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ORDINANCE N0. 783
AN ORDINANCE OF TI-LE CITY OF LYNWOOD AMENDING
SECTIONS 31.5, 31.6, 31.9, 31.10, 31.15,
31.17, 31.20, 31.21, 31.25 OF CHAPTER 31 OF
THE LYNW00D CITY CODE
The City Council of the City of Lynwood does hereby
ordain as follows:
Section l: Various amendments to the Lynwood City
Code regarding the use and Bost of water are hereby established.
Section 31.5: Section 31.5 of the Lynwood City Code
is hereby amended to read: "Any person desiring water service
shall complete and. sign a written application therefor on a
form furnished by the Water Department, which shall include, but
shall not necessarily be limited to, the status of the applicant,
e.g. owner, tenant or agent. Notwithstanding anything in this
paragraph to the contrary, the water clerk, in her discretion
should the circumstances so warrant, may accept an application
for water service over the telephone and cause water service
to be made to applicant, provided that the requirements of
this Chapter are otherwise fully complied with."
SectS_on 31.6: Section 31.6 is hereby amended to read:
"Except as provided in Section 31.8, a cash deposit must be
made by the person applying for water service in an amoun'c not
to exceed an estimated charge for his water for three months.
service, but not less, in any case, than 10.00, 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 said year.
At the end of said year the Water Department shall refund. to
the depositor the amoun'c remaining, if any, after all said bills
have been satisfied and discharged, to the entire amount of the
deposit."
Section 31.g: Section 31.g is amended to read.: "Not
withstanding Sections 31.5 to 31.8 or any other provisions of
this Chapter, the Water Department may demand. a deposit in all
applications for commercial business and apartment structures
and in those cases where, in the judgment of the water clerk,
the person applying for water service is or has been a poor
credit risk. Such deposit may be in any reasonable amount
required. in such instances by the water clerk."
Section 31.10: Section 31.10 is amended to read.:
"Water service shall be discontinued. on all flat rate accounts
remaining unpaid 'cwo months after such account first becomes
due and. payable. Service shall be discontinued on all water
meter accounts remaining unpaid. 15 days (see Section 31.21
after such account becomes due and. payable; provided, however,
that if there is a deposit to secure payment of water charges,
water service shall be discontinued on meter accounts and flat
rate accounts immediately upon the deposit being exhausted
and water service shall not again be re-established until all
current and arrears are paid. and the required deposit made;
and. the additional charge of $2.50 for the expense of discontinu-
ing and re-establishing such service shall be made for every
disconnection made by the department; and a charge of 25.00
for the expense of discontinuing and re-establishing such
service in each instance when it becomes necessary to discontinue
and re-establish such service as a result of a non-authorized
use. In the event that city discontinues water service pursuant
to this Chapter and such water service is re-established without
the payment of the fees or without due authorization from the
city, the ovaner or user of any such water or water service shall
be presumed. to have effected or authorized such unlawful re-
establishment of water service until 'che contrary is satisfactory-
ily established.
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"Water service may also be discontinued. as to any user
or service in the event of failure to pay the garbage charges
specified in Chapter 15 of this Code.
"Water service may also be discontinued. for any un=
authorized use of vaater or for any violation of this Chapter.
"Such discontinuations may be made upon the giving
of written notice by mail either to the person who applied for
such water service or to the occupant or user of the premises
serviced. Such notice may be given by the clerk of the water
department, It shall not be the obligation of the city to
determine any conflicting claims as to the legal liability to
pay such charges."
Section 31.15: Section 31.15 is amended to read.:
"Connections for temporary water use will be made when 'che
applicant deposits a sum equal to the cost of labor and
material necessary to make such connection as shall be estimated
by the water superintendent. A $7.50 installation charge will
be made for 'temporary water connections on fire hydrants. A
deposit for water use, in addition to the installation charge,
will be made as per Section 31.6. These amounts shall remain
on deposit with the Water Department until termination of such
use, during `.which time regular rates will be charged for the
use of the water. At such termination, the deposit shall be
returned, plus a charge of 30/ for depreciation. Any such.
services continuing for a periof of one year shall be deemed. to
be permanent."
