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Home My WebLink AboutORD NO 99 O R D I N A N C E N O.~Z~ AN ORDINANCE ESTABLIEHING WATER RATES A~TD FIXING THE COMPENSATION FOR PURE WATER FOR FA~v[ILY USES, FOR PRIVATE PURPOSES, AND NUNI~!PAL PU~OSES AND ~OR ~L PUBLIC USE8 IN AND ~0R THE CITY 0~ B~ERS~I~D, KE~ GOUTY, ~OR TH~ YEAR ~O~EN~ING ~Y 1'~ 1~05~ AI~ ENDING ~NE ~0~ / · ./ Tho Bo~d of T~stOos of the City of B~ersfield, Kern OountM, ~allfomia, do ordain as follows: SECTION 1.- The ra~es to be ch~ged and oolleoted by any per,om, company, a~soclstlon or corporation supplying the City of Bakersfield, or the inhabiters thereof with water, ~d for w~ter f~nlshed to said city or tl~e inhabiters thereof, ~e hereB~ fixed for the fiscal ye~ comencing July 1st, 1905, and ending June gOth, 1906, 88 follows: . 1.-- ~or every tenement or dwelling house of not .ex- ~: ~eedlng t~ee rooms, occupied by ~ .single f~aily, o5 oent~~ I · ~ g.--' ~or ever~ tenement or dwelling house of f~ ~oom~, ooc~oled by a single f~lly, 75'~ont~~~... ~ 3.-- ~o~ every tenement o~ dwelling house of five ~ooms, , 4.-- ~or everM tenement or d~6~ling ~use of six ~ooms, ,, occupied by a single f~lly, 95 oents~ ' 5.-- ~o~ eve~M~nement or dwelling house of seven rooms, 6.-- For every tenement or dwelliF~g house of eight rooms, occupied by a single family, $1.15~ 7.-- For every tenement Or dwelling ho.use of nine rooms, .... 8.-- ~or every tenement or dwelling house of ten rooms, S.-- ~Or every tenement or dwelling house of ever ten · rooms, and occupied bM a single f~lly, for each additional room, 5 cents~-~~-'~, 10~-- ~or hotels or bonding h~ses, in addition to f~ilM rates, for each bo~der, 10 eents~ ~~~. ll.-- For lo~lng houses, in addition to f~ily rates, for each lodger, 5 cents~~Z.~, 12.-- For~nsiness blocks, for each office,, in addition to basis rate of' Sg. O0, 8 cents~/~ 13.-- For private fire hy~ants,~each 2~ cents~~Z~,. 14.-- ~or resta~ants and eating houses, according to~ the daily average of people fed, fo~ each ~$ people per 15.-- ~or public batl~ tubs, eacl~ tub, 50 cents~~~l~. 16.-- ~or bath tubs in hotels and lodging ~uses for use of ~ests only, each tub, 30 cents~ ~.. ~ my.-- ubmio lnams, each, 25. Per water .closets in private residences, !5 cents~~__ 18.-- -~ , 1~.-- For public water closets in ~siness blocks, 50 cent 21~r- For public wa~er closets In ~otels, 7~ cents~, ........................................................... 2S.-- ~or sprinkling lawns and gardens, 1 cent per front foot for lots not exceeding 1§0 feet deep~~ · · 2S.-- ~or all additional area a proportionate rate shall be 'charged; provided' that the spri~.s~k, ling rate for no yard shall be less than 25 oonts,~~ Also that when tho amount of lawn or shrubbery, or both does not exceed 40 square yards, the minimum rate of 2§ cents .: shall be charged ~Z~'~.~.~- 2~.-- ~or horses kept for private use, including water I e foX'washing vehicles, one horse, l§ Eacl~ additional horse, § oonts,~t~_~." . " ~5.-- ~or liverM, bos~d and hack stables, inoludi~ water for washing vehicles, for each horse, 2§ eents~, , ..... ~6.~ '~er feed and sale-s.table.s,.~, where no wash rack is used, for eao!~ l~orse, 10 cents~~~ 2?.-- ~or each water trough in public streets, $1..00~~ 28.-- ~or bakeries, in addition to tenement rates, for each barrel of flour used, 3 cents~ ~, 29.-- ~or barber shops, for each ct~air, 20 cents~ Y ~0.-- ~or boarding schools, in addition to tenement rates, for each pupil, 5 cents ~2~z Sl.-- ~or each soda fountain, §0 cents,%~'~~ sf.-- ~or steam engines, for each 'horse power, 25 cents SS..-- For building purpose§~ for.'~ach 100 yards of plastering, SS ·cents. 34.-- ~or cement walks, for each 100 square feet, $5 cents. S§.-- ~or cement curbs, for each 100 linear feet, 30 cents. 36.-- ~or all other purposes per barrel of 37.-- For each 1000 bricks laid, includ~ing wetting of ~ brick and slacking of lime, 10 cents ' $8.-- For each saloon, not ~n$1uding water closets or S9.-~ For each water beer pump, 40.-- l~or stores warehouses, butcher shops, confection- ary shops, halls, photograph galleries, printing offices, markets, book bi'nderies,' blacksmith shops, a~d for othe~ Put. Roses not enumerated above, 75 cents~ 41.-- Ail railroads, distilleries, breweries, elevators, machine shops, manufactories, street sprinkling wagons, an~' all consumers not mentioned above, requl~ing large quantities of water, shall be-governed by the following meter rates,viz: From t,000 to ~0~000 ~'~lions, 1~ cents per metre. ..... From ~0,000 to 40,O00 gallons, S cents per metre. From 40,CO0 to SO,O00 gallons, ~ cents per metre. ~rom SO,OOO and over, 5 cents per metre. 42.-- All 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 may be required there- /, on no~- e~ceedlng three-~uarters of tl~e estimated quantity / of water used. 45.-- ~or water required fo~ purposes which are not specified in the above tsriffs, tbs rates sba21 be fixed in acc.ordance with the above rates. 44.-- No charge will be made for bath tubs in' private ........ re-s-l~'ence.s.o ....... 45.--- ~or irrigating yards by ditches for a twenty-four ~ inch flow under a four inch pressure, per hour, S5 cents. ~or irrigatin~ acreage proper~y, per cubic foot per .... second for twenty-four hottrs, 75 Bents. SECTION ~.- \ 1.-- ~o person, except a fireman in the discharge of his duty, shall without a written permit from the compa~.~y, open or in any way tsmper with any fire hydrant, stop-cock or,lair-cock connected with the mains of said companies or persons. 2.-- I~mediately upon an alsrm of fire, all ~ersons us- ing water for sprinkling or irrigating pttrposes must close .. t. he-~r..._f~a._ug~t~s~.~a~n~ k. e~ep~t;~em closed d?tring ~.he_c.0Dti_nu.a.n...~__.. of the use of the water by the fire department. SECTION 3.- This ordinance fixes the maximum beyond which any person, company, association or corporation shall not be permitted to charge or collect for water supplied. SECTION 4.- This ordinance shall tak. e effect and be in full force and effect on the let day of July, A.D., 1905, main in full force until and including the SOth dam of June, A.D., 1~06, and before going into effect shall be published once in the paper under contract with-the City to do the pub- lic printing. PASSED this ~ ~ day of Msrch, A.D., 1905, by the' follow- ing. ¥otes: .................... ..~.j.~:~-~. ~:-.~"~ -~ .. . ~ ' . .... - ............ ~ '~ ~ .. ~ ~SENT. "~--.,.~ .~u-~ .~: -~ ~ ~of AT~~~ C l~k.