HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 95ORDINANCE NO. Z S
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING WATER RATES TO BE CHARGED BY THE CITY
1 OF AZUSA AND PRESCRIBING RULES AND REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE
2 USE OF VATER AND FIXING A PENAL'T'Y FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF,
3 AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES.IN CONFLICT
4 HEREWITH.
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The Board of Trustees of the City of Azusa do ordain as
follows:
SECTION 1. That the monthly rates to be charged and
collected. by the City of Azusa for water supplied from its
water works to consumers shall be as follows:
1. Tenement occupied by a single family, ........ $.7.5
(A tenement shall be construed to mean am person
or persons or family who are living together undo the
same roof, and boarding at one and the same table
2. For butcher shops,stores,warehouses,public
halls, photograph galleries, offices, blacksmith
shops, fruit packing houses, carpenter shops,sh.oe-
maker shops,tailor shops, doctors' offices,dentists'
offices, lavyers' offices, saloons and for every
other purpose not above ofU hereinafter mentioned,
where no family resides .............................
(where a person or persons reside in a place of
business, family rates charged.)
3. For restaurants and. eating houses,........
Provided, that the City shall have the right, and
option of supplying a water meter for any consumer,
V&ereupon meter rates will be char; ed as follows:
For any quantity used each month up to 1000
cubic feet)........................ ...............
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For the next 100 cubic feet, or fractional
part thereof over the first 1000 cubic feet,........
For each 100 cubic feet or fractionxi thereof
over the first 2000 cubic feet, ...................
4. There shall be no charge less than $.75.
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24 means any water from his service on any lot or property, or
25 across any street or alley or supply water to other persons or
29 families for which he is not paying the rate or rates prescribed
27 by said. City; and all water furnished to consumers in the City
28 of Azusa shall be charged to the owner of the premises upon
29 which the water shall have been used, and the owner of said
3o premises shall be held responsible for the payment, of the
31 water rates for the water used upon the premises owned by him.
82 Provided that the water superintendent may permit more
than one tenement or person to connect, on to a single tap lead-
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SECTION 2. The City shall charge, and collect in advance,
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for each tap or attachment made with its system of water works,
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as follows:
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Fo each 1/2 -inch corporation stop using
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'� 1 2 -inch service pipe ........................ $10.00
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For each 5/8 -inch corporation stop using
3/4 -inch service pipe ......................... 10.00
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For. each 3/4 -inch corporation stop using
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1 -inch service pipe, ......................... 12.00
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And there shall be a stop cock in every attachment on
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the sidewalk just, inside of the curb at, a point to be desig-
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nated by said City, which said stop rock and its box shall be
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supplied by the City and shall be for its exclusive use and
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under its exclusive control.
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The City will not be responsible for damages to any
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buildings or their contents from any break beyond the street
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service bog or meter ;and water consumers are hereby required
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to provide at their own expense another stop cock to be placed
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at the first suitable point beyond the stop or meter of the
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City.
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When more than one service pipe is supplied from one
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attachment, there shall be as many protection stop cocks as
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there is service pipes.
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SECTION 3. No consumer of water from the City, or any
23 other person, shall under any circumstances run or convey by anv
24 means any water from his service on any lot or property, or
25 across any street or alley or supply water to other persons or
29 families for which he is not paying the rate or rates prescribed
27 by said. City; and all water furnished to consumers in the City
28 of Azusa shall be charged to the owner of the premises upon
29 which the water shall have been used, and the owner of said
3o premises shall be held responsible for the payment, of the
31 water rates for the water used upon the premises owned by him.
82 Provided that the water superintendent may permit more
than one tenement or person to connect, on to a single tap lead-
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ing from the main with the /proper stop cocks at such point on
any public street or alley as he may deem proper, a3id the City
may contract with each or with one for all in such cases,each
party so connected to pay not less than $.75 per month, .and in
case anpIne of such persons fail to pay the rate provided, one
or all of such persons or tenants in common shall be cut off
as may be deemed right by the Vater Superintendent.
