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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 86 1 0RDINANOE An ordinance establishing water rates and fixing the compensation for D~Jme water for fantily uses, for private purposes, ~-~nd municipal ptt?poses and for all public uses in an~ for the City of Bakersfield, Kern Co,~ty, California, for the year co~n~encing July l, 19Os, and. ending J~e' SO, 1904 The BOard of Trustees of the City of Bakersfield, County of Kern, grate of California~ ~O~ORDAIN, as follows: ~ection 1. The rates to be charged and collected by any person, company, association or corporation, supplying.. the City of Bakersfield, or the inhabitants thereof, with~ water, and for water furnished to said city, or the inhab- itants thereof, are hereby fixed as follow~: 1. ~or every tenement or dv~elling house of ~not exceeding three rooms, occupied by a single family, 2. ~or every tenement or dwelling house of four rooms, occupied, by a single fan~ly, ~ .... . .75 S. ~or every tenement or d~...ve!ling house of five rooms occupied by a single family, . ............ 4. ~or every tenement or dwelling house of six rooms, coca, Died by a siug!e family, -.... ........ .9§ ........ '"' ~. --~or'°~'ver te .~we-IlinE~'~u-s~- .............. of seven rooms, occupied by a single fs~mily ......... .. 1.0~ 6. ~or every tenement or dwelling house of eight rooms occupied by a single family, ... ....... 1.1~ 7. ?or every tenement or dwelling house of nine rooms, occupied by a single rs_rally, . ............... $1.25 .. 8. Nor every ten~,~ent or dwelling house of ten rooms, occupied by a single family, ........... 1.S5 9. For every tenement or dwelling house of over ten rooms and occupied by a single f~..~i!y, .... fer each ad_dition.'-:l room, . ..................... 10. For hotels or bo-o~rding houses in addition, to family rates, for each boarder, ........ l0 11. ?or lodging .houses, in addition to family rates, for each lodger, ..................... .0§ 12. For business blocks, for es. eh office, in addition to a basis rate of $2, ................. .08 13. For private fire hydrants, each ...... 14. For restaurants and eating houses, according to the daily average of people fed., for each 25 people /oer day, ............................ 1.75 15. For public bath tubs, each tub . .. ..... .50 lS. For bath tubs in hotels and lodging houses for use of ~zests only, each tub, .SO cts ............... .SO 17. ~or p~?.blic urinals, each ................ .25 18. For water closets in private residenc, es, .15 19~ For public water closets in business blocks, ............................................ 20. Nor public water closets in stores, ... .~ 21. For public water closets in hotels, ... .?~ 2~. Nor sprinkling lawns and gardens ~ one cent per front foot for lots not exceeding 1~0 feet deep. rate slua!l be charged; provided, that the Slorinkling rate~ ~ ' .~o~ no yard shall be less than 2~ ets ........... Also th~':t ~vhen the amount of la,,Tn or' shrubbery', or both, does not exceed 40 square - yards, the minim~u rate of 25 cents shall be charged, ........................................... $ .25 24. ?or horses kept for private use, including water for w§shing vehicles, one horse, .. Eact add_itional horse, · 25. For livery, board and hack stables, including water for w~&shing vehicles, for each horse, .25 26. ~or feed and. sale stables, where no wash rack is used for each horse · !0 27. For each water trough in public streets, 1.00 28. Pot bakeries, in addition to tenen~ent rates, for each barrel of flour used, .............. .OS 29. For barber shops, for each chair, ...... .gO SO. ?or boarding schools, in addition to tenement rates, for each pupil, · .................. . S1 For each soda fotmtain 50 Z~. ~or steam engines, for each horse.power, SS. For buil¢!ing p~Lrposes, for each 100 yards' of plastering ................... . .................. S~. For cement walks, for each 100 square feet, ............................................. . $5. For cement curbs, for each 100 linear .... feet, ...... , ...................................... . 36. For all other Dt:~poses per barrel of cement, ............................................ .lC 37. _~or each I000 brick laid, including wetting of brick and slacking of line, ............. .lC ..... ': ~-Z8 ~ --~er-.. each ~saloon., .not .-inel~.ding w-at~r - closets or urinals, ................................ 1.50 S9. Pot each water beer -cutup, .............. .75 40. ~or stores, warehouses, butchershops, confectionary shops, halls, photograph galleries, printing offices, markets, book binderies, black- smith shops and for other purposes not en~merated above, ............................................. $ .75 41. All railroads, distilleries, breviaries, elevators, mao~ine shops, manufactories, street sprink- ling wagons and all consumers not mentioned above, reqf~.iring large quantit'ies of water, shall be govern- ed by the following metre rates, viz: Prom 1000 to 20,000 gal.. .............. . .. ........$ .lC Prom ~0,000 to 40,000 gal., .............. . ......... 08 Prom 40 000 to 80,000 gal ..................... 08 ~rom 80,000 gal. and over, ....................... .. . O~ 42. All rates excerpt metre rates are due and pay. able in advance, and metre rates are due and payable at the end of each month, exc.epti.ng tha~ a deposit may be required thereon for not exceeding three-quarters of the estimated quantity of water used. 45. ~or water required for p~mrposes which .are not specified in the above tariffs, the rates shall be fixed in accordance with the ~.bove rates. 44. No ch_~.rge will be made for bath tubs in private residences. 4~. Pot irrigating yar~l.s by ditches for a twep~ty- four inch flow under fo~ inch pressure, per ho'o~, $ .$5 46. For irrig~:ting acreage property per cubic foot per second for t~?euty-four ho~ms, ...... .?B Section E. 1. No person, except a fireman in the disc~ar~e of his duty, shall, v~ithout a written permit 'from the company~ open or in any way tamper with any fire hydrant, stop-cock or air-cock Connected v~ith the mains of s-aid.. comD~uies or persons. B. I~.Gediately upon an alarm of fire, all persons using water for ..~prinkling or irrigating purposes must close th~ir faucets and keep them closed during the continuance of the ~:se of the ~?ater by the fire deps~tmen%. Section Z. This ordinance fixes the maximum beyond which any Derson, company, association, or corporation shall not be permitted to chs_~ge or collect for water supDlied. Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect and be in f~o~ll force and effect on the 1st d.a~ of July A.D.19OS, and remain in full force until and including the $Oth day of June A.D.1904, and before going into effect shall be published once in the paper rudder contract with the city to do..the public print ing. Passed this ~ day Of A. D. 190~, ~y the following vote: Absent ~ ...........