476i
Affidavit of Publication
In the: Superior Court of the County of Orange
State of California
Plaintiff
vs.
Defendant
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, !
County of Orange, ss.
�"' ��- -k_.. . , . ...... being first duly
sworn, deposes and says: That at all times hereinafter mentioned, he was
a citizen of the United States, over the age of eighteen years, and a resident
of said county, and was at and during all said times the printer, publisher and
proprietor of the Anaheim Gazette, a newspaper of general circulation, print
ed and published weekly in the City of Anaheim, in said County of Orange,
State of California; that said Anaheim Gazette is and was at all times herein
mentioned, a newspaper of general circulation and is published for the dis-
semination of local and telegraphic news and intelligence of a general char-
acter, having a bona fide subscription list of paying subscribers; that at all
said times said newspaper had been established, printed and published in the
said City of Anaheim, in said County and State at regular intervals for more
than one year preceding the first publication of the notice herein mention-
ed; that the!�..................
sof 'which the
annexed is' a printed copy, was published and printed in said newspaper at
least .... Aw, � ............•••••••••••••••••••timet commencing on the
..t ...day of • • .;s!"' • • • • • • • • • 192.5., and ending on the
..............day of............................192...,both days inclusive,
and as often during said time as said newspaper was regularly issued; that
is -to say, on the following dates, to -wit:
a AND T
IWATER OF Y
PENALTIES V ORS
THEREOF; ANDABOBO
OF .
THE OFFICE LI
TOR OF SAID CITYRATE COL.
E BOARD OF TRUSTE
THEES
CITY OF ANAHEIM DO ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
p. as provided in the poli"' y
tions. owing sec-
SECTiON 7. Said kontroller shall
tuaintain and he is hereby authorized
to maintain at all times
in an , a fund, .in cash,
amount not to exceed Three
N-und; ed Dollars ($300.00) for the purer
posa'of making change.
SECTION 8. At the first regular
meeting of the Board of Trustees,,.,f
the said City of Anaheim, in eac it
Pmonth, the said Controller shall present
ortal fallard of Trustees aitCen re_
the discharge-Ofmoneys collected b;;- him in
the his official duties, in -
g all deposits, penalties aai:l other
charges of whatever nature
said Public colic t d by t
Service- Department, to-
gether with the amounts
consumers on refunds of pard out to z
rdE o�is, the t.
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SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to
He
before me this__-- --_-- ___---day of
------•���,,.=-------- 1924-
N
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iuLtu, in casn,
in an amount not to exceed Three
Rundred Dollars ($300.00) for the pur-
pose of making cinge.
SECTION' &. At the first regular
meeting of the Boaxd cif Trustees cf
the said City • of Anaheim, in each
5 ,1
month] A -e said COU66 ter shall prosent
I178tees a written^ re
f po>j alt ,Moneys-„gwIeteted by h w in
••r•,.. u+s +uq� n •veF.'wvz'i+A
THE IMSTALLATTOTN'f .reading a •,.¢,meter, tia
.:v uaaavc'y V `Water Lne~
case may be, In aceo es i
nances of the said City - or r
tf the Board of 'TrlisteA the,
Hake application therefor. to -1
Service Department. JD 8i
cant willbe required to #Ot*
A' D USE OF ELECTRIC AND
WATER SERVICES, AND FIXING
L NALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS
T13ERE011; AND ABOLISHING
TIIE OFFICE OF RATE COLLEC-
TOR OF SAID CITY.
-THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OIs'
THE CITY OF ANAHEIM DO ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
iThe handing of the bill.to such con-
sumer in person, or the placing of the
bill in an envelope or upon a postal
card addressed to the consumer at his
street and house number, affixing the
proper postage and mailing in the
United States Post Office, Shall consti-
tute "rendering a bill."
Neither the non -receipt of any such
bill nor its misplacement, loss or de-
struction before payment, shall consti-
tute a claim by or in behalf of such
consumer for any extension of time in
which to make payment thereof.
In case of such non -receipt, miAplace-
ment, loss or destruction, duplicate bills
will be furnished consumers upon ap-
plication to the Public Service Depart
mcnt and the payment to said Depart-
ment of 'a bookkeeping charge of ten
cents ($.10) for each such duplicate bill.
SECTION 10. All bills for electricity
and water furnished by the said City
shall be and are hereby declared pay-
able at the office of the Controller of
'the Public Service Department in the
City Hall of the City of Anaheim at 204
East Center Street in said City.
SECTION 11. The following terms
wherever used in this ordinance, except
as otherwise specifically indicated by
the context, shall be deemed to have
and shall have the meanings respec.
tively set forth in this section, to -wit;
"Consumer": Any person, copartner-
ship or corporation, whether owner,
lessee or renter of real property, using
electricity or water furnished by the
City of Anaheim through meters or by
contract.
da70 after the same are due, all bills� shall be and th
for electricity and water furnished him
SECTIO 1. That the Public Servic
by said Department, Shall not be re-
by consumers
quired to make or maintain any such
DepaAment of the City of Anaheim i
deposit, and, any deposit previously
by the City of ,
made by such consumer shall, after
li I eby created. The ,public Service De
twelve (13) months consecutive pay-
(a) For all
ment of bills when due, be refunded to
part.nent shall- maintain an office iI
such consumer by said Department. If
sively for the 1
any bill for electricity or water sold,
the City Hall of th City of Anahein
furnished or suppliedto such consumer
500 kilowatt h
shall not be paid on or before fifteen
-'d shall receive applications and de
(15) days after the same is. due as
($.o7) per kllov
herein provided, the amount of such bill
l -,sits for the, inst,_lialmon of electric
shall be deducted from and paid by the
watt hours and
Public Service Department out of the
and water service; A shall read al
deposit so shade by, such consumer,
shall be six ce
SECTION 16. All rates and charges
el<ctrlc and water -netars and compute
for electricity and water sold, furnished,
of 2000 kilowatt
supplied or delivered by the City of
and Iccard all charges a,Lminst consum
Anaheim shall be due and payable upon
($•05) per kWN%
the date of meter reading, and if not
ers for s?Ich electro and waterservice
paid within fifteen days thereafter shall-,
'Used for the pu!
be deemed delinquent and the service
j* shall renl-r all.bills duo-andpayable
of electricity or water to the installation
heating and c(I
for which Such bill is delinquent shall
I to the said City in the matter of the
thereupon be subject to disconnection
and installed, a
and discontinuance without further no-
1 in allat*)n, consumption, delinquency
tiee. Where such service has been so
Pumping plants
disconnected for non-payment of bills;
d .-Innection and reconnection of suck
It Shall not be reconnected or renewed
rates shall be as
for the same eon&urirer except upon
exec tric and water service, and attent
Payment of the whole amount of the
in any one mor
delinquent bills for electricity or water
to the collection of such bills; -it shal
previously turnished to Such discon-
For the next
nectsd Installation, together with a re-
deposit with the City Treasurer of sak
conei charge of One Dollar 01.00)
cents ($.04) per
1 for each such Service so disconnected.
City all moneys collected by it, ant
SE4n ON
in nnv nnn Ka...
for pumping plan
make monthly reports to the Board of
Service. electric and water rates will
of water for the
.one
010th and a charge of ten cents per
Trustees of all, transactions as herein -
are fixed and eel
cubic feet of water, fraction"
every instance until the City shall. have
"iter provided; and it shall do and per.
'hereof, ;in excess of 750 cubic Leet, fur-
is
been notified of the discontinuance of
in any one year i
; 1,=sin all other acts, not inconsistent
-the use of such electricity or water and
Seventy-five On
r,riod of one month.
vkitn Freneral law nor the Ordinances of
($•0276) per kr1ol
"Minimum Charge": A rate fixed by
Any owner of such premises failing
t';c, City of Anaheim, whiell may become
c�ssary or expedient for the proper
ells Ordinance as compensation to said
to give such notice will be compelled to
in any one year, e
fUncuoning and efficiency of said De-
r
�f
Five -tenths Cent,
1 aitment, the safe -guarding of the
and unpaid_ from the date of the
hour; and for a]
revenues of said City and the conven-
vacating of such premises until the said
trical energy use
once of the consumers.
notice is given, and no electricity _or
excess of 7000 k
SECTION 2. That the office of Con-
water will thereafter be furnished said
one year, at tt
ler of .the Pubiic Service Depart -
premises until- all rates and all penal-,
Twenty-five One
is herebv cleared and such Con -
"',l
j
($•225) Per kilo
c,oilcr Shall have direct charge of such
1'1,beic Service tepartment: The City
as prescribed by this Ordinance, shall
that the minimun
,tanager• shall lis and he is hereby con-
have been paid.
electricity and e
s itu,cd ex -officio Controller of the
SECTION 13. When any consumer
for such purpose,
nalIc Service Department of the City
1
shall be Five Doll
f Analrehn and as such shall do and
�
Power, payable i
perform all acts required of such Con-
-
installments, begil
troiler. He shall have the power to
&paint one Chief Deputy Controller
end two D pasty Controllers subject to
-he approval cf the Board .of Trustees
said City.
Section 3. Within ten days after re-
c' 'Ing nn, of his appointment as
r^pr.?:y,con?rolier
of said Public Service
arl ment such person so appointed
izil filewith'the City Clerk of said
� ,.,v an official bond in the sum of
Yi
;e Thopsand Dollars (-$5000.00) exe-
c=:'ed by at ]east two good and suf-
�
�`ient sureties or a corporate surety,
hich said bond shall be conditioned
i :on the faithful performance and dis-
-,nrge of his duties and shall be subject
_l the approval of the Board of Trus-
'11-, of said City.
t
C IO.V 4. As compensation for
tt
j
.,-,r se._ V ices, said Chief Deputy Coh-
Ball
receive a salary of $175.00
�r nonth; one deputy shall receive a
t�
'�
la y of $140.00 per month, and one
'reuty Aall.receive
e a salary of $100,00
r-
k
Urrth. gill such salaries shall be
a>ie Innntlily, at the same th- and
J1 Of the same fund as salaries of
° k
�
I
Citi ffic�ials are pall.
