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ORDINANCE N0. 885
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD AMENDING
SECTION 31.1 (PLACII~'G WATER DEPARTMENT UNDER THE
DIRECTION OF DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS), SECTION
31.6 (INCREASING CASH DEPOSIT FOR TURN-ON FROM
$10.00 TO $15.00), SECTION 31.12 (ELIMINATING
FLAT RATF. SERVICE CHARGE AND ALL OTHER REFERENCE TO
FLAT RATE), SECTION 31.14 (CHANGING CHARGE FOR
ADDITIONAL MAINS TO COST PLUS 15%), SECTION 31.15
(CHANGING CHARGE FOR TEMPORARY CONNECTIONS TO FIXED
SCALE AND AMENDING AMOUNT AND METHOD OF REFUNDS),
SECTION 31.17 (ELIMINATING SUBSECTION ON RATES
OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS; INCREASING FLAT RATES, ELIMINATING
FLAT RATE FOR SCHOOLS, CHANGING'TNDEPENDENT PRIVATE
FIRE LINES" TO "PRIVATE FIRE PROTECTION SEF.VIC~S"
AND INCREASING RATE TO $2.00 PER MONTH PER EACH
INCH OF DIAMETEF. OF SERVICE CONNECTION); OMITTING
SUBSECTION ON "FLOODING EXCAVATIONS; SECTION 31.20
(ESTABLISHING "RF,ADINESS TO SERVE" CHARGES FOR
METERED CONNF.CTIONS, AND PROVIDING THEY SHALL NOT BE
REFUNDABLE, 3~NCREASING THE METERED RATES FOR FIRST
100,000 CUBIC FEET PER MONTH TO $0.21 PER 100 CUBIC
FEET AND FOR ALL OVER 100,000 CUBIC FEET PEF. MONTH,
$0.11 PF,R 100 CUBIC FEF.T, AND ESTABLISHING A QUANTITY
METERED RATE CHARGE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS), SECTION 31.21
(CHANGING MONTHLY BILLINGS TO BI-MONTHLY), SECTION
31.24 (CHANGING LOT SIZE FROM 18,000 SQUARE FEET TO
9,000 SQUARE FEET RELATIVE TO COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL
USE), SECTION 31.27 (ELIMINATING ALTERNATIVE PROVISIONS
WHEREBY SUBDIVIDER WOULD PAY CITY CERTAIN AMOUNT AND
CITY WOULD CONSTRUCT WATER SYSTEM), SECTION 31.29
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(CHADIGING "WATER SUPERINTENDENT" TO "PUBLIC WORKS
DIRECTOR") AND AMENDING CHAPTER 31 OF THE LYNWOOD
CITY CODE TO ESTABLISH BY GRADUAL STEPS ELIMINATION
OF FLAT RATE SERVICE AND SUBSTITUTING THEREFOR
METERED SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE CITY) AND REPEALING
SECTIONS 31.16 AND 31.22 OF THE LYNWOOD CITY CODE.
The City Council of the City of Lynwood, California,
does hereby ordain as follows:
Section l. Section 31.1 of the Lynwood City Code is
amended as follows:
"Water Department -- Created; composition; bonds of
officers and employees.
"There is hereby created a water department and all
employees thereof shall be under the direction of the
Public Works Director."
Section 2. Section 31.6 of the Lynwood City Code is
amended as follows:
"Except as provided in Section 31.8, a cash deposit must
be made by the person applying for water service in an amount not
to exceed an estimated charge for his water for three months service,
but not less, in any case, than fifteen dollars, which deposit shall
be held by the water department for a period of one year from the
date of the deposit as security for the payment of all water bills
that shall become due and payable during such year. At the end of
such year the water department shall refund to the depositor the
amount remaining, if any, after all such bills have been satisfied
and discharged, to the entire amount of the depo5it."
Section 3. Section 31.12 of the Lynwood City Code is
amended as follows:
"Application for water service shall be accompanied by
a service connection charge in the amount specified as follows:
~~5/8° X 3/4" ............................. ~115.00
„1~~ ........................................ ~160.00
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~~l-1/2" .................................... $250.00
~~z~~ ........................................ ~330.00
"Meters and services larger than 2" in size and services
enlarged shall be paid for by the customer at cost plus fifteen
per cent for overhead. Cost, as estimated by the water department,
must be deposited in advance with final adjustment of charges to
be made upon completion of installation and prior to turn-on of
water."
