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Home My WebLink AboutORD NO 109 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING W, ATER RATES AND I~IXING THE C(~MPEN- SATION ?OR PURE .WATER FOR PAMILY USES, ~QR PRIVATE PURPOSES, AND MUNIOIP~ PURPOSES AND FOR ALL PUBLIO USES IN AND POR THE OITY BA~RSF~LD, ~RN 00UNTY, OALIPORNIA, FOR THE YEAR OON~ENCING JULY The BO~ of Trus%ees of %h80l%Y of Bake~sfield~ K~rn California, ~o ordain as follows; SECTION 1.- The rates ~o be ohamged and oolleote~ by any person, oo~any, association o~ oorpommtion supplying ~h~ Gig%, of B4kersfiel~, or the inhabitants thereof with water, an~ for f%'~nished to 8ai~ Oi%y or %h~ lnhabi%angs thereof, are. hereby fix~ ,for the fiscal year oo~nenoing J~ly 1st, 190~ and ending Jun~ $Oth, .1- P. om eve~j tenement om d~el!!nE house of no% %bYes Tooms, oo~Died by a single family, S5 cents Dem month. ~- )~o~ every tenement oT'd~e!lin~ house of fo%~ mooms, ooo~pie~ by a single famil%,, 75 cents p8~ month. ~- Po~ eve~, tenement o~ d?el!inE house of five rooms, oeeupJ, e~ bM a single family, 85 cents per month. 4- ~or every tenement or dwel!lng house of six rooms~ occupied by a single family, 95 cents per month. 5- ~Or every tenement or dwelling house of seven' ~ooms occupied by a sidle family, $1.05 per month. 8- For"eve~/ tenement or dwel!lnE house of eight occupied b? a single family, S:t.15 per month -' Th'". POT ever~/ tenement o~ dwel!ing'"house--of ni.ne...r, ooms% ooeuDied by a single family, S1'25 ~er month. 8- Poi' 8veTy tenement or dwelling house of te~ rooms, .occupied by 8 single family, S1.~5 Der month. 9- Per eve~ tenement or ~wel~ing house of over ten each a~itional room. 5 c~n~'~:~ and OOOllpie~' ~, ; " * .e month. 10- For hotels or boarding houses, in addition to famil7 rates, for e~.ch boarder, 10 cents Der month. ll.-o For lodging houses, in a,idition to famil7 rates, fo:' 'ea¢.,.h lodger, 8 cents per month. 12- For business blocks, for each o**ice._, in addition to a basis rate of $2.00, 8 cents per month. 13- ?or private fire hFdrants, each 25. cents per month. 14- For restaurants and eating houses, according to the dail7 a,,erage of people fed, for each 25 people per daT, $1.75 per month. 1.~- For p~b!ic bath tubs, each tub 50 cents .per month. 16- For bath tubs in hotels and lodging houses for use of '.guests. onlT, each tub~ 30 cents per month. !?- ~or public urinals, each, 25 cents per z~onth. 18- ?or water closets in private residences, 15 cents per --- ;~monthW.:' iS- ~or public water closets in business blocks, 50 cents per month. 20- ~or public water closets in stores, 25 cents 'per month. 21- Pcr public water closets in hotels, 75 cents per month. 22- ~or sprin~.ling lawns and gardens, ! cent per front foot for lots not exceeding l~O feet deep per month. 2S- For all additional area a. proportionate rate shall be ..charged~ provided tha~ the sprinkling rate for no Fard shall be ,:less ~han 25 cents per month ~..!so that when the amok. mt of lawn or shubberT, or both, ..does not exceed 40 square 7ards, the mini~.~.~m rate of 2~5 cents shall b~ $~,arged ,.)er month. 2&- For horses kept for private ~xse,. including water for :washing vehicles, one hor~e, 15 cents per month. Each additional horse, 5 cents per month. 25' For liver,j, board and hack stables, including ,' ..:~ ,- . ;,... ;; ... . -'.~. .~- . ,'., ~.,,~.~. ' . . .~... %.:.' .',.....:. 'iwashing vehicles, for each hor~e,-~5 cents per month. 