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."
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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."
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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
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