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ORDINANCE NO.
LOOO (CCS)
(Clty Council Ser~es)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA AMENDING
SECTIONS 7200, 7201 AND 7203 OF N~D
ADDING SECTION 7233 TO THE SANTA
MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE, PERTAINING TO
WATER RATES, CHARGES AND SERVICES AND
DECLARING THE PRESENCE OF AN EMERGENCY.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECT ION 1.
Section 7200 of the Santa Monica
Municlpa1 Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sect~on 7200.
Rates and Charges. The rate
for water furnished through water meters and any service charge
therefor shall be estab11shed, and may be a~ended or revised,
from time to time, by resolutlon of the Clty Councll, and such
rates and charges shall constitute the charges for SupplYlng
water service to any consumer and shall be collected by the
Water Dlvision of the City.
SECTION 2.
Section 7201 of the Santa iionlca
MunlClpal Code 15 hereby amended to read as fallows:
Section 7201. Service to Ci.ty Departments and
D1V1S~0I1S.
(a) General.
Water furnlshed to municipal
parks, cemeteries, publlC build~ngs, public property, et cetera,
shall be measured by Meters and a charge shall be made against
the proper department or d~vlsion of the Clty at the rates
adopted pursuant to Section 7200 herein.
Charges made for
installation of new serv~ces and meters, and for changes ln
locat~on and/or Slze shall be made as specified In Section 7211.
(b) Flre Protection. For each publlC
flre hydrant w~t!lln the Clty, and for water used for flre
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protectlon, the charge to the Flre Department shall be $1.00
per hydrant per month.
(c) Unmetered Service. For water furnished
to the City through fire hydrants or other facllitles, where ln
the opinion of the Water Superintendent it lS not practlcal to
meter, then the Water Superintendent shall estimate the quality
served, and a charge shall be made agalnst the proper department
or d~vision in accordance with the rates adopted pursuant to
Section 7200 hereln.
SECTION 3. Section 7203 of the Santa Monica
Munlclpal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 7203. T~m~orary Water SerVlce.
(a) From Fire Hydrants. Metered serVlce
from flre hydrants may be provided for llmlted periods upon
proper application therefore, subject to the approval of the
Water Superlntendent and to all permit requ~rements of Article VII
of thls Code. Appllcants shall be required to pay for such serVlce
the actual cost of installlng, rnaintainlng and removlng the meter
and appurtenant Plping; the actual cost of maklng any changes
in location; the regular establlshed bi-monthly service charge
for the installed meter; and water used at the highest unit rate
establlshed pursuant to Section 7200 herein; all plus ten percent
for overhead.
Prlor to installatlon of the temporary
meter and servlce, the Water Superintendent shall est~mate the
total charge and the appllcant shall advance to the Clty said
estlmated charge. After the need for the temporary serv~ce has
ceased and the meter re~oved, the actual charge shall be determined
by the Finance DepartRent. The Clty shall refund to the applicant
any portion of the amount deposlted which is in eXcess of the
actual charge. In the event the est~mated charge deposlted by
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the appl~cant ~s less than the actual charge, the appllcant shall
pay to the Clty the dlfference between the estlmated charge and
the actual charge.
All flow of water from a flre hydrant
shall be controlled by means of an approved aux~l~ary valve,
unless otherw~se spec~fically author~zed by the Water Superintendent.
~Vhen such author~zatLon has been granted, the hydrant s~all only
be operated w~th an approved spanner wrench.
(b) Other. Whenever it lS not posslble
or pract~cal to provlde teMporary metered serVlce from a f~re
hydrant, a temporary metered connectlon May be nade to any
eXlstlng water facility at the dlscretlon of the Water Super~ntendent.
The condltions of serVlce, appllcatlon procedures, and charges
shall be as determlned by the Water Superlntendent.
(c) Unmetered. For temporary serVlce,
where ln the oplnlon of the Water Superlntendent, lt lS not
practlcal to meter, then the ~ater Superlntendent shall estimate
by any feasible method the quantlty of water served and shall
determ~ne a falr and equltable charge therefore. For all
un~etered servlce, however, the minlmum charge shall be $5.00
per week or part thereof.
SECTION 4. Sect~on 7233 ~s hereby added to the
Santa llonlca Nunlclpal Code, and shall read as follows:
Sectlon 7233. Water Reserves Fund. A fund for
accumulat~ng excess water revenues lS hereby created, to be
known as the "Nater Reserves Fund." Such fund shall conslst of
excess water revenues and shall be used solely and exclusively
for fund~ng expenses of the Water D~V1Slon.
SEC~Irn~ 5. ThlS ordlnance 18 declared to be an
ern.ergency measure adopted pursuant to the prOV1S101lS of Sectlon
615 of the Charter of the Clty of Santa Mon~ca anG ~s necessary
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for preservlng the public peace, health and safety.
SECTION 6. It 1S urgent that this ordinance be
adopted pursuant to the emergency prov~s~ons of Section 615 of
the Clty Charter for the reasons that lt lS necessary to amend
the rates and charges made for water service ln the co~munlty,
and that such changes should be Made cons~stent w~th the beg~nning
of the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1975, in order to provide
conformity In the collection of water charges.
SECTION 7. Any prOVlsion of the Santa Monica
Munic~pal Code, or appendices thereto lncosistent herewlth, to
the extent of such inconsistenc~es and no further, are hereby
repealed or modified to that extent necessary to effect the
prov~s~ons of th~s ordlnance.
SECTION 8. If any section, subsectlon, sentence,
clause or phrase of th~s ordlnance ~s for any reason held to be
lnvalld or unconstltutional by a decislon of any court of
competent Jurisd~ction, such declsion shall not affect the valldlty
of the remaining portlons of the ord~nance. The C~ty Councll
hereby declares that lt would have passed thlS ordinance and
each and every sectlon, subsectlon, sentence, clause or phrase
not declared lnvalld or unconstltutional without regard to
whether any port~on of the ordinance would be subsequently
declared lnvalld or unconstltut~onal.
SECTION 9. The Mayor shall s~gn and the Clty Clerk
shall attest to the passage of thlS ordinance. The City Clerk
shall cause the same to be published once ~n the offlcial
newspaper wlthin fifteen (IS) days after lts adoption. ThlS
ordinance shall become effect~ve lrorned~ately upon ~ts adoption,
pursuant to Section 619 of the Charter of the City of Santa
Mon~ca, or as soon as administratively ~mpleMented, whlchever
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last occurs.
ADOPTED and APPROVED this 24th day of
June
1975.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS &~GELES ss.
CITY OF SA..'\ITA MONICA
I do hereby certify that the foregolng ordinance was
duly and regularly introduced at a meetlng of the City Councll
on the 24th day of
June
, 1975; that thereafter
the said ordlnance was duly adopted at a meeting of the City
24th day of
June
, 1975, by the
Council on the
fo11owlng vote:
AYES:
Councllpersons:Cohen, Judson, McCloskey, Reed,
Swink, van den Steenhoven, Trives
NOES:
CounCl1persons: None
ABSENT:
Councllpersons: None
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APPROVED AS TOrFORM:
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