HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrd. 0077ORDINANCE NO. 77
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
CITY OF LYIB70OD', FIXING MATER RATES AND OTHER
CHARGES IN THE ?'LATER DEPARTIaENT OF SAID CITY
OF LYNWOOD AND APvIENDING AND ANNULLING CERTAIN
PORTIONS OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES.
The Board of Trustees of the City of Lynwood does ordain
as follows:
Section 1. All of Ordinance No. 52 is hereby annulled.
Section 2. All of Section 5 of Ordinance No. 5 is hereby
annulled.
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Section 2 (a). That portion of Section 7, Ordinance No. 5,
reading as follows: "For 2,500 cu, ft., or less, of water used
per month, $1.50. For all water used in excess of 2,500 cu, ft.,
per month, for each 100 cu, ft., 5 cents," is hereby annulled.
Section 3. That portion of Section 8, Ordinance 5, reading
as folloris: "If not paid on or before the fifteenth of the
month in which the water is used, a penalty of 25 cents shall
be added to the charge for water used for such month," is .
hereby annulled..
Section 4. All of Section 12, Ordinance No. 5, is hereby
annulled.
Section 5. The water rates for all water furnished from
the ?Municipal dater System of the City of Lynwood are hereby
fixed and established for water used each month as follows:
. For each private dwelling house occupied by only one
family and including water for all ordinary domestic purposes,
and for use on one lot not to exceed 15,000 square feet in
area, p1.50.
For each additional residence upon 'the same lot, under the
same ownership, where service is furnished upon application and
the owner pays all bills,. -$.75. .
For any group of residences on one or more lots adjoining
and owne% by one person or firm and commonly called a court,
tho water rate shall be as follows: The first such house shall
be charged for each month X1.50. The next t =.;o or more such
houses shall be charged for each month each 1.50. The above
rates for courts shall be charged each month without regard as
to whether such houses arc occupied or not.
For the irrigation of each additional 10,000 square feet
or any part thereof, in excess of 15,000 square feet of lot or
yard, and for lot or yard when not in conjunction with use of
water in dwelling house, - the c'-)arge shall be for each month
from May lst to Nov. lst, or untilothe use of such water for
irrigation purposes is discontinued, $.75.
For each store, shop and separate place of business
equipped with plumbing and facilities for the use of water,
other than a public garage or auto repair shop, the charge
shall be'$1.25.
For every public garage or auto repair shop the charge
shall be $1.75.
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For every public school or the irrigation of grounds
adjacent thereto, the charge shall be at the rate of lz cents
per student per month, the same to be computed to the nearest
50 students in number. This computation to be made at the
beginning of the month following the beginning of each school
semester.
Section 6. Where the Board of Trustees have deemed it
necessary to install a meter under the provisions of Section 7,
Ordinance No. 5, the rate shall be as follows:
For 1,000 cu. ft. or less of water the rate for each month
shall be 41.50.
For all water used in excess of 1,000 cu. £t. per month
the rate for each 100 cu, ft. shall be $.10.
Section 7. All bills for water used except when metered
shall be due and payable in advance at the City Hall on the
first day of each and every month in which water is used.
If paid on or before the 20th day of the month in which
said bill for water is due, a rebate of $.25 shall be allowed
on each such bill providing said bill is not less than $1.25.
Section 8. No person shall be entitled to a water
connection or to water service until the owner of the premises
or his duly authorized agent shall make application for same
and deposit with the Water Clerk the necessary fee for same.
The amount of this fee shall be as follows:
For inch tap or'under, "$10.00 (ten
For each 1 tap, 12.50 (twelve Dollars and fifty cents.)
For each lz inch tap, 15.00 (fifteen dollars).
For each 2 inch tap, $20.00 (Twenty dollars).
Section 9. 1`11,ere one or more Lots adjoining are Re-
Subdivided ard water connections aT,)nl9.ed for by the Subdividor,
the Sub- di -vidor shall be required to have installed and pay for
a tap of suitable size to supply each lot, under such sub-
division with a 3/4 inch supply. The Sub - divid'or shall be
required to install piping to each lot of such He- Sub - Division
of suitable size and provide a shut off for each lot, which
shall become the property of the City of Lynwood and shall be
installed under the supervision of the Water Superintendent.
Section 10. For every water service or water connection
not herein specified, the rate per month shall be $1.50.
Section 11. If any section, subsections, sentence, clause
or phrase of this Ordinance-is for any reason held to, -be un-
constitutional, in violation of law, or inoperative, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion
of this Ordinance. The Board of Trustees of the City of Lynwood
hereby declare that it would have passed this Odinar_ce, and each
section, sub - section, sectence, clause and phrase thereof
irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, sub-
sections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared un-
constitutional, in violation of the law, or inoperative.
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Section 12. This Ordinance is urgently required as an
immediate public necessity and the City Clerk shall certify
to its passage by at least a three - fifths vote of the City
Trustees and cause it to be published once in the Lynwood
Tribune, and it shall take effect and be in force on and
after the first day of March, 1927.
C. E. Greenamyer
President Board of Trustees
Attest:
C. L. Stoddard
City Clerk of Lynwood
I, C. L. Stoddard, City Clerk of the City of Lynwood and
Ex- officio Clerk_ of the ".card of Trustees of said City, do
hereby certify that the fo.regoi.ng Ordinance, being Ordinance
No. 77 of the City of Lynwood, was introduced and read three
times and finally passed at an adjourned regular meeting of
said Board, held on the first day of February, 1927, by the
following vote:
AYES: Trustees Tweedy, Skelton Bice, Murray and Greenamyer,
NOES None-
ABSENT: None
C. L. Stoddard
City Clerk of Lynwood.
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APoIENDMENT TO ORDINANCE NO. 77
The figures X1.75 in section 5 appearing
"For every public or auto repair shop,
be 611.75" are hereby stricken out and in lieu
5 7 ..25,,,jre i,ns.erted.
in the sentence
the charge shall
of said figures,
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President Board of Trustees
Attest:
Clerk, City of Lynwood
I, C. L. Stoddard, City Clerk of the City of Lynwood and
Ex- Officio Clerk of the Board of Trustees of said City, do
hereby certify that the above Amendment to Ordinance No. 77 of
the City of Lynwood, was duly and regularly passed by the
Board of Trustees of said City, and approved by the President
of said Board of .Trustees at a Regular Meeting of said Board
of Trustees duly held on March 22nd, 1927, by the following
voter
AYES: Trustees Tweedy, Skelton, Rice, Murray and Greenamyer.
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
Lynwood.