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1 ORDINANCE NO. c2~7-6"
2 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA,
FIXING AND ESTABLISHING CHARGES FOR SERVICES AND FACILITIES
3 FURNISHED BY THE CITY SEWERAGE SYSTEM AND PROVIDING FOR THE
COLLECTION OF SAID CHARGES.
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THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO
5 DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION ONE: DEFINITIONS.
1. The word "City" as used herein means the. City of San
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2. "Sewerage System" means those pipe lines, plant tacill-
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11 City, primarily for the collection of sewage and the conveyance
12 thereof to the Sewage Treatment Plant for the treatment of sewage.
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3. "Sewage" means a combination of the water-carried
14 wastes f.rom residences, bus.iness buildings, insti tutions~ a~d
15 industrial establishments, together with such groUnd, swface,
16 and storm waters as may be present.,
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4. "Industrial Wastes" means the liqul.;t wast.es .from. in-
18 dustrial processes as distinct from ~anitary sewage.
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5. "Premises" means build:1,ngE! and establishments, and
20 does not include a vacant lot.,or' vacapt Plircd of land.
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21 6. "Apartment Hous~u, .'means any l:ii',l1ldlngcontaining three
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22 or more dwelling units with separate. p~~engfacilities, but
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23 shall not includearry buPdj,;~gico~p'nl:r known;'as a hotel, motel
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7. "Rooming Heuse" mean~, anY;J1:iUil:dlng ether than apart-
26 ment heuses,motel, hotel, or autO' court, where twO' er more
27 reoms are rented to ethers fer lodging purpeses by the persen
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8. "Person" means and includes persens, firms, cerpora-
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9. Singular includes the plural and the plwal the singular.
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SECTION TWO: CHARGES. Every person whose premises in
2 the City is served by a connection with the system of sewerage
3 of the City or whose premises is within 200 feet of and situated
4 on property adjoining an existing sewer system and not connected
5 thereto but served by City water shall pay a sewer service
6 charge based as follows:
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1. For each single family dwelling, the sum of One
8 Dollar ($1.00) per month.
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2. For each single family dwelling in any duplex, triplex,
10 COurt and apartment building, the sum of One Dollar ($1.00) per
11 month, per dwelling unit.
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3. For each hotel or motel the sum of One Dollar ($1.00)
13 per month plus Thirty-five Cents ($..35) for each dwelling unit
14 maintained for rental.
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4. For each rooming house, the sum of One Dollar ($1.00)
16 per month, plus Thirty-five Cents ($.35) for each room .maintained
17 for rental in excess of four rooms.
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5. For each establishment engaged in the bUsiness of manu-
19 .facturing, railroading, warehousing, processing or-wholesaling
20 and each public utility, go:vernmental agency, banking institution,
21 local or national non-profit charitable organization the sum of
22 One Dollar ($1.00) per month, plus Five Cents ($..05) for each
23 full-time employee in excess of ten (10) full-time employees.
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6. For each commercial or business establishment not
otherwise provided for in tl1isOrdlnanee, the sum of One Dollar
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($1.00) per month, p~us -1'en c-entll,~ l..10) for each full-time em-
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ployee in excess of ten (10) full~t~e .employees, An Additional
monthly charge sMilb,e ,made
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Restaurant -- One Dollar ($1.00) per mOnth plus
($.10) for each dining seating capacity in excess 0.1'
Ten Cents
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1 fifteen (15) such seatings.
2 (b) Car Washing Facility -- One Dollar ($1.00) per month.
3 (c) Bars, Beer Taverns, Soda Fountains -- One Dollar
4 ($1.00) per month plus Five Cents ($.05) for each seating capacity
5 in excess of fifteen (15) such seatings.
6 7. For each commercial laundry, launderette, water softener,
7 car wash, the sum of Two Dollars ($2.00) plus Seven Cents ($.07)
8 per 100 cubic feet of water used based on the previous month of
9 January use.
10 8. For each sehool the sum of Five Dollars ($5.00) per
11 month, for each one hundred (100) students, or fraction thereof,
12 in average daily attendance throughout the school year.
