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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 194I 1 ORDINANCE NO. If4 2 AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CITY OF AZUSA PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF THE 3 ELECTRIC SYSTEM OF SAID CITY AND ESTABLISHING THE RATES FOR ELECTRIC SERVICE BY SAID CITY AND RE- 4 PEALING ORDINANCE NO.185 IN RELATION THERETO. 5 The Board of Trustees of the City of Azusa do ordain as 6 follows: 7 Section 1.. The monthly rates to be charged and collect - 8 ed by the City of Azusa for electricity supplied from its else - 9 trio system to consumers shall be as follows: 10 Schedule No. 1. DOMESTIC AIT COMMERCIAL LIGHTING RATE: 11 For the first 16 kilowatt hours or less, consumed in any one month, $1.00. 12 For more than 16 kilowatt hours consumed in any one month, as 13 follows: 14 For the first 50 kilowatt hours 6 cents per kilowatt hour 6.UU For the next 50 kilowatt hours 5 cents per kilowatt hour 15 For the next 100 kilowatt hours 5 cents per kilowatt hour 5C£C 16 For the next 100 kilowatt hours 4 cents per kilowatt hour ` 17 For energy in excess of 300 kilowatt hours per month, 3-j cents per kilowatt hour. 18 Schedule No. 2. COMBINED LIGHTING, HEATING AND COOK - ING RATE: 19 For all consumption of electric enemy in residences and 20 apartments, through one meter, where an electric range,, elec- tric water heater or an electric air heater of one kilowatt or 21 more capacity is installed and used for cooking and heating purposes, the following rates shall apply. 22 For the first 30 kilowatt hours consumed in any one month 6 cents 23 per kilowatt hour. 24 For the next 100 kilowatt hours 3 cents per kilowatt hour 25 For energy in excess of 130 kilowatt hours per month 2 cents per kilowatt hour. 26 The minimum monthly charge under this schedule shall be $2.50. 27 Schedule No, 3. GENERAL POWER RATE: 28 29 Applicable to all power consumers. 30 For the first 100 kilowatt hours consumed in any one month 5 cents per kilowatt hour. 31 For the next 100 kilowatt hours 4 cents per kilowatt hour 32 For the next 300 kilowatt hours 3 cents per kilowatt hour to I r 4 1 For the next 500 kilowatt hours 2'- cents per kilowatt hour 2 For the next 4000 kilowatt hours 2 cents per kilowatt hour For the next 5000 kilowatt hours 1.9cents per kilowatt hour 3 For the next 10000 kilowatt hours 1.8cents per kilowatt hour 4 For all ener in excess of 201000 kilowatt hours per month 1.7 cents per ki owatt hour. 5 The above rates shall apply for energy furnished at 110, 220 or 6 440 volts. 7 Minimum monthly charge for installations of 5 horse power or less, $2.00 per month. For installations of over 5 horse power 8 a minimum charge of 50 cents per horse power pmr month shall be made. x 9 For energy furnished at 2200 volts, for installations of 50 10 horse power or over the above rates shall apply, less one half of one mil l($0.00051 per kilowatt hour, for all energy used. 11 Schedule No: 4. MUNICIPAL LIGHTING SERVICE. 12 Applicable to all Municipal lighting purposes. 13 4 cents per kilowatt hour for all energy consumed for lighting 14 purposes. 15 Section 2. All meters used by the consumers must be so 16 placed on the buildings upon which they are located that they 17 may be accessible to the Superintendent of the Electric.System or 18 his assistants at all times. 19 All meters used in the electric service of the City of 20 Azusa shall be under the control of the City of Azusa, and the 21 City of Azusa may at its option place a meter upon any building 22 or room to which it is supplying electric service. The City of 23 Azusa will not be responsible for damages to any buildings or 24 their contents from any break in its wires beyond the meter. The 25 City of Azusa will connect its lines to the meter located on 26 any building or room conforming to the provisions of this ordin- 27 ance as to wiring and distance. The wiring for electric service 28 in any building hereafter erected, altered or repaired, shall be 29 subject to the inspection and approval of the Superintendent of the 30 Rlectric System. 31 .Section 3. All electricity furnished to consumers in the 32 ity of Azusa shall be chargedto the owner of the premises to which 2. l 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 A 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 ha Y 1 d the electric service is furnished and the owner of said premises shall be held responsible for the payment of the electric service bills furnished to premises owned by him. Section d. Service rates will be charged for premises vacated in every instance until the City shall be notified by the owner of the premises or his agent in writing, filed with the Superintendent of the Electric System of the discontinuance of the service and to disconnect the same. Section 5. The Superintendent of the Electric System or any duly authorized employee of the City shall be admitted at all reasonable hours to all parts of the premises supplied with electricity to see that the regulations of this ordinance are observed. No one except the Superintendent of.the Electric System or some one expressly authorized by him shall turn the electricity on or off from any building or premises. No person shall tap any electric wire belonging to the City of Azusa or in any manner whatever meddle or interfere with any part of said Electric System, machinery, tools or appliances used in connection therewith, without the written permission of the Sup— erintendent. Section 6. