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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinances - No. 1927ORDINANCE NO. 1927 AN ORDINANCE OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL AMENDING LODI MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 13.20 _ ELECTRICAL SERVICE - BY REPEALING AND RE-ENACT¡NG SECTIONS 13.20.190,'SCHEDULE EA- RESIDENTIAL SERVICE,'AND 13.20,210, "SCHEDULE EM - MOBILEHOME PARK SERVICE,'' IN THEIR ENTIRETY ===========================================================--__- BE IT ORDAINED BY THE LODI CITY COUNCIL AS FOLLOWS: SEGTION I . Lodi Municipal Code Section 13.20.190, "schedule EA - Residential Service," is ftefeby l€pealed and reenacted in its entirety to read as follows: APPLICABILITY: This schedule is applicable to single-phase domestic power service in single-family and multi- family dwellings separately metered by the City including those on discontinued all electric rate schedule, EE. RATES: Customer Charge Energy Charge is . $10.00 Summer (May th Tiers Winter (Novem ber thro h E Tiers Tier of kWh À Tier 3Tier 2Tier 1 $0.3300$0.1400 $0.1 550$/kwh Tier 2 Tier 3Tier 1 >9620482Beginning Tier kWh/month 962Ending Tier kWhimonth 481 Tier 3Tier 1 Tier 2 >782392Beginning Tier kWh/month 0 782391Ending Tier kWh/month ENERGY COST AJUSTMENT (ECA): An energy cost adjustment shall be included in each bill for service as provided in Section 13.20.175 Schedule ECA - Energy Cost Adjustment' BILLING CYCLE CHARGE (MONTHLY BILL): The Billing Cycle Charge is the sum of the Customer Charge, the Energy Charge and the ECA' SPECIAL CONDITIONS: (a) When a business or commercial establishment is conducted in conjunction with a residence and both are measured through one meter, this rate does not apply. (b) This rate does not apply to service used for common area and facilities in multi-family dwellings. (c) Additional discounts are available as described in Schedule MR, Residential Medical Discount and Schedule ED, Residential SHARE Program Service' FIXED INCOME DIS NT For those customers who are on fixed incomes below $45,000 annually and who are over 62 years of age, and do not qualify for any other discoYlt: a discount of 5o/o shall apply to the älectric bill. procedures as io quâlitication will be established by the Electric Utility Department. S oN 2.Lodi Municipal code section 13.20.210, "schedule EM - Mobilehome Park ereby repealed and reenacted in its entirety to read as follows:Service," is h APPLI IL This schedule is applicable to service supplied to mobile home parks through one meter and sub-metered to all individual mobile home units. RATES: Customer Charge (Master Meter Customer)...$1 per individual mobile home park unit Energy Ch ers Tier of kWh Summer th h Octobe Ene Tiers 2 Tier 3Tier 2Tier 1 $0.3300$0.1 550$0.1400$/kwh Tier 3Tier 2Tier 1 >9624820Beginning Tier kWhimonth 962481Ending Tier kWh/month Winter h En Tiers MASTER METER / SUB-METER DISCOUNT: For each occupied mobile home park unit, the park owner will receive a monthly discount in the amount of $3.00. ENERGY COST AJUSTMENT (ECA): An energy cost adjustment shall be included in each bill for service as provided in Section 13.20.175 Schedule ECA - Energy Cost Adjustment. BILLING CYCLE CHARGE (MONTHLY BILL): The Billing Cycte Charge is the sum of the Customer Charge (Master Meter Customer), the Energy Charge, the Master Meter / Sub-Meter Discount and the ECA. SPECIAL CONDITIONS: (a) This rate is available only for mobile home park master metering in service prior to March 31, 1989. (b) lt is the responsibility of the master-metered customer to notify the City Finance Department by the stn day of each month of any change in the number of occupied mobile home park units wired for service on the first day of that month. (c)Miscellaneous electric loads such as general lighting, laundry rooms, general maintenance, and other similar use incidental to the operation of the premises as a multi-family accommodation will be considered domestic use. For the master-metered Customer to qualify for Single Household Alternative Rate for Energy (SHARE) and/or the Residential Medical Discount, the qualified sub-metered tenants of the master-metered Customer must submit the applicable application(s), including the tenant's unit number, to the City of Lodi Finance Department. The City of Lodi Finance Department will notify the master-metered Customer in writing of the tenant's certification for these programs. For tenants who are on fixed incomes below $45,000 annually and who are over 62 years of age, and do not qualify for any other discount, a discount of 5o/o of the