HomeMy Public PortalAbout79-495 ORDINANCE NO. 79-495
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CARSON CON-
CERNING PIPELINE FRANCHISES AND AM-ENDING
THE CARSON MUNICIPAL CODE
' THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 6801, Part 1, Chapter 8, of
Article VI of the Carson Municipal Code is hereby amended
to read as follows :
6801. General Conditions. Every franchise hereafter
granted by the City to lay or construct from time to time,
and to maintain, operate, renew, repair, change the size of,
remove or abandon in place pipes and pipelines for the
collection, transportation or distribution of oil, gas,
gasoline, petroleum, wet gas, hydrocarbon substances, water,
' waste water, mud, steam and other liquid substances which
are not more hazardous than the aforementioned substances,
together with all manholes, valves, appurtenances and
service connections necessary or convenient for the operation
of said pipes or pipelines including conduits, cathodic
protection devices, wires, cables and other appurtenances
necessary or convenient for the exercise of the Franchisee ' s
business, in, under, along or across any and all streets
within the City of Carson, except as otherwise provided in
the ordinance granting the franchise , shall be granted upon
and be subject to the rules, regulations , restrictions and
terms and conditions of this Chapter, in addition to those
rules, regulations, restrictions, terms and conditions set
' forth in the ordinance granting the franchise.
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Section 2 . Part 5, Chapter 8 , of Title VI is
amended to read as follows:
PART V. SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR WATER AND
' OTHER PUBLIC UTILITY PIPELINES
6870. Rights Granted. The Franchisee granted a franchise
for domestic water service shall have the right, during the
term of period covered by the franchise and subject to the
terms thereof, to make service connections with all property
adjoining streets and to furnish and distribute water
through said pipes and pipelines to all the City territory
in the City adjacent to said pipelines for any purpose.
6871. Plan Approval. All new pipelines, replacements, and
extensions for domestic water service shall be constructed,
laid, and designed according to plans approved by the Chief
Engineer.
6872. Condition of Approval. The Chief Engineer shall
approve such plans if the pipelines to be laid, extended or
replaced are so designed in conjunction with related facil-
ities, and the location of fire hydrants comply with required
domestic demand and fire flows indicated by the Board of
Fire Underwriters.
6873. Exception. The Chief Engineer may grant an exception
to the requirements of Section 6872 where there are practical
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difficulties or unnecessary hardships in the way of carrying
out the strict letter of said section, and in the granting
of such exception the spirit of said section will be observed,
public safety secured, and substantial justice done.
6874 . Fire Hydrants. As further consideration for the
granting of the franchise, the Franchisee shall, at the
request of the Chief Engineer install at no cost to the
City (except a reasonable monthly rental) , or to any County
fire protection district, fire hydrants at such places along
the Franchisee' s water mains covered by the Franchise as
may be designated by the Chief Engineer.
6875. Supervisor. The Franchisee of any franchise awarded
to a public utility or a mutual water company, shall file
' with the Supervisor for each franchise payment period,
within ninety (90) days after such period, two copies of a
report verified by the oath of the manager, or any respon-
sible officer of the Franchisee (except where the Franchisee
is an individual, in which case the report shall be verified
the oath of the Franchisee) showing the total gross receipts
of the Franchisee for the franchise payment period, received
or accrued in connection with the furnishing of the commodity
or service arising from the use or operation of the franchise;
together with such additional data as is necessary in the
opinion of the Supervisor to calculate or verify the calcula-
tion of the annual payment required by Section 6830 (A) (or
' the pro rata portion thereof for the first period if less
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than one year) and which payment shall be paid concurrently
with the filing of the statement. In the event the amount
' paid is incorrect in the judgment of the City, it may order
the payment of such additional sum as it may find thereunder;
and if not paid, or if paid under protest the same may be
determined by suit.
6876. Report to Supervisor. Within ninety (90) days after
the expiration of each franchise report period, the Franchisee
shall file with the Director a report in triplicate, showing
the permit number of each permit obtained for the installa-
tion of new mains during the immediately preceeding franchise
report period, together with the length and size of said
mains. On this report the Franchisee shall show any change
in franchise footage since the last franchise report period,
' segregating such footage as to new mains laid, old mains
removed, old mains abandoned in place, and the footage of
mains in territory annexed or incorporated since the last
franchise.
6877. Payments. The Franchisee, during the life of the
franchise, shall make annual payments to the City as pro-
vided in Subsection's A, C and D of Section 6830.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 19th day of
November 1979.
Mayo
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City Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF CARSON )
I, Helen S. Kawagoe, City Clerk of the City of Carson, California, do
hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is three
that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 79-495, passed first reading on
November 5 1979 , was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of said
City at o regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 19th day of
' November , 1979 and that the some was passed and adopted by the following roll
call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Bridgers, Smith &Colas
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
qty Clerk, City of C &son, Cal-ifornia