Ordinance No. 563-15 ORDINANCE N0. 563-15
AN ORDINANCE OF THE SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
AMENDING ORDINANCE NOS. 496-06 AND 498-07 AND ADMINISTRATIVE
CODE SECTION 3.1.48 REGARDING REIMBURSEMENT FOR
FIRE HYDRANT INSTALLATIONS
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 provide for a limited
credit to customers who install a fire hydrant in connection a residential remodel but do not request
new or increased domestic water service. .
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 Administrative Code presently provides customers a limited credit when they
are required to install a fire hydrant in connection with requesting new or increased domestic water
service.
2. The Board finds that customers who are required to install a fire hydrant in
connection with a residential remodel that does not need new or increased domestic water service
are not currently eligible for a limited credit towards the cost of installing a fire hydrant.
3. The Board finds that the installation of fire hydrants provides an important health
and safety benefit to the District's customers and the community as a whole.
4. This Ordinance is proposed to amendment to the District's Administrative Code to
provide a limited credit to customers who are required to install a fire hydrant in connection with a
residential remodel which does do not require new or increased domestic water service.
5. The Board has determined that it is in the best interest of the health and safety of
District's customers to support the installation of fire hydrants in situations not currently addressed
in the Administrative Code.
SECTION IV-AMENDMENT TO SECTION 3.1.48 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
Administrative Code Section 3.1.48 is amended in its entirety to read as follows:
Reimbursement for Fire Hydrant Installations. (Reference Ord. No. 563-15)
An Owner, in connection with requesting new or increased domestic water
service from the District or installing a fire hydrant in connection with the
remodel of a Dwelling Unit that does not increase domestic water service, shall
be eligible for a limited reimbursement for the cost of installing and connecting
a fire hydrant(s)to the District's water system. The fire hydrant(s) installation
must be required by a fire department having jurisdiction within the boundaries
of the District's service area,must be located as approved by the District and
must not otherwise be required by the District in connection with new or
increased domestic water service.
An Owner eligible for reimbursement for the cost of installing a fire hydrant(s)
shall receive a credit from the District at the time of making application to the
District for new or increased domestic water service or, in the case of a remodel
of a Dwelling Unit that does not increase domestic water service, at the time of
requesting the installation of a fire hydrant. For new or increased domestic
water service, the amount of the credit shall not exceed the Water Capacity
Charge paid by the Owner to the District in connection with the requested new
or increased domestic water service. For the remodel of a Dwelling Unit that
does not require new or increased domestic water service, the amount of the
credit shall not exceed the cost of a 3/"domestic Water Capacity Charge.
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 Boazd 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.
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SECTION VI- EFFECTIVE DATE
This Ordinance amending the above referenced section of the Administrative Code shall
take effect thirty days after it passage.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility
District at its duly held regular meeting on the 6th day of August, 2015, by the following vote:
AYES: Cefalu, Jones, Vogelgesang, Sheehan, Wallace
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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Randy Vogelgesang, President
South Tahoe Public Utility District
ATTEST: �
Melonie Guttry, Clerk of the Bo d
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August 6,2015
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