HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 1842 ORDINANCE NO. 1842. NEW SERIES
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD AMENDING SECTION 8.72.040 OF THE
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATIVE TO BATES AND CHARGES
FOR USE OF SEWERS BY NONRESIDENTS OF THE
CITY OF BAKERSFIELD.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield
as follows: ".
SECTION 1.
That Section 8.72.040 of the Municipal Code be amended
to read as follows:
8.72.040 Rates and charges--Contracts. (a) The annual rate
and charges to be made shall be composed of the sum of charges, as
follows:
(1) A capacity charge, which shall be for the purpose
of reserving a portion of the City's trunk line and sewage treatment
facilities for the applicant, plus
(2) A use charge, which shall reasonably represent a
measure of the applicant's use of the system.
The capacity and use charges shall be as follows:
ONE FAMILY DWELLING: Capacity charge Forty Dollars
($40.00) total. Use charge, per 'plumbing fixture or appliance,
Five Dollars ($5.00) each. Minimum charge Sixty Dollars ($60.00).
TWO OR MORE FAMILY DWELLING: (Includes multiple dwellings
and courts). Capacity charge Forty Dollars ($40.00) for first
unit plus Twenty Dollars ($20.00) for each additional unit. Use
charge, per plumbing fixture or appliance Five Dollars ($5.00) each.
Minimum charge Forty Dollars ($40.00)~r unit.
room and laundry room shall be considered as a separate unit).
Capacity charge Forty Dollars ($40.00) for first unit plus Twenty
Dollars ($20.00) for each additional unit. Use charge, per 'plumbing
fixture or appliance Five Dollars ($5.00) each. Trailer s'paces
(equipped with sewer connections)--a combined capacity and use
charge of Thirty Dollars ($30.00) per trailer space.
HOTEL OR MOTEL: Capacity charge Forty Dollars ($40.00)
for first restroom or bathroom plus Five Dollars ($5.00) for each
additional restroom or bathroom. Use charge, per plumbing fixture
or appliance Five Dollars ($5.00) each.
GARAGE: Capacity charge One Hundred Ten Dollars ($110.00).
Use charge, per 'plumbing fixture or appliance Five Dollars ($5.00),
plus One Hundred Fift~ Dollars ($150.00) for a washrack of one-car
capacity.
GASOLINE SERVICE STATION: Capacity charge One Hundred
Ten Dollars ($110.00). Use charge, per 'plumbing fixture or appliance
Five Dollars ($5.00), plus One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) for
a washrack of! one-car capacity.
RESTAURANT: Capacity charge One Hundred Ten Dollars
($110.00). Use charge, per plumbing fixture or appliance Five
Dollars ($5.00).
(b) Occupancies listed above shall be construed and defined
as provided in Title 17 of this code and amendments thereto,
unless a different meaning and/or construction is herein specified
and/or provided for.
(c) Occupancies not listed above will be charged at a rate
per year to be determined by the City Engineer with the approval
of the City Manager. 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 for
capacity and use be.less than Seventy-Five Dollars ($75.00) per
year.
(d) Fixtures and appliances shall include but not be limited
to toilets, urinals, sinks, bathtubs, showers, lavatories, laundry
tubs, slop sinks, floor drains, swimming 'pools, washing machines,
dishwashers, and others of similar nature or kind.
(e) Approval of the City Council shall be obtained before
any connection is made to the City's sewerage system. Upon such
approval of the City Council, the City Engineer shall be and he is
hereby authorized to execute a contract for and on behalf of the
City of Bakersfield, as required in this chapter.
(f) Contracts as provided above shall include the following
provisions:
1. The contract shall not be transferable.
2. The contract shall not extend for longer than ten
years, 'plus the unexpired portion of the calendar year in which it
commences.
3. Charges for sewer service shall be made on a
bimonthly basis commencing with the first of the month following
the month in which the connection is made. Ail such charges are
due and payable in advance.
4. A contract shall be deemed canceled if payment in
full as provided in the foregoing paragraph is not made within
One hundred twenty days (120) after it becomes due and payable.
The service line shall, in that event, be disconnected.
5. Any willful misrepresentation by any person, agent
or representative, of the number of fixtures or appliances in use
or intended to be in use on the premises to be served, shall be
cause for i~mediate termination of the contract with the city upon
ten (10) days written notice to said person, duly mailed to said
person's last known address as shown on the records of the City
Engineer.
SECTION 2.
This ordinance shall become effective thirty days from
and after the date of its passage.
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3.
I 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 the 19th day of January, 1970,
by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN BLEECKER, HEISEY, REES, RUCKER, STIERN, vETrER, WHIl'rEMORE
NOES: COUNCILMEN:
ABSENT COUNCILMEN..
ABSTAINIHG COUNCILMEN:
CITY CLERK and Ex~Offidio Clerk of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED this..~..~19th.,_: . ~, of January, 1970
q~,¥OR~of't,'~e Ci-[y' of Bakersfield
APPROVED:
CITY ATTORNEY
Affi av ! of r nan es
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ~
CoUnty of Kern ) ss.
MARIAN S. IRVIN, 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 ................ ..J..a...n..u...a...r.f[....2..0.. ............................................ 19..7..0... she 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 ........... .J...a_n..u...a..r..~f....1...9. ............................. , 19...7..0.., which ordinance
was numbered .............1...8...4..4.. ................. New Series, and entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD AMENDING SECTION 8.72.040 OF THE
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATIVE TO RATES AND CHARGES
FOR USE OF SEWERS BY NONRESIDENTS OF THE
CITY OF BAKERSFIELD.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
21st day nf January 70
Notary Public in and for the County o/ Kern, State of California
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