The city council has established rules and regulations for the transaction of business and system construction in the city public works department, water utility division, and in response to changes in the water service needs within the city, has, at various times, amended said rules and regulations.
Pursuant to Article XIIIB of the California Constitution, it is the intent of the city council to require the ascertainment and recovery of costs reasonably borne from fees and charges levied therefor in providing the regulation, products or services hereinafter enumerated.
The city council resolves that the following rules and regulations for the transaction of business and system construction in the city public works department - water utility division, under the provisions of the city of Loma Linda Municipal Code, are adopted for immediate implementation.
(Ord. 620 § 1, 2003)
Enforcement of rules and regulations pertaining to the operation, expansion, improvement, repair and safeguarding of the system and matters pertaining to finance including consumer prepayments, collection of charges, billing and delinquent accounts are the responsibility of the city manager or designated representative.
(Ord. 620 § 1, 2003)
Applicants for residential water service prior to the establishment of service for each address or location of a water meter will be charged a prepayment in accordance with the following:
Single-family residence
$100.00
Duplex or two(2) units
$200.00
Triplex or three units
$300.00
Four-plex or four units
$400.00
Fiveunits
$500.00
Sixunits
$600.00
Seven units
$700.00
Eight units
$800.00
Prepayment for Irrigation Only
3/4″ - 1″
$150.00
1-1/2″
$250.00
2″
$350.00
3″ and larger
$500.00
Prepayments for multi-residential services exceeding eight units will be estimated on projected billing amounts, with the maximum prepayment not to exceed three thousand dollars. Prepayments for commercial services will be estimated on projected billing amounts for the specific type of use. Upon the completion of one year of satisfactory payment history, prepayments shall be credited to the respective consumers' accounts.
Any outstanding indebtedness to the city for prior water service must be paid in full before service is resumed at any old or new service address.
(Ord. 620 § 1, 2003)
A. 
All new dwellings and industrial or business-professional buildings shall be supplied with a minimum threefourth inch water meter or larger.
B. 
Connection service charge paid to the city in advance by the applicant will be for each connection as follows:
Connection to Street Main
3/4″ Meter
$1,381.25
1″ Meter
$1,452.75
1-1/2″ Meter
$1,876.2
2″ Meter
$2,105.97
Connection to Lateral Stub
3/4″ Meter
$344.50
1″ Meter
$508.85
1-1/2″ Meter
$556.89
2″ Meter
$684.22
C. 
Front Footage Charges. (No reimbursement agreement
6″ or less
$12.65/FF
8″
$18.15/FF
10″
$20.90/FF
12″ or more
$28.05/FF
D. 
New Housing Tracts. A flat rate of twenty-five dollars per lot will be charged to each new tract for construction water. This charge will be paid in advance in conjunction with the grading permit issuance and cover all water used as follows:
1. 
Meter Services. A jumper shall be installed (in place of water meter) at the beginning of house construction for a maximum period of time of one hundred twenty days or until the lot landscaping begins or house is finished, whichever comes first. Thereafter, the water meter shall be installed subject to all charges as listed in Section 13.06.030 and this section.
2. 
Fire Hydrants. Water used for tract grading and jetting of trenches is not covered in the above charge. Rates for these uses are covered in subsection E.
E. 
Fire Hydrant Water.
1. 
A six hundred dollar prepayment shall be paid before meter is set. Return of a prepayment is subject to the payment for water used at the applicable rate, and the return of the meter in satisfactory condition. A reduction from the prepayment shall be made to cover the cost of necessary repairs to, or replacement of, the meter and for other fees and charges.
2. 
Rental of meter shall be two dollars and fifty cents per each calendar day or portion of day out of shop, or a minimum of seventy-five dollars whichever is greater.
3. 
All water consumed shall be billed at ninety-eight cents per one hundred cubic feet.
4. 
Meter shall be read and billed the last day of each month.
(Ord. 620 § 1, 2003)
A. 
Water bills are due and payable upon presentation; delinquent fifteen days after mailing date.
B. 
If service is discontinued for nonpayment of bill, a turn-on charge pursuant to resolution, plus payment of the full amount for utility service is required before services will be restored.
C. 
Delinquent notices are sent twenty days after the mailing date. Water service may be discontinued.
D. 
Ten days after service has been discontinued, consumer's prepayment will be applied to unpaid balance and accrue to city unless delinquent charges have been paid.
E. 
Notice of intention to discontinue water service shall be given to the applicant for water service at any time after the delinquent notice has been mailed. The notice to discontinue water service shall include a date water service shall be discontinued and shall afford an opportunity for the applicant or an affected party to be heard regarding reasons why water service should not be discontinued. Copies of the notice shall be sent to occupants of the premises.
F. 
Not less than twenty-four hours before discontinuance of water service as to a nonresidential customer, or five days as to a residential customer, the property shall be notified of the pending discontinuance of service by the placement of a door hanger final notice on a conspicuous door upon the premises which shall state substantially as follows:
"Because of nonpayment of your last utility bill, your services will be discontinued on _____."
G. 
Service will not be resumed until a prepayment in accordance with Section 13.06.030 is reconstituted plus payment of a turn-on charge as established by resolution.
H. 
Court action shall be instituted by the city manager or designated representative to recover any amount outstanding after the prepayment has been applied to bill.
(Ord. 620 § 1, 2003; Ord. 761 § 6, 2020)
A. 
A person, firm, business or corporation using water from an active service connection without having first applied for service will be liable for double all charges accrued wince the last official meter reading at the service meter.
B. 
Penalty for any unauthorized use of water pursuant to the provisions of Title 13 of this code shall be punishable by: (1) a fine of not more than one hundred dollars for a first violation; (2) a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars for the same violation a second time within one year; and (3) a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars for the same violation three or more times within one year. Each such person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for every day during such portion of which a violation of Title 13 of this code is committed, continued or permitted by such person, and shall be punishable therefore.
(Ord. 620 § 1, 2003)
If an applicant has to extend a water main from some distant point to his or her property line, and this extension may benefit future developers, he or she may be reimbursed as the intervening property is developed with the city acting as the collecting agent in contract with the original applicant. Establishment of a reimbursement agreement will be at the discretion of the city council. If an agreement is executed, the rate and term of reimbursement shall be established by each reimbursement agreement as approved by the city council.
(Ord. 620 § 1, 2003)
The city retains the right to be the retail water purveyor for all domestic water service within the city limits of and areas beyond the city limits by written agreement with the exception of those institutionally related services who at any time receive water from the Loma Linda University Water System.
(Ord. 620 § 1, 2003)
The city council may, by resolution or motion, adopt a policy for discontinuation of residential water service. Such policy may include, but may not be limited to, additional procedures concerning billing, discontinuation of service, notifications, restoration of service, contesting or appealing a bill, extensions and alternative payment arrangements, protections available to qualified low-income customers, and related matters. To the extent a policy adopted pursuant to this section conflicts with any provisions of this title, the policy shall control.
(Ord. 761 § 7, 2020)