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REDLANDS CALIFORNIA. when a Bence is insailed aaad the
The Ctty Council of she City of meter is set, Before tate water :,hail
Redlands do ordain as follows: be turned can by the Department for
Section 1, WORDS AND PHRASES. any purpose whatsoever, the property
For the purpose of this ordinance all owner shall first sign a foran in which
words used herein in the present tense he guarantees the payment of future
shall include the future: all wards in water hills for the service required.
the,plural number shall include the The person signing{ the guarantees form
singular number: and all words in the or meter set form will be herd livable
singular number shall include the for water used until the department is
plural number. notified in writing to discontinue the
Section 2. Whenever in this ordi- service or to tratisfer the account to
nance the following words and phrases another property owner or water user.
set forth in this section are used, they Section 10. WATER .USED WWITII-
shall, for the purpose of this ordi- OUT REGULATION APPLICATION
nance have the meanings, respec- BEING MADE. A person, firm or Cor-
tively ascribed to them in this sec- poration taking possession of premises.
tion* and using water from an active sery-
"BOARD." The City Manager Super- ice connection without having made
intendent of the Water Department, application to the Department for
and the City Engineer of the City of water service, shall be held liable for
Redlands. the water delivered from the date of
"SERVICE CONNECTION." The tap- the last record meter reading, and if
ping of water mains and the laying the meter is found inoperative, the
of pipes from the main to the curb quantity consumed will be estimated.
line and the setting of the meter and If proper application for water serv-
meter box. ice is not made upon notification to
"COST.'" Labor, material, transporta- do so by the Department, and if ac-
tion expense, supervision, engineering cumulated bills for service are not
and all other necessary overhead ex- paid immediately, the service may be
pen=es, discontinued by the Department with-
'DEPARTMENT." The Water De- out further notice.
partment of the City of Redlands, its Section 11, TURNING ON AND OFF
Superintendent and Engineer, appoint- WATER SUPPLY. No charge will be
ed officers, and any other persons or made for turning on and shutting off
bodies invested with responsibility and the water supply when requested by
jurisdiction in matters pertinent to the consumer for the closing of an
said Water Department, old account or the beginning of a
Section 3. SIZE AND LOCATION. new one. When service has been dis-
The Board reserves the right to de- continued on account of non-payment
termine the size of service connections of water bills, or collection is made
and their location with respect to the at the premises when service has been
boundaries of the premises to be ordered d'iscont'inued, or for any other
served. The laying of consumer's pipe infraction of the rules, a charge of
line to the meter shall not be done $2.00 will be made by the Department.
until the location of the service con- This said amount plus outstanding bills
nection has been approved by the and deposit in an amount equal to
Board. $10.00 or three times the average or
Section 4. CURB COCK. Every serv- estimated monthly consumption may
ice connection installed by the Depart- be required to be paid by the con-
ment shall be equipped with a curb sumer before service will be renewed.
cock or valve on the inlet side of the The Department upon request day or
meter, which valve or curb cock shall night and without charge will shut
be for the exclusive use of the Board off the water supply for emergency
in controlling the water supply through purposes at the curb cock, and it is
the service lateral. It is further pro- understood that the Department will
vided that if the curb cock or valve is turn on the water supply when re-
damaged by the Consumer's use to an pairs are made.
extent requiring replacement, such Section 12. DAMAGES THROUGH
replacement shall be made at the con- LEAKING PIPES AND FIXTURES.
sumer's expense. When turning on the water supply
Section 5. PRESSURE CONDITIONS as requested and the house or prop-
All applicants for service connections erty is vacant, the Department will
or water service shall be required to endeavor to ascertain if water is run-
accept such conditions of pressure and ning on the inside of the building,
service as are provided by the dis- If such is found to be the case, the
tributing system at the location of the water will be left shut off at the curb
proposed connection, and shall agree cock on the inlet side of the meter,
to hold the Department blameless for The jurisdiction and responsibility of
any damages arising out of low pres- the Department shall end at the meter
sure or high pressure conditions or in- and the Department will in no case
terruptions of service. be liable for damages beyond the
Section S. MAIN CONSTRUCTION meter.
