Ordinance No. 514-09
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ORDINANCE NO. 514-09
AN ORDINANCE OF THE SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
AMENDING SECTION 3.2.6 OF DMSION 3 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE
CODE REGARDING RIGHT OF ENTRY BY DISTRICT
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 right of entry by District staff to install, repair and
maintain water meters.
SECTION D - 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 Ordinances of the District, which establish the authority and the principles
for decisions of the District, and provide the public with guidelines applicable to
District operations.
SECTION m - FINDINGS
The Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District, County ofEI
Dorado, State of California, make the following findings:
1. The District desires to amend the Administrative Code to ensure the right of
entry on private property for the installation, repair and maintenance of District-
owned water meters;
2. The Board of Directors has determined that it is in the best interest of the
District and its customers to adopt this Ordinance defining the right of entry.
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SECTION IV - SECTION 3.2.6 AMENDED TO DMSION 3 OF THE
ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
Administrative Code Section 3.2.6 shall be amended to read as follows:
"3.2.6 Rill'" of E"trv bv Distrlct. Authorized representatives of the District shall
have the right of ingress and egress across any property at reasonable times for any
purpose reasonably related to the installation, maintenance, repair, replacement and
reading of meters or for servicing waterlines."
SECfION VI - SEVERABILITY
If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragmph, 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 detennines 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 anyone or more
sections, subsections, subdivision, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases may be
detennined to be unconstitutional or invalid.
SECTION VB - EFFECTIVE DATE
This Ordinance amending the above reference section 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 5th day of March, 2009 by the
following vote:
AYES: Directors Mosbacher, Rise, Claudio, Jones, Schafer
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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