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Ordinance - 1304ORDINANCE NO. 1304 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AMENDING CHAPTER 7 OF ARTICLE VII OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING WATER SERVICE. • The City Council of the City of West Covina does hereby ordain as follows: SECTION 1. Section 7602 WATER RATES of the West Covina Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "7602 WATER RATES The rates for water and water service to be charged and collected by the City of West Covina shall be estab- lished by resolution of the City Council." SECTION 2. Section 7602.1 TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE is hereby added to the West Covina Municipal Code to read as follows: "7602.1 TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE The terms and conditions of service applicable to and to be enforced by the City of West Covina in respect to the supplying of such water and water service, and the time and manner of payment therefor, are fixed and estab- lished by this Chapter." SECTION 3. Section 7604 DOMESTIC, IRRIGATION, COMMERCIAL, AND INDUSTRIAL SERVICE of the West Covina Municipal • Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "7604 DOMESTIC, IRRIGATION, COMMERCIAL, AND INDUSTRIAL SERVICE (a) The monthly standby charges for service shall be as adopted by resolution of the City Council. (b) The commodity rates for all water delivered shall be as adopted by resolution of the City Council. (c) An additional service charge as adopted by resolution of the City Council for each additional unit or occupancy shall be paid whenever more than one unit or occupancy in any residence or business building or estab- lishment is served water through one meter. (d) The City Engineer may require a deposit for every service meter in an amount equal to four times the monthly standby charge of said meter. The City Engineer may require a similar:deposit for any service that has been delinquent for more than two consecutive months or as a conditon precedent to resumption of service where service has been discontinued for non-payment of service. Such deposit shall be refunded when the service is dis- continued, provided all charges to the applicant by the City have been paid. The City Engineer may waive all or any part of the deposit for an applicant who furnishes evidence satisfactory to the City Engineer that he is the owner of the property or who furnishes evidence of an acceptable credit rating." SECTION 4. Section 7605 MUNICIPAL SERVICE of the West Covina Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "7605 MUNICIPAL SERVICE Water supplied to the,City of West Covina for • domestic, irrigation and park purposes shall be charged at the rates established by resolution of the City Council. Water supplied for street sprinkling, flushing or other non -domestic uses shall be supplied through an approved portable meter or approved tank truck meter at a commodity rate established by resolution of the City Council, except that street sweepers, small trucks, or vehicles used for general street maintenance may take unmetered connections to fire hydrants at a fixed charge established by resolution of the City Council for all such usage or unmetered water." SECTION 5. Section 7606 TEMPORARY SERVICE of the West Covina Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "7606 TEMPORARY_.'SERVICE The applicant for temporary service supplied through a fire hydrant shall make application to the City Engineer. Upom payment of an installation charge and upon making a deposit to cover damages to the fire hydrant in amounts established by City Council resolution, the City shall install said meter. Water delivered through the meter shall be charged at commodity rates established by City Council resolution. • A monthly standby charge as established by resolution of the City Council shall be paid for each month or portion thereof the meter is in service. The applicant for a temporary connection from a service line where the connection is to be made in advance of the installation of a permanent meter shall pay a flat rate for.. temporary water service based upon the meter size required to be installed for permanent service to the premises as established by resolution of the City Council." SECTION 6. Section 7607 PRIVATE FIRE SERVICE of the West Covina Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "7607 PRIVATE FIRE SERVICE The monthly charge to be collected for private fire protection service shall be established by resolution of the City Council. The fire protection service facilities shall include a detector check valve, backflow prevention device, or other similar device acceptable to the City to which will indicate the use of water. A',.fire service shall be used for fire extinguishing ,purpose only and the rates shall include water used for such purposes. If the City determines that water from a private fire service is used for other than fire extin- guishing purposes, said service shall be discontinued. No private fire service less than 4-inches in size shall be installed." - 2 - SECTION 7. Section 7608 PUBLIC FIRE PROTECTION of the West Covina Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "7608 PUBLIC FIRE PROTECTION The monthly rate for water used for public fire pro- tection through fire hydrants for the suppression of fires shall be a FLAT RATE established by City Council resolution." SECTION 8. Section 7609 APPLICATION FOR WATER SERVICE AND WATER SERVICE LATERAL CHARGES of the West Covina Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "7609 APPLICATION FOR WATER SERVICE AND WATER SERVICE LATERAL CHARGES Before water is supplied to any premises, the customer "Shall make application to the City Engineer. Unless the water service lateral charge has previously been paid or waived the City, as a condition to granting such application and furnishing water to the premises, shall require payment therefor at the minimum charges for both Zones I and