Ordinance No. 532-11AN ORDINANCE OF THE SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
REGARDING THE PROVISION OF WATER METERS AND WATER METER BOXES
ADDING SECTION 3.1.12 TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
BE IT ENACTED by the Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District,
County of El Dorado, State of California, as follows:
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ORDINANCE NO. 532-11
SECTION 1— POLICY AND PURPOSE
The purpose of this Ordinance is to adopt certain changes to the Administrative Code
regarding the provision, requirements and standards for water meters and water meter boxes.
SECTION II — DEFINITIONS
For the purposes 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 the 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 of El Dorado,
State of California, make the following findings:
1. The District allows new water service connections pursuant to the applicable
provisions of the Ordinances, Rules, and Regulations and the District's specifications and details
for water service.
2. The Administrative Code provides that all water meters are the property of the
District and allows that such water meters may be installed by a property owner or his or her
contractor, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Ordinances, Rules, and
Regulations and the District's specifications and details for connection to the Water System.
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3. The District has developed and adopted standards for water meters, water meter
boxes and water meter vaults to provide for uniformity and reduction in the cost of installation,
repair and replacement.
4. The District maintains a supply of residential water meters less than two inches in
size and residential water meter boxes that accommodate water meters one inch and less in size.
Water meters greater than the above sizes are not stocked by the District but are available from
District - approved suppliers. Water meter vaults are used to accommodate water meters larger
than one inch in size.
5. The proposed amendment provides that when a residential customer requires, for
connection to the Water System, a water meter smaller than two inches in size, the water meter is
supplied to the residential customer by and at the District's cost. In all other instances, when a
customer is connecting to the Water System, the customer supplies the water meter through
purchase from a District - approved supplier.
6. The proposed amendment further provides that when a residential customer
requires, for connection to the Water System, a water meter box that accommodates water meters
one inch and less in size, the water meter box is supplied to the residential customer by and at the
District's cost. In all other instances, when a customer is connecting to the Water System, the
customer is required to construct a water meter vault at the customers cost.
7. The proposed amendment is intended promote uniformity and to reduce costs
related to the installation, repair and replacement of water meters and water meter boxes
8. The Board has determined that it is in the best interest of the health and safety of
District residents to adopt an ordinance to add this provision to the Administrative Code
regarding water meters and water meter boxes.
SECTION IV — ADD SECTION 3.1.12 TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
Section 3.1.12 is added to the Administrative Code to read as follows:
Provision of Water Meters and Water Meter Boxes.
(a) When a residential customer requires, for connection to the Water System, a water
meter smaller than two inches in size, the water meter shall be supplied by and at the District's
cost. In all other instances, when a customer is connecting to the Water System, the customer
shall supply the water meter, subject to the District's water service and water meter details and
specifications.
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(b) When a residential customer requires, for connection to the Water System, a water meter
box that accommodates a water meter one inch and less in size, the water meter box shall be
supplied by and at the District's cost. In all other instances, when a customer is connecting to the
Water System, the customer shall construct a water meter vault at the customers cost, subject to
the District's water service and water meter vault details and specifications.
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SECTION V — 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 of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions,
paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases may be determined to be unconstitutional or invalid.
SECTION VI — EFFECTIVE DATE
This Ordinance adding the above referenced sections 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 2 day of June, 2011, by the following vote:
AYES: Cefalu, Jones, Mosbacher, Rise, Schafer
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST:
Kathy Sharp,l,Clerk of the Boatd
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Dale Rise, President
South Tahoe Public Utility District