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Home My WebLink AboutORD NO 5103ORDINANCE NO. 5 10 3 ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 14, SECTIONS 14.04.030, 14.04.050, 14.04.060, 14.04.070, 14.04.080, 14.04.090, 14.04.100, 14.04.110 AND 14.04.120, 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. Chapter 14, Section 14.04.030 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 14.04.030 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 Customer's 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, other than the Fairhaven area, after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this section. Ordinance Amending Chapter 14, Sections 14.04,030, 14.04.050, 14.04.060 thru 14.04.110 and 14.04.120 Relating to Water Service Area. 8(�AKF9`l'n -- Page 1 of 4 Pages -- m OORICINAL� SECTION 2. Chapter 14, Section 14.04.050 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 14.04.050 Reserved. SECTION 3. Chapter 14, Section 14.04.060 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 14.04.060 Reserved. SECTION 4. Chapter 14, Section 14.04.070 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 14.04.070 Reserved. SECTION 5. Chapter 14, Section 14.04.080 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 14.04.080 Reserved. SECTION 6. Chapter 14, Section 14.04.090 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 14.04.090 Reserved. SECTION 7. Chapter 14, Section 14.04.100 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 14.04.100 Reserved. SECTION 8. Chapter 14, Section 14.04.110 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 14.04.110 Reserved. Ordinance Amending Chapter 14, Sections 14.04,030, 14.04.050, 14.04.060 thru 14.04.110 and 14.04.120 Relating to Water Service Area. �AKF -- Page 2 of 4 Pages -- m r 'ORICIUAL� SECTION 9. Chapter 14, Section 14.04.120 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 14.04.120 Rates and fees. A. Monthly Rates and Fees. The city water board, with concurrence of the city council, shall establish monthly rates and fees for water usage. The monthly fee consists of two components: the "readiness to serve fee" which is a flat rate for all customers based on the size of connection and a "quantity unit rates" based on the quantity of water used. A complete schedule of all rates and fees authorized to be charged for water service shall be kept in the city's local offices where they will be available for public inspection. B. Availability Fees. Notwithstanding Agreements otherwise, the city water board, with concurrence of the city council, shall establish availability fees for water service facilities required to enable development of all areas served by the city water system. Such fees are declared to be necessary to compensate the city for the expense incurred in furnishing source, storage, and water distribution facilities, and related capital project expenses, including, but not limited to, costs of acquisition and financing and necessary costs of operation, maintenance, replacement, improvement and extension of the water system. Each fiscal year, the water department shall submit to the water board a proposed availability fee schedule. The availability fee shall be adjusted annually by the Construction Cost Index defined in Bakersfield Municipal Code Section 15.84.030. Also, the fee schedule shall be further adjusted to reflect all city expenses incurred as set forth in the previous paragraph. The fee shall be adopted by resolution of the city council following a noticed public hearing. C. All applicants for service where availability fees are to be paid shall sign a domestic water service contract. The required fee must be paid at the first occurrence of either the issuance of a building permit or the recordation of a final map. No final map allowing construction shall be recorded nor any building permit issued prior to payment of proper fees for water service. SECTION 11. 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. ......... 000---------- Ordinance Amending Chapter 14, Sections 14.04,030, 14.04.050, 14.04.060 thru 14.04.110 and 14.04.120 Relating to Water Service Area. �gAKF9 -- Page 3 of 4 Pages -- T F= 9ORIGINAL� 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 OCT 0 5 2022 by the following vote: ✓ ✓ ✓ I. ✓ AYES: COUNCILMEMBER ARIAS, GONZALES, WEIR, SMITH, FREEMAN, GRAY, PARLIER NOES: COUNCILMEMBER ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBER ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBER AEI R APPROVED: OCT 0 5 2022 By '-- 4PO4 441 KAREN GOH Mayor APPROVED AS TO FORM: VIRGINIA GENNARO, CITY ATTORNEY By !�-&WIWAS/�'' ELIZABETH VILLANUEVA Associate Attorney JL LIE DRIMAKIS, MMC CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Clerk of the Council of the City of Bakersfield EV/vlg S:\COUNCIL\Ords\22-23\14.04.030, 14.04.050, 14.04.120, ETC.- WaterServiceArea.2ddocx.docx Ordinance Amending Chapter 14, Sections 14.04,030, 14.04.050, 14.04.060 thru 14.04.110 and 14.04.120 Relating to Water Service Area. -- Page 4 of 4 Pages -- �gAK�c� o � 90RIOINAL AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING DOCUMENTS STATE OF CALIFORNIA) County of Kern )ss. 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 7th day of October 2022 she posted on the Bulletin Board at City Hall, a full, true and correct copy of the following: Ordinance No. 5103, passed by the Bakersfield City Council at a meeting held on the 5th day of October 2022 and entitled: ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 14, SECTIONS 14.04.030, 14.04.050, 14.04.060, 14.04.070, 14.04.080, 14.04.090, 14.04.100, 14.04.110 AND 14.04.120, OF THE BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO CITY DOMESTIC WATER SERVICE AREA. SADOCUMENTIFORMSWOP.ORD.wpd JULIE DRIMAKIS, MMC City Clerk and Ex Officio of the Council of the-City"of Bakersfield B D*UY ity Clerk 30RICINAL