qualifying tenant's electric bill (Fixed lncome Discount) shall be provided to the master-metered Customer. Procedures as to qualification will be established by the Electric Utility Department. (d) J Tier 3Tier 2Tier 1 >7823920Beginning Tier kWh/month 782391Ending Tier kWh/month (e) (f) The master-metered customer, not the City of Lodi, is responsible for extending the SHARE, Residential Medical Discount, and Fixed lncome Discount to tenants certified to receive them. lf verification establishes that the SHARE, Residential Medical Discount, or Fixed lncome Discount tenant is ineligible, the tenant will be removed from the master-metered Customer's qualified tenants and the City of Lodi may render corrective billings. (g) The master-metered Customer shall not bill any sub-metered tenant more than that tenant would be billed if that tenant were an individual customer of the City of Lodi. For a qualifying SHARE tenant, the master-metered Customer shall bill the qualifying tenant at the aþplicable rates equivalent to Schedule ED, Residential SHARE Program Service. For'a tenant qualifying for a Residential Medical Discount, the master- metered Customer shall the oili tfre qualifying tenant in accordance with the provisions of Schedule MR, Residential Medical Discount. For tenants qualifying for a Fixed lncome Discount, the master-metered Customer shall bill the qualifying tenant in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (e) herein' A tenant not qualified for any of the above discounts shall be billed using the rates and charges provi'ded for in Sclredule EM, Mobile Home Park Service, except the Master Meter / Sub-Meter Discount shall not be provided to tenants and the master-metered Customer shall not bill the tenant the Schedule EM, Mobile Home Park Service Customer Charge (Master Meter Customer). (h) With the exception of the Customer Charge provided for in Schedule EA, Residential Service, the master-meter/sub-meter rate discount provided herein prohibits further recovery by mobile home park owners for the costs of owning, operating and maintaining their electric sub-metered system. (i) Upon request, mobile home park owners must submit copies of their tenant billings to the City of Lodi for auditing to ensure compliance with this rate tariff, provided however that such requests shall not be made more often than semi-annually. SEGTION 3. No Mandatorv Dutv of Gare. This ordinance is not intended to and shall not be @amannerwhichimposesupontheCity,oranyofficeroremployee thereof, a maádatory duty of care towards persons or property within the City or outside of the City so as to provide a basis of civil liability for damages, except as otherwise imposed by law. SEGTION 4. Severabilitv. lf any provision of this ordinance or the application thereof to any @isheldinvalid,suchinvalidityshallnotaffectotherprovisionsor äpplications of the ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or aþplication. To this end, the provisions of this ordinance are severable. The City Council fräl-eoy declares that it would have adopted this ordinance irrespective of the invalidity of any particular portion thereof. S oN 5.All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed insofar 4 as such conflict may exist. sEcTtoN 6.Effective Date and Publication This Ordinance shall take effect on November 1, 2016. ln lieu of publication of the full text of the ordinance within fifteen (15) days after its passage, a summary of the ordin ance may be published at least five (5) days prior to and fifteen (15) days after adoption by the City Council, and a certified copy shall be posted in the office of the City Clerk pursuant to Gove rnment Code section 36933(cX1) Approved this 3'd day of August, 2016 -Vrú MARK CHANDLER Mayor ATTEST: J IFER LO City Clerk State of California County of San Joaquin, ss. l, Jennifer M. Ferraiolo, City Clerk of the City of Lodi, do hereby certify that Ordinance No. 1927 was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Lodi held July 20, 2016, and was thereafter passed, adopted, and ordered to print at a regular meeting of said Council held August 3, 2016, 2016, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS - Johnson, Kuehne, and Mayor Chandler NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS - Mounce ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS - Nakanishi ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS - None I further certify that Ordinance No. 1927 was approved and signed by the Mayor on the date of its passage and the same has been published pursuant to law. NIFER FERRAIOLO City Clerk to Form: MAGDICH 5 City Attorney