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I AN ORDINANCE FiELATING TO THE WATER AND ELECTRICAL
The City Council of the City of Lodi does ordain as
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Repealing Certain Ordinances . &$p@
\9 Sec, 1 All ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Definitions.
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Sec. 2 The word City used herein shall mean the City of Lodi, a Muncipal Corporation of the State of California; and
the officers and employees mentioned herein shall mean the duly
elected or appointed officers and employees of the City of Lodi acting in their proper capacity as its agent.
Superintendent shall mean the person in charge
of the City Water and Electric SyStemSr
Service shall mean the'supplying of water or , lec%&'c energy.
Water Ta shall mean all cocks, pipes, and + I /fittings used to connec !the water mains of the City. the consumers private water system to
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i .= Electric Connections shall mean all wires, insulators, conduits fuse blocks, fuses and switches used to
connect the consumers private electric wiring system to the
electric wiring system of the City, up to and including the
meter.
Establishment of Service.
Sec. 3 All applications for beginning, changing or
discontinuing water or electric service shall be made to the City Clerk in his office at the City Hall on forms provided by
him and he shall issue all orders for the beginning of service,
either water or electricity shall be turned on until the appli-
cant shall have established credit in the manner next herein
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u ehanges therein and discontinuance thereof. No service for
(a) By making a cash deposit of $ 3.00 to guar- antee payment of water bills and $ 3.00 on electric bills
incurred by him, or, when both services are requested at the
same address, a combined deposit of $ 6.00; and on other than
domestic service a deposit of not to exceed twice the average estimated montlhly bills (to be used at the place served) such
estimate< to be for both water bills and electric bills (to be used in such place) and such estimate to be mad6 by the City
Clerk of said City; provided however that if said estimate
requires a deposit of over $ 100.00 said City Clerk may accept
in lieu of such deposit, a bond in double the amount of such
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estimate conditional for the payment to said City of all bills
for any such service (including both water and electricity)
which way be incurred by said applicant, which bond shall be signed by two sufficient sureties (both of whom shall be residents and property owners within the corporate limits of
the City of Lodi] or by a good and sufficient surety company authorized to do business in this state, and which bond khgll, before it is accepted by the said Clerk, be approved by the
Mayor of said City;
in the City of Lodi, by the signing Of a contract for either
or both of said services;
(c) If applicant has been a customer of the City for a period of 12 consecutive months or more and has
the signing of a contract similar to that provided in above
by the City until service is ordered discontinued by the customer, when the same mill be returned upon application, less
any charges due the City, or, if bills are paid promptly over a
period of 12 consecutive months, deposit will be returned upon
application therefore accompanied by the original deposit
receipt. Deposit receipts are not assignable.
and payable at the office of the City Clerk in the City Hall on and after the first day of the month next aucceeding the month in which they are incurred, excepting closing bills which are due on the date on which discontinuance of service is
requested. Bills are delinquent after 5 o'clock P.M. on the tenth day of the month, provided that, should the tenth day fall upon a holiday, then bills will become delinquent after 5 o'cloQ
P.M. of the next business-day following.
unpaid on the tenth day of the month as aforesaid, shall be added
a penalty charge of ten cents (lop!), and, should said bills '
remain unpaid after the close of business on the 20th day of the same month, service shall be discontinued after written notice
has been mailed or left at the address of the delinquent
customer.
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(b) If applicant is the owner of real estate
paid bills promptly by
Cash deposits as above required shall be held
Sec. 4 All bills for water and electricity are due
To each bill for water and to each bill for electricity
Immediately after the close of business on the 10th day of the month as above, the City Clerk shall mail notices of delinquency to all delinquent customers and immediately after the 20th day of the month, he shall mail notices that service may be discontinued without further notice.
last named shall be furnished to the Superintendent of Public Utilities, who shall, between the 25th and last days of the
month, shut off all water and electric services unpaid. On the first meeting date of the City Council thereafter, the City
Clerk shall make written report of all services unpaid but not turned off. Service may be discontinued for non-payment of bilB incurred at a previous location provided said bill is not paid
within thirty days after service has begun at a new location.
A copy of the list
On the twentieth day of each month the City Clerk shall
transmit to the Superintendent 8 list of all services for which
payment has not been received, except that for reasons that he believes to be sufficient he may withhold certain ones from the
list and transmit this separate list directly to the City Council at their next regular meeting, stating his reasons therefor.
made by check, acceptance of the check is not a payment of the
bill unless the same is accepted by the bank drawn on. Return of check by the bank for any reason that would make it non-negotiable
will subject the bill to the same penalties as above provided for
de li nquent bi 11s.
ordinance takes effect shall be continued in effect and shall be
turned off on removal of the customer, Service for new occupants shall then be turned on only after the provisions of Section 3
have been complied with.
month then the flat rate charges shall be charged, pro rata for the time services were rendered, except that in case of discon- tinuance for delinquency no deduction shall be made unless the regular restoration charge is paid.
of seventy-five cents shall be made to restore electric service and similarly a charge of one dollar and fifty cents shall be made to restore water service.
Of Service Connections.
Payment of bills shall be made in cash and if payment is
Water and electric services in use at the time this
When service is rendered for a period of less than one
When service has been discontinued on application a charge
Sec, 5 No person except a duly authorized employee of the City shall make any connection to the water or electric lines
of the City. The cost of tapping water mains and of bringing water service to a point one foot inside the property line shall be born by the owner of the premises, likewise, the connecting of the premises to the City power mains for electricity shall be paid by the person ordering same.
by the duly authorized agents of the City, and the applicant
shall pay for the same as follows:
Water taps and electric connections shall be made only
st' water tap on 2" water main $6.00 9 water tap on larger water main $7.50.
All other water taps than above shall be charged at the cost of making same together with cost of removing and replacing
any pavement that may be necessary.
shall be $3.00 and on places other than single family dwellings, the charge shall be the actual cost of running the service. Tap and connection charges are due on completion of the work and
payment therefor may be exacted before service is turned on.
.%,ires at the mter are for City use only and no person shall turn . on or off the same unless he be a City employee. The City reserves the right to discontinue service to any one tampering with any
water or power lines, connections or meters of the City or to any location where any of the consumers lines, appliances or @her
apparatus shall be unsafe or to protect itself against abuse or frau
On residences, the charge for connecting electric service
The curb stops for water and the connections to electric
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Multiple Water Connections.
Sec. 6 When more than one flat, apartment, building,
or premises is supplied through one water tap the charge shall be by meter or the water service shall be to one applicant only
and the flat rates be charged in full for all premises connected
with the water supply and capable of receiving water service.
Sec, 7 No plumber shall leave the water turned on at newly erected buildings unless he has knowledge that the service
is On by consent of the City nor shall he connect or reconnect any service found shut off at the service cock.
have the right of access to any premises where water or electri- city is used at reasonable.hours for the purpose of inspection, and it is hereby provided that if any person, firm or corporation should at any time fail or refuse to permit any of the employees of said City to enter upon any premises (in the possession or under the control of such person, firm or corporation) for the purpose of making and to make such inspection of any water connections, electric connections, pipes, taps, apparatus or equipment, then, and in that event the Superintendent shall have the right forthwith or at any time thereafter to discontinue
and disconnect any such water or electric service or both.
Fire Alarms.
Sec. 8 Duly authorized employees of the City shall
Sec. 9 In case of alarm of fire, all faucets and other water valves on consumers premises shall be immediately turned
off and not opened until the alarm shall have sounded "fire out."
Repair of Connections,
Sec. 10 The Owner or occupants of premises where water
or electricity is consumed must keep all service pipes, valves, connections and other appliances in good repair at all times and the City will not be liable for any damage occasioned by broken pipes, wires, switches or other apparatus within the cor,sumers premises or under his control.
from his own service to any other premises except that at which the service contract covers.
of water tq any consumer or to different parts of the City in rotation should occasion so demand and shall not be liable for
any damage caused by temporary discontinuance of service while making repairs or replacements.
Sec. 11 No person shall supply water or electricity
Sec, 12 The City reserves the right to iimit the amount
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Sec. 13. Waste of water is hereby prohibited, and any consumer who allmwaste to continue after notice by the City
shall be subject to an increase of 50 per cent in his water rate as a penalty, and the City Clerk shall enter such c'harge on notification by the Superintendent that waste exists, and
said increase of rate shall continue for ninety days after said waste has ceased. Waste under this section means allowing water to escape from the water supply at the rate of one wart per hour from any leaky, worn or broken faucets, valves, pipes or
fixtures, or permitting water to run from hose, hose nozzle, valve, fountain or sprinklers for more than thirty minutes consecutively in the same place. c
Sec. 14. Should the applicant desire a water meter installed on his water service he shall pay the cost of same together with the cost of installation but if the City desires
to meter the water service to any customer the City shall bear the expense incident thereto.
All electric semrice shall be metered at the
expense of the Cityhxcept that Maximum demand attachments to the meters shall be charged*at cost to the applicant for same.
this ordinance is hereby declared to be a miademeanor and upon
conviction thereof the offender shall be fined not less than one dollar and not more than one hundred dollars.
Sec. 15 Any violation of the rules and regulations of
Approved and signed this 4th day of June, 1928
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3'. A. SPOONER, Mayor.
The fore oi P Ordiiimce No, 164 passed, adopted and approved%y%he City Council June 4th. ,1928.
J. F . BLMEZY, City Cbrk.
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