HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #2709 ORDINANCE NO. 2709
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON
BEACH AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH MUNICIPAL
CODE BY REPEALING SECTION 14 .12. 080; BY AMEND-
ING SECTIONS 14 . 12. 040 AND 14 .12.050; AND BY
ADDING THERETO NEW SECTION 14 .12 . 045, ALL RE-
LATING TO WATER RATES
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does
ordain as follows :
SECTION 1. Section 14 .12. 080 of the Huntington Beach
Municipal Code is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2 . The Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended by amending sections 14. 12 . 040 and 14 .12 . 050 to read
as follows :
14 .12 . 040 Water rates--Designated. The water rates to be
charged monthly and collected monthly or bimonthly, as may be
determined by the city, from consumers of water supplied by the
city, are established and the water department is authorized and
directed to charge and collect the same as follows:
Domestic , Commercial and Industrial Service
Quantity
rates
First 500 cu. ft . or less $4.00
Over 500 cu. ft. , per 100 cu. ft . $0.41
Minimum Charges
Size of service Minimum charge per month Water in cu.ft.
5/8" or 3/4 : $ 4 . 00 500
1" $ 6. 80 1,000
1-1/2" $ 9. 50 1,500
2" $ 12. 50 2,000
3" $ 31. 00 5,000
4" $ 55. 50 9,000
6" $110. 00 18,000
8" $157. 50 26, 000
10" $210. 00 35,000
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A charge of one dollar ($1) shall be made for each unit
in excess of one connected to each meter.
"Unit" means any building or a portion of a building consist-
ing of one or more rooms separated from the rest of the build-
ing by a partition, occupied independently of the other parts
of the building, or another building.
The above water rates, plus a 10 percent surcharge, shall
be applicable to areas outside the boundaries of the city of
Huntington Beach, wherever the city serves water, including
Sunset Beach, an unincorporated area, and Surfside, located
within the city of Seal Beach.
14 .12 .050 Water rates---Construction purposes. All construc-
tion water shall be taken from existing outlets designated by the
water department or from special outlets installed at the ex-
pense of the consumer. If in the determination of the water de-
partment, the setting of a meter is impracticable or uneconomical
for the supply of construction water, the charge for such un-
metered water shall be as follows :
(a) Housing tracts or subdivisions will be charged a
flat rate of twelve dollars ($12) per unit during construction.
(b) For miscellaneous uses not herein specified, the
quantity of water shall be estimated by the water department
and charged at the quantity rate in effect at the time the
estimate is prepared.
SECTION 3. The Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended by adding thereto new section 14.12 . 045 to read as fol-
lows :
14 12 . 045 Water rates--Budget . It shall be the policy of
the city that a balanced budget shall be maintained for the
water fund. Pursuant to section 602 of the Charter of the city
of Huntington Beach, the city administrator shall be required
to submit said water fund budget in a balanced condition to the
city council, together with the other budget submittals. The
water rate adjustment necessary to maintain a balanced budget
shall be incorporated as part of the annual budget which shall
modify the rates as set forth in section 14 .12 . 040 of the
Huntington Beach Municipal Code upon adoption of the budget. For
the purpose of this section, "balanced budget" shall mean that
total appropriations for operating expenses do not exceed total
estimated revenues in the annual budget of the water fund.
Operating expenses shall include appropriations for the de-
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preciation cost of those capital improvements customarily pro-
vided for in the operating budget and in accordance with gen-
erally accepted accounting principles. Revenues shall exclude
bond proceeds, if any, but include interest earnings and other
nonoperating revenue in accordance with generally accepted ac-
counting principles.
Any budget surplus realized as a result of actual revenues
exceeding actual expenditures shall be used for emergency re-
serves or for capital improvements and shall not be used for
general operations.
SECTION 3. The city declares that this ordinance is an
urgency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public peace, health, or safety in order to insure that adequate
supplies of clean, potable water continue to be available to the
citizens of Huntington Beach.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall take effect immediately
after its passage .
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 18th
day of June 1984 .
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ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Clerk City Attorney
REVIEWED AND APPROVED: INTT AND APPROVED:
City Adm istrator Chie Administrat e
Services
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Emergency Ord. No. 2709
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, the duly elected, qualified and acting
City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of the said City, do hereby certify that the foregoing
ordinance was read to the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach
at a regular meeting thereof held on the 18th day of June
19 84 and was passed and adopted by at least four-fifths (4/5)
affirmative votes of said City Council.
AYES: Councilmen:
Pattinson, MacAllister, Thomas, Kelly, Bailey
NOES: Councilmen:
Finley, Mandic
ABSENT: Councilmen:
None
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