ORDINANCE NO. 2421

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 31-8 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION REGARDING A CHARGE TO HAVE THE CITY TURN ON OR TURN OFF WATER AT A METER.

WHEREAS, present Section 31-8 of the City Code provides for a charge of $8.00 to be paid by a customer when the City turns off or turns on water, and for that same charge to be made even if the turn-off or turn-on is made at a time other than during normal business hours; and

WHEREAS, if a City water customer requests water turn off or turn on during non-business hours it costs the City additional overtime wages and additional equipment costs; and

WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that those additional costs should be borne by the customer receiving said service.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION:

Section 31-8 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Grand Junction is amended by the deletion of the second sentence of said existing section and by the insertion in place of said deleted sentence the following language:

"If the City, at the request of a customer, turns said customer's water meter on or off during hours other than 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. during a normal business day, said customer shall pay to the City, in addition to all other amounts owing to the City, the sum of $50.00 which amount reflects the cost to the City of overtime wages and equipment costs. Said sum of $50.00 shall be paid in all instances except where the request for the turn-on or the turn-off is as a consequence of a leak in the domestic water service line between the water meter and the point at which the service line enters the dwelling or structure. If the request to turn on or turn off is as a consequence of a leak or repair within the dwelling or on a sprinkler system then said $50.00 charge shall be imposed."

PASSED and ADOPTED this 1st day of March, 1989.

John W. Bennett

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President of the Council

Attest:

Neva B. Lockhart, CMC

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City Clerk

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 2421, was introduced, read, and ordered published by the City Council of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, at a regular meeting of said body held on the 15th day of February, 1989, and that the same was published in The Daily Sentinel, a newspaper published and in general circulation in said City, at least ten days before its final passage.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City this 2nd day of March, 1989.

Neva B. Lockhart

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Neva B. Lockhart, CMC

City Clerk

Published: February 17, 1989

Final Publication: March 3, 1989

Effective: April 2, 1989