HomeMy WebLinkAbout1984-09-18; City Council; Resolution 77471
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RESOLUTION NO. 7747
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD REVISING WATER RATES AND CHARGES
WHEREAS, Section 14.04.030 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code empowers the
City Council to, from time to time, by resolution, adopt rules and regulations
for the operation and maintenance of the Water Department of the City, and for
furnishing water to users, and empowers the Council to, by resolution, modify
rates, charges and penalties respecting water service.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the hereinafter stated regulations
respecting water rates, charges, billing and related regulations shall become
effective for all water billed after September 1, 1984.
I. Generally. The schedules 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 518" meter
For a 3/4" meter
For a 1" meter
For a 13" meter
For a 2" meter
For a 3" meter
For a 4" meter
For a 6" meter
For an 8" meter
$ 4.40
$ 4.40
$ 5.45
$ 5.90
$ 6.40 $12.30
$15.40
$15.40 $23.70
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(1) When one
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meter serves multiple dwelling units or
equivalent dwelling units, the first
1 pay the unit rate based on the above
and all other units shall pay $2.53
for each additional multiple residential unit.
(2) In the event no water is used through the meter
or the property becomes vacant, the monthly standby
charge will be charged and paid by the owner thereof.
The rates to be charged for potable water supplied in any one
month through meters are as sollows:
All consumers 74.5&/100 cubic feet
All agricultural consumers who meet the Metropolitan Water District
Southern California requirements for agricultural consumers receive
a pro-rata share of the agricultural rebate the City receives
monthly from the Costa Real Municipal Water District.
There shall be a monthly charge of five dollars per month for all
water connections supplying non-metered water for fire sprinkler
purposes.
the water main to the shut off valve shall be paid for by the consume
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 an installed at the consumer's expense. In the event 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.
All maintenance or repairs to fire service systems from
A monthly fee of one dollar shall be paid for each five rooms in any
hotel, rooming house or motel, in which no cooking is allowed.
A monthly fee shall be charged for each individual living unit con-
tained in any motor court, motel, hotel, or rooming house or other.
transient type habitat which allows cooking in rooms in the amount
of .70@ in addition to other charges established.
A charge of Twenty Dollars ($20.00) will be assessed for the restor-
ation of service after it has been terminated for non-payment.
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 monthly billing.
IV . Meter Reading - Water District. For convenience in the reading of
meters and preparation of water bills, the department is expressly authorized
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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.
be read and water bills based on such meter readings, shall be prepared and
mailed to the consumers in each district on approximately the same day of each
and every month, except when Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays intervene.
V. Unless the applicant for water service directs
otherwise, all bills will be mailed to the premises where water service is
furnished.
VI. 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 water is
to be furnished at least two days prior to such change. Every applicant shall
be liable for the water furnished and metered in accordance with the appli-
cation 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 used previous to such notice.
furnished to any premises he has rented in the event the tenant does not pay
the water bill.
address until all delinquent charges owed by the consumer at a former place of
residence or business shall be paid.
VII.
Regulation of water service; turning on and off of water supply.
($10.00) charge will be made incident to the closing of an account.
dollar ($10.00) charge will be made by the department for turning on the water
supply when requested by the consumer incident to the opening of a new account.
The meters in each district so established shall
Bills - Mailings.
Every owner of property is liable for water
Water service shall not be given any consumer upon change of
Terminatin9 Accounts/New Accounts - Charge for Turning Water On or Off.
A ten dollar
A ten
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VIII. Nonpayment - Service Discontinuance.
shall be delinquent in the payment of his water bill, and such delinquency
shall continue for a period of ten days after the final date for payment of
such bill, the department shall have the right forthwith to discontinue water
service to the premises of such delinquent consumer.
twenty dollars ($20.00) will be assessed if the service is terminated and
subsequently restored.
delinquent water bills, plus the penalties thereon, and reconnection charges,
has been paid.
In the event that any consumer
A reconnection charge of
Water shall not again be supplied to him until all
IX . Restoring Service After Discontinuance. Procedures for restoring
service after delinquency period.
for failure to pay delinquent bills, such service may again be established
only in the event the consumer or the applicant for service at such place pays
all delinquent bills, charges and penalties, and makes such cash deposit as ma
be required by the Water Department.
If water service is cut off or discontinued
When an owner or consumer has been delinquent in his water bills twice in
succession or three times in any one calendar year, he shall be required to
deposit a sum equal to an average two month's water bill upon such premises
and pays, in addition thereto, the sum of Twenty Dollars (20.00) for turning
on the water supply. Thereupon and not otherwise will water service again be
made or established to the premises where the water bill has been delinquent.
X. The Rates and Charges established by this resolution shall on their
effective day supersede the rates established by Resolution No. 7454.
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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 18th day of September
1984, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councillknikers Casler, LRWis, Chick and Prescott
ATTEST :
(SEAL)
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