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282 ORDINANCE NO. 956 . AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING ORDINANCES NOS. 839 and 865, ESTABLISHING WATER RATES, AND PREJCRIBING RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CONSU~PTION OF WATER IN SAID CITY. The City of Santa Ana ordains as follows: Section No. 1: That Section 1 of Ordinance No. 865 shall be and is hereby amended to read as follows: "Section No. l: The City of Santa Ana shall charge and collect, in advance, for each tap and attachment mad~ with its system of water works as.follows, to-wit: SERVICE CHARGES: For each ~8" For each For each 1~" For each 2" For each 3" For each 4" For each 6" service complete.. service complete..iiii~ii~ii~iiii~ $10.0015.00 service complete. ................. 25.00 service complete .................. 35.00 se~wice complete .................. 45.00 ~ervice complete .................. 55.00 service complete ................. . 75.00 For all larger sizes of service and all fire lines, 'actual cost of labor and material used for service complete, plus ten per cent (10%) shall be charged." Section No. 2: That Section 17 of Ordinance No. 839 is hereby amended to'read as follows: "Section No. 17. In all cases where water is supplied to several tenants from one connections or tap, the City contracts only with the owner of the property or his authorized agent, and on failure to comply with these regulations and pay the rate, the services will be discontinued until regulations are complied with and rate paid. Consumers must prevent all waste of water, and keep their service pipes, fixtures, stop-cocks, and other apparatus (but not the service put in and owned by the City) in good repair, and free from leakage, at their own expense, and they will be liable for all damages which may result from their failure to comply with this rule. Water rates will be charged for premises vacated, in every instance, until the City shall have been notified in writing of the discontinuance of the use of water, and to turn the water off. Any authorized employee of the City Water Department shall be admitted at all reasonabl~ hours, to all parts of the premises supplied with water, to see that the regulations are observed. No one except an authorized employee of the Water Works shall turn the water on or off from any building or premises at City curb cock, or in any manner whatever meddle with or interfere with any part of the Water Works of the City of Santa Aha. No user of water supplied by the Santa Ana Water Works shall supply water to users on a piece of property held by another owner; nor shall water be supplied through one meter to a group of users occupying a parcel of ground under one ownership exceeding one-half acre in area." Section No. 3: That Section 7 of Ordinance No. 839 is hereby amended to read as follows: "Section No. 7. Any person desiring to change the location of domestic service that has already been installed, shall make application to the City Water Department, and the Water Department shall cause the change to be made. Where it is necessary to protect meters from damage By heavy trucking i~ d~veways where meters are located, a charge of 15.00 will be made to cover cost of heavy cast-i~Qn meter box." Section No. 4: That all other sections and provisions of Ordinances Nos 839 and 865, except as herein amended, shall remain and be in full force and effect, and all provisions of Ordinance No. 839, providing the penalty, etc., shall be applicable to the provisions hereof. Section No. 5: That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this Ordinance, and cause the same to be published three times in the Santa Aha Daily Evening Register, a daily newspaper printed, published and generally