II established by resolution of the City Council. i When unusual conditions exist such as an unusual length of lateral or the lateral must be installed by jacking or by other than standard methords to avoid cutting new pavement, or for any other reason, a deposit equal to the estimated cost plus 25 percent will be required. The final cost will be determined based upon actual cost of labor, materials and equipment plus 25 percent." • SECTION 9. Section 7611 (d) and (e) of the West Covina Municipal Code are hereby amended to read as follows: "7611 (d) If delinquent bills are not paid upon pre- sentation, or on failure to comply with the rules and reg- ulations established as a condition to the use of water, or to pay rates or any charges or penalty imposed in the time and manner herein provided, water may be turned off at any or all services where the customer is supplied with water until payment of the amount due is made. The City shall charge a fee established by City Council resolution for each service turned on again. (e) Should the owner or occupant of any premises or his agent turn water on or suffer or cause it to be turned on after it has been shut off at the curb stop by the City, it will be shut off at the main, and a fee as established by City Council resolution shall be charged for turning water on again." SECTION 10. Section 7615 METERS of the West Covina Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "7615 METERS SMeters will not be installed by the City except when authorized by the City Engineer. If a meter has been installed and a different size, whether larger or smaller, is requested by the consumer and approved by the City Engineer, the charge for the installation of the meter requested shall be paid by the consumer as established by resolution of the City Council. 3 - No meter less than one inch in diameter shall be installed on services 1-1/2 inches or larger. No meter shall be installed which is larger in size than the diameter of the existing water service lateral. All meters installed by the City shall remain at all times, the property of the City. All meters shall be • maintained, repaired, and replaced by the said City; provided that adjustments, repairs, or replacements of any meter rendered necessary by negligence, carelessness or damage by the consumer, or any member of his family or anyone employed by him, including damage which may result from hot water or steam from boilers or otherwise, shall be paid for by such consumer to said City upon presentation of bill therefor;and in case such bill is not paid, the water shall be shut off from said premises without further notice and shall not be turned on until all charges are paid. If access to a meter or meter box is obstructed in any manner, the City shall give a fifteen (15) day notice in writing to remove such obstruction before enforcing this provision by turning off the water. Said notice shall be given to all of the consumers served by such meter. All water used on any premises where a meter is installed, must pass through the meter and the consumer will be held responsible and charged for all water passing through the meter. When rate of flow tests indicate that an existing meter operates above its safe operating capacity, the City may require a consumer to install a larger meter and service at owner's cost. If water is served to the same premises through more • than one meter, the City may require a check valve on the consumer's side of each meter. Any consumer may demand that the meter through which water is being furnished, be examined and tested by the City for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not it is regis- tering correctly the amount of water which is being delivered through it. Such demand shall be made in writing to the City and shall be accompanied by a deposit established by City Council resolution. Upon receipt of such demand it shall be the duty of the City to cause the meter to be examined and tested for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not it is registering correctly the water being delivered through it. If on such examination and test the meter shall be found to register over three percent more water than actually passes through it, another meter will be substituted thereof, and the deposit shall be repaid the person making the application, and the water bill for the current period adjusted in such manner as the City may deem fair and just. If the meter be found to register not over three persenct fast, the deposit shall be forfeited to the City and the water bill paid as rendered." • SECTION 11. The second paragraph of Section 7619 THEFT OF WATER AND THE RIGHT TO INSTALL OR REMOVE CITY EQUIPMENT of the West Covina Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "7619 Any person or agency apprehended using water with- out permission from a fire hydrant, service, or other system isconnection will be charged for each occurrence a minimum fee established by City Council resolution, plus a commodity charge established by City Council resolution per hundred cubic feet of water estimated to have been used. Investi- gation costs may be added thereto at the option of the City Engineer." U SECTION 12. The table of rates and charges adopted from time to time by resolution of the City Council shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk and the City Engineer. SECTION 13. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published as required by law. Passed and approved this 28th day of June, 1976. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above Ordinance No. 1304 was regulary introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 14th day of June, 1976, and was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council of the 28th day of June, 1976, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Councilmen: Miller, Chappell, Shearer, Tice, Browne. NOES: Councilmen: None ABSENT: Councilmen: None Approved as.to form: ity Attorney City Clerk - 5 -