HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980-01-15; City Council; Resolution 60651
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E XH I B I T " C 'I
RESOLUTION NO. 6065
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD REVISING WATER RATES, CHARGES, BILLING, AND RELATED REGULATIONS
WHEREAS, Section 14.04.030 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code empowers the
:ity Council to, from time to time, by resolution, adopt rules and
regulations for the operation and maintenance of the Water Department of the
:ity, and for furnishing water to users, and empowers the Council to, by
resolution, modify rates, charges and penal ties respecting water service.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the hereinafter stated
regulations respecting water rates, charges, billing, and related
regulations shall become immediately effective upon passage of this
resolution.
I. Generally. The schedules of rates, compensations, charges and
minimum charges as set out in this resolution are fixed and established as
the rates, compensations, charges and minimum charges to be charged and
collected by the City for domestic water and water service, except as
otherwise specifically provided.
11. Water Charges.
(a) There shall be a separate monthly water standby charge for each consumer; provided that there shall be only one monthly standby charge for each equivalent dwelling unit, each agricultural and industrial consumer, and each institutional consumer as follows:
For a 5/8" meter For a 3/4" meter For a 1 I' meter For a 1-1/2" meter For a 2 'I meter For a 3 I' meter For a 4 I' meter For a 6 I' meter For a 8 I' meter
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$ 5.20 $ 5.30 $ 5.45 $ 5.90 $ 6.40 $ 12.30 $ 15.40 $ 15.40 $ 23.70
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(1 When one meter serves mu1 tiple dwelling units or multiple equivalent dwelling units, the first unit shall pay the unit rate based on the above schedule and all other units shall pay the 5/8" meter rate.
In the event no water is used through the meter, or the property becomes vacant, the monthly stand-by charge will be charged to and paid by the owner thereof or the appl icant for service.
(2)
The rate to be charged for water supplied through meters is as follows:
A1 1 consumers 47&/100 cu. ft.
A1 1 agricultural consumers who meet the Metropol i tan Water District Southern California requirements for agricultural consumers receive a pro-rata share of the agricultural rebate the City receives monthly from the Carlsbad Muniaipal Water District.
There shall be a charge of five dollars per month for all water connections supplying non-metered water for fire sprinkler purposes. All maintenance or repairs to fire service systems from the water main to the shutoff valve shall be paid for by the consumer and shall be charged on the regular water billing. All fire service systems shall be equipped with a meter by-pass which shall be paid for and installed at the consumer's expense. water is served through the fire service system, the City Water Department and the Fire Department shall estimate the amount of water used and the regular charge therefore shall be put on customer's bill and shall be paid by consumer.
In the event
111. Payment of Bills. All water bills are due and payable at the
City Hall of the City of Carlsbad upon presentation and are delinquent if not
paid by the 15th of the month following the billing.
IV. Units Within Multiple Dwellings, Allowing Cooking. In addition to
other charges established by this resolution, a fee shall be paid to the City
for each individual living unit contained in any motor court, motel, hotel, or
rooming house, or other transient type habitat where cooking is allowed in the
amount of 70$ per month.
V. Meter Reading - Water Districts. For convenience in the reading of
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meters and preparation of water bills, the department is expressly
authorized to divide the City into districts. These districts may, from time
to time, be revised or changed as necessary or desirable, in order to
equalize the work of reading meters and billing.
so established shall be read and water bills based on such meter readings,
shall be prepared and mailed to the consumers in each district on approxi-
nately the same day of each and every billing cycle, except when Saturdays,
Sundays and legal holidays intervene.
Bills - Mailing.
The meters in each district
VI. Unless the applicant for water service directs
otherwise, all bills will be mailed to the premises where water service is
furnished.
VII. Change of Ownership or Occupancy - Notification. It shall be the
duty of every person signing an application for water delivery and of every
owner of property to which water is delivered to notify the Water Department
of any change in the ownership or occupancy of the premises to which the
dater is to be furnished at least two days prior to such change.
applicant shall be liable for the water furnished and metered in accordance
dith the application until the Water Department receives written notice to
cancel same and shut off the water, when the applicant's liability shall
cease except as to water previous to such notice.
liable for water furnished to any premises he has rented in the event the
tenant does not pay the water bill. Water service shall not be given any
consumer upon change of address until all delinquent charges owed by the
consumer at a former place of residence or business shall be paid.
Every
Every owner of property is
VIII. New Accounts - Charge for Establishing Service. A three dollar
and thirty cents charge will be made by the department for establishing
service records and turning on the water supply when requested by the consumer
incident to the opening of a new account.
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IX. Units Within mltii?le Dwelling, Not Allowing Cwking. In addition
to any other charges and fees as contained in tAis resolution, a fee of one
dollar per mnth shall be paid to the City for each five roans in any hotel,
roCaning house, or motel, or other transient type habitat, in which no cooking
is allmed.
and pays, in addition thereto, the sum of eight dollars and twenty-five cents
for turning on the water supply.
service again be made or established to the premises where the water bill has
beendelinquent.
Thereupon and not otherwise will water
XII. The Rates and Charges established by this resolution shall on
their effective day supersede the rates established by Resolution No. 5127.
611 X. Nonpy” t - Service Discontinuance. In the event that any
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consumer shall be delinquent in the payment of his water bill, and such
delinquenq shall continue for a period of ten days, the City shall have the
right to discontinue water service to the premises of such delinquent
consumer, and water shall not again be supplied to him or to the premises
until all delinquent water bills, plus the penalties thereon, and reconnection
charges, have been paid.
by law shall be given prior to discontinuance of service.
Such notice and pre-termination hearing as required
XI. Restorinq Service After Discontinuance. Procedures for restoring
service after delinquency wid.
continued for failure to pay delinqent bills, such service may again be
established only in the event the consumer or the applicant for mice at
such place pays all delinquent bills, charges and penalties, and makes such
cash deposit as may be required by the Water Deparbnent.
If water service is cut off or dis-
When an mer or cons- has been delinquent in his water bills in
succession or three times in any one calendar year, he shall be required to
deposit a sum equal to an average two mnths’ water bill upon such prdses
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED, by the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 15th day
of January , 1980, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Packard, Skotnicki, Anear, Lewis and
Councilwoman Cas1 er NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST :
(SEAL)
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