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AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
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THE CITY OF LYNWOOD, CALIFORNIA, CREATING
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A MATER DEPARTMENT FOR THE SAID CITY AND
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ESTABLISHING WATER RATES, AND REGULATIONS
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FOR THE USE OF WATER THEREIN, FIXING A PEN -
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ALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF, AND REPEALING
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RESOLUTION NO. 3 OF SAID CITY.
The Board of Trustees of the City of Lynwood do ordain
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as follows:
Section 1. - A Water Department of the City of Lynwood is
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hereby created which shall have charge of the operation, maintain -
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ante and repair of the Water System of said City, subject to the
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control of the Board of Trustees of said City.
Section 2. There shall be a Superintendent of the Water
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Department and also a Clerk of said Water Department to be appoint -
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od by Resolution duly passed by the said Board of Trustees, and
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which Resolution shall also fix the salary or compensation to be
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paid the appointees therein named, and such appointees shall hold
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office during,the pleasure of said Board.
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Section 3. - The duties of such Water Superintendent shall
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be to conduct such Water Department subject to the control of said
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Board of Trustees and to enforce the provisions of this Ordinance
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and generally do and perform such duties as the Board of Trustees
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shall direct.
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The Clerk of said Water Department shall keep all the ac - I
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counts, books, minutes and records of said Department and shall ren�
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der and collect all bills thereof under the supervision.of the Wat-
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er Superintendent.
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He shall promptly pay into the Treasury'of said City the
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proceeds of all collections made by him at intervals of not more
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than one week and shall report the amount of such collections and
deposits to the Board of Trustees at the first regular meeting of
said Board in each month and accompany the same with duplicate re-
ceipts from the City Treasurer showing the deposit of all collections
made for the previous month, together with a list of all delinquents.
Section 4. - All moneys received by the City Treasurer
from the hater Department shall be credited to a Water Fund. All
money shall be paid out of such Fund upon warrants duly drawn therd-
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Section 5.'= - That water rates for all water furnished from
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tenememt occupied by only one family and in-
cluding water for all ordinary domestic pur-
poses and for use on lot not to exceed
,780 square feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1.50
For each,additional 10,000 square feet or
any part thereof, in excess of 21,780 s b x -,4.39
square feet of lot or yard use and for lot
or yard two when not in conjunction with U I
of water in dwelling house, for each 10,000..
square feet, or any part thereof the charge
shall be . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ .40
r each a ditto a residence upon.the..same
lot, under the same ownership, where service
is furnished upon application of owner and
the owner pays all bills . . . .. . . . . . $1.00
For each store, shop and separate place of
business equipped with plumming and facilities
for the use of water, other than a public ga-
,rage or auto repair shop,the charge shall be $1.00
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{'There the
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business, dwelling house rates
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shall be
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as above specified in
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addition
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for store or place of
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business.
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For every
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garage or auto repair
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shop, the
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{'There the
person
or persons reside in the
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business, dwelling house rates
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charged
as above specified in
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to rate
for store or place of
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For every
public
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shop, the
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. $1.50
For every
public
school or use on grounds
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the charge shall be . .
. $ 3 1 ' j 00
For every
water service or water connec-
tion not
herein specified, the rate per
month shall be .
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. $1.50
Section 6.
- The
following rates shall be
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collected for temporary water service as follows:
Water for each barrel of lime or cement 5 cents.
Vetting brick, per 1,000 10 cents
Water for settling trenches, per lineal
foot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 cent.
Water for cement curb, for each 100 lin-
eal feet .. 30 cents.
Water for cement walk, for each 100
square feet .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 cents.
Water for tank wagons or other temporary
use not above specified, the charge shall
be, for each 100 cubic feet . . .. . . . . . 10 cents
Section 7. - The Board of Trustees or Water Superin-
tendent may cause a meter to be installed, at their discretion, on
any water service, and it shall be their duty so to do, if the
Board of Trustees or Water Superintendent have reasonable cause to
believe excessive, wasteful or unreasonable use of water is being
made from any such water service; and thereupon meter rates shall
be charged for all water used per month from such water service as
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follows:
For 2500 cubic feet, or less, of water used
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` 6 `All meters shall be read by the Water Department monthly,
7 and all bills for water supplied through a meter shall become due
8 and payable at the City Hall on the reading of the meter.
9 If not paid on or before the 15th of the next succeeding
10 month, a penalty of 25 cents shall be added to the charge for water
11 furnished through meter during the previous month.
