Ordinance No. 513-09 - Superseded
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ORDINANCE NO. 513-09
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 of the South Tahoe Public Utility
District, County ofEI 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 n - DEFINITIONS
For the purpose of this 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 m - 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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SECflON IV - SECflON 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 ReSDOMibilitv. The District shall main~ instal4 repair
and replace all water meters, risers, boxes and appUl'teJJances. Such duty as described in
this Section ends at the Meter Tail or Meter Flange located on the outlet side of the meter
box or meter pit, depending on the meter type. The property owner shall install,
maintain, repair and replace, as necessary, the water service downstream from tbe outlet
of the meter box. 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."
SECflON VI - SEVERABIUTY
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If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of
this Ordinance and its implementing nales and regulations is for any reason beld 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 of the fact that anyone or more
sections, subsections, subdivision, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases may be
determined to be unconstitutional or invalid
SECTION VII - EFFECI1VE DATE
This Ordinance amending the above reference section to the Administrative Code
shall take effect thirty (30) days 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 5th day of March, 2009 by the
following vote:
AYES: Directors Mosbacher, Rise, Claudio, Jones, Schafer
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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Mary Mosbacher, PreSIdent
South Tahoe Public Utility District
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