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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 2200 - Amending Portions Chapter 14.08 ORDINANCE NO. 2200 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REDDING AMENDING PORTIONS OF REDDING MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 14.08, WATER. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1 . Findings of Fact: The projected rates and charges set forth in this ordinance are necessary to cover the increased costs of the operation and maintenance of the water system. Section 2. Redding Municipal Code Chapter 14.08, Water, is amended as follows: A. Section 14.08.050, subsection C, Service Outside City, is amended to read as follows: C. The applicant shall pay a monthly water service rate equal to the water service rate established in this chapter for service in the unincorporated portions of the former Buckeye County Water District. B. Section 14.08.130, subsection G, Extension of Mains, is amended to read as follows: G. Where a parcel of real property fronts upon a substandard main less than six inches in diameter in which the property owner or his predecessor in interest has a vested interest, he shall pay a front footage construction charge at the established rate set forth in this chapter, minus a percentage credit in the same ratio as the diameter of the substandard main bears to the diameter of a six-inch water pipe. Where a parcel of real property requesting connection fronts on a substandard main in which it has no vested interest, it shall be charged the established front footage construction charge in effect at the time of application. It is the stated intention of the city to replace the substandard main as soon as economically practicable, and, in the event that such replacement is accomplished by means of an assessment district, those who have been charged a front footage construction charge in accordance with the provisions of this subsection shall not be assessed any additional sum in any subsequent assessment district proceedings for the replacement of the substandard main with one of adequate size. C. Section 14.08.130, subsection H, Extension of Mains, is amended to read as follows: H. Reimbursement agreements may be made where a main is extended by a developer beyond the terminus of the existing system and which makes individual domestic service available to other property owners along the frontage of the extension. Funds reimbursed shall be from the front footage charges set forth in this chapter. Duration of the agreement is ten years. D. Section 14.08.310 is amended to read as follows: 14.08.310. Establishment of Connection Charges and Service Rates. Connection charges, service rates, and other fees in connection with the water distribution system as set forth in this chapter shall be adopted by ordinance. E. Section 14.08.315 is added, to read as follows: 14.08.315. Charges and Rates. A fee for each connection charge, service fee, and other fees related to the water distribution system shall be paid to the city, as follows: 1. CONNECTION CHARGES The following charges shall be paid to the City of Redding prior to the issuance of any water connection permit, or any physical connection to the water system from the premises to which the charges apply. Each premises as defined in Section 14.08.010 applying for new water service, as distinguished from a change in location, shall pay the current connection charge, based on meter size, per household equivalent, as follows: AWWA Rated H.E. Effective Effective Effective Meter Size Capacity G m Ration 2/16/98 1/1/99 7/1/99 Connection Fee/H.E. $1,910 $2,072 O 5/8" 20 1 $1,909 $2,071 3/4" 30 1.5 $2,863 $3,106 2 AWWA Rated H.E. Effective Effective Effective Meter Size Capacity G m Ratio( 2/16/98 1/1/99 7/1/99 1" 50 2.5 $4,772 $5,177 11/2 100 5 $9,545 $10,355 2" 160 8 $15,272 $16,568 3" 320 16 $30,544 $339136 4" 500 25 $47,725 $51,775 6" 1000 50 $95,450 $103,550 8" 1600 80 $152,720 $165,680 OO H.E. = Household Equivalent (the water usage for the standard residential household) © Beginning July 1, 1999, and on every July 1 thereafter, the fee will automatically increase by an amount which is calculated by multiplying the most recent fee in effect by the percentage increase over the previous 12 months immediately preceding the most recent publication of the Engineering News Record Construction Cost Index existing on July 1 of the year of the increase. Fees shall not decrease below the level of rates existing on January 1, 1999. Front Footage (Construction) Charge $14 per lineal front foot 2. SERVICE RATES FOR