12 Water bills for water supplied through meter remaining
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delinquent and the water may be shut off without further notice, -
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$1.00 in addition for expense of turning water on and off.
17 The Water Superintendent may, in his discretion, cause a
18 meter reading to be made at any time and thereupon the bill for orate
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used since previous reading shall become immediately due and payable
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Section 8. — All bills for water except meter rates shall
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22 become due and payable in advance at the City Hall on the first day
of each and every month in which water is used.
^�nr" '/ If not paid on or before the 15th of the month in which
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5 water is used,a penalty of 25 cents shall be added to the charge
or water used during such month.
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Al i s remaining unpaid on the first of the next suc—
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ceeding month shall thereupon become delinquent and the water may be
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30 in addition to the amount due for water for expense of turning water
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" Section 9. — A consumer, in the meaning of this Ordinance,
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e / is one who has the privilege or opportunity to -use water from a pipe
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or service on the premises occupied by him or (by permission from the
4 Water Superintendent) from some line or tap on property near him.
5 And in all cases the City will assume that water has been
6 used where any person or persons or tenants in common'have. had the
7 opportunity to use the same, and even though such person or persons
8 may not have used any water during any month, they will not be entit-
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less they have notified the 17ater Superintendent in writing to cut
11 off such service, and where it is not practical to turn off said ser—
12 vice or person, either owner or occupant must provide a line on the
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street or alley with service cocks so that such service may be cut
off, otherwise water will be charged to all said tenants in common
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or persons until the whole service is cut off.
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Section 10. — All water rates shall be charged against the
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property on which it is furnished and against the owner thereof and
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if for any cause any sums owing therefor become delinquent the water
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may be cut off and in no case shall it be turned on to the sm e
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property until all such delinquencies shall have been paid in full.
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On failure to comply with the rules.and regulations estab-
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li'shed as a condition to the use of water or to pay rates or any
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charge or penalty imposed under the terms of this Ordinance the
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water may be shut off until payment of the amount due is made, with
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One Dollar ($1.00) in addition for expense of turning water off and
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Section 11. — The hater Department shall have the right i
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its discretion to require a deposit in advance as a condition prece-
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dent to furnishing water service in an amount not exceeding the
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estimated charge for water to be furnished for two months► use, but
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not less in any case than `three ($3.00) Dollars,
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Section 12. — No person shall be entitled to water connec—
r to water service until the owner of the premises or his duly
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1 authorized agent shall make application for water service on a form
2 provided by the Water Department. Applications for service must be
accompanied b� a sery a con ct p vment of. Te 010.00) Dollars.
ection - steal a be unlawfulor any consumer,
without the written consent of the Water Superintendent, to supply
water to any person, firm or corporation other than the occupant or
occupants of the premises of such consumer, or to permit any unauth-
orized use of water through any water service installed for the use
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9 Section 14. - It shall be unlawful for any person to
10 open any fire hydrant, stop -cock, gate valve; or meddle with any
11 street service, water connection, or any water meter attached to any
12 service pipe connected,.with the water mains or water pipes of the
13 said City, or to turn on or off water in any water mains or water
14 pipes of said City,or to tap, break or injure any water main or wat-
15 er pipe of said City laid in any street, avenue, or alley or other
16 public place, or any reservoir of said City or to tap any water ser-
17 vice pipe between the point of connection with the said main and the
18 water pipe on private property, or take or draw water from any water
19 main, pipe or hydrant of said City in any manner not authorized by
20 this QrdinaAde;_• and the Water Superintendent may shut off the water
21 and discontinue water service to any person violating any of the
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23 Section 15. - All water outlets and all continuous
24 streams of water in use must be shut off promptly upon an alarm of
25 fire being given, and shall not be turned on again until the fire
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27 Section 16. - In case any authorized employee of the
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29 able hours, or being admitted shall be hindered or prevented from
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er Superintendent may cause the water to be turned off from said
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or occupant of said premises of his intention so to do in the event
of such continued refusal or :interference.
Section 17. -- In case of emergency the [^pater De-
partment shall have the power to turn off water from mains and pipes
of the system, without notice. In all other cases .the Superintend-
ent shall give reasonable notice of such turning off to consumers
likely to be affected.
