HomeMy WebLinkAbout1968 Ordinance No. 037:I
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Introduced a• a Bill by COuncilllan Dhority.
BY AU'l'llORI'l'Y
ORDDIAllCB RO. 37, SDDS OP 1968
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BB IT ORDADBD BY TBB CI'l'Y COUllCIL OP TBB CI'l'Y OP DGLDOOD,
COLORADO, that Section 8.6-5 of th• Municipal Code of the City of
Bn9lewood be ... nded to read •• follow••
•section 8.6-5 Meter Requir .. ent•.
(a) Owner• of property with connection• for residential
u .. havin9 tap• one inch in di ... ter or largerr or for commercial
u•e of any kind r99ardl••• of •i•• of tap• or ••rvice1 or for
re•idential use on pread••• with 8Willlain9 pool•, wading pools,
or other containers, whether pr ... nently inatalled or not, with
a capacity of 2,000 9allon• or more, which are filled from City
aupply, will be required to in•tall water .. tera. The rates for
metered service shall be fixed by remolution of the City Council,
provided, however, that one bill, for all water uaed, composed
of the ... of minimum charcJ•• for each meter uaed and a single
quantative chaZ'C)e for all water uaed, aay be i••ued in the
following ca•••:
(i) Where water aervice i• taken throu9h a caabination
of aetera, or throu9h meter• on two or more service pipes,
if water aerviced throu9h each of auch meters and service
pipe• •hall be delivered and uaed on the aame property
holding in the proaecution of one 9eneral purpose, or a
•iDCJle enterpri•e on an int99rated holding of land, undivided
by public atreeta, road• or alley•1 and
(ii) Por all public school•, even through the meters may
be aituated on aeparate propertiea.
(b) In any caae, when the water cammiasioner deems it to be
to the beat intere•t• of the City and water cona1D1era, he may re-
quire any acheduled flat rate uaer to take hi• water throuqh a
aeter at the rate• ••t by the City Council and in effect at that
tiae. Whenever a meter i• to be u•ed it •hall be supplied by the
water departaent at the coat of the uaer. All meters installed
auat be the amae aize a• the •ize of the aervice pipe, except
where pread••• have been vacated by a cla•• of business or other
pr--1••• that required a l&r9er aervice pipe to supply the demand
and are re-occupied by a buaine•• or other uae that requires a
... 11er amount of water, when the aize of the meter may be re-
duced accordift4Jly. 'fhe aervice pipe -y be one aize larger be-
yond the meter. All conaUlller'• water meter• one inch or smaller
in aize •hall be aerviced and maintained by the water department,
and the coat thereof paid by the City, except that in the case
of aaliciou• dmaa9ea, the coat of the repair •hall be paid for
by the owner of the meter. Should the coat of the repair of a
.. ter exceed 5°" of the co•t of a n• .. ter, the owner of the
aeter •hall have the choice of either payin9 the total coat of
repair or payin9 for the co•t of a n• aeter. '.l'he repair or
replac ... nt of all meter• over one inch in aize shall be paid
for by the owner of the meter. All .. ter• •hall be aet or re-set
in a proper waterti9ht and frost-proof pit within the limits of
a public atreet or alley, or in•id• a buildin9 located on the
property to be aerved, but in every ca•• the meter muat be
located a
(i) So a• to allow free and non-hazardou• access for
reading, relDOVal, inapection and replac .. ent.
(il) 1ftlen located inaid• a buildin9, the meter shall
be ••t 80 that the entire •upply ,of water to the premises
will be controlled by it at all tiaea, and •hall have
valve• on both •idea of the aeter.
(iii) When the rule• and regulation• of the water department
require .. teriDCJ and 11e>re than one ••rvice line i• in use
on a schedule of flat rate ba•i•, each •uch service must
either be .. tared or cut off at the aain concurrently with
the aeter inatallation, at th• cuatcaer'• expense."
Introduced, read in full and paaaed on firat reading on
the 21 day of OCtober, 1968.
Publiahed a• a Bill for an Ordinance on the 24 day of
OCtober, 1968.
Read by title and pa••ed on final reading on the 4 day
of Bovem'ber, 1968.
7 Publiued a• Ordinance llo. 37, Serie• of 1968 on the
__ .... ~----day of Bov811ber, 1968.
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I, Stephen A. Lyon do hereby certify that the above
and foregoinq i• a true, accurate and complete copy of an
Ordinance paaaed on final reading on the 4 day of Bovember,
1968, and publiahed a• Ordinance Bo. 37, Serie• of 1968.
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