HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 5036ORDINANCE NO.
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ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 14.04.030 OF THE
BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO CITY
DOMESTIC WATER SERVICE AREA.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 14.04.030 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
1.4.04.030 Application for service.
A. Application for Service.
1. All persons, corporations, partnerships, agencies or entities of
every type or kind shall make an application for water service on
form provided by the city.
2. The application is merely a written request for service and does
not bind the applicant to take service for a period of time longer than
that upon which the rates and minimum charge of the applicable
rate schedule are based; neither does it bind the city to serve, except
under reasonable conditions.
B. Individual Liability for Joint Service. Two or more parties who join in
one application for service shall be jointly and severally liable for payment of bills
and shall be billed by means of single periodic bills.
C. Change in Customers Equipment. Customers making any material
change in the size, character or extent of the utilizing equipment or operations for
which the city is supplying water service shall immediately give the city written
notice of the extent and nature of the change.
D. Use of Water Without Application for Service Having Been Made. Any
person or firm taking possession of and using water without having made
application to the city for service shall be held liable for the full amount of the
service rendered.
E. No application for water connection to the city -owned system shall
be approved for an unincorporated area after the effective date of the
ordinance codified in this section. o�k�
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ORIGAAL
SECTION 2.
This Ordinance shall be posted in accordance with the provisions of the
Bakersfield Municipal Code and shall become effective thirty (30) days from and
after the date of its passage.
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HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was passed and adopted,
by the. Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held on
NOV 0 4 2010 by the following vote:
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ORECOUNCILMEMBER:—RP,FEf�A, GONZALES, WEIR, SMITH, FREEMAN, SULLIVAN, PARHER—
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J LIE DRIMAKIS, CMC
CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Clerk of the
Council of the_ City of Bakersfield
NOV 0 4 2020
APPROVED:
By: �&
KAREN GOH
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
VIRGINIA GENNARO
City Attorney
By
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VIRIDIAN GALLARDO-KING
Deputy City Attorney
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AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING DOCUMENTS
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JULIE DRIMAKIS, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
That she is the duly appointed, acting and qualified City Clerk of the City of Bakersfield;
and that on the 6T" day of November, 2020 she posted on the Bulletin Board at City
Hall, a full, true and correct copy of the following: Ordinance No. 5036, passed by the
Bakersfield City Council at a meeting held on the 4th day of November, 2020 and
entitled:
ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 14.04.030 OF THE BAKERSFIELD
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO CITY DOMESTIC WATER
SERVICE AREA.
JULIE DRIMAKIS, CMC
City Clerk and Ex Officio of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
By. _
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