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ORDINANCE NO. 1582
AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING METERS OR OFF-SITE ALARMS
ON STANDBY WATER SYSTEMS
WHEREAS, Chapter 13.08 of the Central Point Municipal Code
provides for the regulation of standby water service, opportuni-
ties exist for unrecorded and unbilled use of standby water,. and
the city desires to account, to the maximum practical extent, for
the use of all water within the city, now, therefore,
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF CENTRAL POINT DO ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Chapter 13.08 of the Municipal Code of the City of Central
Point is amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 13.08
STANDBY 6VATER SERVICE
13.08.010 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the singular
includes the plural and the following words shall have their
assigned meanings:
A. "City" means the City of Central Point.
B. "Customer" means an individual, firm or
corporation receiving standby water service from the
city.
C. "Premises" means a continuous tract of land,
building or group of adjacent buildings under a single
control with respect to use of water and responsibility
for payment thereof.
D. "Main" means a waterline designed or used to
service more than one premises.
E. "Month" means the period approximating one
month in length and coinciding with the dates on which
regular water meters are read. A fraction of a month
shall be regarded as a full month.
F. "Off-site alarms" means alarms that signal
when triggered at a city-approved location other than
the premises at which the standby water service is
located.
G. "Standby water service" means the provision of
water for fire protection in a system whereby the water
is designed to be available for use but not actually
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used except in the event of a fire.
H. "Service connection" means the pipe, valves
and other facilities laid from the main;to and includ-
ing any meter, or to the curb stop or shutoff valve on
an unmetered service..
13.08.020 Requirements. All standby water service systems shall
be subject to the following requirements:
A. A detector check or full-flow water meter
shall be required for all standby water service systems
except systems with water-activated off-site alarms.
B. Premises not having such off-site alarms shall
install detector check meters on their standby water
service systems within thirty (30) days of notice in
writing by the City .Administrator or his designee of
the requirements of ,this ordinance.
C. The City Administrator or his designee shall
be notified not less than seven (7) days prior to any
system testing or drills which result in the flow of
water through any standby water service-system.
13.08.030 Charges for Service.
A. The monthly charge for standby water service
shall be Five Dollars ($5) per month. In the event of
water use by a standby water service system with a
full-flow meter, charges shall be the standard water
use charges set forth in Chapter 13.040 of this code.
In the event said water is used in a system having
other than a full-flow meter, the City Administrator or
his designee shall estimate the volume of water used
and apply said rates thereto.
B. The customer shall pay the full cost of
installation of the standby water service connection,
the required meter and any special water main installed
solely because of the customer standby water service
system.
13.08.040 Water Use.
A. In the event that periodic readings of a detection meter
at a standby water service system indicates water flow, the
customer shall, within ten (10) days of notification by the City,
investigate and report the nature and extent of the usage to the
City Public Works Director. If said usage is due to system
leakage, the customer shall cause the repair of said leakage
within thirty (30) days and report said repair to the City Public
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Works Director.
B. In the event of a failure by the customer to comply with
paragraph A hereinabove, or in the event leakage persists
following customer's attempt to repair the same, the City shall"
require the installation of a full-flow meter on said system at
customer's expense and, in addition, the customer will thereafter
be charged for water use on the basis of the full-flow meter
usage. Installation of the full-flow meter shall be completed by
the customer within twenty (20) days of official notification by
the City and, in the event of the failure by the customer to
install such a meter upon notification, the City may, at its
option, discontinue water service to the customer.
113.08.050 Inspection. The City assumes no responsibility for
'inspection or testing of standby water service systems or fire
protection sprinkler systems but the City shall have the right to
make or require to be made such inspection or testing at reasona-
ble intervals.
13.08.060 Pressure and Supply. The City assumes no responsi-
bility for loss or damage because of lack of water or pressure
and shall furnish such quantities and pressures as are available
in its general distribution system. The service shall be subject
to shutdowns and variations as required by the operation of the
system.
13.08.070 Violations. Any violation of this chapter shall be
punishable under the general penalty ordinance set forth in
Chapter 1.16 of this code.
Passed by the Council and signed by me in authentication of
this passage this 19th day of February , 1987.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Re ntative
APPROVED by me this 24th day of February ~ 1987.
Mayor
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