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ORDINANCE NO. 509 C.S.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARROYO
GRANDE AMENDING SECTIONS 6-6.1001, 6-7.01, 6-7.02, AND 6-
7.03 OF THE ARROYO GRANDE MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING
SEWER AND WATER SERVICE RATES AND CHARGES
THE CITY COUNCil OF THE CITY OF ARROYO GRANDE DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOllOWS:
SECTION I: Section 6-6.1001 of the Arroyo Grande Municipal Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 6-6.1001. City Charges.
All customers, upon connection to a public sewer line, shall be required to pay a sewer service
charge for those pipelines and appurtenances constructed, maintained, and operated by the
City prim~rily for the collection of sewage and the conveyance thereof to the sewer plant owned
and operated by the South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District. The City Council shall,
by resolution, establish the rates which will be charged for sewer service.
SECTION 2: Section 6-7.01 of the Arroyo Grande Municipal Code is hereby amended to read
as follows:
Section 6-7.01. Rates and Charges.
(a) Basic Monthly Charges. Whenever water is supplied and meters are used or
installed, as provided in this chapter, a basic monthly charge shall be made to
each customer. The City Council shall, by resolution, establish the rates which
will be charged for water service.
(b) Proration for Portions of Months. When a water bill is rendered for any period of
time less than the regular period for water furnished, the regular minimum
monthly charge shall be prorated, based upon actual consumption. Such
consumption shall be charged at minimum rates; but consumption at a rate in
excess of the regular period allowance shall be billed at the excess rates.
(c) Lopez Contract Charges. In addition to the monthly water charges set forth in
this chapter, each City water customer shall be charged an additional sum each
month, to be designated "lopez Contract Charges." The Lopez Contract
Charges shall be established by resolution of the City Council.
(d) Lopez Contract Charges: Billings. Billing for such Lopez Contract Charges shall
be prepared and deposited in the mail on or about the first day of each month
that the bills provided for are sent, pursuant to the provisions of Section 6-7.07
of this chapter.
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SECTION 3: Section 6-7.02 of the Arroyo Grande Municipal Code is hereby amended to read
as follows:
Section 6-7.02 Adoption of Rules and Change of Rates.
The Council may, by ordinance, adopt rules and regulations for the operation and maintenance
of the Water Department and for furnishing water to customers and may, by resolution, modify
the rates, charges, and penalties established and imposed in this chapter.
SECTION 4: Section 6.7.03 of the Arroyo Grande Municipal Code is hereby amended to read
as follows:
Section 6-7.03 Applications for Service: Deposits.
No person shall be entitled to have a water connection until the owner of the premises to be
served shall make an application for such connection on a form provided by the Financial
Services Department. Wherever meter service is given, the Financial Services Director, at
his/her discretion based upon creditworthiness of the applicant, may require a reasonable
deposit to guarantee the payment of the water bills.
SECTION 5: If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of
this Ordinance or any part thereof is for any reason held to be unlawful, such decision shall not
affect the validity of the remaining portion of this Ordinance or any part thereof. The City
Council hereby declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision,
paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that anyone or more
section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrases be declared unlawful.
SECTION 6: This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after the date of its
adoption, and within fifteen (15) days after its adoption, it shall be published once, together with
the names of the Council Members voting thereon, in a newspaper of general circulation within
the City.
On motion by Council Member Dickens, seconded by Council Member Runels, and by the
following roll call vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Members Dickens, Runels, Ferrara, and Mayor Lady
NOES: None
ABSENT: Council Member Tolley
the foregoing Ordinance was passed and adopted this 9th day of November 1999.
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ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
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ROBERT L. HUNT, CITY MANAGER
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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OFFICIAL CERTIFICATION
I, KELLY WETMORE, Director of Administrative Services/Deputy City Clerk of
the City of Arroyo Grande, County of San Luis Obispo, State of California, do
hereby certify under penalty of perjury, that the attached Ordinance No. 509 C.S.
is a true, full, and correct copy of said Ordinance passed and adopted at a
regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Arroyo Grande on the 9th day of
November, 1999.
WITNESS my hand and the Seal of the City of Arroyo Grande affixed this 15th
day of November, 1999.
Ih1 WiltOIU!.-
ORE, DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICESI
DEPUTY CITY CLERK