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" AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH
I' 3 REGULATING AND CONTROLLING THE USE,
" .: SALE AND DISTRffiUTION OF WATER OF THE
4 INHABITANTS OF SAID CITY, FIXING THE
RA TES TO BE CHARGED THEREFOR; PRO-
VIDING FOR THE PAYMENT AND COLLECTION
THEREOF, THE INlTALLATION OF METERS
THEREFOR. THE READING AND INSPECTION
THEREOF AND PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES
AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS
OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH.
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The City Council of the City of Seal Beach does ordain as follows:
Section 1: That the following minimum monthly rates for the use of
water by the inhabitants of the City of Seal Beach are hereby established, and
the water depart ment is hereby authorized and dire~ted to charge and collect
the same in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance.
(A. ) Where water is furnished through meters, the monthly minimum
rate to be charged for each meter installed shall be as follows:
For each 5/8 or 3/4 inch meter, per month
For each 1 inch meter, per month
For each 11/2 inch ser, per month
For each 2 inch meter, per month
For each 3 inch meter, per month
For each 4 inch meter, per month
For each 6 inch meter, per month
For each 8 inch meter, per month
For each 10 inch meter, per month
For each 12 inch meter, per month
For each 16 inch meter, per month
$ 2.00
$ 2.. 50
$ 3.00
$ 3.50
$ 6.50
$ 13.00
$ 26.00
$ 40.00
$ 55.00
$ 75.00
$ 135. 00
Whenever a battery of smaller meters is installed in place of one
large one, the monthly minimum charge therefor shall be based upon the size
of meter or service ordered by the consumer.
(B.) The monthly charge for private fire lines shall be as follows,
as a minimum: $1.00 per month for each inch or part thereof.
(C.) For all other purposes not provided for in this Ordinance the
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29 Section 2: Bills for water furnished shall be due and payable upon the
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first day of every month following the reading of the meter and shall be deemed
delinquent if not paid on or before twenty (20) days thereafter, and such billing
and reading shall be made by the City every two (2) months.
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Section 3: Penalties. Should an account not be paid on or before the
20th day of the month in which it became due. it shall be deemed delinquent
and a penalty of 100/0 shall be added thereof. If not paid before ten (10) days
thereafter, the water shall be shut off from the premises where used and shall
not again be turned on until all arrearages and penalties, together with a
charge of $2.00 to cover expenses, shall have been paid.
In case water shut off, either because of non-payment of bills or on
written order hereinafter provided, and shall be found to have been turned on
without the consent of the Superintendent of Water Department, the meter shall
be removed and an additional charge of $2.50 collected before meter shall agai
be installed.
Section 4: At the time of application for water service the owner of
the property, concerning which service is applied for, shall sign an applica-
tion together with the occupant of the premises to which water is to be furnish-
ed. which application shall provide that said owner agrees that the rate,
charge or account for water, all other rates or charges provided for in this
Ordinance shall be charged against the property on which furnished and shall
be deemed delinquent at the same time and in the same manner as the next
regular water bill and shall be a lien against the property where furnished.
In addition to any other remedy provided herein for the enforcement
and collection of any water rate, charge or account, all rates or other charges
provided for in this ordinance shall be charged against the property on which
furnished and against the owner or owners thereof and shall be deemed de-
l inquent at the same time and in the same manner as the next regular water
bill and shall be a lien against the property where furnished and if for any
cause any sums owing therefor become delinquent, the water shall be shut off
and in no case shall it be turned on to the same property until all such de-
l inquencies shall have been paid in full, and such property owner shall be
responsible to the City of Seal Beach in an action waged in any court of compete t
jurisdiction for the amount of all such rates or other charges as may be due
and unpaid, together with all penalties provided herein and costs. No change
of ownership or occupation shall in any way affect the application of this section
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Section 5: Meters and Services. All consumers unless otherwise
provided for in this Ordinance shall be supplied with water measured through a
meter, which meter together with service connections shall remain the property
of the City of Seal Beach and shall be applied for and installed in the manner
hereinafter specified.
Section 6: Application for Service. Before water shall be supplied to
any person or for any premises from the mains of the Seal Beach Water De-
partment, the owner thereof shall make application for same on such form as
may be provided by the Superintendent of the Water Department for that purpose.