Section 31.17: Section 31.17 is hereby amended to read:
"For water furnished at flat rates the monthly rates shall be
as follows:
"RESIDENTIAL UNITS INSIDE THE CORPORATE BOUNDARIES OF
THE CITY.. For each residential un5_t for use on one lot, adjacent
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lots or tract of land. including all water for ordinary domestic
purposes, $2.40.
"For each additional residential unit on the same lot
or tract of land where the charge is made to the owner of such
lot or tract of land, $ 1.15,
"The foregoing races shall be charged and accrue each
month irrespective of whether such residential units are
occupied,
"RESIDENTIAL UNITS OUTSIDE THE CORPORATE BOUNDARIES.
For each residential unit for use on one lot, adjacent lots or
tract of land including all water for ordinary domestic purposes,
$3.20.
"For each residential unit on the same lot or tract
of land where the charge is made to the owner of such lot or
tract of land, $1.55.
"Residential units shall include the separate units
of courts, motels, apartment houses, flats or other multiple
dvaelling units as well as single family dwellings.
"SCHOOLS. For every public school and. irrigation of
school grounds adjacent thereto, the charges shall be at the
following rates: Elementary schoo], $13.00 per month; high
school or junior high school, $30.00 per month.
"INDEPENDENT PRIVATE FIRE LINES. 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 monthly charge shall be as
follows:
For each 2" fire line $ 1.50
For each 3" fire line 2.00
~..-For each 4" fire line 3.00
For each b" fire line 5.00
For each d" fire line 7.50
For each 10" fire line 10.00
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"FLOODING EXCAVATIONS. For flooding excavations such
as trenches or ditches or fills, the charge shall be 11¢ for each.
one hundred cubic feet of excavation, ditch or fill.."
"Section 31..20: Section 31.20 is amended to read;
"For water served through me'cers inside the city limits of the
city, the monthly charge shall be as follows:
"INSIDE CITY. For the first 1,200 cubic feet or
fraction thereof, $1..75.
"For all water furnished over 1,200 cubic feet, 10.5¢
per 100 cubic feet.
"OUTSIDE CITY. For water service outside the city
through meters the monthly charge shall be as follows:
"For the first 1,200 cubic feet or fraction thereof,
$2.35•
"For all water furnished over 1,200 cubic feet, 16¢
per 100 cubic feet."
Section 31.21: Section 31.21 is amended to read:•
"All meters except those installed for contractors, shall be
read bi-monthly, and all charges for vaater supplied. through
a meter shall become due and payable at the time of reading and
shall become delinquent 15 days after a bill has been mailed
to the user."
Section 31.25: Section 31.25 is amended. to read:
"All vaater furnished to users for commercial, industrial or
irrigation purposes shall be metered and charged for upon the
metered basis at the rates specified in Section 31.17.
"Where a meter is required. adjacent to a flat rate
service, and where both properties are under single ownership,
both services shall require metered service."
Section 2: The City Clerk is hereby ordered. and dir-
e;ted to certify to the passage of this ordinance and to cause
the same to be published once in the Lynwood Press, a newspaper
of general circulation printed and published in the City of
Lynwood.
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First read at a regular meeting of the City Council
of said City held on the 21st day of September, 1865, and finally
adopted. and ordered published at a regular meeting of said Council
held on the 5th day of October lgo5 by the follow-
ing vo'c e
Ayes: Councilmen Byo.rk, Duncan McMillan Siokos Smith.
Noes: Councilmen None.
Absent: Councilmen None.
Ma or of the City of Lynwoo~
A`~TEST
,j!~e~-,~;~,,/~~z/•~1J~~-ems'
'.C3ty~Clerk, City of Lynwood
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) ss,
T, the undersigned, City Cierk of the City of
Lynwood, and ex-officio clerk of the Council of said
city, do hereby certify that the above is a true and
correct copy of Ordinance No,
783 ,adopted by the City
Council of-the City of Lynwood, and that same was
on the date and Aassed
by the'vote therein stated,
Dated this 6th day of October
1965 .
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