26- For feed and sale stabl~,s, where no wash rack is used '.'for earth horse !0 cents per mon~'~. 27- ~or each w~ter tr.~ough .~.n public streets,' $1.00 per month.. 26- For bakeries, in addi'tion to tenement rates, for. each " ~barr~l Of. flour used, ~ cents per month. 29~ For barber shops, for each chair, 2o cents per month. SO- ~or .boarding schools, in addition to te)Lement ra~es, for eae~ pupil, ~ cents per Month. Si- For each soda fountain, 5O cents.per month~ S2- For steam engines, 'for each horse power, 2~ cents per mo~th. ' .. SS- ~or building purposes, for each !00 yards of plastering, .S5 cents. S~- .~or ~.ement walks, for each 100 square feet, 25 cents. ~: .~_ S5- For cement curbs, for each 100 linear feet, $0 cents · " 36- _~or all other pu..~poses per barrel of ~;ement, !0 cents. S7- ~or each lOOO bricks laid, incl~tding wetting of brick and slacking of lime, l0 cents. .S'8~ )'or each saloon, not including water 'closets or urinals,. .;.~1.50 per month.. :' 39- ~or each water beer ptunp, 75 cents Per month. 40- For stores, warehouses, butcher shops, confectionary iShops, halls, photograph galleries, printing offices, markets, book" .~inderies, blacksr~ith shops, and for otb'er purposes not enumerated ; above, 75 .cents per 4!-- All railroads, dis,~l!eries, breweries, elevators, machine ' I . -~ ;:ishops, - manufae:bories.,...street sprinkling wagons, -az~d. al.~ const.~mer.-s- · not mentioned above, requiring large Gua~tities of water, shall be "governed by the following Meter rates, viz ~rom 1000 to 20,000 gallons, l0 cents per me.tre', ~rom 20,000 to 40,000 gallons, S per cent per metre, =. _~rom 40,000 to 80,000 gallons, .6 · .'.. ....... . . ~rom 80,000 and over, 5 ~,ents per metre. 42- Ail rates except metre rates are due and payable in !' advance, and metre rates are due and payable at the end of the . month,, excepting that a deposit ma~j be required thereon not e×ceed- ' ing three quarters of the estimated quantity of water used. :. ,' · '43~ _~'or water required for purposes Which are not specified in the above, tariffs, ~he rates shall 'be fixed .in' accordance ,. with the above rates. 44-. No charge, will be made for bath tubs in private residences. ~5- ~or i~igating .... yards by ,'l~tehes for a ~,~,~'-+.,,~,.~.,,,~,-__~ ..... in : flow under a four inch pressure, per hour, .35'cents. For irrigating acreage propertF, per cubl~, foot per second for twenty four hours, 75 cents. SECTION 2.- I- No person, except a fire-man in t.he discharge of his "dutY, shall without a written pe_E~it from '6he company, open or in: a..u~j way tamper with any fir~ hy~brant,, stop-cock or air-cock connected with the mains of 'said companies or persons. 27 !~ediately upon an alarm of fire, al! persons using water for sprinkS, ing or irrigating ~uvpose's ~stclose their Taucets and . keep them'closed 'during the continuance of the use of the water by 'the fi~e department. BEG. S~ This ordinance fixes the maximum beyond which any person, '~ company,, association or co~oratie~ shall not be permitted to charge or eob!est for water supplied. SECTION 4. This ordinance shall take .effeot~ and. be in full .. force and effect on .the :~st da~ of Ju~y, ~.. D. 19 and remain in and before going in~o effect shall be published once In ~he paper under con~wact wish the City to do 5he public prin~ing. Passed this ~ da? of ~, A. D. ~e~ b~, the fol!ow~ vote; Ayes:-McDonald, ~,~unzer, Tilt°n, C, lenn. Noes-- None.· : President of ..the' Board of Trustees , : of. the City of Baker.~field, Ker~ .. County, California.