CHARGE. Before water shall be sup- Section 13. MAINTENANCE OF WA-
plied from any water main, installed TER PRESSURE AND SHUTTING:
after the effective date of this ordi- DOWN FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS,
nance, to any premises, which are The Department shall not accept any
subject to a main paid for by a sub- responsibility for the maintenance of
divider and/or person, and which are pressure and it reserves the right to
subject to a refund contract, a charge discontinue service while making emer-
of $2.00 per foot of the premises ad- gency repairs or for other cause, which
jacent to the main shall be paid as in the discretion of the Department
a water main construction charge, necessitates such discontinuance.
The said charge shall be paid at time That consumers dependant upon a
of application for service and shall continuous water supply should pro-
be in addition to the service connec- vide their own emergency storage of
tion charge. That $1.50 of each $2.00 water.
in the total amount so collected shall Section 14. DOMESTIC, COMMF,R-
be deposited in the Line Extension CIAL, IRRIGATION AND INDUS-
Fund of this City to be refunded to, TRIAL SERVICE CONNECTION,
the person, or persons, or corporation at Each house or building under
originally paying for said water main separate ownership must be provided
to which the collection has been made. with a separate service, and any viola-
Provided further that said water tion thereof will be sufficient cause
main construction charge of $2.00 per for the Board to remove the service
foot shall likewise apply to and be until the said violation is corrected and
made on all service connections made a fee of $2.00 paid for reconnecting
to mains installed or reconditioned at the service. Two or more houses un-
City expense after effective date of der one ownership and on the same lot
this Ordinance. That said amount shall or parcel of land may be supplied
be deposited in the General Water through the same service, provided,
Fund of the Department. however, that the Board shall reserve
Section ?. WATER RENTS. Water the right to limit the number of houses
rents are due and payable at the office or the area of land under one owner-
of the City of Redlands Water Lie- ship to be supplied by one service.
partment on date of mailing bill to rbi Not more than one service for
the property owner or his agent as domestic, irrigation, industrial, or com-
designated in the application and shall mercial supply shall be installed for
be delinquent 15 days thereafter. Serv- one business, except under special con-
ice may be discontinued without fur- ditions, and by con<ent of the Board.
ther notice if payment of the water !ci When property provided with a
rent is not made prior to the date service is subdivided, each service
such rent becomes delinquent. If said shall be considered as belonging to
owner or agent pays for water service the lot or parcel of land which it Bi-
on more than one piece of property rectly enters.
or unit, service may be discontinued Section 15. FIRE AND PROTEC-
on all properties for failure to pay on TIVE SERVICE CONNECTION.
any one property. Service will not be rat This service shall be used only
turned on again except upon payment for water consumed in the extinguish-
of all amounts due, together with a ing of fires. Upon the completion of
charge of $2.00 for turning on the the installation, the valve governing
water and a deposit of $10.00, or an the same will be closed and sealed
amount equal to three times the aver- and shall remain so until a written
age or estimated monthly consume- order is received from the owner of
tion whichever is the higher. for each the premises to have the water turned
applicant for such water service. Pro- on. After the water is turned on, the
vided however, that if the applicant Board shall not be held liable for
has established satisfactory credit with damages of any kind whatsoever that
the Department, the deposit charge may occur to the premises served by
may be waived by said Department. reason of the installation, maintenance,
Failure to receive bill does not re- use, fluctuation of pressure, or inter-
lieve consumer of liability. Any amount ruption of supply.
