Ord 533ORDINANCE NO. 533
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF POWAY, CALIFORNIA AMENDING
CHAPTER 13.03.010, SCHEDULE OF BIMONTHLY SEWER SERVICE
CHARGES - COMMODITY RATES - SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE
WHEREAS, the City of Poway provides sewer service to citizens of Poway; and
WHEREAS, the City has a user charge system based on water consumption and
which takes into account both quantity and quality of a customer's sewage; and
WHEREAS, a bimonthly service charge is established which recovers all costs
associated with customer service and a portion of the fixed costs associated with
maintaining the capacity of the City's sewer system; and
WHEREAS, a seven-tier, single-family residential sewer commodity charge is
established, which includes the bimonthly sewer service charge for single-family
customers. Single-family residential customers are assigned a commodity charge tier
each year based on 85 percent of their three-year average of lowest winter water use;
and
WHEREAS, new customers in single-family residential were previously set at
Tier 4, and new condominium and townhouse customers with separate master meters
were set at Tier 2, until they established their Iow winter water use; and
WHEREAS, new customers in single-family residential, condominium and
townhouse with separate master landscape meters are now assigned a tier based on
their first period of consumption, until their Iow winter water usage is established.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF POWAY DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. New customers in single family residential, and condominium and
townhouse with separate master landscape meters are assigned a tier based on their
first period of consumption. Single family residential shall not exceed Tier 4 and
condominium and townhouses Tier 2. They will remain at this tier until they establish
their own winter water use. Single-family customers with less than a three-year history
will be calculated based on the lowest winter water use average for any year the
customer has a history at the property.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30) days
after the date of its passage; and before the expiration of fifteen (15) days after its
passage, it shall be published once with the names of members voting for and against
the same in the Poway News Chieftain, a newspaper of general circulation published in
the City of Poway.
Ordinance No. 533
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Introduced and first read at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Poway held the 28th day of November 2000, and thereafter PASSED AND ADOPTED
at a regular meeting of said City Council held the 12th day of December 2000, by the
following roll call vote:
AYES: EMERY,
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
GOLDBY, HIGGINSON,
REXFORD, CAFAGNA
ATTEST:
Micha~
Lori Anne Peoples, citY Clerk ~
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