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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 8, Page 732, No Ordinance NumberNO. 732. NO. 732. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SEC'.CION 13 OF AN ORDINANCE UNTITLED "AN ORDINANCE TO CREATE AND ESTABLISH A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, OWN, ACQUIRE, MAINTAIN AND USE A WATER 71ORKS PLANT AND 'NATER DIST'RI3UTING OM SYSTEM '.".WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF PADUUAH, AND INVESTING THE PURCHASER i THEREOF ',PITH THE RIGHTS, POWER .AND PRIVILEGES HEREIN SET FORTH, AND IMPOSING UPON SUCH PURCHASER THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES SET OUT IN THIS ORDINANCE", DULY ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, ON THE 22ND DAY OF MAY, 1925. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PA DUCAH, KENTUCKY: SECTION 1. That Section 13 of an Ordinance, entitled, "AN ORDINANCE TO CREATE AND ESTABLISH A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, OWN, ACQUIRE, MAINTAIN I AND USE A INATER ':'IORKS PLANT AND CATER DISTRIBUTING SYSTEM WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF PADUUAH, AND INVESTING THE PURCHASER THEREOF 171'.CH THi, RIGHTS, PO':7ER AND PRIVILEGES HEREIN SET FORTH, AND IMPOSING UPON SUCH PURCHASER THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES SET OUT IN THIS ORDINANCE", I duly adopted by the General Council of the City of Paducah, Kentucky, on the 22nd day of May, 1925, be amended by adding to Section 13 the following: PROVIDED, that in locations where two or more small adjacent tenements, none of which exceed four rooms for a single tenement house or six rooms for a double tenement house and none of which are provided with bath or insidd toilet, -nd which are owned by one person, may, by agreement between the Plater Company and the owner, so long as such i tenements are so owned, be served by one line through one meter from the main; because of the saving in pipe connection, where tenements are soi served, the owner thereof shall pay or guarantee to the `dater Company I a monthly minimum charge equal to the number of houses or tenements served, multiplied by the minimum charge of Seventy-five Cents per month; but if the quantity of water used through such meter, in any month, exceeds the aggregate amount to which the number of consumers is entitled, at twenty-five hundred gallons per tenement the excess, if any, shall be paid for by the owner at the established meter rates. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed or considered as a contradiction of any I part of the franchise granted to the Paducah Nater Company on the 22nd day of May, 1925, and if this amendment is adjudged invalid such adjudication shall in no way impair or affect the validity of the franchise ordinance or any part thereof so granted to said Water Company on said 22nd day of May, 1925, So that said section as amended shall read as follows: SECTION 13. The purchaser shall, at his own expense, furnish, install and continuously maintain and operate a water meter of apnroved make and adequate size for each and every individual service, provided, however, no hotel, apartment, office building, tenement or other structure, under one ownership or control or under one roof, shall be provided with more than one meter, except at the option of the purhhaser or upon payment by the owner, «gent or occupant of such structure, of the cost of the meter and the cost of irg:alling such meter or meters, in excess of one. This provision shall not be construed to mean that more than one single residence on one lot or adjacent lots under one ownershmp shall not be provided with more than one meter, but shall be construed to mean that each and every single residence served by purchaser shall be provided with one meter. All meters shall be set between curb and property lines, and in cases where such location involves a change in private piping, such change shall be made by I the owner to the meter. The provisions of this Section shall not annly to private sprinkling systems or to private fire protection, designed exclusivel for fire protection, as set out in Section 22 of this franchise. Reasonable deposits to guarantee the payment of its bills may be required of its patrons by the purchaser, but shall not exceed the following amounts: $3.00 for consumers with 5/8 inch meter. 5.00 for consumers with 3/4 inch meter. 10.00 for consumers with 1 inch meter. 15.00 for consumers with 1} inch meter. 30.00 for consumers with 2 inch meter. 50.00 for consumers with 3 inch meter. 75.00 for consumers with 4 inch meter. 100.00 fpr consumers with 6 inch meter. Where deposits are made, same shall bear simple interest at the rate of six per cent. The purchaser shall install, at its expense, a check valve on all service pipes, between all meters and hot water or steam connections, when, in its judgment, it may be necessary. The purchaser shall have the right to discontinue service to any consumer who shall fail to pay any bill for water consumed or service rendered, within ten days after the presentation thereof, until such bill, together with any and all expense of disconnecting and reconnecting the service, is paid. The purchaser shall have the right also to discontinue the service to any consumer who shall use or permit to be used .from his fixtures, water not contracted for. NO. 734 The purchaser shall, upon written demand of any consumer, accompanied by the deposit of Two Dollars, remove such consumers meter, and test it for accuracy of registration. If such test shows the meter registers within three per cent, plus or minus of the corredt quantity, it shall be considered accurate; if it over -registers to the extent of three per cent of the correct quantity, the cost of the test shall be borne by the purchaser, and the deposit shall be returned to the eon - sumer, but if it under-regiaters to the extent of three per cent or registers accurately, as above defined, the consumer shall pay Two Dollars to partially compensate the purchaser for the expense of removing, testing or replacing such meter. Upon request, the consumer or his representative may be present when the test of the meter is made, which test shall be conducted according to the standard method of testing water meters. PROVIDED, that in locations where two or more small adjacent tenements, none of which exceed four rooms for a single tenement house or six rooms for a double tenement house, and none of which are provided with bath or inside toilet, and which are owned by one person, may, by agreement between the Plater Company and the owner, so long as such tenements are so owned, be served by one line through one meter from the main because of the saving in pipe connection, where tenements are so served, the owner thereof shall pay or guarantee to the Plater Company a monthly minimum charge equal to the number of houses or tenements served, multiplied by the minimum charge of Seventy-five Cents per month; but if the quantity of water used through such meter, in any month, exceeds the aggregate amount to which the number of consumers is entitled, at Twenty- five Hundred gallons per tenement, the excess, if any, shall be paid for. I by the owner at the established meter rates. Nothing in this paragraph fshall be construed or considered as a contradiction of any part of the franchise granted to the Paducah ''later Company on the 22nd day of May, 1925, and if this amendment is adjudged invalid such adjudication shall jin no way impair or affect the validity of the franchise ordinance or I� any part thereof so granted to said Water Company on said 22nd day of May, 1925. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and b after its passage, approval and publication. EN CO Mi 71F �..-..swu I pp Pl tl T 1I11� �- f 1 Iar1 C-.- j I DOPTED 1 / LTJ l�J �Li �., � V_ J S; Dat II'• i --',. P­fd_1 &-d f AIA,-_.