due shall be deemed a debt to the City ibi If water is used through a fire
of Redlands, any person, firm or cor- connection for any other purpose than
poration failing, neglecting or refusing the extinguishing of fires, the Board
to pay said indebtedness shall be liable shall have the right to place a meter
to a civil action in the name of said on the fire connection at the owner's
City, in any court or competent juris- expense or to shut off the entire
diction for the amount hereof. water supply from such premises, Upon
Section 8, MAIN'T'ENANCE SERV- theinstallation of such meter, the
ICE AND CONNECTIONS. The serv- water rates shall be as adopted by
ices and connections extending from resolution under provisions of Section
the water main to the meter and in- 28 herein shall apply,
cluding the meter shall be maintained tri The Board .;hall have the right
by the Department, all pipes and fix- to take a domestic, commercial or in-
v,
dustrial service from the fire con- will rebate to the owner or sub- the event of a complaint by a con-
nection at the curb to supply the same divider any money not used over and surner that his water bill is excessive,
premises as those to which the fire above the total cost thereof plus the a re-read shall be Tnade on the noeter
service connection belongs. The Board said ten per cent; or in the event and a cheek shall be made to deter-
shall also have the right to determine that the cost exceeded the depnsit, the mine in particular if there are leaky
the proportion of the installation costs owner or sub-divider shall pay the in the meter. Should no leaks in
properly chargeable to each connee- additional amount of such cost plus ten such meter be found, then upon re-
tion, if such segregation of costs shall per cent to the said City. Failure to quest of the consumer, the meter shall
become necessary, make such payment will result in any be removed and be subject to a test
(d) The Board reserves the right to and all services being discontinued and upon it as set forth in detail in See-
Install on all fire connections a check such services will not be re-instated tion 18 in the event the meter tests
valve of a type approved by the Na- until the amount due is paid. within the approved limitations, and
tional Board of Fire Underwriters and obi Size of mazes. The sub-divider the consumer continues to question
to equip the same with a by-pass or lot owner shall pay the full cost the water bill, a personal investigation
meter; such installations shall be at of the mains installed not to exceed of said premises served by the meter
the expense of the owner of the prop- eight ul") inches inside diameter un- shall be made by the Water Super.
erty and the regular domestic water less the size of the sub-division re- intendent, Should said Superintendent
rates as set forth by resolution here quires a larger main. In such a case, find no reason to adjust said bill, he
of shall apply for all water used the owner or sub-divider will pay the shall refer the disputed bill to the
through such service except for fire total cost, regardless of size. If the Board for a final ruling, subject to
protection purposes only. City requires a line larger than (8"� the rights of the consumer to appeal
Section 16. SUPPLY FROM FIRE inches to be used as a transmission the ruling to the City Council.
HYDRANT. line. such transmission line shall be Section 24. DEPOSITS. The Water
(s) An applicant for temporary use laid by the City of Redlands and paid Department may require a deposit
of water from a fire hydrant must for by the owner or sub-divider with from applicants who have not estab-
secure a permit therefore from the an allowance made by the City to lished credit. The amount of this de-
Water Department or Fire Department cover the difference in cost of the ma- posit shall be $10.00, or a sum equal
and pay the regular fee charged for terials used between eight ul") inches to three months' minimum charge for
the installation and removal of a meter and the size actually used. service rendered, whichever is the
to be installed on said hydrant, or in fef All mains laid shall become the higher. This deposit shall be refunded
the case of an unmetered installation property of the City of Redlands Water at the end of one Year without in-
for the permits required for such Department terest, or at an earlier date if the
usage. (d) Refunding of the Costs Within consumer orders the service discon-
(b) Each applicant shall provide City Limits. There shall be no refund- tinued, provided that the water bills
himself with a hydrant wrench neces- ing of any costs for the laying of any have been paid in full.
sary to operate such hydrant, and in- mains or lot connections within the Section 25. IRRIGATION SERVICE.
stall a separate shutoff with restrict- sub-division or connections made to There shall be no new connections
ing orifice to minimize damage to mains contiguous to the sub-division. made for irrigation services, nor shall
hydrant and mains. If a hydrant is For all new connections to lots con- there be any connections made to
damaged by the consumer's use to tiguous to all such mains laid by the serve water at any reduced rate be-
an extent requiring repair or replace- owner or sub-divider and not within low the regular domestic rate as set
ment such repair or replacement shall the tract or sub-division, the City of forth in this ordinance. Any existing
be made at the consumers expense, Redlands Water Department shall re- irrigation connections will continue to
Section 17. DAMAGE TO METERS fund to the original applicant the sum be served, as provided any one of
The Board reserves the right to set of $1.50 per front foot of the lot for the following conditions are fulfilled:
and maintain a meter on any connec- which the connection is made, which t Consumer shall have forty (40)
tion, The water consumer shall be refund agreement shall not be trans- or more edible fruit bearing trees on
held liable, however, for any damage ferable except to legal heirs and in the property served by the existing
to the meter due to his negligence or any event no refunds shall be made, meter.
carelessness and particularly for darn- and the agreement shall terminate, f2) Consumer shall have a minimum
age caused by hot water or steam from ten years from completion of such of 4�4 acre under cultivation and pro-
the premises. new main. ducing commercial crops.
