HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances - No. 1984ORDINANCE NO. 1984
AN ORDINANCE OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL
AMENDING LODI MUNI—_IPAL CODE TITLE 13 — PUBLIC SERVICES,
CHAPTER 13.20 "ELECTRICAL SERVICE," ARTICLE III "RATES" BY
ENACTING SECTION 13.20.231 "SCHEDULE LD — OUTDOOR DUSK -
TO -DAWN LIGHTING (LED)" IN ITS ENTIRETY
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE LODI CITY COUNCIL AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Lodi Municipal Code Tite 13 — Public Services," Chapter 13.20 "Electrical Service,"
Article III "Rates" is hereby amended by enacting Section 13.20.231 "Schedule LD — Outdoor Dusk -
to -Dawn Lighting (LED)" in its entirety. Section 13.20.231 shall read as follows:
SECTION 13.20.231 SCHEDULE LD — OUTDOOR DUSK -TO -DAWN LIGHTING (LED)
A. Applicability. This schedule is applicable to city -owned and maintained light emitting diode
(LED) outdoor overhead area lighting service. LED dusk -to -dawn lighting may not be used
for street lighting purposes.
B. Rates:
For each LED lamp up to and including 50 watts: $7.69 per billing cycle
For each LED lamp over 50 watts up to and including 110 watts: $11.14 per billing cycle
For LED outdoor dusk -to -dawn lighting with lamps exceeding 110 watts, the City of Lodi
Electric Utility will calculate and supply the monthly billing cycle charge(s) following the
method used herein, accourting for actual wattage of the proposed lamp.
For lighting efficiency and energy conservation, all existing customers taking service under
Schedule EL — Outdoor Dusk -to -Dawn Lighting will have existing non -LED lamps replaced
and will be required to take service under this Schedule LD — Outdoor Dusk -to -Dawn
Lighting (LED) effective the first billing cycle following lamp replacement. The City of Lodi
will replace non -LED lamps ipon the earlier of failure, damage, or end of useful life.
C. The charges above include all applicable surcharges.
D. Billing Cycle Charge (Month y Bill):
(1) Lamps shall be as specified by the City of Lodi Electric Utility, and shall be supported on
city -owned poles which are 4sed to carry distribution system circuits for other city purposes
and shall be at locations approved by the City of Lodi. Lamps will be controlled from dusk
to dawn each night so as to give approximately four thousand three hundred eighty hours
of service annually.
(2) Upon receipt of notice from a customer of failure of light to operate as scheduled, the City
of Lodi Electric utility will, within a reasonable period, make the necessary repairs.
(3) Relocation of existing outdoor lighting service equipment or the installation of added
facilities required other than mentioned above shall be at customer's expense prior to
starting work.
SECTION 2. No Mandatory Duty of Care. This ordinance is not intended to and shall not be construed
or given effect in a manner which imposes upon the City, or any officer or employee thereof, a
mandatory 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.
SECTION 3. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person
or circumstances is held invalid, such irvalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the
ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application. To this end, the
provisions of this ordinance are severable. The City Council hereby declares that it would have
adopted this ordinance irrespective of tl a invalidity of any particular portion thereof.
SECTION 4. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed insofar as such
conflict may exist.
SECTION 5. Effective Date and Publication. This Ordinance shall take effect on December 1, 2021.
In lieu of publication of the full text of the ordinance within fifteen (15) days after its passage, a
summary of the ordinance may be publshed at least five (5) days prior to and fifteen (15) days after
adoption by the City Council, and a certifed copy shall be posted in the office of the City Clerk pursuant
to Government Code section 36933(c)(').
ATTEST:
Approved this 6th day of October, 2021
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ALAN NAKANISHI
Mayor
J NNIFER USMIR
City Clerk
State of California
County of San Joaquin, ss.
I, Jennifer Cusmir, City Clerk of the City of Lodi, do hereby certify that Ordinance No. 1984
was introduced at a regular meeting of :he City Council of the City of Lodi held September 15, 2021
and was thereafter passed, adopted, and ordered to print at a regular meeting of said Council held
October 6, 2021, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS—Chandler, Hothi, Khan, Kuehne, and Mayor Nakanishi
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
I further certify that Ordinance No. 1984 was approved and signed by the Mayor on the date of
its passage and the same has been putlished pursuant to law.
Approved as to Form:
JA CE AGDICH
City Attorney
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