S `' TION ;i. For the
M
purpose of
S:iZh or enforcing any of the '
of this ordinance, or for
r- din;;
an;,> meter or for installing,
st than In g, repairing, connecting
�)
de c InnecLin; any clectric or water
"tell rn_ Service, the said controller
S
5'
or
the- 01.icer or employee of said Public
i vc , Department, or other depart-
I,
e City of Anaheim, is hereby
,
utl orized to enter upon private prop-
ally day between the hnnra of cion+
iThe handing of the bill.to such con-
sumer in person, or the placing of the
bill in an envelope or upon a postal
card addressed to the consumer at his
street and house number, affixing the
proper postage and mailing in the
United States Post Office, Shall consti-
tute "rendering a bill."
Neither the non -receipt of any such
bill nor its misplacement, loss or de-
struction before payment, shall consti-
tute a claim by or in behalf of such
consumer for any extension of time in
which to make payment thereof.
In case of such non -receipt, miAplace-
ment, loss or destruction, duplicate bills
will be furnished consumers upon ap-
plication to the Public Service Depart
mcnt and the payment to said Depart-
ment of 'a bookkeeping charge of ten
cents ($.10) for each such duplicate bill.
SECTION 10. All bills for electricity
and water furnished by the said City
shall be and are hereby declared pay-
able at the office of the Controller of
'the Public Service Department in the
City Hall of the City of Anaheim at 204
East Center Street in said City.
SECTION 11. The following terms
wherever used in this ordinance, except
as otherwise specifically indicated by
the context, shall be deemed to have
and shall have the meanings respec.
tively set forth in this section, to -wit;
"Consumer": Any person, copartner-
ship or corporation, whether owner,
lessee or renter of real property, using
electricity or water furnished by the
City of Anaheim through meters or by
contract.
da70 after the same are due, all bills� shall be and th
for electricity and water furnished him
and established
by said Department, Shall not be re-
by consumers
quired to make or maintain any such
trical energy i
deposit, and, any deposit previously
by the City of ,
made by such consumer shall, after
porate limits of
twelve (13) months consecutive pay-
(a) For all
ment of bills when due, be refunded to
the City of An
such consumer by said Department. If
sively for the 1
any bill for electricity or water sold,
rate shall be as
furnished or suppliedto such consumer
500 kilowatt h
shall not be paid on or before fifteen
month, the rat
(15) days after the same is. due as
($.o7) per kllov
herein provided, the amount of such bill
watt hours uses
shall be deducted from and paid by the
watt hours and
Public Service Department out of the
hours used in a
deposit so shade by, such consumer,
shall be six ce
SECTION 16. All rates and charges
hour; for all k
for electricity and water sold, furnished,
of 2000 kilowatt
supplied or delivered by the City of
month, the rat
Anaheim shall be due and payable upon
($•05) per kWN%
the date of meter reading, and if not
(b) For all e
paid within fifteen days thereafter shall-,
'Used for the pu!
be deemed delinquent and the service
tris motors and
of electricity or water to the installation
heating and c(I
for which Such bill is delinquent shall
dentes where sI
thereupon be subject to disconnection
and installed, a
and discontinuance without further no-
clusive of lightie
tiee. Where such service has been so
Pumping plants
disconnected for non-payment of bills;
water for the in
It Shall not be reconnected or renewed
rates shall be as
for the same eon&urirer except upon
tror the first
Payment of the whole amount of the
in any one mor
delinquent bills for electricity or water
cents ($.05) per
previously turnished to Such discon-
For the next
nectsd Installation, together with a re-
in any one mon
conei charge of One Dollar 01.00)
cents ($.04) per
1 for each such Service so disconnected.
For the next '
SE4n ON
in nnv nnn Ka...
. "Kilowatt Hour": The Standard unit
ies®ee on occupant be desirous of having
cents ($.03) per
of measurement of electrical work or
the &crofts of electricity or water dis-
'.Ivor the next 1
energy.
connected 60106 his premises, he shall
41{ any one mon
"Standby Charge": A minimum charge
to not the Controller, who shall im-
%GUNS the electric or water
and -one-half cel
hour•
to beMai
paid regardless of the amount of
electricity or electrical energy eon-
meter to be read and removed, and the
And foe all el
named.
service- to be disconnected from acid
energy furnishes
"Horsepower": A unit of horsepower
P
premises. The Controller shall then
rend1r a final bill to such consumer,
cess of 2000 kilo,
si:all be determined by the amount of
which bili &hull be and is hereby de-
one month, at
($•02} per kilowi
electric current necessary for the con-
elated due and payable upon the date
there shall be a
tenuous operation of any electric equii►-
of meter reading, and any balance of
electricity and.
went for one hour, based. upon the con-
the said oonsumW# deposit remaining
nished for such
s.:mption of 746 watts per hour.
"Month":
in the hands of the said Department
One Dollar ($1.0
That period of time which
after all bills for electricity or water
erating motors a
s_.all elapse between the successive
supplied thrai add service have been
one horsepower
r:onthly readings of meters by the duly
paid, will be rates to the person by
($.50) per mont
authorized agents or officials of Ana-
whom such deposit was made.
unit of horsepox
hf,im, whether the same skall be more
iieirr&tAternent Of electric or water
in excess of one;
or less than a calendar month.
"Installation Charge": The charge
Renee to such premises shall in all
for each installs
c:ade by the City of Anaheim as coni=
.repecm be treated as herein provided
for now OPPl�otions and installations.
or electrical ever
heating, and c
1 nsation to it for all loor and ma-
Or-CTIQN 17. It shall be the duty of
when supplied th
t rial furnished in making connection
-the owner Of Promises on which elec-
$hall be a minim
-_th any electric line or water main in
I_d city, for electricity or water to be
Arieity er water furnished by the City
25/100 Dollars ($
furnished to any consumer.
'of Anaheim is used to notify the Public
(c) The rates f
"Meter Rate": A charge of One Dollar
Service Department immediately upon
od -premises being vacated, that
trical Energy furr
exenuaive purpos
y 1.00) for the first 750 cubic feet of
eater
so
said Depsdrtment may disconnect such
for pumping plan
or fraction thereof' furnished
rough any one meter during any
Service. electric and water rates will
of water for the
.one
010th and a charge of ten cents per
be charged 'for Premises vacated 'in
are fixed and eel
cubic feet of water, fraction"
every instance until the City shall. have
For the first 20
'hereof, ;in excess of 750 cubic Leet, fur-
is
been notified of the discontinuance of
in any one year i
i shed through such meter during such
-the use of such electricity or water and
Seventy-five On
r,riod of one month.
to disconnect such service.
($•0276) per kr1ol
"Minimum Charge": A rate fixed by
Any owner of such premises failing
For the next 50
ells Ordinance as compensation to said
to give such notice will be compelled to
in any one year, e
Ly of Anaheim, for maintaining its
Pay each rates for electricity and water
Five -tenths Cent,
:ester service and holding itself in reads- :.due.
and unpaid_ from the date of the
hour; and for a]
cess is serve, and shall be the least
vacating of such premises until the said
trical energy use
--aount of money collected by the City
notice is given, and no electricity _or
excess of 7000 k
rr• water furnished through meters or
water will thereafter be furnished said
one year, at tt
ipes of the sizes specified in Section 23
premises until- all rates and all penal-,
Twenty-five One
I this Ordinance, and equal' to the
ties or reconnecting charges, if any,.
($•225) Per kilo
,inimum charge at the regular meter
as prescribed by this Ordinance, shall
that the minimun
ales.
have been paid.
electricity and e
"Size of Pipe": When any size of
SECTION 13. When any consumer
for such purpose,
pe is mentioned in this Ordinance, thea
hall request the Public Service Depart-
I
shall be Five Doll
une shall be understood to mean the
ment to temporarily disconnect his
Power, payable i
aminal lnaida di—f— „f d*e-as-A
service of electricity or water for anv
installments, begil
-777, Tr 777 Flo
p�-r month, and of
5 x ceive a salary of $100.
onch. All such salaries shall 1
a )i rriruic'(1}
fit thesame time all
tt of til" Same fund as salaries
r City Off c als are paid.
S ` 17101XT 5. For the purpose
_- 7'.ir_g 7t11 or enforcing any of tl
rocr s of this ordinance, or f(
ad�n, a_? y nieter or for installin;
-s i ', ehan. {ng, repairing, connectin
r d( min( ting any electric or Ovate
o _ vice, the said controller c
of cher or ern 'o .� n - p, y: e of said Publi
- Department, or other depart
,i t cf _ha, City of Anaheim, is hereb
I.tl or:zed to enter upon private prof
�A' any day between the hours of eigh
�?)
o'clock A. M. and five (5) o'cloe
M
,l CTION - 6. Said cpntroller sha
Posit all moneys received or collecte
r rri with the Treasurer of said Cit;
Anaheim net later than the da:
ger the same ale, collected by him
c(li as provided in the following sec
I i rich
-"CTION 7. Said controller shal
ir,aintain and he is hereby authorize(
t., a aant in at all times, a fund, in cash
in an=fount not to exceed Thre(
',undred Dollars ($300.00) for the pur•
11SSl of making change.
SECTION 8. At the first regula
cep n; of the Board of Trustees c,
the said City of Anaheim in each
non h, the said Controller shall, l,res r
T
o said Board of Trustees a wrrten r, -
port of a-1 moneys collected by him in
(he discharge of his official du ,es, in
l chiding all deposits, penalties ani Other
charges of whatever nature collected by
aid Public Service Department, to -
ether S ith the amounts pad out to
consumers on refunds of deposits, the
amounts delinquent in the payment of
rates and charges for electric and water
service, and all other accounts and
transactions of said Department during
the preceding calendar month. Said re-
port shall show the total number of
.eters in service for each commodity,
ant the number of such meters in-
stalled and disconnected during the pre-
cedgincalendar month. Said report
shall set forth a monthly comparison
between the total amount of electric
nerM, ftrrmsncd at the main switch-
troard at the power house of the City
.` Anaheim and the total amount of
such � nergy 'sold to consumers "as rep-
resented by the sum of the readings of
a.'1 electric meters during the cor-
responding period, also a similar com-
- between tha total volume of
voter pumped and delivered into the
mainsfro'm t'r.e several sources of :nater
supply and the total volume of v4ater
sold to con surrners as represented by the
sum of the readings of all water meters
during L7,:2 corresponding period.
