Ordinance No. 550-13 � ORDINANCE NO. 550-13
AN ORDINANCE OF THE SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
AMENDING ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SECTION 3.2.5 REGARDING DISTRICT
METER INSTALLATION RESPONSIBILITY
BE IT ENACTED by the Board of Directors of the 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 the responsibility for installation of water meters and
meter pits provided by the District.
SECTION II — 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 Ordinance 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 EI
Dorado, State of California, make the following findings:
1. The DistricYs Administrative Code, Section 3.1.12(a) provides that when a
customer requires for its connection a meter smaller than two inches, the
meter and meter pit is supplied to the customer by the District. When a
customer requires a meter of finro inches or greater in size, the customer
supplies the meter, through its purchase from a District-approved supplier.
2. The DistricYs Administrative Code further provides that all water metering
devices are the property of the District, and further provides that such
metering devices may be installed by a property owner or his or her
contractor, in accordance with the applicabte provisions of the Ordinances,
rules and regulations of the District and specifications for connection to the
DistricYs water system.
3. For meters less than two inches in size, the Administrative Code allocates the
responsibility for the maintenance, repair and replacement of water meters,
risers, boxes and appurtenance to the District. There are no provisions in
� place for the customer to be responsible for the costs of repairs on these
smaller meters. This is contrasted with the Administrative Code's allocation
� of responsibility for maintenance, reappear and replacement of water meters,
risers, boxes and appurtenances to their water service connection for one
year to property owners whose properties receive water service through a
meter that is two inches or greater in size.
4. In recent years, the District has had to repair improperly installed meters of
less than two inches in size, which were provided to customers for installation
by the customer's contractor, at cost to the District.
5. For customers who will receive water service through a meter that is less
than two inches in size, the proposed amendment to the Administrative Code
will require installation of the meter and meter pit by District staff.
6. The Board has determined that it is in the best interest of the DistricYs
customers to adopt an ordinance amending certain provisions of the
Administrative Code regarding responsibility for installation of ineters less
than two inches in size.
SECTION IV—AMEND SECTION 3.2.5 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
Administrative Code Section 3.25 is to be amended as follows:
3.2.5 District Meter Responsibilitv.
� The District shall maintain, repair and replace all water meters, risers, boxes and
appurtenances. 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. Nofinrithstanding the foregoing, property owners whose properties receive water
service through a meter that is two inches or greater in size shall be responsible for the
maintenance, repair and replacement of all water meters, risers, boxes and
appurtenances to their water service connection for one calendar year from the time the
property is connected to the DistricYs water service. The property owner's maintenance,
in good repair, of such meter parts shall be subject to the provisions of Section 6.5 of the
DistricYs Administrative Code. As to property owners whose properties receive water
service through a meter that is less than two inches in size, such a meter shall be
installed, maintained, repaired and replaced only by the District. All property owners
shall install, maintain, repair and replace, as necessary, the water service downstream
from the outlet of the meter box.
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 vatidity of the remaining
portions of this Ordinance or the Administrative Code. The Board of Directors declares
and determines that it would have passed any section, subsection, subdivision,
paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase 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, clause or phrases may be
determined to be unconstitutional or invalid.
� SECTION VI — EFFECTIVE DATE
This Ordinance amending the above referenced section to the Administrative
Code shall take effect thirty 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 21st day of February, 2013, by the
following vote:
AYES: Jones, Vogelgesang, Sheehan, Schafer
NOES: None
ABSENT: C�falu
Eric Schafer, Pr sid
South Tahoe Public Utility District
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ATTEST: -_
Kathy Sharp lerk of the B ard
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