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Home My WebLink AboutORD NO 182 5 ~' AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING WA R RATES J~.~D FIXIHG THE 4 ? COI~PENSATION FOR PURE WATER FURNISHED ~OR FJ~.~T,Y uses, FOR PRIVATE § i~i PUR~OSES~O.R' ~U~.~IOI~A~ A~ID FOR ~T, P~ZIO P~POSES WITHIN e ~OR T~ cITy O~ B~RSFIE~,~OR T~ ~AR CO~.~N.'~NCING ~Y I. 1911 8 ..,, The Board of Trustees of the City of Bakersfield, do ordain 9 ~ as follows: 10 ~ SECTION.i. That for the year co~nencing July 1, 191~', 11 and ending J~e 30th, 1912 , the monthly rates of compensation 12 ~'which any person, company., association or corporation may charge 1S collect and receive for ~Eishing pure water for the G~ of B~ersfield, or the inhabitmnts thereof, fo~ f~ily uses, for 1~ ', private purposes, for m~icip~ uses ~d for ~11 public purposes 16 '~ are hereby f~ed and established, as follows: · ".' 1. ~or every tenement or dwelling house of not .~ exceeding three ·rooms, occupied by a single f~ily, $1.oo per month. 2 ~or every tenement or dwelling house of 20 ., four cf..five rooms, occupied by a single f~ily, $1.2B per month~- 3. ~or every tenement or dwelling ·house of over "' five rooms and occupied by a single f~ily, for e~eh 23 additional room - .10 per month 24 :.. 4. ~or water closets in private residence .1~ per month ~. ~or bath tubs in private residence .15 per month 26 '.~ 6. ~or f~ilies ~d private boarding houses 27 " . of more than five persons L ' for each .- -28 .. '~-., adult person, ~ that n~ber .10 per month · ~ 7. For small families occupying rooms in SO "second or third stories, $1.oo per month S1 " 8. ~or restaurants ~d eating houses ~, per month $3.oo to $~.50 9. For small stores and shops, per month ,50 to $1.oo 10 For large stores and warehouses,permonth $2.oo to $4.oo ll For saloons ~,~.50 per month occupied as office, for each ro~m wit~ water .50 per mon~ 1M 'For photograph galleries' SE 50 per month 14 For public closets , where there is only one $1.oo per month 15 ~or each water beer pump $1.oo. per month' 16 For public bath tubs used in bathing establishments, boarding houses and barber shops, for each tub $1.~5 per month l~ For bakeries $2.oo per month 18 For drug stores,.without use of soda .. fountain, per month $2.oo to $3.oo 19 For drug stores where soda fountain or other foUntains are ~sed $3.oo per month 20 For ~lacksmith shops or wagon shops for the use of water for cooling tires, etc. $1.oo per month E1 For each additional forge or fire - - .50 per month .EM For orivate stables for one horse and one buggy, including water to wash the same- .~5 per month EM For each additional horse or cow .15 per month M4 Fo~ livery, board and hack stables, including water ..~o wash vehicles, for each horse .MO per mo~th 25 For feed s~d sale stables for each horse .30 per' month ................... · ...... · . 2~ School houses. ~ ~~th 9 27. For steam engines not working over 10 , ten horse power per day, for each horse 11 ': .50 per month ,~ power so ~sed, i~ 28 Per all working over ten horse power ~ per day, for each horse power, .40 per month 14 11 29 ~or barber shops, fifty cents~er month 1§ i! for each chair'used 16 [ 30 ~or fountains not to be used more than 't? 1! six ho~rs ~er day, fo~ 1-1~ ~neh jog ~8.oo ~or mongh 19 ~ 32 ~or 1-4 inch jet $10.oo per month 20 . 33 ~or watering lawns and grounds .planted 21 to shrubbery, one cent per front foot for each front foot, including water for trees and 23 shrubbery in front thereof :t 34 ~or the use of hose in front of stores and '1, shops, for washing windows and sprinkling sidewalks :: according to frontage per month 2? ,: 35 ~or public water troughs, for e~ch trough ~ ......~8 .... ~' '-per-month ........ $1';00' t6--$2 ;'60 ' ' '1 }, 36 ~or public lam~dries, $5.00 per month ~ 37 ~or mea~ markets. $2.00 per month .' 38 ~or public halls or lodging rooms, $2.oo per month .,~: 39 ~or the first five barrels, ~ 'l.ime ..! i. or cement~ per barrel 25 cents, all over 5 barrels up to 1 I; ten barrels , per barrel 15 cents, all over ten barrels, per 2 ..barrel 15 cents 3 " 40 ~or water used to mix mortar and dampen 4 :i brick, 'per thousand 20 cents 5 ~ 41 Per water used for irrigating alfalfa O !i or Vegetable gardens 25 cents'per 1000 gallons 7 .: 42 All consumbrs not mentioned 'above 8 !i requiring large quantities of water, shall be governed g !! by the following meter rates: '10 !I 4~m~, ~rom 1000 to 20,000 gallons per month 25 cents ll ':per 1000 gallons, 12 ,:ii ~ Prom 20,000 to ~.0,000 gallons per month 20 iS ii cents per 1000 gallons, 14 ': 4~3~ from 40,000 gallons and over per month 15 cente~ :, per 1000 gallons 16 46 ~tuy person, company, association or corporation l? ':$ furnishing water shall have the right to charge for water at 18 .ii. rates and when to doing no charge shall be 'made for 19 "' installing meter, but the cunsumer.must pay a monthly rental of 20 '1 25 cents per month for said meter. 21 ,' 4 Per each fire hydrant per month $4,00 excepting four 22 '.fire hydrants in use in the original fire district of i~hat '~a's , 23 "e~i~ih'alt~".~,~own of Kern, prior to the incorporation thereof.