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Home My WebLink AboutORD NO 5104ORDINANCE NO. 5 1 0 4 ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 14, SECTIONS 14.04.130, 14.041.140, 14.04.150, 14.04.160, 14.04.170, 14.04.180, 14.041.190, 14.04.200, 14.04.210, 14.04.220, 14.04.230, 14.041.240, 14.04.300 AND 14.04.330 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 14.04.130 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 14.04.130 Reserved. SECTION 2. Chapter 14, Section I4.04.140 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 14.04.140 Reserved. SECTION 3. Chapter 14, Section 14.04.150 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows 14.04.150 Reserved. SECTION 4. Chapter 14, Section 14.04.160 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 14.04.160 Reserved. SECTION 5. Chapter 14, Section 14.04.170 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: i i 14.04.170 Reserved. Ordinance Amending Sections 14.04.130-14.04.240, 14.04.300 and 14.04.330 AK Page 1 of 6 �� 'ORIOINAL� SECTION 6. Chapter 14, Section 14.04.180 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 14.04.180 Reserved. SECTION 7. Chapter 14, Section 14.04.190 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 14.04.190 Reserved. SECTION 8. Chapter 14, Section 14.04.200 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 14.04.200 Reserved. SECTION 9. Chapter 14, Section 14.04.210 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 14.04.210 Reserved. SECTION 10. Chapter 14, Section 14.04.220 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 14.04.220 Reserved. SECTION 11. Chapter 14, Section 14.04.230 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 14.04.230 Reserved. SECTION 12. Chapter 14, Section 14.04.240 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Ordinance Amending Sections 14.04.130-14.04.240, 14.04.300 and 14.04.330 Page 2 of 6 ORIGINAL 14.04.240 Service connections, meters and customers' facilities —Installation. A. Service Connections. 1. Only contractors duly authorized by the city will be permitted to install a service connection from the city's main to the customer's premises. B. Meters. 1. Meters, where authorized, will be installed by the city at the customer's expense, unless otherwise provided in the rules and schedule of rates. 2. Where a meter and other facilities, including housings and connections, are located on a customer's premises, no rent or other charge will be paid by the city therefor. 3. All meters will be sealed by the city at the time of installation, and no seal shall be altered or broken except by one of its authorized employees or agents. C. Dual Water Supply —Protective Devices. Whenever there is present upon any customer's premises a water supply which has not been approved by the Department of Public Health of the state as safe and potable for human use, or the customer is engaged upon the premises in industrial processes using or producing process water or liquid industrial waste or in the handling of sewage or any other dangerous substance, the city may refuse or discontinue service until there has been installed at the expense of the customer upon the customer's premises a suitable protective device approved by the Department of Public Health to protect against backflow of water from the customer's premises into the city's system. Such protective device shall be installed in a manner approved by the city and in a location in which it is readily available to the city for periodic inspection. It shall be the customer's responsibility at his or her own expense to main such protective device in a reliable and safe operating condition at all times. D. Pumps and Boosters. When a customer receiving service at the city's main or service connection must by means of a pump of any kind elevate or increase the pressure of the water received, the pump shall not be attached to any pipe directly connected to the city's main or service pipe. A customer, whose operation requires the use of a quick -opening or quick -closing valve must operate such device from a tank, cistern, sump or other facility which may be served by but not directly connected with the city's distribution mains or service pipes. E. Automatic Valves. Quick -closing or quick -opening valves shall not be installed on customer's pipes which are directly attached to the city's mains or service pipes. A customer whose operation requires the use of a quick -opening or quick - Ordinance Amending Sections 14.04.130-14.04.240, 14.04.300 and 14.04.330 �gAKFq Page 3 of 6 19, r- M closing valve must operate such device from a tank, cistern, sump or other facility which may be served by but not directly connected with the city's distribution mains or service pipes. SECTION 13. Chapter 14, Section 14.04.300 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 14.04.300 Service connections, meters and customers' facilities —Water wastage. Where negligent or wasteful use of water exists on a customer's premises, the city may discontinue the service if such conditions are not corrected within a reasonable time after giving customer written notice of intent to do so. SECTION 14. Chapter 14, Section 14.04.330 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 14.04.330 Meter tests and adjustment of bills. A. Tests. 1. Prior to Installation. Every meter will be tested prior to being installed and no meter will be placed in service if found to register more than two percent fast or slow. 2. On Customer Request. A customer may request a meter test which may be subject to an administrative fee. B. Adjustment of Bills for Meter Error. 1. Fast Meters. When, upon test, the average meter error is found to be more than two percent fast, the city will refund to the customer the amount of the overcharge based on corrected meter readings for the period the meter was in use but not exceeding three months. 2. Slow Meters. a. When, upon test, a meter used for commercial (residential and business) service is found to be registering more than twenty-five percent slow, the city may bill the customer for the amount of the undercharge based upon corrected meter readings for the period the meter was in service but not exceeding three months. Ordinance Amending Sections 14.04.130-14.04.240, 14.04.300 and 14.04.330 �AKF9 Page 4 of 6 r r 30�!G!N �L� b. When, upon test, a meter used for other than commercial service is found to be registering more than five percent slow, the city may bill the customer for the amount of the undercharge based upon corrected meter readings for the period the meter was in service but not exceeding three months. 3. Nonregistering Meters. The city may bill the customer for water consumed while the meter was nonregistering but for a period not exceeding three months at the minimum monthly meter rate, or upon an estimate of the consumption based upon the customer's prior use during the same season of the year if conditions were unchanged, or upon an estimate based upon a reasonable comparison with the use of other customers during the same period, receiving the same class of service under similar circumstances and conditions. 4. General. When it is found that the error in a meter is due to some cause, the date of which can be fixed, the overcharge or the undercharge will be computed back to but not beyond such date. (Prior code § 1.46.160) SECTION 15. 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---------- HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was passed and adopted, by the COCT �i�2the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held on by the following vote: ✓ ✓ ✓ r/ ✓ ✓ AYES: COUNCILMEMBER ARIAS, GONZALES,d4ElR�SMITH, FREEMAN, GRAY, PARLIER NOES: COUNCILMEMBER ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBER ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBER J LIE DRIMAKIS, MMC CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Clerk of the Council of the City of Bakersfield [Additional signatures on next page] Ordinance Amending Sections 14.04.130-14.04.240, 14.04.300 and 14.04.330 IkgNKF9 Page 5 of 6 11p, � m OCT 0 5 2022 APPROVED: By Q* 2: - a KAREN GOH Mayor APPROVED AS TO FORM: VIRGINIA GENNARO, CITY ATTORNEY By 0411 U ,4M ' ELIZABETH VILLANUEVA Associate Attorney EV/vlg S:\COUNCIL\Ords\22-23\14.04.130 thru 14.04.240, 14.04.300 and 14.04.330.2d-docx.docx Ordinance Amending Sections 14.04.130-14.04.240, 14.04.300 and 14.04.330 gAKF9 Page 6 of 6 '= o �OgIGlNr^.L 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. 5104, passed by the Bakersfield City Council at a meeting held on the 5th day of October 2022 and entitled: ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 14, SECTIONS 14.04.130, 14.04.140, 14.04.150, 14.04.160, 14.04.170, 14.04.180, 14.04.190, 14.04.200, 14.04.210, 14.04.220, 14.04.230, 14.04.240, 14.04.300 AND 14.04.330 OF THE BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO CITY DOMESTIC WATER SERVICE AREA. JULIE DRIMAKIS, MMC City Clerk and Ex� Officio of the Council -of the -City -of Bakersfield 4DEPU City Clerk SADOCUM ENT\FORMS\AOP.ORD.wpd