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Home My WebLink AboutCC Ord 433 1953-07-21 .- . .' .' CRDINANCE NO. 433 I AN ORDINAUCE 0"' TIlE CITY OF SEAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 181 AND REPEAL~NG OkDINANCE NO. 344 The City Counoil of the City of Seal Beaoh, California, does ordain as follows: SECTION 1:- Seotion 1 of Ordinanoe No. 181 cif the City of Seal Beaoh is hereby amenQeQ to read as follows: II'Seotion 1. That the following minimum monthly rates for the use of water by the inhabitants of the City of Seal Beaoh are hereby established, and the water department is hereby a'lthorized and direoted to ollarge and oolleot the same in aooordanoe with the provisions of this ordinanoe. a. Where water is furnished through meters, the monthly miniMum rate to be ohar~ed for eaoh meter installed shall be as I follows: For eaoh 5/8/ or 3/4 inoh meter, per month For eaoh i inoh meter, per month For eaoh 1 1/2 inoh meter, per month For eaoh 2 inoh meter, per month For eaoh 3 inoh meter, per month For eanh 4 inoh meter, per month For eaoh 6 inch l'Ieter, pel' Month For each 8 inch meter, per month For each 10 inch meter, per month For each 12 inch mater, per month For each 16 inoh meter, per month $1.50 $1.75 12.25 ~2 .75 5.1"0 $ 10.GQ ~ 20.00 $ 30.00 $ 40.00 ~ 50.00 ~100.00 Whenever a battery of smaller meters is installed in plaoe of one large one, the monthly minimum oharge therefor shall be based upon the size of meter or service ordered by the oonSQ~er. b. The monthly oharBe for private fire lines shall be as follows, as a minimum: $1.00 per month for eaoh inoh or part thereof. c. For all other purposes not provided for in this Ordinanoe the rate shall be fixed by the Water Superintendent.w SECTION 2: Section 5 of Crdinanoe No. 181 of the City of Seal Beach is hereby amended to read as follows: I -1- Ord~riarice Number . I "Seotion 5. At"the time of application for water servioe the owner of the property, conoerning whioh servioe is applied for, shall sign an application tOGether with the occupant of the premises to whioh water is to be furnished, which applioation shall provide that said owner agrees that the rate, oharge or aocount for water, all other rates or oharges provided for in this Ord- inance shall be charged against the property on whioh furnished and s hall be deemed delinquent at the same time md 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 enforoement and colleotion of any water rate, oharge or aocount, all rates or other charges provided for in this ordinanoe shall be charged a~ainst the property on which furnished and against the owner or owners thereof 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 flwnished and if for any cause any sums owing therefor become delinquent, the water shall be shut off and in no oase shall it be turned on to the same property until all such delinquenoies shall have been paid in full, and S11Ch property owner shall be responsible to the City of Seal Beaoh in an action wae;ed in any oourt or oompetent juris- diotion for the amount of all suoh rates or other oharBes as may be due and unpaid, together with all penalties provided herein and oosts. No ohange of ownership or oooupation shall be in any way effeot the applioation of this Seotion.1I SECTION 3: Seotion 9 of Ordinanoe No. 181 of the City of Seal Beach is hereby amended to read as follows': ItSeotion 9. When property is looated upon a street in whioh a water main is laid, sa~e shall be oonneoted with the water system by a oopper servioe pipe from the main to the ourb line, ~ stop oook plaoed inside the line of the street ourb, together I I . . Ordinance Number . I with a meter, meter box and shut off box. dowever, nothing in this paraeraph shall interfere with the Water Department installing a servioe pipe of sufficient size to allow off leading branohes to the right or left in the parking or street for the purpose of sup- plying two or more separate. propertielt.'" ~~ON 41--Subseotion 3 of Seotion 12 of Ordinanoe No. leI of the City of Seal Be~oh is hereby amended to read as follows: "3. Servioes larger than two inoh shall be oharged for at oost of material and labor used, plus ten peroent for supervision, the ohare;e for same shall be due and payable as soon as the work is oompleted. These prioes shall inolude the servioe oonneotion oomplete, inoluding meter and meter box set in plaoe, exoept when me ters are req'tired under a s:!!dewalk excavated to the 0 urb line, in whioh oase the property owner shall oonstruot a oement box for I said meter, open on the top side only and of suoh size and in such