~, ', ': rates except meter rates are due and payable in ' [ d ' ..a vance, and meter raten are due and payable at the end of the 26 :!month, exoep~:l, ng that a deposit may be required thereon .I 27 i'.exceeding three quarters of the estimated quantity of water used, 28_ .......... ~'-Per all water required for-purposes, which 'a~-~6t .......... ~9 hs~ecified in the above tariffs, the rates shall be fixed in SO iiaooordance with the above rates. S1 ~._ Per irrigating yards by ditches, for a twenty-four inch .flow under a four-inch pressure, per hour, S5 cents. 1.. l~ixed Water rates are due and payable in advance of each month. If not paid fifteen days thereafter the water company r, my shut.the water off without further notice and shall not again be turned on except, upon the pay~ent of all arrears and in addition thereto the sum of one dollar for closing and opening the street cock. 2. No one except the ~ut.h. orized agent of the water company shall turh the water on or off'~ building or premises; except amy plumber or other person connecting a ho~se systen, with the service pip~ may turm the water on at the street cock to test the pipes, but must in all cases, have the water turned off after the test is completed. The water will then be turned on by the authorized agent of the water company upon application of the consumer at the office of said company. · -d~emm.or_~a~ - p.un~.shmbl · -by. ~- -f irze-no~- --'exc ee.d-i~g - o. }. The size of all street cocks shall be regulated by the water company provided however that in no instance shall the curb' cock be less thsm ~/$" $. No person is allowed to tap the water mains or make branch connections on house service pipes between the property line and the mains except the duly authorized agent of the water company. 5. No person is allowed to open or close the controlling val.ves' on_the mains except a duly authorized agent of the water company. 6~. '.' ' im_f~ at h tubs alar~ of fire all u~ing Immediately upon persons water for sprinkling .purposes must close their hydrants and I~ae~ them closed during the continuance of the use of water by the fire department. · ~/. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to open any f~re hydr~ut emcept for fire.purposes, after a~. alarn~ of fire is made or to use any water for street sprinkling or other purposes during the progress of a fire, and all fire hydrants that may be open when an alar~ of fire is made .must be inm~ediately closed and not again opened until the fire '(if t~here be one) is extinguished. ~. It shall be unlawful for any person whose service pipe is at the time of the passage of this ordinance, attached directly or indirectly to the water m~ins.off this city, to allow any person to attach $..service pipe to his or her service pipe. ~. company shall deposit with the board of Trustees The water the Sum of ~00.00 in gold coin of.the U.S. as a guarantee that they will in a reasonable length of time, restore to their original conditi0ns, the surface of any street, avenue, alley, lane or place, that ~hey may disturb through the exercise of their fran- chise in laying mains, placing controlling valves or ms,king house connections, in said streets, avenues, alleys, lanes or places ~ within the corporate limits of the City of Bakersfield, At the expiration of thirty' days any repairs or restorat.ion that may not be made; the ~upt of streets of said City of Bakersfield is hereby authorized and directed to cause said repairs to be made and draw upon the aforesaid n~entioned sum in payment thereof, whereupon the water company shall deposit with said board an additional sum~ to ~aintain the original deposit of $400.00 .......... All- di~tua~bance~ of stree~t surfaces must~be rep. aire~ with a like material; asphalt pavement must be resurfaced with asphalt, macadsmx streets shall b'e r~h macadan~ized, ~oiled ~tr-~'~ts re- oiled.~tc ~.~ 12.~ The only person that is authorized to open or close the fire hydrants is the ~ire chi~ef, his authorized assistances or any person t0~ whom the .city trustees may grant the permit. ? ~~or 'irrigating acreage property, per cubic foot per second 1 'iferret tweztwenty-four ....hours. 78 centa~ 3 :' Scotia2. NNers~exce~a fireman in the discharge of, 4 ':ii his 'duty, shal~without ~ri~n pe~ from the Company, open,. '.. 5 It or in-any.wa er with dr stopToook or air-cook 6 ;: connected with th~mains of sa~om~ies ~persons. ":., ' Imme~iately~on an alam o~irkall '~sons using "water for sprinkling~r irrigating p~se~ust ~se their faucets 9' .I. and keep them closed d~ring the oontinu~e o~ the u~e of water 10 ,, by the fire department. ll ..':' / Section ~. This ordinance fixes the mmm-~mm~ oeyona wn~cn :1 any person, company, association or corporation, shall not be 15 ,. permitted to charge or collect for water .supplied, 14 ii Section ~ This ordinance shall take effect and be in 15 '.;. full fd~ce and effect on the first day of July, A.D.1911, and lO :' remain in full force and effect until and including the 50th day 17 i! 'June, 1912, and before going·into effect sha~l be published once .18 .~ in the Bakersfield Californian. 19 "!~ Passed this ~ w~ day Of June, A.D.1911, by 20 ,~ the following vote: " 25 , Absent ,: S ,: of the City of Bakersfield. 26 ? Attest: L28~; ............... i; Bakersfield. 29 ,,: 150 '