Si f"PION 9. The Controller of the
Public Service Department shall once
ach rnr;ntn examine and read, or cause
o be examined and mead the meters of
l consumers Of electricity and water
I sin shed by the C. _y of Anaheim, and
asce.ta.n the amount of electricity and
,iter so iurri,hed by said City to each
(ons,;m and shall compute the
noun, due or the annotint to become
ze toSJLid city for such electricity or
v aier a cording o ordinances of said
cr y, re lutions the Board of Trus- I
tees of d Cit", or contract by which 1
such elcc ricity is furnished or delivered t
to sa_a consunler. Upon ascertaining t
t a 7;ot n,. due said City for such elec- (
City ai:.1 ,Fater furnished said Con- (
lffl(r, hL� Controller shall charge the f
en(an, ')n an approved ledger and I
t(a consumer a bili for the a
amount d which amount shall become h
due and payable upon the date of the p
reading of the meter, t
1e f hereof, .in excess of 750 cubic feet, fur
10 n shed through such meter during suC
ie lr riod of one month.
d "Minimum Charge": A rate fixed b
if I ',his Ordinance as compensation to ssI
c.ay of Anaheim, for maintaining i
if v. ater service and holding itself in readi
e ness to serve, and shall be the leas
r '-,i'of money collected by the Cit
water furnished through meters o
g P_pes of the sizes specified in Section 2
r of this Ordinance, and equal to th
r "inimum charge at the regular mete
c
rates.
"Size of Pipe": When any size o
1 Pe is raientioned in this Ordinance, the
_ •Paine shall be understood to mean the
t ii ininal inside diameter of standard
{ p pe, measured in inches and fractions
thereof.
i SECTION 12. Any owner, lessee or
I c^cupant of real property within the
City of Anaheim, who is desirous of
1),;rchao-mg electricity for light or power
or is desirous of purchasing water'from
_lie said City, to be delivered on such'
property, which property shall -be prop
crly wired for electric light or powee
or equipped with proper plumbing for,
tl)e delivery of water thereon, as the
::ase may be, in accordance with ordi-
ncinces of the said City or resolutions
of the Board of Trusteels thereof, shall
rake application therefor to the Public
Service Department. Each such appli-
cant will be required to enter Into an
agreement with the City of Anaheim to
pay the constituted rates for such elec-
.ric or water service and to be governs$
')y the rules and regulations of the
Public Service Department, adopted by
the Board of Trustees of said City. If
such applicant be the owner of said
r,al'property said agreement shall con-
tain a waiver, that if the bill for such
rates is not paid in accordance with the
Provisions of Section 15 of this Ordi-
nance, the owner shall relinquish his
rights as provided by law and the
amount of said bill shall become a liven
upon said property and be collected -sit
the same time and in the same manner,
as all taxes on real property in the
City of Anaheim.
SECTION 13. After said owner,
lessee -or occupant has complied with
the provisions of this ordinance, the
Public Service Department shall there-
upon cause connections with the electric
distributing systems or water mains to
be made to the said owner's, lessee's or
occupants premises, all of which con-
nections shall be made through proper
meters.
SECTION 14. The Public Service
Department will require each consumer,
whether owner, lessee or _renter, for
whom a service for the supply of elec-
tricity or water has been heretofore
installed or shall herea.ftet be applied
for, to deposit with said Department a
sum of money equal to the probable
amount as estimated by said Depart-
ment, of two (2) months' bills for the
commddity to be supplied by such
service, whether electricity ,or water,
i,nd no electricity or water shall be
supplied through any service after this
3rdinance takes effect unless such de- p
)osit has been so made and remains in n
he hands of said Public Service De-, n
)artment undiminished; provided, how= a
!ver, that no deposit for either com-
nodity shall be less than Two and Ofie-
salf Dollars ($2.50); and provided fur- .I
hef, that any consumer who shall' at
he time this Ordinance takes effect t
r at any time thereafter, have, been a
onsumer of electricity or water or bdth, p
urriished by the said Public Service in
iepartment to such consumer on an s
Pplicatign, !Dr service made. by him in s
is bwn name, and who shall, fog a p
eriod of twelve (12) months consecu- I
vely, have ps,itq within fifteen} (lb)
the use of such electricity or water and sevenMY-
to
h - disconnect such service. ($.0276) r
Any owner of such premises failing Forth* no
y to give such notice will be compelled to in any o y
d pay such rates for electricity and water Five -ten cit
is due and unpaid from the date of the hour; aro[ fgf
vacating of such premises until the said trical enOgy, 7
t notice is given, and no electricity excess of, 700
City
Y . or
water will thereafter be furnished said one year, at
r premises until- all rates and all Twent
penal- Y-PLve
3 ties or reconnecting charges, if any, ($.225) per 1
s as prescribed by this Ordinance, shall that the minis
r shave been paid. electricity an
f SECTION 18. When any consumer for such -purp
shall request the Public Service Depart- shall be ive
'orient to temporarily disconnect his Power, payabJ
service of electricity or water for any installments, b
„reason whatever, such, service shall not ` Of May of eai
`:be resumed until such consumer shall annual charge
iha.ve paid into the Public Service De- an amount of
apartment the sum of One Dollar ($1.00) regular electro
ahs a reconnecting charge, for each such ''the amo"t i
service so dieconnected. ! charge paid, th
.. SECTION 18. The City of Anaheim time during tI
(reserves the right at any time to shut ding the ffst d
Off the electric or water service for the ;,and any excel
purpose of making extensions or repairs must be paid ft
Or for other purposes, and all .persons electrical @nerd
having boilers within their premises not SECTION Z.
oupplied with tanks or cisterns, but =niched and dt
Qepending upon the pipes of the City Anaheim Within
Water Department to keep them sup- lfninimum char
plied, are hereby cautioned against 'Water up to
danger of collapse, month during 1
SECTION 20. Should the City of Wished or until
.Anaheim fail to furnish electricity or connections sh
water by reason of breakage of any hereby fixed ata
*Ire. pipe or machinery or from any For service
da.use�beyond its power or control, the 6 1.00
laid City or any of its employees shall For service
riot be held responsible for any damages, $1.60
qr if any consumer should fail to pay For service
his bill within the time specified in the $3.00
provisions of the ordinances of said For service
City and any of the employees of the 46.00
skid City disconnect the said electric or For service
Water service in compliance with the $8.00
ordinances of said City, the said City . For service
ok its employees shall not be held re- $12.50
sponsible for any damages that might For service
result from such disconnection. $25.00
E SECTION 21. (a) The installation Provided that 1
charge to be collected by the Public than one dwellij
S rvice Department for each electric ness or building
s vice to be hereafter connected with orae family is
ti►e distributing system of the City of same meter, the
Anaheim, is hereby fixed and estab- aidditionai rfrinin
limbed at Five Dollars ($5.00). five Cents ($.25
l(b) The following installation charges st(ch house,, plat
a4e hereby fixed and established for Itig is hereby•fiic
all water connections to be hereafter ovided, further
m e with the water mains of the City ore than one k
of Anaheim, to -wit: ith water thr
Por the installation of % inch pipe then and in ,;that
se vice, $10.00 inimum giAara
Por the installation of 1 inch , pipe ( 2$) per mon'.
service,: $15.00 established for r
Oor the installation of 1'h inch pipe having ed 'area
se ice, $25.00 (10,890 square 1
or the installation of 2 inch pipe thereof, . soflu
se mice, $35.00 through sudh ti
or the installation of 3 inch pipe 'fuirnished by U
se vice, $100.00 though each tri
the inetanatfc* of 4 inch pipe fiitst 750 cubic 1
�cr
oe.$186.Q0one month, ;the,
r the installation of 6 inch pipe fixed and iestab'
epsivice, $16b.00 Oilo) per 100 cut
vided that in the event it should be
b�ECTI01�7'
e4easary in making any water con- biifions, con+traoi»
Ions in the City of Anaheim to cut wtk, and alli sir a
n pavement hi any public street or er , also consume
all of said City, a charge of Five Li>lnits, desiring
Do ($500) in addition to the said electricity or +waf,
ws allation .charge herein fixed .and he shall make
established, shall be trade; provided fur -se ice at the
herr, that all -unmetered fire service Se vice Depa>rtm
IN
r#iectiens shall be made at the ex- ach such a.ppl
1 of thq consumer or person order- Mr! all labor; land
g the sante, the amount of which they City in mak;
hail be determined by the Public als� to the use
W"oe Department, and shall- be de all ;wire, Pipe., hq
o act with the Controller prior to the' equ1ipmen(t furnish
net kation of
said service. suc� applicant stn
al low Viz, : oil9�ina rates put}tic service MI
944
Y
the se
tti dutlr
said
delft to
ot't Ar
tib! s8
• due
such I
d by t
t of t
mer.
V" by the City
No and Payable u
reading, and if
dray. tkereatter al
tesla aril the seri
teen' to the installat
I is 4#0ngtrseent al
sect t4 disc®nnect
9 without further.
Service has been
o t-pty*ent of bl
onset or renes
rsmeer except ul
tole Amount of
eleerxtity` ws
eA to Zen diso
togetlikr with a
dos so disconnected
Mould 'any owner
ie dowdus of havini
trlbltlr or water dfs
I piemiees, he shat
'oiler, who shall int.
W electric or water
nd relhoved, and the
onnected trpm a!h
rntrdiler' • shall then
to such consumer,
and is hereby de.
'Able upon the date
Inti asp balance of
P deposit remaining
14 said Depart1ner t
electricity or water
kt service bave been
ed to the person by
was Mode.
electric or water
emtses shall in all
as heron Provided
s and installations.
shady be L the duty of
nes on which elec-
aished by the City
to notify the Public
Immediately upon
p vacated, so that
1<y disconnect such
rd water rates will
Mises ,vacated in
the City shall have
discontinuance of
rieity or water and
service.
b premises failing
rill be compelled to
ectricity and water
n the date of the
nines until the said.
no electricity or
be furnished said
,tes and all penal
charges, if any,`
s Ordinance, shall ,
ren any consumer
dic Service Depart-
ly disconnect his
s Shall bei said the same are hereby Vx
and estoblished as the rates to be p
- by 'cous tuners of electricity and el
trical ' energy fuin*hed and deliver
by the City of Ana.heint within the 'ce
r porete limits Of said City:
(a) .For ail electricity furnished
the City o4 Anaheim and tined excl
afvely for the purpose of lighting, t
rate shail be as follows:
For the fir
500 kilowatt hou" used`r in' any o
month.- the rate dull be seven can
($.07) per kilowatt hour; for all kit
I watt hoilrs' used in excess of 500 kil
Wert hours and less than 2000 kilowa
o
hl used ,in any one month, the:ra
Shall be Sift cents ($.00) per' kilowa
hotlt•; tor 411 ldtoiwatt hours in ekee
Of 2004 kilowatt hours used 13? any o
month, the rate shall be five cen
($.05) Per kilowatt hour.