looation as may be designated by the Superintendent of the Water DApartment. All servioe renewals shall be of oopper servioe pipe as in the oase of new installations a nd shall be oharged for at the same rate as new installations less the oharge made for servioe at the time it was orginally installed." SECTION 5: Seotion 13 of Ordinanoe No. 181 of the City of Seal Beach is hereby amended to read as follows: "Seotion 13. The following sohedule, which is based on 1/4 the rated oapaoity of meters in a four hour per day oontinuous flow, shall determine the size lIleter that shall.be installed with- I out additional oharge: For a monthly oonsumption up to 7200 ou. ft. a 3/~t meter For a mf'lntly oons'wption from 7200 ou. ft. to 14400 cu. ft. 1" meter Monthly oons'lMption from U'.u..OO OU. ft. to 21600 cu. ft. a 1 1/2"meter Monthly consumption from al600 ou. ft. to 3QOOO 0..1. ft. a 2" meter Monthly oonsumption from 36000 ou. ft. to 64800 cu. ft. a 3111 meter Monthly oonsumption from 64800 ou. ft. to 129600 ou. ft. a ~l l'1eter Honthly oonsumption from 129600 cu. ft. to 216000 ou. ft. a: 6 II. meter The Superintendent of the 'iater Department shall have the disoretionary right to order a battery of meters whioh are smaller -3- , , . .' Oidinap~e Number. I in size in plaoe of one large meter if such is deemed neoessary and proper by him.1I SECTION 6: Seotion 14 of Ordinanoe No. 181 of the City of Seal Beaoh is hereby a~ended to read as follows: IISection 14. The following minimum rates for the use of water by constlmers within the City of Seal Beach for independent fire lines ( private) ~se exclusively for fire protection, whether said fire line be connected with automatic 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 Ordinanoe: The monthly charge therefor is fixed as tl.OO per month for each inch or part thereof. I No private fire line s~all be used for any purpose other than the extinguishment of fires unless the same be equipped with a meter, in whioh event the regular meter rates shall be charged in addition to the foregoing oharges for fire line service." All faucets, hose, sprinklers, nozzles or water a pltlmbing 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.1I SECTION 7: Section 16 of Ordinance No. 181 of the City of Seal Beach is hereby amended to read as follows: "Section 16. All water meters, servioe pipes, ourb cooks I and other fittings installed by the Water Department shall remain at all times the property of. the City of Seal Beaoh and shall be maintained and repaired free when rendered 'mservioeable through ordinary wear and tear ( Exoept in oase of replaoement of old servioes with oopper servioe pipe), provided, that w~en replaoe- monts, repairs or adjustments of any meter, service pipe, ourb oocks or other fitting is rendered necessary by the aot, negleot or carelessness of the owner or occ Ipant of the premises, any expense -4- - '- .... , , . . ~ Orai'narfce Number . . oaused to t he Department thereby shall be charged against an d I collected from the owner of the premises at the same time a nd in the same manner as provided for in Section )I hereof.1t SECTION 8: The monthly minimum rate to be oharged where water is furnished through meters and private fire lines as provided for in Seotion 1 of Ordinance No. 181, as amended by subsequent ordinanoes, inoluding this ordinance, shall be for the ~se of the first 500 cubio feet, or part thereof, of water furnish- ed through such meter, a nd an additional charge of .10st' shall be made for each additional 100 cubic feet, or part thereof, of water I furnished through such meter. SECTION 9: Ordinanoe No. 344 of the City of Seal Beaoh and Section 2 of Ordinance No. 181 of the Lity of Seal Beach are here- by repealed. SECTION 10: The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and cause the same to be pub1ished once in the SEAL BEACH POST & WAVE, a newspaper of general circulation printed. published and ciro'tlated in the City of Seal Beach, California. and this Ordinance shall take effeot and be in full force thirty (30)" days from and after its final adoption by the City' Council. The foregoing Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the Seal Beach City Council held on June 16, 1953, and was finally adopted Illd passed on July 21, 1953, at a regular meeting thereof, by the following vote: AYES: Counoilmen 8oWe~ LI.W"E'A9/..RONA 1l4W,EB.s7.t'~ SN..ptf'Io'" NOES: Councilmen NeI.v~ ABSENT: Councilmen NelNG I ;L;;" The foregoing Ordinance is siBned and approved by me this day o~, 1953 ~.( / ~4'~____. YOR OF THE CITY OF S~tiCH ATTEST: ~~ .~ ~".6-_ CITY CLERK