Section 4. Section 31.14 of the Lynwood City Code is
amended as follows:
"All additional mains other than those specified in
section 31.13 shall be paid For by the applicant at cost, plus
fifteen per cent overhead. Refund of this cost will be made to
the applicant if, within ten years sufficient taps have been made
into the extended line whereby there will be one water service for
each one hundred and fifty feet of new water main laid."
Section 5, Section 13.15 of the Lynwood City Code is
amended as follows:
"Connections for temporary water use will be made when
applicant has made the applicable deposit as follows:
Size Connection Deposit
3/u~~ ~ 50.00
1° loo.oo
1-1/2" 150.00
z`~ 200.00
"The foregoing deposits shall also apply to fire hydrants.
These amounts shall remain on deposit until termination of such
use, during which period General Metered Rates shall be charged for
the water. At termination, the deposits shall be returned less a charge
of 30% for depreciation,"
Section 6. Section 31.17 of the Lynwood City Code is
amended as follows:
"For water furnished at flat rates the monthly rates shall
be as follows:
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"General Flat Rate Service. For one dwelling unit located
on a lot or parcel of land, four dollars and fifteen cents per month;
for each additional dwelling unit on the same lot or parcel of
land, one dollar and seventy-five cents per month.
"The foregoing rates shall be charged and accrue each
month irrespective of whether such residential units are occupied.
"Private Fire Protection Services. For independent private
fire lines used exclusively for fire protection purposes whether
such lines are connected with an automatic sprinkler system or to
hose attachments, the charge shall be ~2.00 per month per each inch
of diameter of service connections."
Section 7. Section 31.20 of the Lynwood City Code is
amended as follows:
"For water served through meters
the monthly charge shall be as follows:
"General Metered Rate.(1)Readiness to Serve Char~es. There
shall be charged and collected a monthly readiness to serve charge
from each customer for each meter on the basis of the following
schedule:
5/8" x 3/4~~ ----------------------------
1" --------------------------------------
1-1/z" ----------------------------------
z" --------------------------------------
3"
--------------------------------------
~" --------------------------------------
6" --------------------------------------
8" --------------------------------------
$ l.oo
1.50
3.00
4.50
8.50
15.00
20.00
35.00
"Readiness to serve charge shall not be subject to refund
or proration if service to any customer is terminated during any
monthly period.
(2)"Quantity Char~e. In addition to the readiness to serve
charge Set forth in this subsection, the rate supplied to consumers
through a meter shall be as follows:
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"For the first 100,000 cubic feet per month, twenty-one
cents per one hundred cubic feet.
"For all over 100,000 cubic feet per month, eleven cents
per one hundred cubic £eet.
"Special Metered Rate. For every public school and
irrigation of school grounds adjacent thereto, the metered rates shall
be as follows:
"Readiness to Service Charge shall be the same as the
General Metered Rate.
"Quantit,y Charge. In addition to the readiness to serve
charge set forth in this section, the rate supplied to public schools
through a meter shall be thirteen cents per each one hundred cubic
feet of water ~onsumed."
Section 8. Section 31.21 of the Lynwood City Code is
amended as follows:
"Bi-Monthly Billing and Payment; Delinquency.
"All meters except those temporary connections, shall be
read bi-monthly, and all charges for water supplied through a meter
shall become due and pavable at the time of reading and shall become
delinquent fifteen days after a bill has been mailed to the user.
"All temporary connections shall be read monthly and all
charges £or water supplied shall become due and payable at the time
of reading and shall become delinquent fi£teen days after a bill has
been mailed to the user."
Section 9. Section 31.24 of the Lynwood City Code is
amended as follows:
"Commercial, industrial or irrigation use shall be
deemed to mean the use of water that is necessary or customary in
the manufacturing, cleaning or dispensing of any manufactured product,
clothing, foodstuffs or drink; or the use of water for any service
capacity or the irrigation or serving of any land in the ownership
of the same person in excess of nine thousand square feet, whether
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the serviciMg be in connection with domestic use or not. Such
commercial, industrial or irrigation use shall include use of water
for dentists, automobile washing establishments, swimming pools and
any other use not ordinarily considered domestic."
ction 10. Section 31.27 of the Lynwood City Code is
amended as follows:
"All water distribution systems referred to in the
preceding section shall be constructed by and at the expense of
the subdivider. The subdivider shall also comply with the requirements
of Chapter 28 of this Code."
