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(d) In the event occupant(s) of any property or premises having registered a municipal <br />utility services account and transferred municipal utility services into their own <br />name as tenant(s), pursuant to a lease or other rental agreement (signed by the <br />owner or h-+s their authorized agent) clearly specifying that the named tenant(s) <br />shall be responsible for municipal utility services in tenant(s), own name, thereafter <br />quit or otherwise vacate the premises, then responsibility for future charges shall <br />revert to the municipal utility services account of the property owner. <br />Section 6. Section 39-19 of Article II (Water) of Chapter 39 (Water and Sewers) of <br />the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows (additions are <br />underlined and deletions are stricken): <br />Sec. 39-19. Water rates, service charges, fees and costs. <br />(a) Water commodity consumption and service charges. <br />(1) Commodity charges. Quantitative consumption rates shall be charged in <br />the amount which the city council shall establish by resolution and in <br />accordance with applicable law. <br />(2) Basic service charges. Charges shall be made for services rendered to <br />provide and maintain a potable water supply and to provide standby <br />readiness in the amounts established by and for the purposes described <br />in the resolution adopted by the city council and in accordance with <br />applicable law. <br />(3) Multi -family per unit charge. Basic service charges shall be applied to <br />developments that meet the definition of multi -family <br />dwelling/accommodation where the individual units are not individually <br />metered by the city. <br />(4) Private fire service protection charge (fire line charge). A charge shall be <br />made for the service rendered to provide readiness to deliver relatively <br />large quantities of water for short periods of time for on -site private fire <br />protection and suppression systems in the amounts established by and <br />for the purposes described in the resolution adopted by the city council <br />and in accordance with applicable law. <br />(b) Fees to establish water service. All applicants, prior to connecting to a water main <br />or prior to an increase in size of an existing water meter or service, shall apply and <br />obtain a permit to do so and pay the following fees in amounts as established by <br />resolution of the city council. <br />(1) New water service application fee — see section 39-17. <br />(2) Water meter cost and installation fee — see section 39-17. <br />(c) City is authorized to charge/levy the following administrative and other fees and <br />deposits in an amount established by resolution of the city council, excepting any <br />restrictions of imposition of such fees or deposits as detailed in the Water Shutoff <br />Protection Act, California Health and Safety Code 116900, et seq., as amended <br />from time to time: <br />(1) Meter turn on or meter turn off fee during weekdays for new water turn on <br />services and delinquent accounts — see section 39-20(e). <br />Ordinance No. NS-XXXX <br />Page 8 of 15 <br />