Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #1343-A ORDINANCE No. 1-'34_3-A AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH RELATING TO WATER RATES; DECLAR- ING AN EMERGENCY TO EXIST AND AMENDING THE HUNT- INGTON BEACH ORDINANCE CODE BY AMENDING SECTION 3432. WHEREAS, the Superior Court of Orange County has declared a portion of Section 3432 of the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code unreasonable and arbitrary; and WHEREAS, the effect of such decision is detrimental to the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the City of Hunt- ington Beach, and has created a potentially greater detrimental effect on said citizens in the future, and the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach believes that to amend said Section 3432 to conform to said court's decision will relieve the citi- zens of the City Of Huntington Beach of such detriment to their health, safety and welfare,,, and remove the threat of future det- riment to the health, safety and welfare of said citizens of said city, NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTING- TON BEACH does ordain as follows: Section 1. That Section 3432 of the Huntington Beach Or- dinance Code is hereby amended to read in words and figures, as follows : Ord. Noe 1343—A Section 3422. WATER RATES. The water rates to be charged and collecEeZI monthly or bi-monthly as may be deter- mined by the City of Huntington Beach from consumers of water supplied by the City are hereby established and the Water De- partment is hereby authorized and directed to charge and collect the same as follows: Quantity DOMESTIC,COMMERGIAL AND INDUSTRIAL SERVICE Rates First 1000 cu.ft. or less $2. 25 Next 1000 cu.ft. per 100 cu. ft' 0.20 Next 1000 cu.ft. per 100 cu. f t. 0.18 Next 1000 cu.ft. per 100 cu. ft. 0.16 59000 to 159000 cu.ft. per 100 cu. ft. 0.14 15000 to 1009000 cu.ft. per 100 cu. ft. 0.12 Over 1009000 cu.ft. per 100 cu. ft. 0.11 MINIMUM CHARGES: Size of Service Minimum Charge per Month Water in Cu.Ft. 5/811 or 3/4t1 $2. 25 19 000 1t1 �.65 19 700 12/1 . 25 29000 21, 6.05 32000 12.05 79000 22.55 149000 6" �5. 25 252000 8" 7.25 , 359000 1011 67.25 50000 121' 101. 25 809000 A charge of $1.00 shall be made for each unit in excess of one connected to each meter Unit shall mean any building or a portion of a building consisting of one or more rooms separated from the rest of the building by a partition, occupied independently of the other parts of said building, or another building. Section 2. , This Ordinance is an Emergency Measure for the immediate preservation of the public health, safety and wel- fare, which emergency is set forth and defined in the preamble hereof and shall take effect and be in force from and after the passage and adoption of this ordinance. 2. Ord. No. 1343-A, Section 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published by one insertion in the Huntington Beach News, a weekly newspaper of general circulation, printed, published and circulated in the City of Huntington Beach, California. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 14th day of August 1967. Mayor ATTEST: City CWk APPROVED AS TO FORM: LOU ANN MARSHALL Assistant City Attorney 3• Ord. No. 1343-A STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH ) I, PAUL C. JONES, the duly elected, qualified and act- ing City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the said city, do hereby certify the whole number of members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven; that the foregoing emergency ordinance was read to said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 14th day of August, 19679 and was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of at least five members of said City Council. AYES: COUNCILMEN: Coen, Bartlett, Gisler, Kaufman, Stewart, Green NOES: COUNCILMEN: None COUNCILMEN: ABSENT: Shipley City Cler=arxY---*ex-off Iclo C er of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach. 1. PAUL C. JONES, CITY CLERK of the City of Huntington Beach and ex-officlo Clerk of the City Council, in hershy rPrtity that this ordinance his been ublishPd it the H ntin,ton Boach News ®n In accord- ce wittt tie Cl±y Uhart©r of said city.•• :........... ........... ......... ......................... City Clerk Deputy City Clerk 4.