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof in a court of competent jurisdiction shall be fined not less than five nor more than fifty dollars, or be punished by imprisonment in the City Jail not exceeding twenty—five days, or by both such fine and impris— onment. Section 7. The office of Superintendent of the Electric System shall be and -is hereby created and all appointments to such office shall be made by resolution of the .Board of Trustees of said City of Azusa, duly passed at a regular meeting thereof, which said resolution shall fix the salary or compensation to be / I I paid the appointee therein named, and such appointee shall hold 2 office during the pleasure of said Board of Trustees. 3 Section S. Said Superintendent shall have, subject to 4 the control of the Board of Tr).stees, general charge, supervision 5 and control of the Electric System of the City of Azusa, and shall 6 read or cause to be read all meters on the first day.of each month 7 and at such other times as may be required. He shall have.general 8 supervision over all repairs, tappings and additions to the Sys - 9 tem and out off or cause to be cut off the service from any consumer 10 upon the written report of the Collector of Revenues showing the 11 non-payment of service bills or upon any violation of any of the 12 provisions of this Ordinance, and generally to do and perform .every 13 duty required of him by law or any ordinances of said city or by W3� 14 said Board of Trustees. as 3ci 15 Section 9. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent to UdE� z"= 16 a¢=� make out 17 and deliver to the Collector of Revenues of said city on or before 18 the second day of each month. meter readings for all electric ser - 19 vice furnished by said city during the preceding month. 20 Section 10. Parties wishing electric service or the dis- 21 continuance of the same must sign the regular blanks provided, 22 giving the street number where service is desired. 23 24 nafltn&in-- 25 Where the prospective consumer is more than 250 feet dis- 26 tant from the nearest pole on the street or alley next to the pro - 27 erty to be connected or where there is difficulty in getting ser - 28 vice to said consumer, a contract must be entered into for extra 29 compensation to the City of Azusa, -and the Superintendent shall 30 recommend such extra compensation after he shall have made an ex - 31 amination of the case. In no case shall a new connection be made 32 unless the applicant agrees to use the service for at least six 4. 22 Section The City Clerk shall certify to the passage 23 of this Ordinance 24 and its approval by 25 the President of said Board, and shall cause the same to be pub - 26 lished by one insertion in the Pomotropic, a weekly newspaper, 27 published and circulated in the said City of Azusa, and thereupon 28 and thereafter the same shell be in full force and effect. 29 Adopted this �day of 1918 30 31 ATTEST: Fresident o e rrd of Trus e of the City of Azusa. 32 qty Ueft of the 'City oAzusa. I 1 months. 2 It shall be unlawful fobperson to.tie or hitch any 3� animal to any electric.pole4in the City of Azusa. 4 Section 11. That Ordinance No. 185 of the City of Azusa, 5. entitled, " An Ordinance of the Board of Trustees of the City of i 22 Section The City Clerk shall certify to the passage 23 of this Ordinance 24 and its approval by 25 the President of said Board, and shall cause the same to be pub - 26 lished by one insertion in the Pomotropic, a weekly newspaper, 27 published and circulated in the said City of Azusa, and thereupon 28 and thereafter the same shell be in full force and effect. 29 Adopted this �day of 1918 30 31 ATTEST: Fresident o e rrd of Trus e of the City of Azusa. 32 qty Ueft of the 'City oAzusa. I 1 months. 2 It shall be unlawful fobperson to.tie or hitch any 3� animal to any electric.pole4in the City of Azusa. 4 Section 11. That Ordinance No. 185 of the City of Azusa, 5. entitled, " An Ordinance of the Board of Trustees of the City of 6 Azusa providing for the regulation of the electric system of said 7 City and establishing the rates for electric service by said City 8 and repealing Ordinance No. 114 in relation thereto." adopted 9 April 2, 1917, be and the same is hereby repealed.' 10 11 immediate preservation of the public health, peace and fety, 12 and the following is a specfic statement showi e urgency of 13 this Ordinance: ' a 14 That said City of Azusa is no urnishing electric ser- S �U 15 vice under said Ordinance No. 1 at higher rates than those q da 16 provided for herein and th the City of Azusa desires to extend 17 said electric servic nd give present users the immediate bene - 18 fit of reduced es in order to help conserve and reduce the use 19 of oil an uel for heating and power purposes and as a war mea - 20 sure, nd for such purposes this Ordinance is now immediately re - 21 22 Section The City Clerk shall certify to the passage 23 of this Ordinance 24 and its approval by 25 the President of said Board, and shall cause the same to be pub - 26 lished by one insertion in the Pomotropic, a weekly newspaper, 27 published and circulated in the said City of Azusa, and thereupon 28 and thereafter the same shell be in full force and effect. 29 Adopted this �day of 1918 30 31 ATTEST: Fresident o e rrd of Trus e of the City of Azusa. 32 qty Ueft of the 'City oAzusa. I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STATE OF CALIFORNIA CITY OF AZUSA•, jjjjjj SS I,,7,O.Dur-rell, City Clerk of the City ofAzusa,do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was duly passed by the Board of Tru- stees of the City of Azusa,and signed by the President of the Board at a. regular meeting thereof held on the 16th.day of December, 1918,and that the same was passed by the following vote; Ayes;Barnes,Goslin,Case. Noes;None. Absent;Robinson,Bierbower. In witness Thereo£,I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Official seal of the City of Azilsa,this l6th.day of December,1918.