Section 18, METER TESTING. When The person entitled to such a re- (3) Consumer shall have one acre
the accuracy of a water meter is fund shall make application for refund in pasture and such pasture shall be
questioned the department upon re- to the Water Department. If the ap- used for the feeding of animals raised
quest will cause an official test to plicant does not apply for the refund for commercial purposes.
be made at its own expense. The con- by July tat of each year, such money (4) For athletic or playing fields or
sumer shall be duly notified of the shall be transferred to the operating parks owned by public agencies or un-
time and place of such test and may budget of the Water Department and der private ownership provided that
be present before any such test will the applicant shall forfeit all claim such facilities are available to the pub-
be made by the department. The meter to such money. Three such consecutive he either free or on a rental basis.
will be tested on variable rates of annual forfeitures shall terminate the Any water used in buildings appur-
delivery and if the average registra- refund contract, and all moneys ac- tenant to such facilities shall be on a
tion is more than two per cent in cruable Linder the contract shall be- separate meter, and all water used
excess of the actual quantity of water come the property of the City of Red- through such a meter shall be charged
passing through the meter, the depart- lands Water Department, at the domestic rate.
ment shall refund to the consumer (e) Main Extensions to lots or tracts All irrigation rates shall be subject
the overcharge based upon the month- outside City Limits. The lot owner to study and annual revision. Should
ly test, unless it can be shown that or sub-divider of any approved lot, an irrigation service be discontinued
the error was due to some cause for tract, or sub-division outside the City for any reason, the service when re-
which the date can be fixed. In the of Redlands shall install all mains, sumed shall be charged at the domestic
latter case, the overcharge shall be laterals, connecting lines, and other rate.
computed back to and not beyond installations as may be needed to Section 26. CROSS CONNECTIONS,
such times. serve water under proper pressure No person, firm or corporation shall
Section 19. TAMPERING W I T H and volume to each lot within the install or maintain any physical can-
CITY PROPERTY. No one except an tract or sub-division. Before com- nection between any private source of
employee or representative of the mencement of construction the ap- water supply and the city water sup-
Board shall at any time in any manner plicant shall furnish bond for the ply; provided however, that subject
operate the curb cocks or valves, main estimated cost and shall pay to the to the approval of the Board of Health
cocks, gates or valves of the City's City of Redlands twenty (20c) cents of the State, the said City may main-
system, or interfere with meters Or per lineal foot inspection fee for tain emergency connections with other
their connections, street mains or other all mains to be laid. The applicant public utilities serving water.
parts of the water system, shall give free and clear to the City Section 27. LIMITATIONS OF SERV-
Section 20, APPLICATION F 0 R of Redlands any and all water stocks ICE AREA. The Water Department Of
MAIN EXTENSION, Any owner or or well rights used on the lot or tract this City of Redlands shall not in-
owners or subdivider of a single lot, desiring service before any services stall or make any new water service
subdivision or tract of land desiring or extensions are made, pursuant to connections,or extensions, of any kind,
the extension of water mains and serv- the rules and regulations as set forth either for domestic or irrigation use
ices to each lot, sub-division or tract in Ordinance No. 988. Any person con- in any territory not included in the
of land shall make such application structing water lines for service out- corporate city limits of the City of
to the Board. side the City limits, shall be refunded Redlands, except where commitments
is) Application for Main Extension. their costs on the same basis as set have been made by the Redlands City
Any owner or owners or subdivider forth in sub-section (d) of this Sec- Council.
of a single lot, or sub-division or tract tion. Section 28. RATES AND CHARGES
of land within the City limits desiring )f) If, for any reason, the develop- All water rates and charges shall be
the extension of water mains and serv- ment of any lot or tract makes it nec- set by a formal resolution of the City
ices to each lot, sub-division, or tract essary to move, lower, or in any man- Council of the City of Redlands.