Section 11. Section 31.29 of the Lynwood City Code is
amended as follows:
"The Public Glorks Director shall cause a meter to be
installed on any water service if the Public Works Director has
reasonable cause to believe that there is excessively wasteful
or unnecessary use of water from any such water service; and
thereupon meter rates will be charged for such water service at the
rates specified in section 13,17. The Public Works Director's
determination shall be final and conclusive."
Section 12. Chapter 31 of the Lynwood City Code is
amended as £ollows: There shall be added to said chapter Section
31.18 to read as follows:
"Required Conversion from Flat Rate Service to Metered
Service.
"(1) There shall be no new flat rate services installed
as of the effective date of this ordinance.
"(2) Al1 public schools shall be metered throughout a
four year period commencing with the effective date of this
ordinance at the expense of the City.
'~~3) Commencing July l, 1971, flat rate services shall
be converted to meter services at the expense of the City as
follows:
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"(a) Where there are three or more residential units
on the same lot or parcel of land, and adjacent lots or tracts of
land under the same ownership.
"(b) Lots and parcels of land in excess of nine
thousand square feet in area.
"(c) Lots and parcels of land which undergo a
change of ownership. The change over to meter services shall be
made following the close of escrow, or if no escrow is involved,
at the date title passes to the new owner.
"(4) Commencing July l, 1972, the following flat rate
services shall be converted to meter services at the expense of
the City.
"(a) All those flat rate services that service
two dwelling units on the same lot or parcel of land, and on
adjacent lots or parcels of land under the sa.me ownership.
°(5) Commencing J~ly l, 1973, the following flat rate
services sha11 be converted to meter services at the expense of
the City.
"(a) One-fourth of all flat rate services in the
City at the time. The City Council at a general meeting, general
adjourned meeting or at a special meeting held not later than May
31, 1973, shall review all the remaining flat rate services in the
City and shall determine by minute order or resolution what services
shall be converted from flat rate to meter service.
"(6) Commencing July l, 1974, there shall be converted
from flat rate service to meter service at the expense of the
City the following:
"One-third of all flat rate services remaining at
said date. The City Council at a general meeting, an adjourned
general meeting or at a special meeting held not later than May
31, 1974, review all the flat rate services remaining in effect
and at said meeting determine by minute order or resolution what
flat rate services within the City shall be converted to meter
services.
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~~~7) Commencing July l, 1g75, there shall be converted from
flat rate service to meter service at the expense of the City the
following:
"One-half of all flat rate services remaining at
said date. The City Council at a general meeting, an adjourned
general meeting, or a special meeting held not later than May
31, 1975, review all flat rate services remaining in effect and
at said meeting determine by minute order or resolution what flat
rate services within the City shall be converted to meter service.
"(8) Commencing July l, 1976, all flat rate services
remaining within the City shall be converted to meter service."
Section 13• Sections 31.16 and 31.22 are hereby repealed.
Section 14. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this ordinance and cause the same to be published in the Lynwood
Press, a newspaper printed, published, and circulated in the City
of Lynwood.
First read at a regular meeting of the City Council of
said City held on the 17th day of November, 1970, and £inally
adopted and ordered published at a regular meeting of said Council
held on the lst day of December, 1970, by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Byork, Green, Liewer, Siokos, Stevens
Noes: Councilmen None
.4bsent: Councilmen None
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Mayor of'the City of Lynwood
ATTEST:
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City Clerk, City of Lynwood
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I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of
LynU;~od, and ex-officio clerk of the Council of said
~;ity, d: h~reby certify that the above is a true and
co~~~ect copy of Ordinance No. 885 adopted by the City
Council ~~f` the ~ity of Lynwood, and that same was passed
~_r: the daze and by the vote therein stated.
Dated *his 2nd day of December , 19~
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~TY LERK, CITY 0 LYNWOOD