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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980-01-15; City Council; Resolution 60651 a 9 10 21 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 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 X xx $ 5.20 $ 5.30 $ 5.45 $ 5.90 $ 6.40 $ 12.30 $ 15.40 $ 15.40 $ 23.70 1 2 3 4 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 (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 -2- 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 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. -3- 1 2 3 4 5 23 24 25 26 27 28 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 7 8 9 IO 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 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 -4- ,. .< ”, XI 3 i 5 4 c . c r 1 E s IC 11 12 1: 14 15 16 17 1& 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 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) -5-