HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 575AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY
ENGINEER TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF BAKERS-
FIELD WITH NON-RESIDENTS FOR THE
RENTAL AND USE OF A SEWER CONNEC-
TION WITH THE OUT-FALL MAIN SEWER
SYSTEM, ESTABLISHING RATES AND
CHARGES FOR SUCH CONNECTIONS, AND
AUTHORIZING DISCONNECTION FOR NON
PAYMENT OF SUCH RENTALS, AND PRO-
HIBITING FUTURE CONNECTIONS WITH
THE OUT-FALL MAIN SEWFa SYSTEM.
BE IT ORDAINEDBY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAE~RSFIELD,
as follows:
SECTION 1.
No person, firm or corporation owning or controlling real
property situated without the city limits of the City of Bakersfield,
or situated partly within and partly without the city limits of
the City of Bakersfield, shall hereafter connect any private sewer
line or lines serving said property without said city limits, to
any out-fall main sewer system of the City of Bakersfield, and any
such connection made in.violation of this section shall be im-
mediately disconnected under the direction of the City Engineer.
SECTION 2.
No person, firm or corporation ovming or controlling real
property situated without the city limits of the City of Bakersfield,
or situated partly within and partly without the city limits of the
City of Bakersfield, shall connect or cause to be connected prior
to the effective date of this ordinance, or maintain any private
sewer line or lines connection serving said property without said
city limits, to any out-fall main sewer system of the City of Bakers-
field, without first entering into a written agreement with the City
of Bakersfield, on a form approved by the City Engineer, to pay an
annual rental to the City of Bakersfield for said connection in
accordance with the rates hereinafter set forth. The rate to be
charged for each connection, and included in said agreement shall be
determined by the City Engineer upon a survey or inspection of the
property.
SECTION 3-
All private sewer lines heretofore connected to the said
out-fall main sewer system of the City of Bakersfield~ without the
owner of said property having entered into a written agreement with
the said City of Bakersfield for the payment of rental for said
connection~ shall be disconnected under the direction of the City
Engineer~ upon thirty (30) days written notice to the property
owner of said property~ given by the City Engineerr unless within
said time the owner of said property executes said agreement for
the payment of rental in accordance with the rental schedule of
rates and charges hereinafter set forth in Section 4. Notice sent
by registered mail to the property owner at his last known address~
or to the occupant of said property~ shall be sufficient notice
under this ordinance.
SECTION 4.
The rate and charges to be made are as follows:
One Family Dwelling $ 25.00 per year
Two Family Dwelling 40.00 per year
Multiple Dwelling (per unit) 12.50per year
House Court (per unit) 15.00 per year
Automobile Court (1 to 10 units--per unit) 6.00 per year
Automobile Court (1 to 20units--per unit) 4.00 per year
Automobile Court (over 20 units--per unit) 2.00 per year
Automobile Camp (per 100 sq. ft. of area) .50per year
Hotel (1 to 10 rooms--per room) 6.00 per year
Hotel (1.to 20 rooms--per room) 4.00 per year
Hotel (over 20 rooms--per room) 2.00per year
Garages (with wash rack) 200.00 per year
Garages (without wash rack) 75.00 per year
Gasoline Service Station (with wash rack) 200.00 per year
Gasoline Service Station (without wash
rack) 75.00 per year
Occupancies not listed above will be charged at a rate
per year to be determined by the City Engineer. Said rate per
year shall be determined after an inspection of the property soUght
to be connected as interpreted in the light of this schedule~ but
in no case shall the rate be less than the rate charged for a One
Family Dwelling.
The said fees shall be due and payable at the office of
the City Engineer of the City of Bakersfield~ at the time and in
the manner provided in the agreement.
SECTION 5.
The rate and charges fixed in this ordinance are hereby
declared to be necessary to compensate the City for the expense
incurred in furnlshir~ sewer facilities~ equipment~ supervision,
and regulation of sewage disposal and the sewer farm~ for property
owners outside the city limits of the City of Bakersfield who have
connected their property with the out-fall main sewer system of
the City of Bakersfields and said rates and charges are found to be
a reasonable fee for the privilege and the service.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this ordinance~
the City of Bakersfield reserves the right to terminate any agree-
ment under this ordinance upon six (6) m~nths written notice.
~ECTION 6,
In any ease where property owners have entered into a
written agreement with the City of Bakersfield for the payment of
rental for the privilege of connecting their private sewer line or
lines with the out-fall main sewer system of the City of Bakersfield~
and fail to pay their rental at the time and in the manner required
by this ordinance and said agreement~ it shall be the duty of the
City Engineer~ upon ten (10) days written notice to the property
owner of said premises~ sent by registered mail at his last known
address~ or upon ten (10) days written notice to the occupant of
said premises~ sent by registered mails to immediately disconnect
said private sewer line from said out-fall main sewer system of the
City of Bakersfield~ unless rental has been paid within said ten
(10) days time.
~3e~
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was passed
and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield, at a regular
meetln~ thereof, held on the Zl~~ay of February, 1941m by the
following vote:
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ABSENT ~ '
~~o Cl~r~ of the
~oiuncil of the City of Bakersfield.
APPROVED by me this~j~day of
February, 19 .
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MA R t y of Bakersfield.
AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING ORDINANCE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
) ss.
County of Kern )
V. VAN RIPER, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
That he is the duly appointed, acting and qualified
Clerk of the City of Bakersfield; and that on the ~~day
of February, 1941, he posted on the Bulletin Board at the
City Hall, a full, true and correct copy of an ordinance
passed by the Council of said City at a meeting thereof duly
held on the 24th day of February, 1941, which ordinance was
numbered 575 New Series, and entitled:
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY
ENGINEER TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF BAKERS-
FIELD WITH NON-RESIDENTS FOR THE
RENTAL AND USE OF A SEWER CONNEC-
TION WITH THEOUT-FALL MAIN SEWER
SYSTEM ESTABLISHING RATES AND
CHARGEA FOR SUCH CONNECTIONS, AND
AUTHORIZING DISCONNECTION FOR NON-
PAYMENT OF SUCH RENTALS, AND PRO-
HIBITING FUTURE CONNECTIONS WITH
THE OUT-FALL MAIN SEWER SYSTEM.
of February, 1941
Notary Pubiic in and for the County
of Kern, State of California.