Ord 0123-ESTABLISHING WATER RATES IN THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS~ L~
)RDINfi~NGE N0.1~~
~n O~•dinance Establishing
Water Rates for the
year commencing July
I, I90dt, for the Town of
LOS Gat05.
TFI1; BOAB.D OF TItUSTT•;ES OF
he Town o[ Los Gatos do ordain ae tol-
OwB:
The schedule rates to be charged for
eater rate payers to bo collected for fnr-
aiehing water to customers within tbo
town o[ Los Gatos for the yer.r com•
mencing July ], 1904, shall be as follows:
SfiCTION 1.-For tenements oecu-
pied by a single family of not more
than five pereone, por mouth....$ .90
Sac. '2-For familiss and private
boarding houses of more than five ,
persona, shall be charged for oaclr
person above that number..,..... .15
Children of seven years and under are
exempt from the above rate.
Sxc. 3-For small families occu-
pying rooms i^ second and third
stories, per month .............. .75
Sxc. 4-For restaurants and eat-
ing houses, per month...... $3,00 to 5.00
Sxc. 5-For hotels end lodging
heueee,rate subject to special agree-
ment in accordance with the quan-
tiny of water used,to be determined
by meter ae prodded by Section 27
Sxc. G-For small stores and
shops, per month ................ .50
Sxc. 7-For stores and shops,
per month ........ .........$1.00 to 2.60
Ssc. 8-For saloons, per month,
............................$1.50to 3.50
Ssc. 9-For zooms in second and
~tbird stories occupied as ofHcee,for
each room, per month, .....$ .25 to .50
i Sac.10-For photograph galleries
'per month ..... ..........$3.00 to 5.00
Ssc. 11-For public water closets
where there is onl}~ one, per month 1:00
For each additional one,per month .SO
For private one, per month...... .40
Ssc. 12-For public bath tube
used i^ bathing estnbliehments
boarding houses and barber shops,
for first one, per month........... 1.50
For each additional one, per month 1.00
For bath tubs need in private fam-
ilies, per month ...... . ........... .25
Ssc. ]3-For bakeries, in addi-
tion to the family rates, according
to the monthly use offlour,foreach
25 barrels uned, per month........ 1.50
Sac. 14-For drug stores without
tho nee of soda or other fountains,
per month ..................... 1.00
For drug stores where soda or other
fountains are need, per month $2 to 3.00
Sac. 15-For blacksmith and
other wagon ehops,per month.. 1.p0
Sac, 1G-For livery etablee, in-
cluding water for washing buggies
and carriages, for each horse, per
month ................... .25
Ssc. 17-For private etablee, in-
cluding water for horso and water
for waeh4ag buBt;y, por }nontb..., ;~~
.._.
;~._ _ _.
For each additional horse or cow,
Par month ...................... .20
Ssa. 18-For steam engines, not
nrorkiog over 10 horsepower per
day, for each horsepower eo need,
i
per month ...................... ,.
.r0
For all w•orkingoverl0 horsepower
per day, for each horaepotver per
month ..... ................. .. .45 i
Ssc. 19-For building or plaster-
ing, for slacking each barrel of
lime ............................ .1G
Far water used by brickLryere to
make mortar and dampen the brick
for each IUUO brick ... . ...........
.15
Sac. 20-For barbershops where
One Ch nil' Id uBed, peC InOnth...... I.GO'
For each additional chair, per
mouth .......................... .40
Sxc.'~l-Forfonutnine not used
more than six hours per day fur
1-1G ioclr jet, per mouth.......... 2.00
For ?y inch jr.t, per month........ 4.00
For ~~ inch jet, per mouth........ 10.00
Sao. 22-For irrigation, for use
of hose for eprini<ling flowers and
grass plate of not more than Gtty
equare}•arde,per month.......... .40
IPor each square yard exceeding
fifty, Per month ................j~ cent
Sac. 23-For use of hose in front
of stores nod shops fur w•u~lling
windows and sprinkling; sidewalks,
according tofrontnge, per month
............... .... ...... .25 t o 1.00
Sxc. 24-For water troughs, for
each troegh on eidew'alk,per monttr
1 OU t o 3 00
Ssc. 83-lror water used for flneh-
ng sewers and sprinkling streets
oply by the Town pf Los Gptoe,
per 1000 gallons .................. .12
Sgc. 34-Thle ordlnanoe shall take ef-
fect and be in force from and after June
30, 1904.
Sec, 35.-All ordinances or parts of or-
dinances in confllet with this ordinance
are hereby repealed,
Passed this 25th day of February, 1904•
Avss-B. F. Williams, J. H. Poarce,
R, R. Bell, J. Ii. Lyndon.
Noss-Not:x.
AnextvT-B. P, Shuler.
Approved,
J. Ii. LXNDON,
President of the Board of Trustees of
the Town of Los Gatos.
AT'rasr, J. Frank Henderson,
Town Clerk.
Sxc. 25-For China wash-houses
for use of wa;or for one washer,per
monttr ................. ........ 3.76
For each additional man nt the
8a W0110tlBe, per month.......... 3.OU
Sac. 2G--1 or water carts and
wagons for ttse of water for sprink-
ling streets only, for each 1000 gal-
lons used ........................ .12
Sea `L7-Forn~ater used by meter
minimum charge of $1 per month
which entitles weer to 3000 gallons.
Neat 1700 gallons, per thousand.. .26
All over 20,000 gallons, per 1000.. .16
Sao. 28-Any conenrner dissatisfied
with tho amount of his monthly rate for
,water ca^ have the same adjusted by
meter by paying the Rater Company the
coat of the roster and a reasonable cost
for setting the some, at the rate per 1000
gallons as provided in Section 27 of the
foregoing tariff of rates.
Ssc. 20-The Board of Di)•ectora of the
Rater Company shall have the power i^
all cases to ascertain b}• meter the quan-
tity of water used and fie the prico ae
provided iu Section 27.
Sxc. 30-Immediately upon the alarm
of fire all pereone using water for irriga-
ting purposes moat close their faucets and
keep them closed during the continuance
o[ the use of water by the Fire Depart-
ment.
~ Sac. 31-For water wilfully or
carelessly allowed to run over night
through a hoed, s sprinkler or a
faucet, the rate shall be, per night 2.60
Sao. 32-For water need from
hydrantetor fire purposes by the
Town of Loe Gatos, for each hy-
drant, per annum, payable quar-
terly ... ............. ........... S.OP.
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