HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 118 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING WATER RATES AND FIXING THE COMPEN
SATION FOR PURE WATER FOR FAMILY USE:S, FOR PRIVATE PURPOSES, AND
MUNICIPAL PURPOSES .AND FOR ALP PUBLIC USES IN AND FOR THE CITy OF
BAKERSFIELD, KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, FOR THE YEAR COMMENCING JULY
1907, AND ENDING JUNE
The Board of Trustees of the City of Bakersfield, Kern County,
California, do ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. The rates to. be charged and collecte~ by any person,
company,association or corporation supplying the City of Bakersfield,
or the inhabitants thereof with water, and for water furnished to sai~
City or the inhabitants thereof, are hereby fixed for the fiscal year
commencing July 1st, 1907, and ending June 30th, 1908, as follows:
...... 1- For every tenement or dwelling house of not exceeAing
three rooms, occupied b~~ a single family, 6§ cents per month.
· 2- For every tenement or dwelling house of four rooms, occupied
by a single family, 75 cents piSr month.
S- For every tenement or dweL!~.ng house of five rooms, occupied
by a single fatally, 85 cents per month.
4- For every tenement or dwelling house of six rooms, occupied
by a single family, 95 cents per month.
§- For every tenement or d~elling house of seven rooms, occupied
by a single family, $1.05 per month.
6- For every t,~nement or dwelling house of eight rooms, occupied
by a single family, $1.15 per month.
7- For every tenement or dwelling house of n~.ne rooms, oecupie~
8- Per every tenement or dwelling house of ten rooms, occupied
by a single family, $1.35 per month.
9- ~or every tenement or dwelling house of over ten ro,_e~s.!.,..:.':.a.~..;i .,.
occupied by a s.tngle family, for each additional room 5 cents., p,e..r ':. '""
month·
10- For hotels or boarding houses, in addition to family
rates, for each boarder, 10 cents per month.
1i- For lodging houses, in addition to family rates, for
each lodger, 5 cents per month.
12- For business blocks, for each office, in addition to a
basis rate of $2.00, 8 cents per month.
IS- For private fire .hydrants, each 25 cents per month.
14~ For restaurants and eating houses, accor~ing to the daily
average of people fed, for each 2§ people per day, $1.75 per month.
15- For public bath tubs, each tub §0 cents per month.
16- For bath tubs in hotels and lodging houses for use of
guests only, each tub, SO c.~nts per month.
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17- For public urinals, each, 25 cents per month
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18- For water closets in private residences, 15 cents per month.
....... l~-'For public w~ter closets in business blocks; 50 ce~s.
per month.
20- For public water closets in stores, 2§ cents per month.
~1- For public water closets in hotels, ~5 cents per month.
22- For sprinkling lawns and gardens, 1 cent per front foot
for lots not exceeding 1BO feet dee~ per month.
2~- For all additional area a proportionate rate shall be
charged; provided thaf. the sprinkling rate for no y~rd shall be less
than 2§ cents per month.
Also that when the amount of lawn or shrubbery, or both,
does not exceed 40 square yards, the minimum rate of 2§ cents shall
be charged per month.
24- For horses kept for private use, including water for
washing vehicles, one horse, 1~ cents per month.
Each additional horse, 5 cents per month.
25- For livery, ~oard and hack stables, including water for
washing vehicles, for each horse, 25 oentm per month.
26-' For feed and sale stables, where no wash rack is used
for each horse 10 cents per month.
2?- For each water trough in public streets, $1.00 per mo~th.
28- FOr be.keries, in addition to tenement rates, for each
barrel of flour used, S cents per
29- For barber shops, for each chair, 20 cents per month.
~0- For boarding schools, in addition to tenement rates,
for each pupil, 5 cents per month.
Sly For each soda fountain, 50 cents per month..
~2- ~or steam'engines, for each horse power, 2~ cents per
month.
33- For building purposes, for each 100 yards ~f plastering,
35 cents.
34- For cement walks, for e~.ch 100 square feet-,~,..25 cents.~..
SS- For cement curbs, for each 100 linear feet, SO cents.
36- For.al~ Other purposes, per barrel of cement, 10 cents'.
37- For each 1000 bricks laid, including wetting of brick and
slacking of lime, 10 cents.
38- ~or each saloon, not including '~?.er closets or urinals,
$1.50. per month. ,
$9~ For each water beer ~zmp, 75 cents per month. "
40- Fo'~ stores, warehouses, b~t. cher shops, confectionary
sh~ps, halls, photograph gallezies, printing offices, markets, book
binderies, blacksmith shops, and for other purposes not enumerated
above, 75 cents per month.
41- Ail railroads, distilleries, breweries, elevators, machine
mentioned ~bove, requiring la.['ge quantities of water, s~all be governed
by 'the following meter rates, viz:
From 1000 to 20,000 ~allons, 10 cents per th.O~s2n~ gallon.s.
~rom 20,000 to 40,000 gallons, 8 eemts~per'.tho~smm~.gall'~
Fro~ 40,000 to 80,000 galloms, 6 ce~ts,~p~r'!",t~ous~m~.g.allo~s.
From SO,O00 and over, 5 cents per th'.o.u'$.~nd gallons.
42- Ail rates except metre rates are due' and payable in
advance, snd metre rates are due and payable, at the end of the
month, excepting that a deposit may be ~equir.e.d thereon not exceed-
ing th?es'quarters of the estimated quantity of water, used.
" '4S- For water required for p~rposes which are not specified
in the "above tariffs, the rates shall be fixed in accordance with
the above rates.
44- No charge will be made for bath tubs in private
residences. '
45- For irrigating yards by ditches For a twenty-four in.
flow under a four inch pressure, p.~-~r hour, 35 cents.
For irrigating acreage proper'tM, per cubic foot per second
for twenty four hours, 75 cents.
SECTION 2.-
1- No person, except a fire-man in discharge of is ''~" .... " '?'
duty, shall without a written permit from the'company, open or in
any way tamper with any fire hydrant, stop-cock or air-cock connected
with the mains of said Compaules or persons.
~- Immediately upon au alarm of fire, all persons using water
for sprinkling ox· ir~0igating purposes must close t~".eir faucets and
keep them closed dur.ing the continuance of the use of the water bM
the fire department.
SECTION S.- This ordinance 'fixes the maximum beyond which any
person,company, association or corporation shall not~ be permitted to
charge or collect for wa~er supplied. ~
SECTION 4.- This ordinance shall take effect and be in fdll
force ana effect on the first day of July,~ A. D. 1~07~, _and ~em~ln~ln~_
full force until and including the SOth day of June, A. D. 190~, and
before going into effect shall be published once in the paper under
contract with the City to do the public printing.
Passed this .dam of , A..D,.'. 1907, by...
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