Ordinance No. 554-14 - Superseded ORDINANCE NO. 554-14
AN ORDINANCE OF TI3E SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
REGARDING RE-E5TABLISHING PRIOR WATER CAPACITY CHARGES AND
AMENDING ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SECTIONS 3.1.49 (a) and(e) AND
SUPERSEDING ORDINANCE NO. 551-13 IN ITS ENTIRETY
Be it enacted by the Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District, County
of El Dorado, State of California, as follows:
SECTION I- POLICY AND PURPOSE
The purpose of this ordinance is to amend the Administrative Code to re-establish the
District's prior water capacity charges at the amounts that were in effect on December 31, 2013
rather than allowing the January 1, 2014 increase to continue.
SECTION II—DEFINITIONS
For the purposes 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 the decisions 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, El Dorado County,
State of California,makes the following findings:
1. The Board finds that the current economic climate may be adversely impacting
new development within the District's boundaries.
2. The Administrative Code recently provided for an increase in the District's water
capacity charge that took place on January 1, 2014.
3. The Board finds that allowing the January 1, 2014 water capacity charge increase
to continue in effect could contribute to the adverse impacts on development within the District's
boundaries by increasing the costs of new development.
4. By Ordinances 551-13, 547-13, 541-12, 537-12, 533-1 l, 526-10, and �19-10 the
Board postponed the scheduled increases seven times—seven separate six month terms effective
January 1, 2010, January 1, 2011, July l, 2011, January 1, 2012, July 1, 2012, January 1, 2013
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and July 1, 2013 on the basis that allowing the scheduled water capacity charge increase would
contribute to adverse impacts on development within the District's boundaries by increasing the
costs of new development.
5. This proposed amendment to the District's Administrative Code is designed to
re-establish the District's prior water capacity charge at the amounts that were in effect on
December 31, 2013 rather than allowing the January 1, 2014 increase to continue.
6. The Board has determined that it is in the best interest of the health and safety of
District's residents to postpone the scheduled increase in the District's water connection fees
SECTION IV—AMEND SECTION 3.1.49(e) OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
Administrative Code Sections 3.1.49(a) and (e) are amended in their entirety as follows:
3.1.49(a) Water Capacity Charge: 3/ inch capacity charge $ 6,833.00
1 inch capacity charge $11,389.00
1 %2 inch capacity charge $22,772.00
2 inch capacity charge $36,436.00
3 inch capacity charge $72,872.00
4 Inch capacity charge $113,863.00
6 inch capacity charge $227,726.00
8 inch capacity charge $409,907.00
10 inch capacity charge $660,405.00
12 inch capacity charge $979,221.00
16 inch capacity charge $1,821,807.00
3.1.49(e). Periodic Adjustments: None.
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 validity of the remaining portions of
this Ordinance or the Administrative Code. The Board of Directors declares and determines 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 any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions,
paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases may be determined to be unconstitutional or invalid.
SECTION VI—EFFECTIVE DATE
This Ordinance amending the above referenced sections of 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 2nd day of January, 2014,by the following vote:
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AYES: Cefalu, Vogelgesang, Schafer
NOES: Jones
ABSENT: Sheehan
Eric Schafer, Pr ide
- � South Tahoe Public ility District
ATTEST:
Melonie Guttry, Clerk of the Board
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