Ordinance No. 504-08 - Superseded
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ORDINANCE NO. 504-08
AN ORDINANCE OF THE SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
AMENDING SECTION 3.2.5 OF DIVISION 3 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE
CODE REGARDING DISTRICT WATER METER RESPONSIBILITY
BE IT ENACTED by the Board of Directors ofthe South Tahoe Public Utility
District, County of EI Dorado, State of California, as follows:
SECTION I - POLICY AND PURPOSE
The purpose of this Ordinance is to adopt certain amendments to the
Administrative Code regarding responsibility for water meter repair and replacement.
SECTION II - DEFINITIONS
For the purpose ofthis Ordinance, the terms used herein are defined as follows:
A. The District - The South Tahoe Public Utility District.
B. The Board - The Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility
District.
C. Administrative Code - The compilation and codification of all of the
Administrative, Water, Sewer, Street Lighting and Groundwater Management
Plan Ordinances of the District, which establish the authority and the principles
for decisions of the District, and provide the public with guidelines applicable to
District operations.
SECTION III - FINDINGS
The Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District, County ofEI
Dorado, State of California, make the following findings:
1. District staff and customers have experienced some confusion regarding the
responsibility of each in the repair and replacement of water meters;
2. The District desires to amend the Administrative Code to clearly describe the
responsibility of each of the District and its customers in the repair and replacement
of water meters;
3. The Board of Directors has determined that it is in the best interest of the District
and its customers to adopt this Ordinance describing the responsibility of each in the
repair and replacement of water meters.
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SECTION IV - SECTION 3.2.5 AMENDED TO DIVISION 3 OF THE
ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
Administrative Code Section 3.2.5 shall be amended to read as follows:
"3.2.5 District Meter ResDonsibilitv. The District shall maintain, repair and
replace all water meters which it owns and reads. Such duty as described in this Section
ends at the Meter Tailor Meter Flange located on the inlet and outlet side of the meter,
depending on the meter type. The property owner shall maintain, repair and replace, as
necessary, all other meter parts, including but not limited to, the meter box, meter box lid
and resetter/riser. The property owner's maintenance, in good repair, of such meter parts
shall be subject to the provisions of Section 6.5 of the District's Administrative Code."
SECTION VI - SEVERABILITY
If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of
this Ordinance and its implementing rules and regulations is for any reason held to be
unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this Ordinance or the Administrative Code. The Board of Directors declares
and determines that it would have passed section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph,
sentence, clause or phrase thereof of this Ordinance and its implementing rules and
regulations and the Administrative Code irrespective ofthe fact that anyone or more
sections, subsections, subdivision, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases may be
determined to be unconstitutional or invalid.
SECTION VII - EFFECTIVE DATE
This Ordinance amending the above reference section to the Administrative Code
shall take effect immediately after its passage.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public
Utility District at its duly held regular meeting on the 3rd day of April, 2008 by the
following vote:
AYES: Directors Mosbacher, Schafer, Jones, Rise, Claudio
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
Mary u 0 acher, President
South Tahoe Public Utility District
Ordinance No. 504-08
Water Meter Responsibility
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State of California
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That for and on behalf of the Clerk of Board of the SOUTH TAHOE
PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT, affiant posted copies of ()rJ .') OLi,... 0 f? in form
attached hereto and by reference made a part hereof, in three (3) public places in
the District as follows:
1. South Tahoe Public Utility District
Administration Building
South Lake Tahoe, CA
2. AI Tahoe Post Office Station
South Lake Tahoe, CA
3.
Government Center
1360 Johnson Boulevard
South Lake Tahoe, CA
That said posting was completed on the $? day of ~,
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Signed by:
Subscribed and sworn
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Clerk of the oard
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT