HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances - No. 531In the City Council
City of Lodi
Lodi, California
ORDINANCE NO. 531
AN ORDINANCE FIXING RATES FOR WATER AND REPEALING
ORDINANCE NO. 46, ENTITLEI) 18AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING
REGULATIONS FOR THE MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS AND FIX-
ING RATES FOR WATER", ORDINANCE NO. 56, ENTITLED
"m ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 30 OF ORDINANCE NO.
46, ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LODI, ENTITLED 'AN
ORDINANCE PROVIDING REGULATIONS FOR THE MUNICIPAL
WATER WORKS AND FIXING RATES FOR WATERt',' AND
ORDINANCE NO. 207, ENTITLED ilrn ORDINANCE FIXING
RATES TO BE CHARGED FOR THE SUPPLY OF WATER THROUGH
METERS AND REPEALING THAT PORTION OF ORDINANCE NO.
133 NOT REPEALED BY ORDINANCE NO. 115".
The City Council of the City of Lodi does ordain as
follows :
Section 1. ReDeal. Ordinance No. 66, entitled "Rn Ordinance
Providing Regulations for the Municipal Water Works, and Fixing
Rates for Water8', Ordinance No. 56, entitled "An Ordinance Amend-
ing Section 30 of Ordinance No. 46, Ordinances of the City of
Lodi, Entitled *An Ordinance Providing Regulations for the Muni-
cipal Water Works and Fixing Rates for Water'", Ordinance No.
207, entitled "An Ordinance Fixing Rates to be Charged for the
Supplying of:. Water Through Meters and Repealing that Portion of
Ordinance No. 123 Not Repealed by Ordinance No. 115", and all
other Ordinances and parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith,
are hereby repealed.
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Section 2. Rates. The schedule of water rates for the
City of Lodi shall be as follows per month:
(a) Flat Rates:
Single Family Residence ....................... $ 2.00
Two-family Occupancy(one ownership), per unit.. 1.65
Multi-family Residence, per unit .............. 1.40
Adjustments in multi-family rates may be authorized by the Finance
Director within a limit of twenty-five per cent (25%) of the rates
established herein, when in his judgment such variations are
necessary to preserve equity. Adjustments in excess of twenty-
five per cent (25%) must be authorized by the City Council.
(b) Metered Rates:
First 50,000 cubic feet at $ .06 per 100 cubic feet
Next 200,000 cubic feet at $ .05 per 100 cubic feet
All over 250,000 cubic feet at $ .04 per 100 cubic feet
The mhimum monthly bill for supply through a 3/411 meter or smaller
shall be $2.00; through a 1" meter, $3.00; and for each 1/2" in-
crease in size of meter thereafter, $1.00 per month. A separate
meter shall be required for each dweling unit, and the charges
established herein shall be levied for each such meter.
Section 3. Rates for Outside Service. In those cases where
water service is authorized by the City Council outside the cor-
porate limits, applicable rates shall be one hundred fifty per cent
(150%) of the rates established herein for similar service within
the City.
Section 4. Saecial Rates. In cases not provided for herein,
the rate may be fixed by special contract, as agreed upon by the
Finance Director and the Superintendent of Utilities on behalf
of the City, and the water user involved. If such rates cannot
be agreed upon, the City Council shall fix and determine proper
rates, and such determination shall be final.
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Section 5. Rates - When Due. Water charges shall in all
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cases commence to accrue when water is turned on, at rates pro-
portioned for the period from that date until the following last
day of the billing period as may be established by the City.
Section 6. Penalty. Any person violating any of the pro-
visions herein contained, in addition to any other penalty provided
herein, shall upon conviction thereof be fined not more than Five
Hundred Dollars ($5OO.OO) or shall be imprisoned in the County
Jail for not more than thirty (30) days, or shall be subject to
both such fine and imprisonment. \
Section 7. Effective Date. The rates established herein
shall be reflected in all. bills rendered on and after August 1,
1955.
Approved and signed t
. ROBINSON, Mayor
ATTEST
I, HENRY A. GLAVES, JR., City Clerk of the City of Lodi
and ex officio Clerk of the City Council of said City, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 531 was introduced in
adjourned meeting held June 29, 1955, and was thereafter passed,
adopted and ordered to print at a regular meeting of the City
Council held July 6, 1955, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen - Hughes, Mitchell and Robinson
NOES: Councilmen - Fuller and Richey
ABSENT: Councilmen - None
I FURTHER CERTIFY that Ordinance No. 531 was approved and
signed by the Mayor on the date published pursuant to law.
City Clerk
Dated: July 7, 1955
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