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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd. No. 1976-562., ' ORDINANCE ND. 56z AN ORDINA,'gCE OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA; REPEALING ORDINANCE N0. 460 AND ENACTING A NEW ORDINANCE,, BEING SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE NO. 420 PERTAINING TO MINERAL WATER .RATES, HEREINAFTER TO BE REFERRED TO AS 13.04.010 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE; AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 544 AND ENACTING A NEW ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO SECTION 2 OF ORDINANCE. N0. 420 RELATING TO POTABLE WATER RATES, HEREINAFTER TO BE REFERRED TO AS 13.04.020 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE AND .DECLARING THIS ORDINANCE TO BE AN EMERGENCY. BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA, AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: Ordinance No. 460 is hereby repealed and a new Section 1 to Ordinance No. 420 is hereby enacted, which shall be referred to as 13.04.010 of the Municipal Code, which shall read as follows: " 13.04.0'10 Rates -- Mineral'Water. The rate per month to be charged and paid by the consumer using mineral water of the city is established on the following rates: A. Charge for connection to the city mineral water , system meter and two valves Time and Material , B. Minimum charge per month for each user for the first seven hundred cubic feet $6.50 C. Charge per month for each user for each one hundred cubic feet or fraction thereof excluding the first seven hundred cubic feet used .65 SECTION 2: Ordinance No. 544 is hereby repealed and a new .ordinance pertaining to Section 2 of Ordinance No. 420 is hereby enacted which shall be referred to as 13.04.020 of the Municipal Code, which shall read as follows: 13.04.020 Rates -- Potable Water. The rate per month to._ i be charged and paid by consumers using potable water of the ~ city is hereby established on the following rates: - 1 - A. The Minimum Charge and Maximum Cubic .Feet of Glater Allo:ved. 1. The minimum charge per user, with a three-fourths-inch meter, for the first seven hundred cubic feet of water or fraction thereof shall be in the sum of $6.50 2. The minimum charge per user, with a one-inch meter, for the first one thousand five hundred cubic feet of water or fraction thereof shall be in the sum of 11.70 3. The minimum charge per user, with a one and one-half-inch meter, for the first two thousand five hundred cubic feet of .water or fraction thereof shall be in the sum of 18.20 4. The minimum charge per user., with- a two-inch meter, .for the first three thousand five hundred cubic feet of water or fraction thereof shall be in the sum of 23.70 5. The minimum charge per. user, with a three-inch meter, for the first five thousand cubic feet of water or fraction thereof shall: be in the sum of 30.45 6. The minimum charge per user, with a .four-inch meter, for the first ten thousand cubic feet of water or fraction thereof shall be in the sum of 48.70 7. The minimum charge per user, with a six-inch meter, for the first twenty-five thousand cubic feet of water or fraction thereof shall be in the sum of 101.45 - 2 - B. Schedule of Meter Size Minimum Charge and Maximum Water Allowed Under Minimum Charge. Maximum Cu. Ft, of Domestic and Industrial Minimum Charge Water Allowed under Meter Sizes Per Month' Minimum Rate 3/4 inch $ 6.50 700 ~^ 1- inch 11..70 1,500 1-1/2 inch 18.20 2,500 2- inch 23.70 3,500 3- inch 30.45 5,000 4- inch 48.95 10,000 6- inch 101.45 25,000 C. Any excess water over and above the cubic feet allowed under the minimum charge shall be as herein set forth: 1. The charge per one hundred cubic feet or fraction thereof over the maximum amount of water allowed under the minimum charge to three thousand cubic feet of water shall. ~ be in the sum of $ .155 2. The charge per one hundred cubic feet or fraction thereof over the maximum amount of water allowed under the minimum charge in excess of three thousand cubic feet of water up to six thousand cubic feet of water shall be in the sum of .4b 3. The charge per one hundred cubic feet or fraction thereof over the maximum amount of water allowed under the minimum charge in excess of six thousand cubic feet of water shall be in the sum of .35 SECTION 3: This Ordinance is determined to be for the protection of the public health, safety and general welfare for the reason there exists in the City water rates which are insignificant ~- to raise the necessary revenues within the Water Department to meet the bond retirement, interest and operational costs and this Ordinance is necessary to raise said revenues to meet said obligations and - 3 - i P ~ this Ordinance is therefore declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect upon the commencement of the first billing cycle follo<aing its adoption. SECTION ~: The City Clerk is hereby ordered and directed to certify the passage of this Ordinance and said Ordinance shall take effect upon the commencement of the first billing cycle following its adoption as it is declared to be an emergency Ordinance. ADOPTED by the Mayor and City Council and signed by the Mayor and attested to by the Clerk of the City this "iota day. of May, 1976. s/Franlt L. DePasqual'e Mayor o the City o a e E sinore ATTEST: :./Florene Marshall City Clerk of the City of Lake E sinore - 4 - `; ,