HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1676I ORDINANCE NO. 1676
2 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME
ADOPTING REVISIONS TO FEES FOR WATER SERVICE
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4 The CITY COUNCIL of the CITY OF BURLINGAME does hereby ordain as follows:
5 Section 1. The existing water rates and connection fees were established by Ordinance No.
6 1660 adopted July 16, 2001. Notice of proposed revisions to the connection fees and of the
7 public hearing on the fees was mailed to each property owner in the City and duly published in
8 a newspaper of general circulation in the City. The City Council, after public hearing and due
9 study and deliberation, has determined that the cost of installations and testing has increased
10 substantially. The last increase in meter installation fees occurred in 1997 by Ordinance No.
11 1570. The last increase in flow testing fees occurred in 1983 in Resolution No. 9-83. These fees
12 will better attribute the actual costs of system costs to the persons actually using the services
13 rather to the ratepayers as a whole or to the City in general. In construction and maintenance of
14 the City water system, the City general fund has contributed significant amounts of money to
15 build, maintain, and operate the water system. The fees adopted in this ordinance are not
16 discriminatory or excessive.
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18 Section 2. Subsection (2)(f) of Ordinance No. 1660 is amended to read as follows:
19 (f) When a flow test is requested by a customer, a fee shall first be paid to the city
20 according to the size of the service as follows:
21 5/8" through 1" $50
22 1'1/2" and 2" $80
23 Over 2" $100 minimum
24 In the event that the meter was recording higher than actual flow, the city shall refund the
25 testing fee and make adjustments in the billing for water consumed during the two (2) calendar
26 months preceding the date of the request for a test.
27 In the event the meter was recording accurately, the fee shall be retained. On services
28 over two inches (2"), an additional fee shall be billed if the cost of testing plus fifteen percent
1 (15%) for overhead should exceed the $100 fee.
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3 Section 3. Subsection (2)(g) of Ordinance No. 1,660 is amended to read as follows:
4 (g) Temporary water service will be provided at a city fire hydrant, after the approval
5 of the location by the city engineer or the engineer's authorized representative, upon deposit of
6 $750. The fixed service charges for the temporary meter shall be $43.00 per month for one -inch
7 meters, and $85.00 per month for three-inch meters. Charges for the water consumed shall be
8 as stated in Subsection (2)(b) above.
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10 Section 4. Subsection (2)0) of Ordinance No. 1660 is amended to read as follows:
11 0) All domestic water service installations of sizes 3/4" to 2", inclusive, consisting
12 of corporation and curb cocks, service line, meter boxes and meters, may be furnished and
13 installed by the city from the water main to a point approximately one foot inside the curb line,
14 or to a point within 4' of the property being served from a water main in an easement, alley or
15 other right-of-way other than dedicated street, but not exceeding a total distance from water main
16 connection to the meter box of sixty fee (60') for the following fixed fees:
17 5/8" bypass meter $ 325
18 3/4" service with meter $2,275
19 1" service with meter $2,300
20 1-1/2" service with meter $3,000
21 2" service with meter $31200
22 All domestic water service installations of a size larger than two inches (2") or longer
23 than sixty feet (60) or not covered by the circumstances described above may be furnished and
24 installed by the city for the cost of labor and material, plus a sum equal to fifteen percent (15 %)
25 of the combined cost of labor and material, less a credit for any existing water meter. The sum
26 to be paid for any such installations shall be estimated by the public works department, and such
27 sum shall be deposited with the department before the work of installation commences. In the
28 event that the estimated cost of making the installation proves to be insufficient to pay for said
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installation as hereinabove provided, an additional sum sufficient to pay such
costs shall
be
charged. If
the amount deposited exceeds the cost of installation as hereinabove
provided,
the
excess shall be refunded.
Section 5. Except as expressly amended by this Ordinance, all other provisions of
Ordinance No. 1660 shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 6. This ordinance shall be published as required by law and shall go into effect sixty
(60) days after its adoption. .
mayor
I, ANN T. MUSSO, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify that the
foregoing ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 3rd day of
December, 2001, and adopted thereafter at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 7th
day of January, 2002, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: BAYLOCK, COFFEY, GALLIGAN, JANNEY, O'MAHONY
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
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