(b) For all electricity furnished
- used 'for the purpose of operating e�
tric orators and Power plants and f
beating and cooking in private r
dentes where spedial wiring in rectuir
and installdd, and other purpeseat
elusive Of lighting° and the operating
Pumping plants for the- development
44 -tor for the purpose of irrigation; th
rates shall be as follows, to -wit:
tior the first 30 kilowatt hours uso
in= any one month, at the rate of fiv
cents ($.05) Per kilowatt hour.
For the next; 70,kilowatt hours us
In ahs+- one month, at the rate of fou
cents 0-04) Lper kjlowatt hour.
For the next 706 kilowatt heurs use
In "Y one "th at the rate of thre
dints ($:63) Pet' kilowatt hour.
or the next 1,260 kilowatt hours' us
any one months at the rate( of tw,
and Pone -half conte ($.025) Per 'kilowat
i hour.
And foo all electricity and electrics
energy furnished and delivered in cit
cesS,of,2d00 kilowaitt hours used in,ah
one month,', at : the rate of two cent
j ($.02Y per kilowatt hour, provided,tha
i there shall be a minimum charge fo
electricity and electrical ener-g3, fur
nishisd for. such: prirpose at the rate
One ;Dollar ($1.00) per monthfor op
1 erating: motcirs and other apptlances o
I one horsepovver`or less, and fifty cent
per month for each respectiv
unit sofhorsepower or fraction thereof
' in excess of one; provided, further, that
for each,.instaliati0n where electricity
i or eWtk ieal ehef*Yi to used for lighting
heating, and cooking in residences
when Supplied through one meter, they
shall 10 a minimum. charge of Two and
25/106 Dollars ($.2.25) per month. f
(c) The rates for electricity and elee-°
tricalenergy'-furannished ,and used for the
excl4aivs purpose of operating mdtors
for pumping piantwfor the developriiient
of wetter for'tha Purpose of ii+Igatfon,
are fixed ;and egtall1lahed a ., fltiiwres;
For the first 206e;kflowatt hours mored
In any one year at the rate of Two and
Seventy-five One Hundredthq Cents
($.0215) per kilowatt, hour.
For the next 5000 kilowatt bottrs used
in any one year, at the rate of Two and
Five -tenths Cents ($.025) per kilowatt
hour; and for all electricity and etec-
tricai energy used for such purpose, in R
excess of 7000 kilowatt hours in any
i one Year, at the rate of Two and
i Twenty-five One Hundredths Cents
t ($.225) per kilowatt hour; provided
that the minimum charge for any such
electricity and electrical energy used
for such purpose, during any one year,
shall be Five Dollars ($5.00) per horse-
power, payable in sire equal monthly
I of leaking application, a sum of monk
! sufficient to Cover all of said charges.!
In the case of transient consume
f each applicant will also be required t
deposit with said Department, befot•
service is installed, a sum of monk
r sufficient to pay for the amount 0
electricity and water to be used throuk
such service, as estimated by said De
t Partment at the-eetablished rates; ari
r balance of said deposit remaining
I the hands of the Department after ell
PAPer rates and charges have been d
ducted therefrom, wilt be returned t
said applicant when such service is die
9 continued.
Each consumer outside the Cid
r Limits shall pay the regular establisho
rates for electricity or water, togethk
I with a service charge of Twenty -fir
per cent (25e/a) of such rates.
SECTION 25. No fire line shall u
Used for any purpose other than fq
the extinguishment of fire, unless the
same be supplied through a meter, lin
Which event the regular rates shall be
charged, together w4th a charge sut-
fictent to cover the cost of such meter.
Where an% fire line is used for fi
Purposes only, the owner shall pay fc)r
all repairs .to or necessary changes in
such service from the City Main to this
Premises • served. Should the owner fail
to pay for such repairs or change�
within fifteen (15) days after the rendi-
ering of bill therefor, as provided fir
this Ordinance, such fire line servicle
will be disconnected by the City anis
shall not•be reconnected except as proR-
vided in Sections 14 and 15 of th*
Ordinance.
SECTION 27. Fire Hydrants
Provided for the sole purpose of exF
tinguishfng fires and shall be opened
and used. only by the Water. Fire an
Public Service Departments, or by suc4
Persons As, my be authorized to do sk
by said Public Service Department. °
Any person or corporation desiring t
use water through any fire hydrant 4
other hydrant owned and controlled bar
the City of . Anaheim will be require
to make application and deposit there
for as provided in Section 24 of th'
ordinance.
SECTION 28. In the case of a ffr4
necessitating the use of water from the
City Inains, it shall be unlawful for any{
Person or Persons to use water front
said mats for any purpose whatsoever{
except for the extinguishment of such
.fires or the saving of adjoining prop-
erty. Any person violating the pro -1
visions of this section shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con-
viction thereof shall be fined in a such;
not less than Ten Dollars ( $10.00) nor;
more. than One Hundred Dollars
($100.00) or be imprisoned for a periodi
Of _not to exceed thirtp days, or be bothR
so fined and imprisoned.
SECTION 29. No person shall place'
on Oraboutany hydrant, Siamese orj
other fire hose connection or curb -cock'
connected with 'the pipes 'of the Water,
Department of the City of Anaheim, any!
building material or other obstruction;
so Sts- to` prevent free access to such:
hydrant or other hose connection.
SECTION 30. (a) There shall be a
stop -cock in every water service attach- €
ment on' the sidewalk or parking space,
Just inside the curb, at a point to be'
designated by said City, which said
stop -cock together with "'`crater meter ".
and its box, shall be supplied by the
City and shall be for its exclusive use
and under its exclusive cnnt—i
Y For testing a 0" or larger water
meter ....... ...........$5.00
s, Upon receipt of such demand it shall
o be the duty of the Public Service De=
e partment to cause the meter to be ex
Y ermined and tested. If on examination
f and test, the meter shall be found to
h register over three per cent more elec-
tricky or water than actually passes
Y through it, another meter shall be sub -
n stituted therefor and the fee charged
1 shall be repaid to the consumer making
the application, and the electric or
o water bill for the current period ad-
justed in such a manner as the Public
Service Department may deem fair and
Y just. If the meter shall be found to be
d accurate, the fee so deposited shall be
r forfeited to the City and the electric
e and water bills paid as rendered.
Any consumer desiring to change the
e location of any of the City's equipment
r that has already been installed for elec.
e tric or water service, shall make appii-
cation to the Public Service Department,
and upon payment of the estimated cost
of same, the Pubic Service Department
will cause such change to be made.
SECTION 34. In the event that a
shortage of water becomes imminent,
or if for any other reason, it shall be-
come necessary to temporarily curtail
the supplyof, electricity or water fur-
nished by the City, the Public Service
Department shall formulate rules and
regulations goyfrning sign and show
window lighting; the hours and quan-
tities of water to be used for sprinkling
lawns and gardens, and such other rules
and regulations as may be deemed re-
quisite and equitable for governing "the
use of electricity and water furnished
by the City, provided, that such rules
and regulations shall be subject to the
approval of the Board of Trustees of
the City of Anaheim.
For every violation of the provisions
of this section, the Public Service De-
partment is hereby authorized to impose
and collect a Penalty of Two and 50/100
Dollars (;2.50) for the first offense and .
Five Dollars ($5.00) for each subsequent
offense so committed..
If said penalty is not paid when de-
manded, the Public Service Department
Is hereby authorized to disconnect the
electric or water supply or both, as the
case may be, from the premises of the
offending party, and such service shall
not be reinstated until such fine shall
have been paid and also the additional
penalty of One Dollar ($1.00) for recon-
necting each such service.
SECTION 35. The Board of Trustees
of the City of Anaheim is hereby au- w
thorized and -empowered to sell and dis-
tributeany surplus or excess electricity
or water outside the corporate limits
of said City, in such amoulits and by
such means'and at such rites "— Said --= �---
Board may deem proper for the best
Interests of said City, provided, that the
rates to be charged for such iiervices
shall not be less than those specified in
Sections 21 to 24, inclusive, of this
Ordinance, and provided further, that
all such installations and services shall
irr all other respects be governed by the
provisions of this Ordinance.
SECTION 36., That any person, firm
or corporation violating any of the pro-
visions of this Ordinance shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemean6r, and
upon conviction thereof shall be punish-
able by a fine of not less than Fifty
Dollars ($50.00) nor more than One
Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or by im-
* eiled to
Why aid water
6n date of the
s until the said
electricity .or
furnished said
and all penal -
Wu%", if any;
hdinance, shall ,
i
any consumer
Service Depart -
disconnect his
water for any
ervice shall not
consumer shall
ale Service De-
e Dollar ($1.00)
B. for each such
in any one year, at the rate of Two and
Five -tenths Cents ($.025) per kilowatt
hour; and for all electricity and elec-
trical energy used for such purpose, in
excess of 7000 kilowatt hours in any
one year, at the rate of Two and
Twenty-five One Hundredths Cents
($.225) per kilowatt hour; provided
that the minimum charge for any such
electricity and electrical energy used
for such purpose, during any one year,
shall be Five Dollars ($5.00) per horse-
power, payable in sic equal monthly
installments, beginning on the first day
of May of each 'year. Such minimum
annual charge shall entitle the user to j
an amount of electrical energy at the
regular electrical energy rates, equal to
the amount of the minmum annual
charge paid, the same to be used at any
time during the twelve months follow-
ing the first day of May of each year,
and any excess electrical energy used
must be paid for monthly at the regular
electrical energy charge.