CUSTOMERS WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF REDDING AND THE FORMER BUCKEYE COUNTY WATER DISTRICT WATER RATE SCHEDULE Meter Size Effective 7/1/97 5/8" $4.67 3/4" 5.37 3 WATER RATE SCHEDULE 1" 6.79 1 '/Z" 10.58 2" 14.08 3" 34.65 4" 52.90 6" 105.79 8" 153.27 Backflow Prevention Assembly Testing Fixed Monthly Service Charge $3.00 Temporary Service (Construction Water) Hydrant Meter Charge O $25.00 OO Previously on the General Fund Master Fee Schedule; being moved to the Water Utility Rate Schedule Commodity Charge All consumption at $0.53/ccf FIRE HYDRANT RENTAL Fixed Monthly Service Charge Private (per hydrant) O $5.00 Public (per hydrant) None 4 f PRIVATE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICE LINES Fixed Monthly Service Size Service Charge 4" or smaller $4.00 6" $6.00 8" $8.00 10" $10.00 12" $12.00 PRIVATE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICE LINES WITH PRIVATE HYDRANTS The monthly service charge will be the higher of the two charges, either the private fire protection service line charge or hydrant rental charge. OO Private fire hydrants are defined as follows: Those hydrants which 1) serve private property, and 2) are not located within a public right of way. F. Section 14.08.340 is amended to read as follows: 14.08.340. Due Date—Shutoff for Nonpayment. All water rates and other fees set forth in this chapter are due and payable on the date of billing thereof, and become delinquent twenty days thereafter. If the bill remains unpaid thirty- five days after the billing date, the finance officer of the city shall have the discretionary power to cut off water for nonpayment if nonpayment continues after demand. This discretionary power shall not be exercised where good faith bases exist to dispute the correctness of the billing tendered. G. Section 14.08.350 is amended to read as follows: 14.08.350. Rates—Vacated Premises. Water rates and other fees set forth in this chapter shall be charged to premises vacated, until the city is notified in writing of the vacancy and is requested to turn the water off. 5 Section 3. The passage of this ordinance is not a "project" according to the definition in the California Environmental Quality Act, and therefore is not subject to the provisions requiring environmental review. Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect 60 days after the date of its adoption, and the City Clerk shall certify to the adoption thereof and cause its publication according to law. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced and read by the City Council at a regular meeting on the 2nd day of December, 1997; and was duly read and adopted at a regular meeting on the 16th day of December, 1997, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Anderson, Kehoe, McGeorge and Murray NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None J lJ SEN M AY; ayor Attest: Form Approved: Connie Strohmayer, ty lerk W. Leonard Wingate, i Attorney 6 • In the Superior Court of the State of California in and for the County of Shasta -------------------- CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION -------------------- _ .'ORDINANCE NO.2200 -AN ORDINANCEOF THE CITY OF REDDING {I AMENDINGPORTIONS OF REDDING MUNICIPAL- CODE CHAPTER 14.08,WATER;. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING DOESORDAINAS FOLLOWS: Section1. Findings of Fact: No. 2200 The projected rates and charges set forth in this ordinance are necessary;to cover the in- creased costs of.the operation and maintenance of the water system. ' �y I,Section 21 Redding'Municipal Code Chapter 14 .08 Water,is amended as follows: ' Public Notice A: Section 14.08.650,subsection C,Service Outside City,is amended to read as follows:. City of Redding �C.T.lie.annlicanr_shall_nav_a_mnnthlv_watar_secvire_rate_e"Waal_to_the_water_secvice.rate_es-_ State of California County of Shasta 11,e:) .1snf I hereby certify that the Record Searchlight is a � _ newspaper of general circulation within the provisions of the Government Code of the State of California, printed and published in the City of Redding,County � ✓ of Shasta, State of California;that I am the principal 1ge j®Jul' al-elsa juai Jullua pi$e clerk of the printer of said newspaper;that the notice of which the annexed clipping is a true printed copy was published in said newspaper on the followingaZT lylaaV noA dates,to wit; 1U!J1 December 24, 1997. I certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct, at Redding,California on the 24th day of December, 1997. ' 3` Signature 3 RECORD SEARCHLIGHT 1101 Twin View Blvd.,Redding, California 96003 � g �•