HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989-07-18; City Council; Resolution 89-246' -. II e 0
1 RESOLUTION NO, 89-246
2 3 /I A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD REVISING WATER RATES AND CHANGES
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WHEREAS, Section 14.04.030 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code
empowers the City Council to, from time to time, by resolution,
adopt rules and regul at ions for the operati on 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.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the hereinafter stated
regul ati ons respecting water rates, charges, bi 11 ing and re1 ated
regulations shall become effective for all water billed after August
15, 1988.
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14 I/ I. General 1 Y. The schedul es 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.
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11. Water Charqes.
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 individual consumer, and each institutional consumer as foll ows:
For a 5/8" meter For a 3/4" meter For a 1" meter For a 1 1/2" meter For a 2" meter For a 3" meter For a 4" meter For a 6" meter For a 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 meter serves multiple dwelling units or multiple equivalent dwelling units, the first unit shall pay the unit rate based on the above schedule and a1 1 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.
(b) The rates to be charged for potable water supplied in any one month through meters are as follows:
A1 1 consumers $1 :01/100 cubic feet
(c) All agricultural consumers who meet the Metropolitan Water District Southern Cal i forni a requirements for agricultural consumers receive a pro-rate share of the agricultural rebate the City receives monthly from the Costa Real Municipal Water District. (d) There shall be a monthly charge of five dollars per month for a1 1 water connections supplying non-metered water for fire sprinkler purposes. All maintenance or repairs to fire service systems from the water main to the shut off valve shall be paid for the consumer and shall be charged on the regular water bill ing. All fire service systems shall be equipped with a meter by-pass which shall be paid for and instal led 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.
(e) 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.
(f) A monthly fee shall be charged for each individual 1 iving unit contained 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.
(9) A charge of twenty dol 1 ars ($20.00) will be assessed for the restoration of service after it has been terminated for non-payment.
(h) A charge of 10% of the billed amount wi 11 be assessed if the bill is not paid within five days of the payment due date.
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(i) A charge of $10.00 will be assessed if the bill remains unpaid and the City posts a notice of termination at the address.
III. Payment of Bi 11 s A1 1 water bill s are due and payable
at the City Hall of the City of Carl sbad upon presentation and are
del inquent if not paid within 30 days of the date bill ed.
Del inquent bills will be assessed a 10% 1 ate fee.
IV. Meter Readinq - Water District. For convenience in
the reading of meters and preparation of water bill s, 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 equal ize the work of reading meters and
billing. The meters in each district 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 approximately the same
day of each and every month, except when Saturdays, Sundays and
1 egal hol i days intervene.
V. Bills - Mailinqs. Unless the applicant for water
service directs otherwise, all bills will be mailed to the premises
where service is furnished.
VI. Chanqe of Ownership or Occupancy - Notification. It
shall be the duty of every person signing an application for water
. del ivery and of every owner of property to which water is del ivered
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 appl icant shall be
liable for the water furnished and metered in accordance with
application until the Water Department receives written notice to
cancel same and shut off the water when the applicant’s liability
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shall cease except as to water used previous to such notice. Every
owner of property is 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 to 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.
VII. Terminatinq Accounts/New Accounts - Charqe for Turninq
Water On or Off. Regulation of water service; turning on and off
of water supply. A ten dollar ($10.00) charge will be made incident
to the closing of an account. A ten 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.
VIII. Non-payment - Service Discontinuance. In the event
that any consumer 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 del inquent consumer. A reconnection charge of
twenty dollars ($20.00) will be assessed if the service is
terminated and subsequently restored. Water shall not again be
supplied to him until all delinquent water bills, plus the penalties
thereon, and reconnection charges, has been paid.
IX. Restorinq Service After Discontinuance. Procedures for
restoring service after delinquency period. If water service is cut
off or discontinued 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 del inquent bills,
charges and penal ties, and makes such cash deposit as may be
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required by the Water Department.
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 wi 11 water service again be made or
establ i shed to the premises where the water bill has been
delinquent.
X. The Rates and Charses establ ished by this resolution
shall on their effective day supersede the rates established by
Resolution No. 88-285.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED, by the City Council of the
City of Carlsbad at a regular meeting of the City Council held on
the l&hday of July , 1989, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Members Lewis, Kulchin, Pettine, Mamaux and La
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NOES: None
ABSENT : None
ATTEST:
ALETHA L. RAUTENKRANZ, City Clerk
(SEAL)
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