SECTION 23. For all water fur-
nished
urnished and delivered by the City of
Anaheim within said City the following
minimum charges for any amount of
water up to 750 cubic feet for each
month during which such water is fur-
nished or until such time as such water
connections shall be discontinued are
hereby fixed and established as follows:
For service through 3'h inch pipe,
$ 1.00
For
service
through
1
inch
pipe,
$1.60
For
service
through
lila
inch
pipe,
$3.00
For
service
through
2
inch
pipe,
$5.00
For
service
through
3
inch
pipe,
$8.00
For
service
through
4
inch
pipe,
$12.50
For
service
through
6,
inch
pipe,
$25.00
provided that in the event that more
than one dwelling house, place of busi-
ness or building occupied by more than
one family is furnished through the
same meter, then and in that event an
additional minimum charge of Twenty-
five Cents ($.25) per month for each
such house, place of business or build-
ing is hereby fixed and established; and
provided, further, that in the event that
more than one building lot is furnished
with water through the same meter,
then and in that event, a like additional
minimum charge of Twenty-five Cents
($,25) per month is. hereby fixed and
established for each such building lot
having an area of one-fourth acre
(10,890 square feet) or major portion
thereof, so furnished :with water
through such meter. For all water
"furnished by the City of Anaheim
through each meter, in excess of the
first 750 cubic feet furnished in any
one month, the meter rate is hereby
fixed and established at Ten Cents
($.10) per 100 cubic feet.
SECTION 24. Circuses, shows, exhi-
bitions, contractors on construction
work, and all similar transient consum-
ers, also consumers outside the City
Limits, desiring to be furnished with
electricity or water by the City of Ana-
heim, shall make application for such
service at the office of the Public
Service Department.
Each such applicant will be charged
for all labor, and expense incurred by
the City in making such connection,
also for the use and depreciation of
all wire, pipe, hose, meters and other
equipmertt furnished by the City, and
such applicant shall deposit with the
Public Service Department at the time
connected with the pipes 'of the Water'.
Department of the City, of Anahe#s4,
building material, or other
-So asp ;te prevent 'free acc to" airoh
hy"t or other hose connection,
SII ION 30. (a) There shall be &,
stop=o ek In every water Service aCti0h-
ment off' the sidewalk or parking apace,
just inside the curb,,at a point to be
designated by said City, which said
stop -cock together with -*ater meter
and its box, Shall be supplied by. thea
City and shall be for its exelusive use
and under its exclusive control.
(b) The City will not be responsible
for damages to buildings or their con-
tents . occasioned by any break beyond
the street service box; and water con-
sumers are hereby required for their,
own protection, to provide, at their own
expense, another stop -cock to be placed
at the first suitable point beyond the
stop or service of the MY.
(c) When more than one service pipe
is supplied from one attaehment, there;
shalt be as many protection stop -cocks -
as there are service 'pipes.
(d) All consumers of water mustykeep
their service pipes, -.fixtures, atop-eoclts
and other apparatus (but not. the
aervice owned and put on by the City)
In good repair and free from leakage,
at their own expense, and they .will be
liable for all damages which may result
from their failure to comply with this
section.
(e) Where it is necessary to protect
venter meters from damage by ,:heavy
trucking in driveways where meters are
located, a charge of $15_00 will be made'
to cover the cost of a heady cast iron`
meter box.
SECTION 31. All electric and water
meters installed by the Public Service
Department shall remain at all times
the "property of the City of 'Anaheim
and where replacements, repairs or ad-
justments of any meter are rendered
necdssary by the act, negligence or
carelessness of the consumer; any ex
pense caused the Department thereby'
shall be charged against and cotiacted
from the consumer. If such consumer
or owner fails to pay :such elxsxges upar
demand, tl)e electricity or water may be
shut off until such charges are paid, as
provided in Section 15 bf this Ordinance..
Meters shall not be installed in -series:
SECTION 32. Any person, firm or
-corporation breaking. the seats or ehaug,
ing • or tampering with the connections
of :any electric or water. meter owzW
and controlled by the City of Anabal—
widinui ;biving, first obtained Vera
Stop from, the Public Sorvice �
ment so to do, shall be guilty of a
demeanor and upon conviction theree�
shall be fined a sum ,not less th"Te
Dollea"p ($10.00) nor more than Thrto
Hundfed Dollars ($300.00), -or im .
prisoned' not more than-threeponths,,
or be both so .fined and iumprisoneti:
BECTION 33. _ Any Walmer may
demand that the meter through which
electricity; or - water is beizW furnished
to his premises be examined and 'tested
by said :Department for the purpose of
ascertaining whether or not it is regi-
tering. correctly the amount of elee<
tricity or water which is being delivered
through: it. Such demand, shall- be made
in writing to the Public'Serviee Depart-
ment and shall be accompanied by - a
deposit 'of the amount charged for the
various sizes, to -wit
For testing any electric meter .....$1,.26
For testing a %x% water meter ....... $116
For testing a 1" water meter..........$1.50.
For testing a 1%" water meter ....... $1.76
For tesdpg a 2" water meter .......... $2.00
For testing a 3" water meter. -...••..000
For testing a 4" water meter •..... ...$4.Q0
Seem - 21 to 24, inefusive, Of thts,
mer, that`
04,
sem, 3 _ sus hall
iR all tither re"Sets he governed by the SSSM
} rov & of this Ordinance.
SIWT1 N W- That any person. firm
or corporation - "dolating any of the pro-
visions this Orditw$ce shall be
deemed' guilty of e, uifallemean6r. and
upon c:onvfetioa; thereof.ahall be punish-
able by a Mine of not few than Fifty .
Dollars , ($60.00): nor more than One
Hundred Dollars 01".00) or by: im-
prisonment in the Cft*jail for a period.
of not more than fifty (fig) days or by
both such fine and imprisonment.
Eacb ` such penton, firth or corPora-
}iot3. shall ,be deemed 1 guilty of a sep-
arate offehae for every day during, any
Portion • of which any violation of any
provision of this Ordinance is com-
mitted, -continued, or permitted, 'bS such
person, ,firm or corporation, and shall
be punishable as;, provided by this
Ordins,aee. -
ST§CTION 37: -Ali Ordinances. or
parts of Ordinances, in conflict with the
provisionsof this Ordinance are he'eby
repeals& . <
SECTION 28. If 'any section, sub-
sectton, sentence, clause or phrase of
this Ordinance is ter any, reason held
to beunconetl tionsl, void or invalid,
the validity of the remaining Portion of
this 'Ordluallee shall #ot he affected
thereby, It being the luteut-of the'Roard
of Trustees 9f . the Citi of Anaheim in
adopting this Ordinance that no. portion
thereof, or provision or regulation con-
talned theiCein, " shall beoome inoperative
orfallby ieaaon of any uncoustitution-
atlty or invalidity of :any other portion,
provvision or regutatfon.
SECTION` 99. The City Clerk of the
City of Anaheim shell certify to 'the
passage of this, Ordinance and shaft
eapse 'the same to be printed and pub-
lished once, in _the Anaheim Gazette, a
newspaper of general - circulation.
printed, published and circulated.n said
City,. "a thirty (30) days from and
after its AnalValloSage it shall take
effect and be ,in full force.
-The-foreWug ordinance is IdgAed,
approved an$ attested by me, this the
12th' ds ., of Nt v�guber; 19213_
pERI2Y W.11fA't8, .
pi,"tdent of the Board -of Trus-
tees of the City cif Anaheim.
(SEAL)
Attest:.
a fv A > .. r=T, .#
Clerk W tho #. ty of Ana,-
pftmwor dum- 10,
I, 10dww D. -morritt, City irk of
the (ft, ot; Anaheim, do hereby certify
that the foregoing Ordhia'nce was intro-
dtrced ung of the Board* of
Trm►tees of the City of Anahelm, held
on the 29th Any of Ootober, 1025,'and
that the samil was passed and adopted
a, meothW ief said ;Board of Trustees
held on the 12th day of November, 1925;
by 'the: following vote:
A,YLS: h2athis; Miller, Gratton Fran-
zen, Stock. � _
N0168 { None.
A88 .A" NOT vOTING, None.
And. T iurtder ' certify that the Pres-
ident of .the. Board of Trustees signed
and ordinance on the ="
12th day of November 1,925.•
_AN, t •4irITNi3488 R&OF, I .have
hereunto, set, ;my hand, and affixed � the
oral, of aakd &y; this the 12th day of _
-EDWARD B. MEltitlTT,
Clerk of the Citi" 0 AR!$,V Air
(l4F,AI,)
I N D E x
SECTION
1 Creating Public Service Uel;artment.
2 Creating Office of Controller.
3 Bond of Deputy Controller or Cashier.
4 Salary of Deputy Controller or Cashier.
5 authority for Entering Upon Private Pro-erty.
6 Depositing Money with Treasurer.
7 Fund f or Dani r Chane.
g Monthly Report to Trustees.
9 Reading Meters and Rendering Bills.
10. Bills Payable at City Hall
ll :Definition of Terms.
12 Application for Service.
13 installation Aervice.
14 Deposit for Service.
3.5 Delinquency.
16 Permanent Disconnection.
17 Vacancy of Premises.
18 Temporary Disconnection.
lg Shutting off Service for Repairs, etc.
20 Non -liability of City for Damages.
21 Installation Char es.
22 Electric Rates.
23 Water Rates
24 Service to Transients and outside of City limits.
25 Fire lines.
26 Use of Fire Hydrants
2.7 Use of !'Fater During Fires.
28 Obstructions Around Hydrants, etc.
29 Special Rules for `"+ater Service Connections.
34 Meters, to Remain Property of City,
wry
50
31 lVeters . Texaj-,erin6 7i t.'c- - Hisderie aanor
3� Testing and 1!,oviy�-, 'UTeters
33 Rules and Regulations during Power or ""tater shortage.
34 Distribution of Electricity and 'Vrater Outside of
Corporate limits.