Section 18. - That any person, firm or corporation
violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convictiop_ thereof shall be pun-
ishable by fine of not more than One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars or
imprisonment for a term not exceeding Fifty (50) days ir_ the C6finty
Jail of Los Afi�pleg County, or shall be punished by both such fine
and imprisonment in the discretion of the Court, and the amount of
any charge made by the City of Lynwood or said Plater Department un-
der the terms of this Ordinance shall be deemed a debt due to the
said City of Lynwood and the person owing the same shall be liable
to an action in the name of the City of Lynwood in any Court of com-
petent jurisdiction for the amount of such char #e, with costs of
suit; and in addition thereto a penalty of Twenty -five ($25.00) Dol-
lars may be added to the judgment as costs to be collected from the
de ;endant or dWesoiuls'
Section I8 ion No. 3 of said Citv is hereby repealed.
Section 19. - This Ordinanco is urgently required
for the'immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safe-
ty, and the following is a specific statement showing the urgency of
this Ordinance:
That said City of Lynwood has recently become incorporated as a
Municipality of the Sixth Class under the laws of the State of Cali-
fornia, and owns and operates a municipal water system for said City
and its inhabitants,and there is at present no Ordinance of said Citi
fixing water rates therein or for the protection of said water sys-
tem, and such an Ordinance is now immediately required.
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1 Section 20. - The `City Clerk shall certify to
2 the passage of this Ordinance•by a vote of four - fifths of all the
3 members of the Board of Trustees of said City of Lynwood, and its
4 approval by the President of said Board, and there being no news-
5 paper of general circulation published and circulated in said City,
6' he shall cause the same to be printed and posted in three public
7 places in said City of Lynwood, to -wit:
a. One copy upon the bulletin board at the entrance
9 to the office of the Board of Trustees of said City at 205 West Mul-
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11 One copy upon the bulletin board at the Pacific
12 Electric Railway Station known as Lynwood Station at the intersection
13 of Long.Beach Boulevard and Fernwood Avenue in said City, and
14 One copy upon the bulletin board at the northwest
15 corne_rkofaMulford Avenue and Long Beach Boulevard in said City,
16 ai.i 4 t�hereu o and thereafter this Ordinance shall be in full force
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t E a r r Adopted this day of September, 1921.
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AT.TE President o f/ tFe of rus ee
20 of the/City of Lynwood.
21 Cit4vCler-k of e C" of Lynwood.
22 State of California
County of Los Angeles ss.,s•
23 City of Lynwood.
24 I; Joseph H. Mirra , City Clerk of the City of Lynwood
California, do hereby „certify,�that.the whole number of the Board of
25 Trustees of the City of Lynwood is'fise, and that the foregoing Ordi-
nance, being Ordinance No. A- was' duly pissed„ and= adopted by a
26 vote of'four- fifths of all i�member'S "6nd:a proved by the President
of said Board, and a.ttested,by the' i.ty" l`erk; a11' at a regular meet -
27 ing of said Board, held'oh' the.ii• da'y of 'Sept :ember, 1921, and
that the same was-passeck and adopte v the following vote, to -wit:
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< „Noes: None. -,Wt t J /
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AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING ORDINANCE
BY CITY CLERK.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
COUNTY OF LOS.ANGELES, S. S.
CITY OF LYN4YOOD,
I. J. H. Murray. being first duly sworn, deposes
and says:
I am, and was during all the times hereinafter men-
tioned, a male citizen of the United States over the age of 21 years
and City Clerk of said City of Lynwood; that there is no newspaper
of general circulation published and circulated in said City of Lyn-
wood; and that on the day of jr,, 192 1, I duly posted
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Ordinance No.,, of said City, a printed copy of which said
Ordinance is hereto attached, in three public places in said City
of Lynwood, to -wit:
One copy upon the bulletin board at the entrance to
the office of the Bohrd of Trustees of said City at 205 West Mulf
Avenue,
One copy upon the bulletin board at the Pacific Elec-
tric Railway Station, known as Lynwood Station, at the intersection
of tong Beach Boulevard and Fernwood Avenue in said City, and
One copy upon the bulletin board at the northwest
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corner of Mulford Avenue and Long Beach Boulevard in said City.
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Subscribed and sworn / to before me
this, - 7 -day of Wvp /c
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resi ent of ie !36arld of Trustees
of the City of Lynwood.
Filed in the office of the City Clerk of the City of
Lynwood, California, this
day of
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Ci y Clerk of the City o
Lynwood.
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