HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006-13 - Amending Sections 14.12.085 and 14.12.140 of Title 14 of the NBMC Pertaining to Water Rates and ChargesORDINANCE NO. 2006-13
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH AMENDING SECTIONS
14.12.085 and 14.12.140 OF TITLE 14 OF THE
NEWPORT BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE,
PERTAINING TO WATER RATES AND CHARGES
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, California,
HEREBY ORDAINS as follows:
SECTION 1: Section 14.12.085 of Chapter 14.12 is amended to read as follows:
14.12.085 Establishing Service.
A. When establishing an account the customer shall pay a fee of thirty -five
dollars ($35.00) to establish water service in the customer's name at the
property. The fee shall be payable upon application for water service.
B. An application for water service, as provided by the Revenue Division of
the Administrative Services Department, shall be used for the purpose of
establishing water service into a new customer's name. Property owners
may enter into a continuous service agreement which will authorize the
transfer of water service into the name of the property owner upon a
tenant's notice to discontinue service. Property owners shall be
responsible for all water service charges at their premises. Water service
will not be established in the name of a customer other than the property
owner without the written authorization of the owner, or the owner's
authorized representative.
C. Upon application and payment of an establishment fee, the water will be
turned on.
D. A customer's newly established service may be discontinued for
nonpayment of a bill for services previously rendered to the customer at
any location served by the City provided such bill is not paid within fifteen
(15) days after mailing of a notice of discontinuance of water service
stating that present service will be discontinued for nonpayment of such
bill for prior service.
SECTION 2: Section 14.12.140 of Chapter 14.12 is amended to read as follows:
14.12.140 Customer Request for Service Discontinuance.
A. Whenever a customer desires to discontinue service, the customer shall
give not less than two working days (forty -eight (48) hours) written notice
thereof to the Revenue Division of the Administrative Services
Department.
B. In accordance with such notice, the City shall read the water meter,
prepare a closing statement of all unpaid bills for water furnished by the
City to the customer up to that time and unless a current continuous
service agreement with the property owner is in place, shut off the water to
the premises. If the customer has a deposit with the City, the
Administrative Services Department will return the balance, after
deducting any unpaid charges.
SECTION 3: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this
ordinance is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision
shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this
ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this
ordinance, and each section, subsection, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of
the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses and
phrases be declared unconstitutional.
SECTION 4: The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall attest to the passage of
this ordinance. The City Clerk shall cause the same to be published once in the
official newspaper of the City, and it shall be effective thirty (30) days after its
adoption.
SECTION 5: This ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of Newport Beach, held on the 9th day of May, 2006, and
adopted on the 23rd day of May, 2006, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES, COUNCILMEMBERS Cu✓Ay, Se?ich;
Robavv ky, Ridgeway, Daigte, NichoL6, Mayon Webb
NOES, COUNCILMEMBERS None
ABSENT COUNCILMEMBERS None
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, LaVonne M. Harkless, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do
hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing
ordinance, being Ordinance No. 2006 -13 was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by
the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 23rd
day of May 2006, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Curry, Selich, Rosansky, Ridgeway, Daigle, Nichols, Mayor Webb
Noes: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the
official seal of said City this 24th day of May 2006.
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City Clerk
City of Newport Beach, California
CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, LAVONNE M. HARKLESS, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby
certify that Ordinance No. 2006 -13 has been duly and regularly published according to law and the
order of the City Council of said City and that same was so published in The Daily Pilot, a daily
newspaper of general circulation on the following date, to wit: May 27, 2006.
In In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this- flip day of JUG
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