13 9. For each church or place of religious worship, the sum
14 of One Dollar ($1.00) per month, plus, ~he sum of Five Dollars
15 ($5.00) per month for each one hundred. (100) students or frac-
16 tion thereof, in average daily ilttendancethroughout the year
17 when a daily school is conducted in connection.with such church.
18 10. For each office building, the. sum of One Dollar
19 ($1.00) per month, plus Twenty-five Cents ($.2.5) for each room;
20 however, the charges fixed by thij5 subsection shall be applicable
21 only to that portion of any building devoted to offiees.
22 (a) For each office suite situated in any building other
23 than an office building, the sum of One Dollar ($1.00)
24 per month.
25 11. For each hospital, rest homes, the sum of One Dollar
26 ($1.00) per month, plus Thirty-five cents ($.3.5) for each patient
27 bed facility.
28 12. For each trailer camp or trailer park, the sum of One
29 Dollar ($1.00) per month, plus Seventy-five Cents ($.75) for
30 each available trailer space.
31 13. For each theater, dance hall, skating rink, pool hall,
32 bowling alley or other places of amusement, the sum of Two Dollars
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($2.00) per month,. plus Ten Cents ($.10) for each eating seating
facility in excess of fifteen (15) such seating.
14. For eaoh club house, lodge, the sum of Two Dollars
($2.00) per month, plus Ten Cents ($.10) for each eating seating
facility i~excess of fifteen (15) such seating, and plus
Thirty-five Cents ($.35) for each bedroom.
15. For each bus depot, the sum of Five Dollars ($5.00)
per month.
SECTION THREE: GENERAL PROVISIONS. The charges herein
fixed for any premises shall be collected with the charges and
rates for water service furnished by said City to said premises.
The charges herein fixed shall be billed upon the same bill as
1s prepared for charges for water service and shall be due and
. payable monthly at the same time that such charges for water
services are due and payable. The total amount due for the
charges herein fixed and for charges for water shall be paid
as a unit.
In the event that any person fails to pay any charge
herein provided when the same becomes due, the City may, in
addition to any other remedies it has, cut off any of said
services and facilities referred to in this Ordinance, and shall
not resume the same until all delinquent charges together with
anY charges necessitated by resumption of such services and I
facilities have been fully paid.
In the event the City does not furnish water service to
the premises, then the charges herein fixed for such premises
shall be due and payable monthly on the first day of each and
every month, and shall be paid by the occupant, owner or person
in charge of such premises. It shall be the duty of the Municipal
Water Department Unless otherwise designated by the Mayor and
Common Council to prepare and send separate monthly bills for all
charges herein fixed for premises to which the City does not
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1 furnish water service.
2 It shall be the duty of the Municipal Water Department of
3 the City to collect all charges provided herein.
4 All funds and moneys received from the collection of sewer
5 service charges as herein established shall be deposited with
6 the City Treasurer for deposit in the Sewer F'und.
7 The charges authorized in this Ordinance shall be computed
8 from the 1st day of July, 1957, regardless of the effective date
9 of this Ordinance and' said charges for July. 1957, shall be
10 placed on the 'August, 195~, bill1ngfor water.
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SECTION FOUR: Tll,edh!ti'ges fixed hereinshal1 cover all
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services and facilities pf,the City in connection with the
sewerage system, except the use of the services, facilities and
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sewerage syste;1ll for the carryi:pg,and ,d.isposal of industrial wastes.
All charges inconnect10nw:l.thth!! c~frying and disposal of 1n-
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dustrial wastes$hall be fixed, fr()m time to time, by written
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resolutidn of the'Ma,y,d:rianG,. Odpmlon Council.
SECTION FIVE: PENALTIES. Any person violating any of
19 the provisions of this ordinance sh~ll be guilty of a mlsde-
20 meanor, and shall. upon conviction, be punished by a fine not
21 exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or, by imprisonment
22 not exceeding six months or by both such fine apd imprisonment.
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SECTION, SIX: Thisordinsnce is for the immediate pre-
24 servation of the public health, and is adopted in accordance with,
25 pursuant to and fOr the reasons stated in Article V'lII, Section
26 134, of the city Charter, and therefor, shall take effect im-
27 mediately upon its passa,ge and, adoption.
28 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance wasd'l1lY
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adopted by the
Council of the City of San
meeting thereof, held on the E.:z/
following vote:
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