35 Abolishing Office of Rate Collector
36 Repealing Conflicting Ordinances.
37 Passage of Ordinances
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OIt INY,�;� CE No. 476
AIT cRDIjT;jjTCE CRAT ING I PUBLIC SERVI Ci EEPART ,:2IT OF T, CI MT OF
AjTAIT'iIT'1, MKINING ITS PGUMES AND I:RESCi IBI?TG ITS DUTIES: CREATING TIE,,
OFFICE OF COITTRO=R OF SAID I]EPAR1^ •1=. DFMITING HIS 1'0 rERS, PPWSCI°1B-
ING HIS DUTIES AND I'If IIvG HIS COIiTSATION: E -ST OMISI IMG RATES ?aI1D
CHARGES FM EMCTRIC AiD 7ATFR aEERVICE, AND PROVIDING FOP: 'T2 COLI-ECTION
TI E OF ; S1 CIFYI TG TIT: MIN,'
OF 11j;K.I vG Id-TLI C..TI OITS AI•TD D EPOSI TS
'OP. SUCH SERVICE Atm OF 11,12 -1,II G DF,I,IN ;VENT PAYi �+;T?TS : P SCRIBIITG
GET MISS .AND IM.GUTATI ONS G -10ING THE IY STy? i1&TIO1%T JUM USE OF
Ell,'CTRI C AND ' } ATER SERVI CES , AND tT'IX IITG r T`T:�I,T IES i oI'� VI iJI;kTI ON
TI-� <.EOF: AND ABO-TISHITTG TI -a- OF FI CE OF F2 -,TE COLLECTOR OF SAID CITY.
THE B OA PuD tJ� + TRUST 'S QF TH - Cj T f OF Isl?� :I li DO OFMAI IT AS L�11- 07US :
SECTION 1: That t :e Public Se -1 -vice Department of the City
of Anaheim
is hereby
creates.
The Public Service Department shall
maintain an
office in
the City
Hall of the City of Anaheim and shall
receive applications aril deposits for tr e installation of electric
and m=ater serlice; it shall read all electric and water meters and
compute and record all a,.a inst consumers for such electric
and. water service; it shall r ender all bills due and payable to the
said City in
the _?atter of the
insta.11a.tion, consumption,
delinquency,
disconnection
and reconnection
of such electric and water
service, and
attend to the collection of such bills; it shall d eposit wit;: the
City Treasurer
of
said
City all
moneys collected
by it, and make
monthly reports
to
the
Board of
Trustees of all
trahsac tions
as hereinafter provided; and it shall do and perform all other acts,
not inconsistent %%i th general law nor the Ordinances of the City
of f'Lnalieim, which may become necessary or expedient for the proper
functioning and efficiency of said Department, the safe -guarding
of the revenues of said City and the convenience of the consumers.
SECTION 2: That the office of Control ler of the Public
Service Departmen t is hereby created and such Controller shall have
direct charL;e of sl_i cti-, lPubli c Service Department. The City 3Ianager
shall be and lie ishereby constituted ex -officio Controller of the
Public Service Department of ti -ie City of Anaheim and as such shall do
and perform all acts required of suc',:i Controller. He siia,ll have the
power to appoint one Chief re uty Controller and two Deputy Controllers
sub`icct to the G I;I)rova.l of the Board of Trustees of said City.
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SECTION 3:-7ithin ten days after receiving notice of
his a :pointment as deputy controller of said Public Service De. eart-
ment such person so a.ppointed sl -all file `with the City Clerk of said
City, an official bond in the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5000.00)
execLited by at least two good and sufficient sureties or a corporate surety,
which said bond shall be conditioned upon the faithful performance
and discharge of his duties and shall be subject to the aliproval of the
Board of Trustees of said City.
SECTION 4: As corn -e- ation for their services, staid Chief
Deputy Controller shall receive a salary of 4175#00 per month; one
deputy shall receive a salary of .;140.00 per Month, and one deiazty
Shall receive a salary of "100.00 per month. All such salaries
shall be payable monthly, at the same time and out of the same fund
as sklaries of other City officials axe -paid e
SECTION 5: For the purpose of c cnnplyi ng with or enforcing
any of th.e provisions of this ordinance, or for reading any meter
or for installing, testing, changing, ret�ziring, connecting; or
disconnecting any electric or water meter or service, the said controller
or other officer or em lloyee of said Public Service Department, or other
department of the City of Anaheim, is hereby authorized to enter u1 on
private property any day betwe(- n the hours of eight (8) o'clock A.M.
and five (5) o'clock P.I.I.
SECTION 6: Said controller shall deposit all moneys received
or collected by him with t?le Treasurer of said City of Anaheim not later
than the day after the w=e exe collected by him, except as provided ill
the following sections,
SECTIM 7-. Said controller shall ,maintain and he is hereb f
authorized to maint�?.iy) at all times, a, fund, in cp-sh, in an amount
not to exceed Three Yundred Dollars 0300.00) for tl--.erur:)ose of making
ch ange .
SECTION 8: At the first r e�ular meeting of the Board of Trustees
of the said City of �'naheim, in each month, the said Controller shall
present to said Board of Trustees a �,irit ten re jjort of all moneys
collected by him in the discharge of his official duties, inc .uding all
deposits, penalties and other charges of iMra.tever nature
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collected by said Public Service Department, together with the
amounts paid out to consumers on refunds of de;osits, the amounts
layment of rates and c1i.arges for electric and water
delincuent in the
service, and all other accounts and tran�3aactions of said Department dining
the preceding calendar month. S,aid Y epor t shall show the total number
of meters in ser-jice for each commodity, an'" tz-y number of such meters
installed and disconnected during the -,preceding calendar month,.
Said report shall set forth. a monthly comparison between the total amount
of electric energy furnisheJ at the main switchboard at the power house
of the City of An lieim and the total amount of such energy sold to
consumers as re lzesented by the sum of the readings of all electric
meters during the correspondir kg, period, also a similar comparison between
the total volume of water purlped and d elivered into the mains from the
several sources of water supply and the total volume of vrater sold to
consumers az represented by the sum of the readings of all water meters
during the corresponding period.
SECTION 9: The Controller of the rublic Service Department
shall once each month examine and read, or cause to be examined and read
the meters of all consumers of electricity and Nater furnished by the
City of Anaheim, and ascertain thf- amount of electricity and water so
furnished by said City to each consumer and shell cums:ute the amount
due or the amount to become due to said city for such electricity
or �117atter according to orfainances of said city, resolutions b -.%O* the 'ROerd
of Trustees of said City, or contract by iv.Ach such, electricity is
furnished or delivered to said consumer. Upon ascertaining the amount
(3.ue said City for such ele _-tricity and water furnished said consumer,
tete Controller shall charge the amount on Rr, a, proved ledger and ,. end(,:--- the
consumer a. bill for the almount due, iahich amount shw11 become due and
payable upon the date of the reading of the meter.
The handing of the bill to sucl-, consumer in y)erson, or
the placing of the bill in an envelope or upon a 1osta.l card a.ddressdd
to the consumer at his street and house number, af'i.-ing the proper
postage and mailing in the United Stated Post office, shall constitute
"rendcrii a bill."
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Neither the non-receiyA of any such bill. nor its
misplacement,
loss or destruction before
paynent,
shall constitute
a claim by or
in behalf of such consumer
for any
extension of time
in ti&Ach to make pa,,yment thereof.
In case of such non -receipt, misplacement, loss or destruc-
tion,
duplicate bills
will be fu wished
consumers
up, on a,, Ali ca, t ion
to the
Public Service
Department and the
payment
to s aid- Dei;artment
of a boob -keeping. c.,.arge of ten cents (x.10) for each such duplicate
bill -
SECTION 10: All bills for electricity and water fia.rni.shed
by the
said City shall be
and
lire hereby declaredyay b1e
at
the
office
of the Contr.-oiler
of tie
Public Service Department
in
the
City Hall of the City of Anaheim at 204 East Center Street ir: said
City .
SECTION 11: The following terms wherever used in this ordinance,
except as otherwise specifically in(licated by the context, shall be
deemed to have and shall have the meanings respedtively setforth
in this section, to -wit:
"Consumer" : Any -person, co -partnership or cor.Porationw Whether owner,
lessee or renter of real 1.,rolperty, using electricity or water
furnished by the City of Analae im through rie ters or by contract.
"Kilowatt Hour": The Standard unit of measurement of electrical work
or enermr .
"Standby Charge" • A minimum c :,_arge to be -aid r E�ardless of the amouni
of electricity or electrical energy consumed.
"Morse Power": A unit of home power shall_ be determined by the
amount of electric current necessary for the continuous operation of
any electric equipment for one hour, based upon the consura�tion
of 746 watts _rer hour.
"Month": That period
of time wtbich
shall elapse between the success-
ive monthly
readings
of meters by
the duly authorized agents or
officials df
Anaheim,
whether the
same shall be more or less
than a calendar month.
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"Installation Charge": The cha rhe made by the 0ity of Anaheim
as cozrpensation to it for all. labor and material furnished in makingy
connection with any electric line or v,ate* main in said city, for
electricity or iwa,te; to be fur,�ished. to any consumer.
"Meter R.te": A charge of One Dollar 01.00) for the fii°st 750 cubic
feet of water or fraction thereof furnished through any one meter
during any one month and a, charge of ten cents per 100 cubic feet
of water, or fraction thereof, in excess of 750 cubic feet, fur-
nished through such meter durin, such -period of one month.
"Itinimurn chargee": A rate fixed by ti -,is ord.ina.nce as compensatiom
to said City of Anaheim, for maintaining its vrater service and
holding itself in readiness to serve, and shall be the least account
of money collected by the City for water furnisb�ed through meters or
pipes of the sizes s_ne cified in Section 23 of this rdinance j and
equal to the minimum charge at the reg°dlar meter rates.
"Size of Pire" : When a,,.v size of is mentioned in this
ordinance, the same shall be understood to mean the nominal inside
diameter of standard ipe, measured in inches axed fractions thereof.
SECTION 12. Any owner, lessee or occupant of real pro-erty►
within the City of Anaheim, who is desirous of purchc-sing electricity
for light or power or is desirous ofwater from the said
City, to be delivered on such property+ which property shall be
properly wired for electric light or tower, or equir)ed. with proper
plumbing for the delivery of v; ater thereon, asthe case fi y +3es
..r,,ordance with ordinances of the said City or resolutions of the
Board of Trustees t; -Hereof, shall ;Hake application therefor t o the
Public Service Department. Each such applicant will be required to
enter into an agreement with the City of Anaheim to pay the
constituted rates for such electric or water service and to be
governed by the rules and regulations of the Public Sei vice De-
partment, adopted by the Bpard of Trustees of said City.
If such applicant be the ovrner of said real iaroperty said agreement
shall contain a waiver, that if the bill for such rates is not paid in
accordance with the provisions of section 15 of this ordinance, the ovme
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shall r elinquish his rights as -provided by law and the amount of said
bill shall become a lien upon said property and be colledted at the
same time and in the same manner as all taxes. on real property in the
City of Anaheim.
