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Sec. 13.12.090. Metered service. All new taps installed within or without the City shall be installed with a meter provided by the City. All water sold by the City shall be sold at rates and charges as established by resolution of the city council, and meter rates for users outside the city limits shall be double the rate for users inside the city limits. Such rates and charges may include without limitation surcharges for excessive use of water. Section 3. The City Council herewith finds, determines and declares that this ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health and safety in order to effectuate the timely establishment of water usage rates and charges, and that this ordinance shall take effect June 5, 2002, provided the same has been adopted and signed by the Mayor and approved by two-thirds of the entire City Council. Section 4. This Ordinance is repealed effective 12:00 a.m. on June 5, 2004 and shall remain in effect only until such time and date. The foregoing shall not be deemed to limit the authority of the City Council to amend or repeal this Ordinance prior to such time and date. Section 5. If any portion of this ordinance is held to be invalid for any reason, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each part hereof irrespective of the fact that any one part be declared invalid. Section 6. The repeal or modification of any provision of the Municipal Code of the City of Louisville by this ordinance shall not release, extinguish, alter, modify, or change in whole or in part any penalty, forfeiture, or liability, either civil or criminal, which shall have been incurred under such provision, and each provision shall be treated and held as still remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any and all proper actions, suits, proceedings, and prosecutions for the enforcement of the penalty, forfeiture, or liability, as well as for the purpose of sustaining any judgment, decree, or order which can or may be rendered, entered, or made in such actions, suits, proceedings, or prosecutions. Section 7. All other ordinances or portions thereof inconsistent or conflicting with this ordinance or any portion hereof are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency or conflict. INTRODUCED, READ, PASSED AS AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AND ORDERED PUBLISHED this 21st day of May, 2002. Tom Davidson, Mayor 2