Sec. 37.109. - Violation; remedies.

(a)

The penalties for violations of this article are set forth in Section 1.7 and Section 1.14 et seq. of the City Code.

(b)

No customer shall knowingly make, cause, use, or permit the use of water for residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural, governmental, or any other purpose in a manner contrary to any provision of this article, or in an amount in excess of that use permitted by the conservation stages which are in effect pursuant to the provisions of this article.

(c)

In addition to any other remedies which the city may have for the enforcement of this article, service of water may be discontinued or appropriately limited to any customer who willfully uses water in violation of any provision hereof.

(Ord. No. 91-15, § 1, 3-27-91; Ord. No. 08-OR0439-1, § 8, 7-9-08)

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Effective upon declaration by the San Diego County Water Authority that Drought Response Levels Three through Six water reductions are required in order to have sufficient supplies to meet anticipated demands and upon the adoption of a resolution at each level by the Oceanside City Council, the following Drought Level Three through Six rates may be implemented:

Level 3 Drought Alert Rates: Up to 30% Mandatory Reduction

Service Fee Surcharge (per account): 10% higher than the current monthly rate (per meter equivalent)

Commodity Charge: 1 Range Reduction up to 10%- Reduction up to 20%- unit = 748 gallons Increase over Current Increase over Current Rate Rate

Single-family:

 First tier 0—13 units 0% 0%

 Second tier 14—20 units 25% 60%

 Third tier 21+ units 45% 100%

Multi-family:

 First tier 0—7 units 0% 0%

 Second tier 8—14 units 20% 55%

 Third tier 15+ units 40% 109%

Irrigation per unit 20% 40%

Non- per unit 15% 25% residential/commercial agricultural

Level 4 Drought Critical: Up to 40% Mandatory Reduction

Service Fee Surcharge (per account): 25% higher than the current monthly rate (per meter equivalent)

Commodity Charge: 1 unit = 748 Range Increase over Current Rate gallons

Single-family:

First tier 0—11 units 0%

 Second tier 12—18 units 70%

 Third tier 19+ units 120%

Multi-family:

 First tier 0—7 units 0%

 Second tier 8—12 units 65%

 Third tier 13+ units 115%

Irrigation per unit 60%

Non-residential/commercial per unit 40% agricultural

Level 5 and 6 Drought Emergency: Above 40% Mandatory Reduction

Service Fee Surcharge (per account): 30% higher than the current monthly rate (per meter equivalent)

Commodity Charge: 1 unit = 748 Range Increase over Current Rate gallons

Single-family:

 First tier 0—5 units 0%

 Second tier 6—10 units 80%

 Third tier 11+ units 150%

Multi-family:

 First tier 0—4 units 0%

 Second tier 5—8 units 75%

 Third tier 9+ units 145%

Irrigation per unit 80%

Non-residential/commercial per unit 50% agricultural

(Ord. No. 09-OR0336-1, § 3, 6-3-09; Ord. No. 21-OR0413-1, § 7, 6-2-2021)

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