CITY OF PADUCAH FOR THE USE AND BENEFIT OF THE PADUCAH WATER WORKS AND PRESCRIBING THE TERMS OF ACCEPTANCE WHEREAS, by a deed of conveyance dated the 30th day of August, 1951, the Woodlawn Oakdale Community Water Company, a corporation of State of Kentucky, conveyed to the City of Paducah, a municipal Corporation of the second class, for the use and benefit of the Paducah Water Works certain water pipe and mains consisting of four (4) inch and six (6) inch transite water pipe installed along and under the Old Benton Road, Oaks Road and Kentucky Street, two (2) inch steel water pipe installed along and under the Old Benton Road copper service lines to the four (4) inch, six (6) inch and two (2) inch water mains, all of which are located in McCracken County, Kentucky, the said six (6) inch trgnsite water pipe line being connected to the six (6) inch water main of the Paducah Water Works at or near the city limits of Paducah, Kentucky, and WHEREAS, said deed of conveyance further conveyed to said city all easements, rights of way, materials and tools held and owned by the said community water comp and WHEREAS, by said deed the said Paducah Water Works agrees to operate and maintain said water lines and water pipe lines and to continue to serve all present consumers of the community water company under the same terms and con- ditions under which they are now being served, and WHEREAS, it is .further agreed by the parties to said conveyance that for a period of .five (5) years from and after the date of said conveyance, or until the territory now being served by said community water company may be taken into the city limits of Paducah, Kentucky, the said water company agrees to charge and collect the sum of One Hundred Fifty ('D150.00) Dollars as a tapping charge for any new consumers receiving water in the service lines to the city's mains and lines above described, and whose property abuts the Old Benton Road, Oaks Road or Kentucky Street, and WHEREAS, it appears to be to the best interest of the City of Paducah and the Paducah Water Works that said conveyance and the water pipe lines therein be accepted by said city, and WHEREAS, it further appears from the recommendations of the Commissioners of Water Works that said pipe lines so conveyed meet the standard of qualificati set by said board, and WHEREAS, said Board has further recommended that it be permitted to accept applications and approve connections to said water pipe lines. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY: 0 609 SECTION .1. That the Water Pipe lines, easements, rights of way, material and tools of the Woodlawn Oakdale Community Water Company, a corporation of the State of Kentucky, be accepted by said city and that said instrument of conveyance dated the 30th day of August, 1951 from said Woodlawn Oakdale Community Water Company to the City of Paducah for the use and benefit of the Paducah Water Works be approved pursuant to the terms and conditions of said conveyance, and that from and after the passage of this ordinance the Commissioners of Water Works of the City of Paducah be authorized and permitted to accept and approve applications and contracts for water service connections to said water pipe lines. Said instrument of conveyance and terms therein is accepted with the understanding that persons presently using water from the Paducah Water Works through pipes and mains referred to in said instrument of conveyance dated August 30th, 1951, are doing so pursuant to contracts with the Paducah Water Works and pursuant to approvalof same by the City of Paducah on terms and conditions as expressed in the motion to approve the petition of Edwin Farley and others for authority to lay and construct water mains which was approved by the Board of Commissioners on April 2, 1946. SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage. Dlayor Passed by the Board of Commissioners January 22, 1952 Recorded by Sarah 'Thurman, City Clerk, January 22, 1952•