Section 7: Form of Contract. The application shall "ontain a contract,
on the part of the applicant to pay the stipulated rates at the time and in the
manner provided for in this ordinance or any subsequent ,ordinance, to accept
water rates, charges or penalties as a lien against the property to be served
and assuming responsibility for same, reserving to the City of Seal Beach the
right to enforce and collect rates, charges and penalties in the manner provided
for by ordinance, to change rates and to temporarily discontinue the service at
any time without notice to the conSllmer, and further to provide that the water
Department of the City of Seal Beach or any of its employees shall not be
responsible for any damage by water or otherwise, resulting from defective
plumbing, broken or faulty services or water mains, or resulting from any con
ditions of the water itself or any substance that may be mixed with, or be in the
water as delivered to any consumer. Having complied with all requirements of
this ordinance relating to application for meter and service, and having paid
all charges incurred, the Water Department shall cause the property described
to be connected with water mains in the following manner:
Section 8: When property is located upon a street in which a water
main is laid, same shall be connected with the water system by a copper servic
pipe from the main to the curb line, a stop cock placed inside the line of the
street curb, together with a meter, meter box and shut off box. However,
nothing in this paragraph shall interfere with the Water Department installing a
service pipe of sufficient size to allow off leading branches to the right or left
in the parking or street for the purpose of supplying two or more separate
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2 Section 9: Property Not on Water Main. When the property to be
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served is a part or subdivision of a lot or lots originally abutting on a water
main but because of subdivision has been separated from said main by another
5 property, the service shall be laid to and meter installed at the nearest curb
6 Line or such point as may be designated by the Superintendent of the Water
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8 No one service shall sllpply water to properties under separate
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10 The charge for water service to start from the date the meter is in-
11 stalled. When new subdivisions are opened and new mains desired, the sub-
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Section LD: Cost of Service, Connections. The Water Department
shall make the following charges for the perpetual maintenance of all services,
meters and meter boxes installed, except as herein otherwise provided; same
to remain the property of the City of Seal Beach.
Section Ll: That the following fees are established and fixed for the
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1 nstaLlation of service and meters in, upon, over and along the streets, alleys,
19 rights of way and other public ways of said City as follows:
3/4" service, or under
1" service
1-l/2" service
2" service
$ 50. 00
$ 80.00
$ LlO.OO
$ 175.00
Services larger than two inch shall be charged for at cost of material
and labor used, plus ten percent for supervision, the charge for same shall be
due and payable as soon as the work is comp leted. These prices shall indude
the service connection complete, including meter and meter box set in
place, except when meters are required under a sidewalk excavated to the curb
Line, in which case the property owner shall comtruct a cement box for said
meter, open on the top side only and of sllch size and in such location as may b
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designated by the Superintendent of the Water Department. All service renewa
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shall be of copper service pipe as in the case of new installations and shall be
charged for at the same rate as new installations less the charge made for
service at the time it was originally int aLled.
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Section 12: The following schedule, which is based on 1/4 the rated
capacity of meters in a four hour per day continuous flow, shall determine the
size meter that shall be imtalled without additional charge:
For a monthly consumption up to 7200 cu. ft. a 3/4" meter
For a monthly consumption from 7200 cu. ft. to 14400 cu. ft. l" meter
Monthly consumption from 14400 cu. ft. to 21600 cu. ft. a 1 1/2" meter
Monthly consumption from 21600 cu. ft. to 36000 cu. ft. a 2" meter
Monthly consumption from 36000 cu. ft. to 64800 cu. ft. a 3" meter
Monthly consumption from 64800 cu. ft. to 129600 cu. ft. a 4" meter
Monthly consumption from 129600 cu. ft. to 216000 cu. ft. a 611 meter
The Superintendent of the Water Department shall have the dis-
cretionary right to order a battery of meters which are smaller in size in
place of one large meter if such is deemed necessary and proper by him.
Section 13: The following minimum rates for the use of water by con-
Sllmers within the City of Seal Beach for inde~endent fire lines (private) use
exclusively for fire protection, whether said fire line be connected with auto-
matic sprinkling systems or to hose attachments are hereby fixed and the Water
Department is hereby authorized and directed to charge and collect the same in
accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance: The monthly charge therefor
is fixed as $1.00 per month for each inch or part thereof.
No private fire line shall be u.;ed for any purpose other than the ex-
tinguishment of fires unless the same be equipped with a meter, in which event
the regular meter rates shall be charged in addition to the foregoing charges
for fire line service.
All faucets, hose, sprinklers, nozzles or water plumbing equipment
must be shut off promptly upon an alarm of fire being given and the water not
to be turned on again until the fire is known to be extinguished.
Section 14: Water to pass through meters. All water used, sold or
distributed in the City of Seal Beach shall be measured by meter or meters un-
less otherwise provided for by the terms of this ordinance.
Section 15: All water meters, servi.ce pipes, cllrb cocks and other
fittings installed by the Water Department shall remain at all times the propert
of the City of Seal Beach and shall be maintained and repaired free when render
ed unserviceable through ordinary wear and tear (except in case of replace-
ment of old services with copper service pipe), provided, that when replace-
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ments, repairs or adjustments of any meter, service pipe, curb cocks
or other fitting is rendered necessary by the act, neglect or carelessness of the
owner or occupant of the premises, any expense caused to the Department
thereby shall be charged against and collected from the owner of the premises
at the same time and in the same manner as provided for in Section 2 hereof.
Section l6: The monthly minimum rate to be charged for water
furnished through meters and private fire lines, as provided for in Section 1
of this Ordinance shall be for the use of the first 500 cubic feet, or part
thereof, or water furnished through such meter, and an additional charge of 15~
shall be made for each additional 100 cubic feet, or part thereof, of water
furnished through such meter or private fire line.