SECTIO 13: After said ovaner, lessee or occupant has com-
plied lith the provisions of this ordinance, the Public Service.
Department shall thereupon cause connections with the electric
distributing systems or water mains to be made to the said oviner's,
lessee's or occuZant's premises, a11. of whiich connections shall be
made through proper meters,
SECTIM 14: The Public Service Department will require each.
consumer, whether owner,, lessee or ren ter, for vahom a service for
the su-p--ly of electricity or v7a,ter has been heretofore installed or
shall Yereafter be ayylied for, to deposit ,vaith mid Derartment s sum
of r-oney equal to the probablo amount as estimated by said Department,
of two (2) months' bills for the c onmiodi ty to be suyjplied by such
service, whethe- electricity or water, and no electricity or water
shah be supplied t tough any service after this ordinance takes
effect unless such de
;;osit has been so made and remains in the hands
of said Public Service Department undiminished; ;,provided, however,
that no deposit for either commodity shall be les>3 than Two and one
half Dollars (f2.50); and provided further, that any consumer who shall
at the time this ordinance takes effect or at a.T time thereafter,
have been a consumer of electricity or eater or both, fu:i•nished by
the said.'Public Service Department to such consumer on an application for
service made by flim in his own name, and who sx all, for a-!)eriod of
twelve (12) months consecutively, have paid viitliin fifteen (15) days
after the same are due, all bills for electricity and water furnishdd
him by said Dej.artnient, shall not be recyuired to make or ina.intairi
any such deposit, and any dei osit .reviously made by such consumer
shall., after twelve 112) months consecutive payment of bills when
due, be refunded to such consuytier by sa,iCl Department. If any
bill for electricity or .rater sold, _furnished or su;)plied to
such consumer shall not be -plaid on or before fif teen (3_5) days
after the same is due as herein rrovidedp the amount of such
bill shall be deducted from andpaid by the Public 'Service
Department out of the de.
sit so l jade by such cansuracr.
SECTIOIT 15: All rates and charges for electricity
and w, ater sold, furnished, suy�plied or delivered by t},,-e City
of Sna'?eim shall be due acid :F;,yabl.e uj)on the date of meter readinZ,
and if not paid within fifteen days t'_n.ereafter shwJ_l. be deemed
delinquent and the service of electricity or water to the installa-
tion for which such bill is delinuuen't s1rall thereuy.)on be subject
to disconnection znd discontinuE?noe ait'nout further notice.
mere such service has been so disconnected for non-payment
of bills, it slLa.11 not be reconnected or renewed for the
same consumer except ui�on-oayment of the ivhole amount of the de-
linquent bills for electricity or vaater _,reviously furnished to
su& disconnected installation, toCether with a reconnectJ_ng
charge of one Dpllr for each such service so disconnected.
CTION 16: should any owners lessee or occu;aant be de-
of having the service of electricity or water disconnected
from ';zis premises, he sliall so notify the Controller w�lo shall
in-rre daately cause the electric or water meter to be read and removed,
and the service to be disconnected from said premises. The Controller
shw11 then render a final bill to such consurner, which, bill shell be
and is hereby declared due and payable upon the- date of meter reading,
and any balance of the said consumer's deposit remaining in the hands
of the said Department after a.11. bills for electricity or water su:-,plied
through said service have been maid, will be returned 2to the � erson
b;; -a' om sue'l} dei.osit was rna.de.
Reinstatement of electric or water service to such lrernises
shall in all respects be treated as herein provided for new appli-
cations and installations.
SECTION 17: It shall be the duty of the owner of premises
on which electrici 'ty or water furnished by the City of Ana. ei►n is
used to notify the Public Service Department irmaediately upon
said-,.,rerlises beim vacated, so that said Department may dis-
connect such service. Eledtric and water rates -rill be charged
for premises vacated in every instancy until the City shall have been
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notified of the discontinuance of the use of such electricity or
water and to disconnect such service.
Any owner of such premises failing to give such notice
will be compelled to pay such rates for electricity and water due
and unpaid from the date of the vacating of such premises until
-the said notice is given, and no electricity or water will thereafter
be furnished said premises until all rates and all penalties or
reconnecting charges, if any, as prescribed by this ordinance,
steal lhave been paid.
SECTION 18;. When any consumer shall request the Public
Service Department to temporarily disconnect his service of electricity
or water for any reason vbatever, such service shall not be resumed
until such consumer shall have paid into the Public Wervice
Department the sum of One Dollar ($1.00) as a reconnecting charge,
for each such service so disconnected.
SECTION 19: The City: of Anaheim reserves the right
at any time to shut off the electric orwater service for the
purpose of making extensions or repairs or for other purposes,
and all persons having boilers within their premises not supplied with
tanks br cisterns, but depending upon the pipes of the City Water
Department to keep them supplied, are hereby cautioned against
danger of collapse.
SECTION 20: Should the City of Anaheim fail to furnish
electricity or water by real on of breakage pf any wire, pipe or
machinery or from any cause beyond its power or control, *he said
City or any of its employees shall not be held responsible for any
damagep, or if any consumer should fail to pay his bill within the
time specified in the provisions of the ordinances of said City and
any of the employees of the said City disconnect the said electric or
water serlice in compliance with the ordinances of said City, the said.
city or its employees shall not be held responsible for any damages that
Might result from such disc6nnecti on.
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SECTIOU 21; (al The installation charge to be
collected by the Public Service Department for each electric service
to be hereafter connected with the distributing system of the City
of Anaheim, is hereby fixed and established at Five Dollars ($5.00).
(b) The following installation eka.rges are hereby fixed
and established for all water connections to be hereafter made With the
water mains of the City of Anaheim, to -wit:
For
the
installation
of
inch
pipe
service
1110.00
a
If
a
It
►i
15.00
125,00
It
�i
�i
�R
1. a
It
+n
It
2
35.00
100.00
n
a
w
a
4 a
a
n
125.00
a
a
a
it
6 d
165.00
provided that in the event it should be necessary in making
any w ater connections in the City of Anaheim to cut any pavement
in any public street or alley of said City, a charge of Five Dollars
($5.00) in addition to the said installation charge herein fixed
and established, shall be made; provided further, that all unmetered
fire service connections shall be made at the expense of the consumer
or person ordering the same, the amount of which shall be determined
by the Public Service Department and shall be deposited with the
Controller prior to the installation of said service.
SZCTION 22: The following rates: shall be and the same are
hereby fixed and established as the rates to be paid by consumers
of electricity and electrical energy furnished and delivered by the
City of Anaheim within the corporate limits of said City;
(a) For all
electricity furnished by the
City
of .Anaheim
and used exclusively
for the purpose of lighting,
the
rate shall:
be as. followsl For the first ,500 kilowatt hours used in any one
stonth, the rate shall be seven cents (.07) per kilowatt hour;
for all kilowatt hours used in excess of 500 kilowatt hours and less
than 2000 kilowatt hours used in any one month,, the rate shall be
six cents ($.06) per kilowatt hPur; for all kilowatt hours in excess
of 2000 kilowatt hours used iA any one month, the rate shall be five
cents ($.05) per kilowatt hour-
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(b)
For all electricity furnished and used for the purpose
of operating electric motors and power plants and for heating and
cooking in
private residences where special wiring is required
and installed,
and other purposes exclusive of lighting, and the
operating of pumping plants for the development of water for the
purpose of
irrigation, the rates shall be ax follows, to -wit:
For
the first 30 kilowatt hours used in any one month,
at the rate
of five cents ($.05) per kilowatt hour.
For
the next 70 kiloviatt hours used in any one month,
at the rate of four cents ($.04) per kilowatt hour.
For
the next 700 kiloevatt hours used in any one month,
at the rate
of three Sents ($.03) per kilpwatt hour.
For
the next 1200 kilowatt hours used in any one month,
at the rate
of two and one half cents ($.025) cents per kilowatt hour.
And
for all electricity and electrical energy furnished
and delivered in Qxcess of 2000 kilowatt hours used in any one month,
at the rate of two cents ($.02) per kilowatt hour, provided that there
shall be a minimum charge for electricity and electrical energy
furnished for such purpose at the late of One Dollar ($1.00) per month
for operating motors and other appliances of one horse rower or less,
and fifty cents ($.50) per month for each respective unit of horse
power or fraction -thereof in excess of one; provided, further, that
for each installation Where electricity or electrical energy is used
for lighting, heating, and cooking in residences when supplied through
one meter, there shall be a minimum charge of Two and 25/100 Dollars
($2.25) per month.
(c) The rates for electricity and electrical energy
furnished and used for the exclusive purpose of operating motors
for pumping plants for the development of water f or the purpose
of irrigation, are fixed and established as follows:
For the first 2000 kilowatt hours used in any one
year at the rate of two and seventy five one hundredths cents
($,0275) per kilowatt hour.
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For the next 5000 kilowatt hours used in any one year,
at the rate of two and five tenths cents ($.025) per kilowatt
hour; and for all electricity and electrical energy used for
such purpose, in excess of 7000 kilowatt hours in any one year, at
the rate of two and twenty-five one hundredths cents 0.225) per
kilowatt hour; provided that the minimum charge for any such electricity
aid, electrically energy used for such purpose, during any one year, shall
be Five Dollars ($5,00) per horse power, payable in sixequal monthly
installments, beginning on the first day of May of each year• Such minimum
annual charge shall entitle the used to an amount of electrical energy at
'the regular electrical energy rates, equal to the amount of the minimum
annual charge paid, the same to be used at any time during the twelve
months following the first day of May of each year, and any excess
electrical energy used, must be paid for monthly at the regular
electrical energy GbArSe.
SECTION 23: For all water furnished and delivered by the City
of Anaheim within said city the following minimum charges for any
amount of water up J;0 750 cubic feet for each month during which
such w ester is furnished or until such time as such water connections
shall be discontinued are hereby fixed and established as follows;
For
service
through
inch
pipe
$1.00
n
u
a
1 a
a
$1,60
►i
n
>s
ltl
It
$3,00
2 „
N
o
le
11
tl
11
3 it
11
0
1,
!!