A consumer, in the meaning of this Ordinance, is one who
has the privilege or opportunity to use water from a pipe or
service on the premises occupied by him or( by permission from
the Vater Superintendent) from some line or tap on property
near him.
And in all cases the City will assume that water has
been used where any person or persons or tenants in commpn have
had the opportunity to use the same, and even thou -h such
person or persons may not have used any water during any month,
they will not be entitled to any rebate from the regular rate
provided in such cases unless they have notified the City Clerk
in writing to cut off such service, and where it is not
practical to turn off said service or person, either owner or
occupant must provide a line on the street or alley with
service cocks so that such service may be cut off., otherwise
water will be charged to all said tenants in common or persons
until the whole service is cut off.
'The beater Superintendent shall cut or cause the water to
be cut off in all cases where this Ordinance has been violated
and it shall not be turned on attain until all charges due the
City up to the time the water was shut off including the pen-
alty for delinquency and the further sum of one dollar are paid.
SECTION 4. All meter rates for water used in any month
are due and payable on the third day of the succeeding month;
and all rates except meter rates are due and payable in advance
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on the third day of each month.
All water rates are payable at the office of the Collector
of Revenues; and if not so paid by the 10th of the month,there
shall be added ten per cent. penalty for delinquency, and the
Collector of Revenues shall give notice to the delinquent by
mailing to him a statement of the amount due and the penalty ikx
thereon. If the said water rate and penalty for delinquency
is not paid within five days thereafter, the Collector of
Revenues shall notify the water superintendent who shall
immediately, without further notice, shut off the water from
the premises of the delinquent, and the water shall not again
be turned on for thein, or aq! subsequent occupant, except upon
the payment of the whole amount due to the City for water used
up to the time the water is so shut off, including the penalty
for delinquency, and the further sum of one dollar.
SECTION 5. The Water Superintendent or any other author-
ized officer of the City shall be admitted at, all reasonable
hours to all parts of the premises supplied with water to see
that, the regulations are observed.
No one except the Water Superintendent or someone
expressly authorized by him shall turn the water on or off from
any building or. premises.
No person shall tap any water main, or in any manner
whatever meddle or interfere with any part of the said water
works without written permission of the Water Superintendent.
Consumers shall prevent all waste of water and no water
faucet or hydrant shall be allowed to remain out, of repair, or
water be allowed to run therefrom when not in actual use for
irrigation or domestic purposes.
SECTION 6. Water rates will be charged for premises .
vacated in every instance until the City shall have been
notified by the ovmer or his agent in writing, filed with the
City Clerk, of the discontinuance of the use of water and to
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turn the water off.
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SECTION 7. All faucets, hydrants, hose, sprinklers,
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nozzles, irrigation heads or other continuous streams must be
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shut off promptly upon the alarm of fire, the water not again to
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be turned on until the fire is know to be extinguished.
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SECTION 8. Any person, firm or corporation violating
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any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of
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a misderrc anor and upon conviction in a Court of competent
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jurisdiction shall be fined. not, less than five or more than
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fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the.City Jail not exceed -
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ing twenty-five days, or by both such fine and inprizonment.
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SECTION 9. The office of Water Superintondent shall be
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and is hereby created and all appointments to such office
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shall be made by resolution of the. Board of Trustees of said
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City of Azusa, duly passed at a regular meeting thereof, which
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said resolution shall also fix the salary or compensation to
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be paid the appointee therein named, and such appointee shall
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hold office during the pleasure of said Board of Trustees.
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SECTION 10. That such Water Superintendent before
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entering upon the discharge of the duties of such office shall
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take and subscribe to the constitutional oath of office.