Section 17: Testing Meters. That,an y consumer may demand that the
meter through which water is being furnished be examined and tested by said
Warter Department for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not it is register
ing correctly the amount of water which is being delivered through it. Such
demand shall be made on forms furnished by the Water Department and shall be
accompanied by a deposit to cover the cost of testing the various sizes as
foHows:
For testing a 3/4" meter
For testing a 1" meter
For testing a 1-1/2" meter
For testing a 2" meter
For testing a 3" meter
For testing a 4" meter
For testing a 6" meter
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Upon receipt of such demand accolIp anied by the proper deposit it
shaH be the duty of the Water Department to cause the meter to be examined a
tested for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not it is registering correctly
the water being delivered through it. If on such examination and test the meter
shall be found to register over three per cent more water than actually passes
through it, another meter shall be substituted therefor and the fee so charged
shall be returned to the person making the application, and the water bill for
the current period adjusted in such a manner as the Superintendent of the
Water Department may deem fair and just. If the meter be found to register
within three per cent of accurate, the fee for testing shall be forfeited to the
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Water Departmew.t and the bill paid as rendered.
Section 18: Moving meters or services. The Superintendent of the
Water Department may if deemed necessary remove a meter or water service
temporarily for the purpose of testing or repairs, or both, and in event
another meter is not substituted therefor, th.. charge for service during the
time said meter is removed shall be computed pro rata upon the amount of
water consumed during the previous calendar month, or upon the rate provided
in this ordinance for the sale of water where no meter is installed.
No meter or meters and/or service pipes or connections shall be
removed or changed without consent in writing of the Superintendent of the
Water Department first had and obtained.
Section 19: Fire Hydrants. Fire Hydrants shall be used exclusively fo
the purpose of extinguishing fires and for flushing water mains under the jllris-
diction of the Fire Department and the \/Vater Superintendent of said City,
except and provided however, that a public or building contractor may make a
connection to such fire hydrant or hydrants upon an application first made,
upon a form to be provided, to the Water Superintendent of said City.
Section 20: Unlawful to Meddle with Water Department Property.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to meddle with,
tamper with, move water, or change any water meter service pipes, curb
cocks, or other fittings installed by Water Department of said City without
consent of the Water Superintendent in writing first had and obtained.
Section 21: Condition of Service. All consumers must prevent waste
of water and must keep their service pipes, fixtures, stop cocks and other
plumbing and apparatlls (except that portion of the service installed and owned
by the City) in good condition and repair and free from leakage at their own
cost and expense.
All meters the property of said City shall be left open and uncovered
and an y authorized agent of the Water Department shall have access to the
premises at any and all reasonable hours for the purpose of inspecting, testing
and repairing service connections.
It shall be unlawful to ground any electric wire or wires or wiring upo
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any water main, water pipes or service connections pertaining thereto in the
City of Seal Beach.
No sewer pipe or sewer ditch shall be placed nearer than two (2) feet
to any water main or service pipe for water except upon the written permission
of the Superintendent of the Water Department.
Any water pipes or service connections required to be removed in orde
to comply with any of the terms and conditions of this ordinance shall be moved
u?on the order and at the direction of the Water Superintendent, and any cost of
expense for labor, material and supplies with respect thereto shall be paid by
the property owner of the premises effected thereby.
Section 22: Penal Clauses. It shall be unlawful for any person, whether
as principal, agent, clerk, employee or otherwise, whether for himself, or for
any other person, or for anybody corporate, or as an officer of any corporation,
or otherwise, to violate any of the terms and conditions of this Ordinance, and
each and every day shall constitute a separate violation thereof, and the violat-
ing of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof, any such person, firm or corporation as herein
enumerated, shall be punished by a fine of not more than Three Hundred ($300. 0)
Dollars, or, by imprisonment for a term not exceeding Three (3) Months, or,
by both such fine and imprisonment.
Section 23: That Ordinances Nos. l81, 224, 344, 362 and 433 of the
City of Seal Beach and all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with
this Ordinance are hereby repealed.
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force upon and after th~
hour of l2:01 A. M., July 1, 1955.
Section 24: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption
of this Ordinance by the City Council and shall cause the same to be published
once in the SEAL BEACH POST & WAVE, a newspaper of general circulation
printed, published and circulated in the City of Seal Beach.
Passed, approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Seal
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Beach at a regular.. meeting thereof held on the ,:7.:) ::day of~, 1955;,
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STA TE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF SEAL BEACH )
I, F. W. HICKMAN, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach and ex-officio
clerk of the City Counci~, do hereby certify that the foregoing and attached
Ordinance was finally passed, approved and adopted by the City Council of
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the Ci.ty of Seal Beach at a regular4 meeting thereof held on the ?- 1J.::Yday of
/hA-fj ,1955, by the following vote:
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