11
4 it
a
$12.50
it
n
n
6 it
n
$25.00
provided that in the event that more than one dwelling house, place
of business or building occupied by more than one family is furnished
through the same meter, then and in that event an additional minimum
charge of twenty five cents ($.25) per month for each such house,
place of bugi.agas or building is hereb3, fixed and established; and
provided, further, that in 'the event that more than one building
lot is furnished with vater through the same meter, then and in
that event, a like additional minimum charge of twenty-five cents
($25) per month is hereby fixed and established for each such building
lot having an area of one fourth acre (10890 square feet) or major
portion thereof, so furnished with water through such meter.
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For all water furnished by the City of Anaheim through each meter,
in excess of the first 750 cubic feet furnished in any one month, the
meter rate is hereby fixed and established at ten cents ($.10) per
100 cubic feet.
SECTION 24.: Circuses, shows, exhibitions, contractors on
construction work, and all similar transient consumers, also consumers
outside the City limits, desiring to be furnished with electricity
or water by the City of AnaYieim, shall make application for such service
at the office of the Public Service Department.
Each such applicant will be charged for all labor, and expense
incurred by the City in making such connection, also for the use and
depreciation of all wire, pipe, hose, meters and other equipment fur -
nished by the City, and such applicant shall deposit with the
Public Service Department at the time of making application, a sum of
money sufficient to cover all of said charges.
In the case of transient consumers, each applicant will also
be required to deposit with said Department, before service is in-
stalled, a sum of money suffivient to pay for the amount of electricity
and water to be used through such service, as estimated by said Depart-
ments, at the established rates; any balance of said deposit remaining
in the hands of the Department after all proper rates and charges have
been deducted therefrom, will be .returned to said applicant when
such service is discontinued.
Each consumer outside the City Limits shall pay the regular
established rates for electricity or water, together with a service
charge of twenty five percent (25%) of such rates.
SECTION 25; No fire line shall be used for any purpose
other than for the e:�tinguishment of fire, unless the same be
supplied through a meter, in which event the regular rates
shall be charged, together with a charge sufficient to cover
the cost of such meter. Where any fire line is used for fire
purposes only, the owner shall pay for all repairs to or necessary
changes in such service from the City Main to the premisew served#
Should the owner fail to pay for such repairs or changes within fifteen
(15) days after the rendering of bill therefor, as provided in this
ordinance, such fire line service will be disconnected by the City
and shall not be reconnected except as provided in Sections 14 and 15
v of this ordinance.
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SECTION 27: Fire Hydrants are provided for the sole
f purpose of extinguishing fires and shall be opened and used
only by the Water, Fire and Public Service Departments, or by such
persons as may be authorized to do so by said Public Service
Department.
Any person or corporation desiring to use water through
any fire hydrant or other hydrant owned and controlled by the
City of .Anaheim will be required to make application and deposit
therefor as provided in Section 24 of this ordinance.
SECTION 28 In the case of a fire necessitating the use of
water from the City mains, it shall be unlawful for any person
or persons to use water from %Lid mains for any purpose whatsoever
except fhr the extinguishment :.,of such fires or the saving of
adjoining property, Any person violating the provisions of
this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not less than Ten
Dollars ($10.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or
be imprisoned for a period of not to exceed thirty days, or be
both so fined and imprisoned.
SECTION 29: No person shall place on or about any hydrant,
Siamese or other fire hose connection or curb -cock connected with the
pipes of the Water Department of the City of Anaheim, any building
material or other obstruction so as to prevent free access to such
hydrant or other hose connection.
SECTION 30: (a) There shall be a stop -cock in every water
service attachment on the sidewalk or parking space, just inside
the curb, at a point to be designated by said City$ which said
stop -cock together withyater meter and its box, shall be supplied by
the City and shall be for its exclusive use and under its exclusive
control.
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(b) The City will not be responsible for damages to
buildings or their contents occasioned by any break beyond the
street service box; and nater consumers are hereby required
for their own protection, to provides at their own expense, another
stop cock to be placed at the first suitable point beyond the stop or
service of the city.
(c) When more than one service pipe is supplied Brom
one attachment, there shall be as many protection stop cocks as there
are serlice pipes.
(d) All consumers of water must keep their service pipes,
fixtures, stop cocks and other apparatus (but not the service owned
and put on by the city) in good repair and free from leakage, at their
own expense, and they will be liable for all damages which may result
from their failure to comply with this section.
(e) Where it is necessary to protect crater meters from
damage by heavy trucking in driveways where meters are located, a charge
of :15.00 will be made to cover the cost of a heavy cast iron meter box,
SECTION 31: All electric and watermeters installed
by the Public Service Department shall remain at all times the
property of the City of Anaheim, and where replacements, repairs or
adjustments of any meter are rendered necessary by the act, negligence
or carelessness of the consumer, any expense caused the Department
thereby shall be charged against and collected from the consumer.
If such consumer or owner fails to pay such charges upon demand, the
electricity or water may be shut off until such charges are paid, as
Drovided in Section 15 of this ordinance„ Meters shall not be
installed in series.
SECTION 32: Any person, firm or corporation breaking the
seals or changing or tampering with the connections of any electric
or water meter owned and controlled by the City of Anaheim without
having first obtained permission from the Public Service Department so
to do, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall
be fined a sum not less than Ten Dollars ($10.00) nor more than Three
Hundred Dollars (4300.00), or imprisoned not more than three months:,
or be both so fined and imprisoned.
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SECTION 33: Any consumer may demand that the meter
through which electricity or water is being furnished to his
premises be examined and tested by said Department for the purpose
of ascertaining whether or not it is registering correctly the amount
of electricity or -water which is being delivered through it. Such
demand shall be made in writing to -the Public Service Department and shall
be accompanied by a deposit of the amount charged for the various sizes,
to -wit:
For testing any electric meter........... $1,25
Por testing a 5/8 x i watez meter........1*25
u " " 1a Fater meter ............. 1.50
r= u a 12a u n .............1.75
u a a
2" a a ............. 2,00
u a
3" rr a 3.00
n n rr
4"
... .. .....
If u n 6u orr' larg,dr ............. 5.00
Upon receipt of such d emand it shall be the duty of the
Public Service Department to cause the meter to be examined and tested.
If on a xaminati on and test, the meter shall be found to register over
three percent more electricity or vrater than actually passes through it,
another meter shall be substituted therefor and the fee charged shall
be repaid to the consumer making the application, and the electric or Nster
bill for the current period ad4usted to such a manner as the Public Service
Department may deem fair and just. If the meter shall be found to be
accurate, the fee so deposited shall be forfeited to the City and the
electric and -.Vater bills paid as rendered..,
Any consumer desiring to change the location of any of the
City's equipment that has already been installed for electric or water
service, shall make application to the Public Service Department, VXd
upon payrzent of the estimated cost of same, the Public Service Department
will cause such change to be made.
SECTICK 34: In the event that a shortage of water becomes
imminent, or if for any other reason, it shall become necessary to
temporarily curtail the supply of electricity or water furnished by
the City, the Public Service Department shall formulate rules and
regulations governing sign andnshow window lighting, the hours and quan-
tities of water to be used for sprinkling lawns and gardens, and such other
rules and regulations as may be deemed requisite and equitable for
governing the use of electricity and wster furnished by the City, provided,
that such rules and regulations shall be subject to the approval of the
Board of Trustees of the City of Anaheim.
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For every violation of the provisions of this section,
the Public Service Department is hereby authorized to impose and
collect a penalty of Two and 50/100 Dollars ($2.50) for the first offense
and Five Dollars 45.00) for each subsequent offense so committed.
If said penalty is not paid when demanded, the Public
Service Department is hereby authorized to disconnect the electric
or water supply or both, as the case may be, from the premises of the
offending party, and such service shall not be reinstated until such
fine shall have been paid and also the additional penalty of One Dollar
($1.00) for reconnecting each such service.
SECTION 35; The Burd of Trustees of the City of Anaheim
is hereby authorized and empowered to sell and distribute any surplus
or excess electricity or water outside the corporate limits of said
City, in such amounts and by such means and at such rates as said
Board may deem proper for the beat interests of said City, provided,
that the rates to be charged for such services shall not be less than
those specified in Sections 21 to 24 inclusive, of this ordinance,
and provided further, that all such installations, and services shall in
all other respects be governed by the provisions of this ordinance.
SECTIGN 36: That any person, firm or corporation violating
any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty Of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine
of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than One Hundred
Dollars ($100.00) or by imprisonment in the City jail for a period sof not
more than fifty (50) daps or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Each such person, firm or corporation# shall be deemed guilty
of a separate offense for every day during any portion of which any
violation of any provision of this ordinance is committed, continued.,
or permitted, by such person, firm or corporation, and shall. be punishable
as provided by this ordinance.
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SECTION 37: All Ordinances, or parts of Ordinances, in
conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed,
SECTION 38: If any 51ection, Sub -section, sentence, clause
or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional,
void or i*n id, the validi ty of the r emaining portion of this Ordinance
shall not be
affedted thereby,
it `being
the intent of the
Board of
Trustees of
the City of Anaheim
in adopting
this Ordinance
that no
Portion thereof, or provision or regulation contained therein, sLiall
become'inoperative or fail by reason of any unconstitutionality
or invalidity of any other portion, provision or regulation.
SECTION 39: The City Clerk of the City of Anaheim shall
certify to the passage of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be
printed and published once in the Anaheim Bulletin, a newspaper of general
ciiculation, printed, published and circulated in said City and tl-4rty
(30) days from and after its final passage it shall take effect and be
in full force„
The foregoing Ordinance is signed, approved and attested by
me, thin the 2 -day of 1925.
resident
of the
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Attest �-�,�, • Llle_
Edward B.Merritt, Crk of the
City of Anaheim,State of California.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE
CITY OF ANAHEIM ;
0
the Board of Trustees
ty of Anaheim.
I, Edward BWerritt, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced at a meeting
of the Board of Trustees of the City of Anaheim, held on the Z'? 17t. _day
of 1925 and that the same vis passed and adopted at a meeting
of said hoard of Trustees held on the `k- day of
1925,by the following vote;
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ABSENT AND NW VOTING: �-� �-►� t, - -_ _ --- .. _._
And I further certify that the President of the Board of
Trustees signed and approved said Ordinance on the / 2� — day
Of ___�-�,,,r 1925.
IN WITNESS SOF,
I have hereunto set my
hand and
affixed the
seal of said City,
this the / 2 .__._.__.day
oft.�1925
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Clerk of the City of Anaheim-
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