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SECTION 11. That such Water Superintendent shall have,
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subject to the control of the Board of Trustees, general charge,
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supervision and control of the water works system of the City
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of Azusa, and he shall read or cause to be read all the meters on
the 25th, 26th and 27th days of each month ani, at, such times as
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may be required, and raport the readings to the City Clerk. He
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shall have general supervision over all .repairs, tappings and
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additions to the system, and cut, off or cause to be cut off
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the water from any consumer upon the written report of the
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Collector of Revenues or upon the violation of any of the
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provisions of this Ordinance, and upon so doing report the same
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to the City Clerk and generally to do and perform every duty,
as Water Superintendent,required of him by law or any Ordinance
of said Citir or the Board of Trustees.
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SECTION 12. It shall be the duty of the City Clerk to
keep all accounts relating to said water works system and make
out and deliver for collection to the Collector of Revenues on
the third day of each month, receipts with stubs numbered the
same as the receipts, for all unpaid water rates for the current
month,and charge him therewith.
SECTION 13. The Collector of Revenues do all then pro -
teed at once to collect all such water rates; and if the same
are not paid by the 10th o Lthe month, he shall report the sane
to the City Clerk, who shall thereupon add ten per cent pen-
alty for delinquency to all receipts then in the hands of the
Collector of Revenues and charge him therewith. And the Collector
of Revenues shall thereupon proceed as directed in Section 4
hereof.
It shall also be the duty of the Collector of Revenues
to pay over to the City Treasurer on or before Saturday of each
week all water rates collected by him, taking the -City
Treasurer's receipt therefor, which he shall file with the City
Clerk and the Collector of Revenues shall report the amount
thereof, together with the amount delinquent, to the Board of
Trustees at, the first regular meeting of said Board in each
month.
SECTION 14. The City Treasurer shall keep all moneys
paid into the treasury from the water rates in a separate fund
to be known as -the Water Fund.
SECTION 15. All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 16. The City Clerk shill certify to the passage
of this Ordinance and shall cause the,same to be published
once in the Pomotropic, a weekly newspaper of general circula-
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said
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tion, published and circulated in the ACity of Azusa , and
thereupon and thereafter the same shall be in full force and
affect.
Adopted this / Cday.of September, 1907.
Preal3e--n'E'—o e oar3� of -'trustees
of the City of Azusa.
ATTEST:
City Clerk oA A�Lyk`cfAzusa.
STATE OF CFJIFORNIA,
SS.
CITY OF AZUSA.
I, G. E. GLOVER, City Clerk of the City of Azusa, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was duly adopted by
the Board of Trustees of the City of Azusa, State of California,
and signed by the President of said Board, at a regular meeting
thereof held on the _ day of September, 1907, and that the
same was passed by the following vote, to -wits
Ayes: �?/v�n�y�,. 1jL�� e` . _ .. �K .9�.L,. IVO
Noes . __ . -- - - -
Absent
IN WITNESS KMEOF, I have hereunto set my hand,and
affixed the seal of the City of Azusa, this day of
September, 1907. Q�
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City lerk cf t eity o Azusa .
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said
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tion, published and circulated in the ACity of Azusa , and
thereupon and thereafter the same shall be in full force and
affect.
Adopted this / Cday.of September, 1907.
Preal3e--n'E'—o e oar3� of -'trustees
of the City of Azusa.
ATTEST:
City Clerk oA A�Lyk`cfAzusa.
STATE OF CFJIFORNIA,
SS.
CITY OF AZUSA.
I, G. E. GLOVER, City Clerk of the City of Azusa, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was duly adopted by
the Board of Trustees of the City of Azusa, State of California,
and signed by the President of said Board, at a regular meeting
thereof held on the _ day of September, 1907, and that the
same was passed by the following vote, to -wits
Ayes: �?/v�n�y�,. 1jL�� e` . _ .. �K .9�.L,. IVO
Noes . __ . -- - - -
Absent
IN WITNESS KMEOF, I have hereunto set my hand,and
affixed the seal of the City of Azusa, this day of
September, 1907. Q�
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City lerk cf t eity o Azusa .
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