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Home My WebLink AboutOrd - 355 - Establishing Rules and Regulations for Water Servicepremises by an act of the customer or his tenants, agents, employees, contractors, licensees or permittees, including the breaking or destruction of locks by the customer or others on or near a meter and any damage to a meter that may result from hot water or steam from a boiler or heater on the customer's premises, The District shall be reimbursed by the customer for any such damage promptly on presentation of a bill. 5.18 Ground Wire Attachments - All individuals or business organizations are forbidden to attach any ground wire or wires to any plumbing which is or may be connected to a service connection or main belonging to the District. The District will hold the customer liable for any damage to its property occasioned by such ground wire attachments, 5.19 Control Valve on Customer Property - The customer shall provide a valve on his side of the service installation as close to the meter location as practicable to control the flow of water to the piping on his premises. The customer shall not use the service curb stop to turn water on and off for his convenience. 5.20 Unsafe Apparatus - Water service may be refused or discontinued to any premises where apparatus or appliances are in use which might endanger or disturb the service to other customers. 5.21 Cross Connections - Water service may be refused or discontinued to any premises where there exists a cross connection as defined in Section 9 of this Ordinance, 5.22 Fraud or Abuse - Service may be discontinued if necessary to protect the District against fraud or abuse. 5.23 Interruption in Service - The District shall not be liable for damage which may result from an interruption in service from a cause beyond the control of the Water Department. WI'O"'55(1!27!97)12 U' -------.-.----.,---.. ,-------, proportionate share of the cost of the installation of such special facility. Such proportionate share to be borne by the developer or landowner shall be based on the percentage of such development to the entire limited service area to be served by the special facilities; and the difference between the cost of facilities to serve the samEj number of acres or area under normal conditions and the cost of facilities to serve th~ acreage or area under special conditions at a higher cost. ! 14.12 System Charge - The system charge is the monthly availability Charg, applicable to all metered services, I 14.13 Unauthorized Use of Water Charge - The unauthorized use of wate~ charge shall be charged to any person, organization or agency for each unauthorize~ use of District water, or for tampering in any manner with any meter belonging to th~ District, in which tampering shall affect the accuracy of such meter. I 14.14 Water Main Extension Charge - The charge for water main extension i~ the charge for the replacement or construction of the water main fronting on th~ I I 14.15 Water Service Connection Charge - The water service connecti01 charge is the charge for the type and size of water service connection desired, suc1 regular charge shall be paid in advance by the applicant. The water service connectiorl I charge shall consist of an installation charge and a capacity charge. Where there is nd I regular charge, the District reserves the right to require the applicant to deposit a~ I amount equal to the estimated cost of such service connection, 14.15.01 Installation Charge - The installation charge shall represent th~ District's cost to furnish and install the specified service, ' property to be served. 14.15.02 Capacity Charge - The capacity charge is a fee for that incremental portion of the entire water system and District facilities that will be used by a new service. Wt,ocd3SS(1127197)34 15.03.01 Exterior Landscape Plans - Exterior landscape plans for all new commercial and industrial development shall provide for timed irrigation and shall consider the use of drought resistance varieties of flora. Such plans shall be presented I I 15.03.02 Excessive Irrigation and Related Waste - No customer of th~ District or other person acting on behalf of or under the direction of a customer shall cause or permit the use of water for irrigation of landscaping or other outdoo~ vegetation, plantings, lawns or other growth, to exceed the amount required to ProVid~ I reasonable irrigation of same, and shall not cause or permit any unreasonable olexcessivewasteofwaterfromsaidirrigationactivitiesorfromwateringdevices0 systems. The free flow of water away from an irrigated site shall be presumptivel considered excessive irrigation and waste as defined in Section 3 herein. 15.03.03 Agricultural Irrigation - Persons receiving water from the District whd are engaged in commercial agricultural practices, whether for the purpose of crop production or growing of ornamental plants shall provide, maintain and use irrigation equipment and practices which are the most efficient possible. Upon the request of thel I General Manager, these persons may be required to prepare a plan describing theirl I irrigation practices and equipment, including but not limited to, an estimate of thel efficiency of the use of water on their properties. I 15.03.04 Commercial Facilities - Commercial and industrial facilities shall,i upon request of the General Manager, provide the District with a plan to conserve water at their facilities. The District will provide these facilities with information regarding the average monthly water use by the facility for the last two year period, The facility willi be expected to provide the District with a plan to conserve or reduce the amount of water used by that percentage deemed by the Board of Directors to be necessary under the circumstances. After review and approval by the General Manager, the water to and approved by the District prior to issuance of a water service letter. WI,o.d355(1/2?/9?)37 prevented from meeting the water demands of its customers, the Board of Directors shall, if possible, given the time and circumstances, immediately hold a public hearing at which customers of the District shall have the opportunity to protest and to present their respective needs to the Board. No public hearing shall be required in the event o~ I a breakage or failure of a pump. pipeline, or conduit causing an immediate emergency,! I The General Manager is empowered to declare a water shortage emergency, subject to the ratification of the Board of Directors within 72 hours of such declaration, and the following rules and regulations shall be in effect immediately following such declarations: 15.04.01 Prohibition - Watering of parks, school grounds, golf courses, lawn water, landscape irrigation, washing down of driveways, parking lots or othe impervious surfaces, washing of vehicles, except when done by commercial car wash establishments using only recycled or reclaimed water, filling or adding water to swimming pools, wading pools, spas, ornamental ponds, fountains and artificial lakes are prohibited. I 15.04.02 Restaurants - Restaurants shall not serve drinking water to patron9 except by request. I 15.04.03 Construction Meters - No new construction meter permits shall b1issuedbytheDistrict. All existing construction meters shall be removed and/or locked. I 15.04.04 Commercial Nurseries and Livestock - Commercial nurseries shalll I discontinue all watering and irrigation, Watering of livestock is permitted as necessary. I 15.05 Implementation and Termination of Mandatory Compliance Sta e The General Manager of the District shall monitor the supply and demand for water 0 a daily basis to determine the level of conservation required by the implementation or termination of the Water Conservation Plan Stages and shall notify the Board of Directors of the necessity for the implementation or termination of each stage, Each declaration of the Board of Directors implementing or terminating a water conservation WI.O.'355(1!'?/9?}39