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ORDINANCE NO. 479
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH
AMENDING SECTION 1 OF
ORDINANCE NO. 431 OF THE
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH.
The City of Newport Beach, by
and through its City Council, does
ordain as follows:
Section 1. Section 1 of Ordi-
nance No. 431 0-* the City of
Newport Beach is hereby amended
to read as follows:
"The following charges shall be
paid by all consumers in the City
of Newport Beach, of water fur-
nished to them by the municipal
water system of the City of New-
port Beach. as follows, to -wit:
METER RATES
The monthly rate for water con-
sumed through meters shall be as
follows:
For % inch :peters, first
1,200 cu. ft. or less ............ $1.00
For % lne" meters, first
1,200 cu. ft. or less............ 1.00
For 1 inch meters, first
1,700 cu. ft. or less............ 1.30
For 1% inch meters, first
2,500 cu. ft. or less............ 1.78
For 2 inch meters, first
3,200 cu. ft. or less............ 2.20
For 3 Inch meters, first
4,200 cu. ft. or less ............ 2.80
For each additional 100 cu.
feet and up to 7,700 cu. ft,
per 100 cu. ft ....................... .06
Foc all over 7,700 cu. ft.,
per 100 cu. ft . .................... .05
Water used for commercial or
industrial purposes shall be sub-
ject to special rates to be fixed
by the City Council under sep-
arate written agreement with the
consumer.
FLAT RATES
When water is furnished not
ti,rough a meter, a charge for each
connection shall be made of $1.30
per month; provided that when
the water is paid for annually in
advance the charge shall be $12.00
per annum.
Provided further, the City of
Newport Beach shall have the
right to install water meters on
any and all water services and
when meters are installed on
water services, the charges for
water used through said meters
Shall be In accordance with the
meter rates hereinbefore set forth.
When water is to be furnished
for a limited period of time and
for any special purpose, the
charges shall be the subject of
special contract between the con-
sumer and the City Council of
the City of Newport Beach.
Whenever the distribution line
or lines of the municipal water
system shall be daily connected
with the premises of any person,
natural or artificial, and the water
turned on to such premises the
charges fcr water shall be a
charge against the premises; as
well as against the person in pos-
session of the premises who used
the water, and in case in default
of payment all charges for water
and penalties shall attach to the
premises and particular connection
through which the water was fur-
nished. And the charges shall
continue so long as the water is
turned on to said premises,
whether the same is actually used
or not, provided that upon written
order of the owner of the premises,
if all charges and penalties to
date of said order have been paid,
the water will be turned off and
no charges made therefor during
the time the water is turned off
from the premises.
All charges for water shall be
payable on the first day of each
month succeeding the month in
which the water was furnished;
e, ;ery charge for water that is not
paid by the hour of five o'clock
P. M. of the tenth day of the
month in which it becomes due
shall be deemed delinquent and a
penalty of five cents for each day
thereafter that the same remains
unpaid shall be added to the delin-
quent charge, until the same is
paid, or the water turned off from
the premise .
The Superintendent of the
municipal water system shall, on
or before the first day of each
month, mail to each consumer
whose premises are connected with
the municipal water system, a
true and accurate statement of the
unpaid charges due the City of
Newport Beach for water furnished
to such premises, setting forth
that unless said charges are paid
on or before the tenth day of the
month that the above prescribed
penalties will be added, and that
unless the delinquent charges and
penalties are paid prior to the
twenty -fifth day of the month
the water will be turned off from
said premises, without further
notice, and will not be turned on
again until all said charges and
penalties together with a turn -on
cost of $1.50 has been paid.
At the close of business on the
twenty -fifth day of each month
the person in charge of the books
of the municipal water system
shall furnish to the Superintend-
ent of the water system a list
setting forth the premises, and
name of the owner, upon which
the water charges and penalties
remain unfaid, together with the
amount thereof, and it is hereby
made the imperative duty of the
superintendent of the water sys-
tem, on the next business day, to
turn the water off from said
premises, and not to turn the
same on again until all charges,
penalties and a turn -on cost of
$1.50 shall have been well and
truly paid.
Whenever the owner or occu-
pant of aay premises previously
connected with the city water
system desires to be connected
for water, ht shall make appli-
cation for renewal of water
service and pay therefor the sum
of $1.50 before the water shall be
turned on.
The water herein agreed to be
furnished at the rates herein
specified, shall only be to con-
sumers within the corporate lim-
its of the City of Newport Beach,
as to all others to .whom water
may be furnished outside of the
city limits, and in accordance with
the ordinance and statutes in such
cases made and provided, sal l
outside consumers shall pay the
same charges and rates as are
being paid by them at the present
time, and under the terms and
conditions of their written con-
tracts herein on file. All water
furnished to consumers outside of
the corporate limits of the city
of Newport Beach shall be by
contract in accordance with the
statutes and ordinances in such
cases made and provided, and in
addition thereto, the meter rates
and other rates shall be the sub-
ject of a special contract between
said outside consumer and the
City of Newport Beach.
Section 2. The above and fore-
going ordinance shall be pub-
lished once in NEWPORT BAL-
BOA NEWS - TIMES, a semi-
weekly newspaper of the City of
Newport Leach, and shall take
effect and be in force thirty (30)
days after Its passage.
The above and foregoing Ordi-
nance was introduced at a reg-
ular meeting of the City Council
of the City of Newport Beach
held on the 5th day of December,
1938, and was finally passed and
adopted on the 12th day of
December, 1938, by the City
Council at a,n adjourned regular
meeting thereof, by the following
vote, to -wit:
AYES, Councilmen: Gordon,
Claire, Whitson, Brown, William-
son.
NOES, Councilmen: None.
ABSENT: Councilmen: None.
ATTEST:
FRANK L. RINEHART,
City Clerk.
The above and foregoing ordi-
nance is signed and approved by
me this 12th day of December,
1938.
HARRY H. WILLIAMSON,
Mayor of the City of
Newport Beach.