HomeMy WebLinkAbout1073 rates sewerORDINANCE NO. 1073
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
UKIAH AMENDING SECTION 3707.1 OF THE UKIAH CITY
CODE
The City Council of the City of Ukiah hereby ordains as follows:
SECTION ONE
Section 3707.1 of the Ukiah City Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
§3707.1: RATES: The rates set forth hereafter shall be the rates for all
premises connected to public sewers within or under the jurisdiction and
control of the City. These rates shall be subject to modification and change which may be
made by resolution of the Council. These rates, although stated on a monthly basis, may
be billed monthly, bi-monthly, or quarterly as determined from time to time by the Council.
Charges for sewer services to any premises connected with the City Water and/or
Electric Systems shall be collected together with, and not separately from, the charges for
services to said premises, and shall be billed upon one bill and collected as one item.
The Customer who applied for and assumed the obliqation to pay for water service to the
property is the person liable for sewer charqes to the property served by that water
service. In the case of multiple units served by a master water meter, one person or entity,
such as the property owner, shall pay for and assume liability for sewer service to that
property. This requirement shall not prevent tenants in a multi-unit residential property
from exercisinq their riqhts under Public Utilities Code Section 10009.1, includin.q their
option to become utility customers in accordance with the requirements of that section, to
whom the service will then be billed, without beinq required to pay the amount due on the
delinquent account.
Each premises or user connected to the public sewage system shall be classified under
one of the following user categories and shall be subject to the rates specified for such
category. Premises or users which are susceptible to classification under two (2) or more
of such user categories shall be specially classified by City and shall be subject to rates
established by City which shall allow for a reasonable usage allocation. [Underlined text
added.]
SECTION TWO
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1. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this ordinance or the application thereof
to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the ordinance and the
application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected
thereby. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance
and any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact
that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared
unconstitutional or otherwise invalid.
2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be published as required by law in a
newspaper of general circulation in the City of Ukiah, and shall become effective thirty (30)
days after its adoption.
Introduced by title only on November 2, 2005, by the following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Councilmembers Crane, McCowen, Rodin, Baldwin, and Mayor Ashiku
None
None
None
Adopted on November 16, 2005 by the following roll call vote'
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Councilmembers Crane, McCowen, Rodin, Baldwin, and Mayor Ashiku
None
None
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~/~lark Ashiku, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Marie Ulvila, City Clerk
ORDINANCE NO. 1073
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