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Home My WebLink About1965-06-15; Municipal Water District; 22; Ord 10/12/14/16/21 (parts) repeal - Water delivery, rates & chargesORDINANCE NO. 22 I AN ORDINANCE OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT TO ESTABLISH AND TO DEFINE TYPES AND CONDITIONS OF WATER DELIVERY; TO PR.OVIDE R/IETHOD OF ESTABLISHING AND FIXING R.ATES AND CHARGES FOR WATER DELIVERED; TO PROVIDE METHOE FOR EXTENSION OF DISTRICT'S FACILITIES; AND TO PARTIALLY REPEAL ORDINANCES 10, 12, 14, 16 and 21. WHEREAS, Carlsbad Municipal Water District, hereinafter called I' District", is organized under the Municipal Water District Law of 1911; and WHEREAS, said Municipal Water District Law provides method by which District shall establish types and conditions of service, fix rates anc charges, provide method of extension of facilities and repeal existing ordinances as necessary; and WHER,EAS, present conditions render existing Ordinances No. 10, 12, 14, 16 and 21 partially ineffectual; and WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of Carlsbad Municipal Water District deems it expedient, proper and necessary to establish and define types and conditions of water delivery, provide method of fixing rates and charges, provide for extension of facilities, and to repeal certain existing ordinances; I NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT AS FOLLOWS: ARTICLE I (REPEAL). That Ordinances No. 10, 12, 14, 16 and 2 be, and hereby are, repealed in so far as they are inconsistent herewith. ARTICLE I1 (DEFINITIONS). That the meaning of words and termj used in this Ordinance and in subsequent Ordinances and Resolutions shall, unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, be as follows: Section 1. District" shall mean Carlsbad Municipal Water Distri Section 2. "Board" shall mean Board of Directors of Carlsbad I' Municipal Water District, Section 3. Connection'' shall mean metered water service from II District facilities. A. Wholesale Connection'' shall mean connection to serve a I' Mutual Co. Public Agency or Municipal Corporation which is a holder of Certificate of Convenience issued by California Public Utilities Commission and which otherwise meets re- quirements of Article No. IX of this Ordinance. I B. Retail Connection" '1 1. Individual" - A connection to serve a single, domestic I' dwelling and/or other use including agriculture. 2. "Multiple" - A single connection to serve a multiple dwelling building or multiple buildings designed as dwelling units. 3. Condominium'' - A connection to serve a joint owner- '' ship property which contains single ownership properties within its boundaries. 4. "Mobile Home Park" - A connection to serve property which is used for the parking of mobile homes or house trailers. I 5. "Camp Park" - A connection to serve property which is used for available space for tents, campers, trailers, or other like temporary domestic usage for periods of not more than fifteen days per use. 6. Construction" - A temporary connection to serve a con- 11 struction project, - i. e. building construction, grading operation, road construction. 7. Special'' - Any connection which presents an unusual II condition not above defined. Section 4. User'' shall mean any legal entity being served water I' District through a "Connection". Section 5. Facility" shall mean any physical feature (such as 11 Reservoir, tank, pipeline) designed to store or transmit and/or distribute water to "User". Section 6. Extension'' shall mean any addition to a "Facility". ARTICLE I11 (RATES and CHARGES). That rates and charges for all water delivered by District shall be fixed, and may be changed as nece by R,esolution of the Board. I' ARTICLE IV (APPLICATION FOR SERVICE). That installation of connection will be effectuated upon District's receipt of a properly execute application (application form to be furnished by District) accompanied by User's deposit in the amount of the estimated costs of connection installati ARTICLE V (FACILITY EXTENSION). That District facilities ma be extended by other than District by written agreement between District a User; that District may, from time to time, adopt, by Resolution, rules relating to facility extensions by others than the District. I ARTICLE VI (FLOW CONTROL). That during times of shortage, threatened shortage, of supply, the District will apportion available water among its wholesale and retail consumers in accordance with the provisio~ of the Municipal Water District Law of 1911, assigning priorities to dome; and other uses as may be found necessary by the Board of Directors of the District after due process. AR.TICLE VI1 (METER TEST). That if a User questions the accur of a meter and makes the required de osit, a test will be made. The dep shall be $15. 00 for any meter up to 2"and $30. 00 for any meter above 2". the test shows that the meter is accurate to within 570, the deposit will be tained by the District. If more than 570 in error, the deposit will be retu: If the meter is more than 570 fast or 1070 slow, the User's water bill will 1 adjusted accordingly. ARTICLE VI11 (AUTHORIZED USAGE). That, except by contract1 agreement with the District, water through any connections shall be used 1 for property and purposes described in application. 1 ARTICLE IX (WHOLESALE SERVICE QUALIFICATION). That wholesale connections will be granted to existing agencies falling within 01: of the categories provided in ARTICLE 11, Section 3A above, or to newly organized agencies established and prepared to serve water to all potentia users within a primary distribution area as established in the master watc distribution system of the District, provided that at the time of the connec said agency shall have existing and ready for use a distribution system I satisfactorily designed and located to serve an area properly subdivided an a condition to be owned by fifty potential retail water consumers. Said dis bution system must be owned by the agency and be functioning and ready fol The minimum size meter at such a connection shall be a 6" compound mete be installed to the specifications of the District. The Board of Directors reserves the right to grant a wholesale connection to an agency which does qualify under the foregoing, provided said failure to qualify is caused by fa beyond the control of said agency, such a geographic location and economic feasibility. Any deviation from the above standard must be approved by tk Board by resolution. I Upon application by an agency as above defined, the Board of Direci will review plans and specifications for any distribution system and shall approve or disapprove the same for qualification as a wholesale distributio system and, if approved, a wholesale connection will be granted upon comg tion of the system in accordance with the plans and specifications. Custor being served through connections not qualifying as wholesale shall be billec the prevailing retail rate even though they might qualify for wholesale rater otherwise. ARTICLE X (RULES AND R,EGULATIONS). That the Board of Directors may establish rules and regulations as will augment provisions c this Ordinance. ARTICLE XI. That this Ordinance may, as deemed necessary, be amended by Ordinance or Resolution by Board of Directors. PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPR.OVED, by the Board of Directors o the CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT, at a regular meeting held the 15 day of &me , 1965, by the following vote: I AYES: NOES: I FRED w. MA RKLE President of the BO i! rd of Directors of Carlsbad Municipal Water District ATTEST: -4% RICHARD R.. COE Secretary of the Board of Directors of Carlsbad Municipal Water District I