of land shall make application to the ner change any existing water lines; Section 29. Any person, firm or
City Water Department, and after such moving, lowering, or changing corporation violating any of the pro-
initial application, the applicant shall <hall be done by the developer at his visions of this Ordinance shall be
be subject to the following procedure: expense. Any damage done to exist- deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
(1) The Department shall design the ing lines during the development of upon conviction thereof shall be pun-
water system to serve such lot, sub- the lot or tract shall be paid for by ishable by a fine not exceeding Five
division, or tract and give such de- the developer. Failure to make or pay Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by un-
sign and specifications and estimate for such changes or repairs shall be prisopment for a term not exceeding
of cost to the applicant. Plans shall reason for the Department to refuse six (6) months, or by both such fine
be prepared by a Civil Engineer in- water service to the lot or tract un- and imprisonment,
corporating such design and specifica- til such changes or repairs are made Section 30. If any section, sub-
tions and present same to the Water or paid for in full- section, sentence, clause or phrase of
Department for approval. Upon ap- Section 21. APPLICATION FOR this ordinance is, for any reason held
proval such plans become the property SERVICE. Upon application for water to be unconstitutional, illegal or un-
of the Department, service each applicant shall be re- lawful, such decision shall not affect
(2) The applicant shall lay all mains quired to sign an Application for Serv- the validity of the remaining portion
within the tract, contiguous to, and ice, wherein the City of Redlands is of the ordinance. The City Council
the full length of the tract, and such released from all liability by applicant hereby declares that it would have
connecting lines as may be needed to that may be caused by water escpipe,
adopted this ordinance irrespective of
,pe,
connect such lot, sub-division, or tract ing or flowing from any water the fact that any one or more s'ec
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to the nearest main of suitable size hose, water conduit, faucet, hydrant tion, sub-section, sentence, clause Or
and pressure. This shall include all valve, or other connections or appli- phrase be declared unconstitutional,
control valves and fire hydrants, and ance at any point within said premises, illegal or void.
a connecting lateral to each lot within and wherein applicant also guarantees Section 31, All ordinances or parts
the sub-division, tract, or lots owned payment of all sums to become due of ordinances in conflict herewith are
by the applicant adjacent to the new for water service furnished in pur- hereby repealed.
main. The applicant shall make all suance of the said application until Section 32. This Ordinance shall
such installation at his expense. All notification to the Water Department be in force and take effect as pro-
such installations shall be done ac- to disc-,ntinue or transfer such serv- vided by law.
cording to the City of Redlands plans ice. Section 33. The City Clerk shall
and specifications and subject to their If upon application for water service certify to the passage of this Ordi-
inspection. The applicant shall notify a service connection is found to have nance and shall cause the same to be
the Water Department and furnish produced no revenue in the twenty published once in the Redlands Daily
bond in the amount of the estimated years, immediately prior to date of Facts, a daily newspaper hereby desig-
cost, prior to the construction of such application and the service has been nated for that purpose.
mains and pay the Department ten physically disconnected from the main, RAY J. LAMM,
110th cents per lineal foot for inspec- such connection will be considered Mayor of the City of
tion of all such mains installed. Thi, abandoned and all requirements under Redlands, California.
payment to be made before the be- this Ordinance shall be in effect in Attest:
ginning of the installation, establishing a new service connection, IL R. WHALEY,
(3) In lieu of the applicant making Section 22, REFUNDS AND ADJUST- City Clerk of said City.
such installations, he may request the MENTS. If for any reason a consumer I do hereby certify that the fore-
City of Redlands to do all the work becomes entitled to a refund such as going ordinance was duly adopted at
and supply all the materials, and the for over-payrnent of a closing bill, or a regular meeting thereof field on the
said Board at its sole discretion shall other just cause, a demand shall be 4th day of December, 19,56, by the fol-
accept or reject such installation job. made by said consumer to the Depart- lowing vote:
If the said City agrees to do such ment for refund of such over-payment, AYES: Councilmen Parker, Hooper,
work and to supply the materials and subject to approval of the Board, Wilson and Mayor Lamm.
thereof, the sub-divider or owner will a City Warrant shall be issued to the NOES: None.
pay the total cost of such installation consumer in the amount of said over- ABSENT: Councilman Rorno,
plus ten per cent. Before commence- charge, or in the event the over- H. R. WHALEY,
ment of such work, the sub-divider payment was made on a bill which City Clerk.
shall deposit the total estimated cost is not a closing bill, the amount over- Approved for Form:
of such installation with the City of paid shall be credited to consumer's E. K TAYLOR,
Redlands Water Department, and upon account. City Attorney of said City.
the completion of the job the City Section 23, DISPUTED BILLS, In