HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-13 - Amending Sections 14.12.020 and 14.24.065, of Title 14 of the NBMC Pertaining to Water and Sewers.ORDINANCE NO. 2005-13
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NEWPORT BEACH AMENDING SECTIONS 14.12.020 AND
14.24.065, OF TITLE 14 OF THE NEWPORT BEACH MUNICIPAL
CODE PERTAINING TO WATER AND SEWERS
The City Council of the City of Newport Beach does hereby ordain that certain Newport
Beach Municipal Code sections are amended to read, in full, as follows:
SECTION 1: Section 14.12.020 of Chapter 14.12 is amended to read as follows:
Section 14.12.020 Water Rates Established.
The following rates, fees and charges are hereby established and shall be charged and
collected in accordance with the provisions of this chapter:
A. There shall be charged and collected a monthly water service charge from each
customer for each meter on the basis of the following schedule:
For 3/4 -inch meter or less
$ 4.50
For 1 -inch meter
5.50
For 1 1/2 -inch meter
7.00
For 2 -inch meter
9.50
For 3 -inch meter
18.00
For 4 -inch meter
25.50
For 6 -inch meter
38.50
For 8 -inch meter
45.00
For each living unit in excess of one
per water meter, per month
1.00
For each hotel or motel unit and each
hospital or convalescent home
bedroom in excess of one per
water meter, per month
.50
B. The rate for water supplied to consumers through a meter, other than pursuant to
a written contract approved by the City Council, shall be two dollars and eight
cents ($2.08) per one hundred (100) cubic feet.
City water rates shall be adjusted to reflect Metropolitan Water District and Orange
County Water District rate changes.
Should the automatic adjustments require a water rate increase, the amount of the
increase shall be added to the quantity charges and shall be equal to the Metropolitan
Water District and Orange County Water District increase, raised to the next highest
whole penny for each one hundred (100) cubic feet used.
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SECTION 2: Section 14.24.065 of Chapter 14.24 is amended to read as follows:
Section 14.24.065 Sewer Use Charge.
A. A monthly basic sewer use charge of four dollars and fifty cents ($4.50) per
month, shall be assessed against each individually metered dwelling unit or
business structure connected to the public sewer system and for each sewer
connection to the public sewer system for customers who purchase water from
the City of Newport Beach except as provided in subsection (C) of this section.
B. A monthly basic sewer use charge of six dollars and twenty -five cents ($6.25) per
month, shall be assessed for each use connection to the public sewer system for
customers who do not purchase water from the City of Newport Beach.
C. A monthly supplemental sewer use charge of two dollars ($2.00) per month, shall
be assessed for each additional living unit served by the same sewer connection.
For the purposes of this subsection, the term 'living unit' shall mean each
additional dwelling unit and structures designed for permanent residential use
and each room with sanitary and sleeping facilities in any hospital, care facility,
hotel or motel.
D. In addition to the charges specified above, a sewer consumption charge of thirty
cents ($0.30) shall be assessed for each hundred (100) cubic feet of water
delivered to each customer connected to the public sewer system. Effective
September 1, 2006, the sewer consumption charge shall become thirty -five cents
($0.35).
E. A monthly wastewater surcharge of ten dollars ($10.00) per month shall be
assessed to each water customer on all nonirrigation water meters which have a
diameter that equals or exceeds two inches. Water meter connections for the
exclusive purpose of providing water for fire sprinkler of fire protection systems
shall be exempted from this surcharge.
SECTION 3: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is,
for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the
validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council
hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance, and each section, subsection,
clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections,
subsections, sentences, clauses and phrases be declared unconstitutional.
SECTION 4: The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall attest to the passage of this
ordinance. The City Clerk shall cause the same to be published once in the official
newspaper of the City, and it shall be effective thirty (30) days after its adoption.
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SECTION 5: This ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
City of Newport Beach, held on the 28"' day of June 2005, and adopted on the 260 day of
July 2005, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES, COUNCILMEMBERS Selich, Rosansky, Webb, Ridgeway,
Daigle, Nichols, Mayor Heffernan
NOES, COUNCILMEMBERS
ABSENT COUNCILMEMBERS
MAYOR
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ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, LaVonne M. Harkless, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do
hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing
ordinance, being Ordinance No. 2005 -13 was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by
the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the
26th day of July 2005, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Selich, Rosansky, Webb, Ridgeway, Daigle, Nichols, Mayor Heffernan
Noes: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the
official seal of said City this 27th day of July 2005.
(Seal)
City Clerk
City of Newport Beach, California
CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, LAVONNE M. HARKLESS, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby
certify that Ordinance No. 2005.13 has been duly and regularly published according to law and the
order of the City Council of said City and that same was so published in The Daily Pilot, a daily
newspaper of general circulation on the following date, to wit: July 30, 2005.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed m name thi f% day of / ' i .S
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2005.
City Clerk
City of Newport Beach, California