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Ordinance No. 234 - SupersededWJML: KIJ:v 5-15-73 ORDINANCE NO. 234 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING AND FIXING CONNECTION CHARGES FOR CONNECTION '.,, THE FACILITIES OF THE SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT JOHNSON BOULEVARD PUMPING STATION AND INTERCEPTOR SEWER PROJECT BE IT ENACTED by the Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District, E1 Dorado County, California, as follows: WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District has initiated proceedings for the acquisition and construction of certain works, hereinafter defined, and for the issuance of sewer revenue bonds to pay the cost of said works; WHEREAS, said Board has identified the area proposed to be served by the proposed works which area is also herein defined; WHEREAS, the Board proposes herein to establish Just and equitable rates within said area proposed to be served for the purpose of paying principal and interest on said bonds and the cost of maintenance and operation of said works. NOW, THEREFORE, it is ORDERED: ARTICLE 1. DEFINITIONS District means the South Tahoe Public Utility Sec. l. 1 ~ District o Sec. 1.2. Improvement district means Improvement District No~ U-1 of the South Tahoe Public Utility District° Sec. 1o3o Area means that portion of the District not included within the boundaries of the Improvement District° Sec. 1.4. Works means the proposed improvements to the sanitary sewerage and sewage disposal system of the District, con- sisting of a new sewage pumping station and appurtenances near Johnson Boulevard, new interceptor sewers, modifications to the existing Bijou pumping station for the purpose of increasing its capacity, and all work and acquisitions auxiliary to any of the above and necessary to complete the same, together with land and easements necessary therefor. Sec. 1.5. Bonds means proposed sewer revenue bonds to be authorized and issued for the purpose of paying the cost of the proposed works. Sec. 1.6. Number of Units refers to the schedule of units contained in Section 3.02 of Ordinance No. 114 of the District. ARTICLE 2. CONNECTION CHARGES Sec. 2.1. Initial connection charge. Prior to connection to the sanitary sewerage system of the District of any parcel of property located in the Area there is hereby established and shall be collected a charge for the privilege of connecting to the facilities of the District computed on the basis of $80 times the number of units to be connected to the sewer system of the District from such parcel; provided that the minimum charge shall be $240. Sec. 2.2. Additional. The connection charge established in Sec. 2.1 is in addition to all other charges established by the ordinances, rules and regulations of the District. Sec. 2°3° Manner and time of payment. Charges established pursuant to Sec. 2ol are payable and shall be paid in cash, unless paid by means of inclusion in the cost of a system of collection lines financed by assessment district proceedings. If special circumstances exist by reason of which an undue burden would be placed on a property owner as a result of cash payment, then upon approval oF the District Manager appropriate arrangements may be made for payment of said charges in installments, provided only that such installments shall not extend for a period of more than one year from the date of connection. Where said charges are included in assessment district pro- ceedings, the charge so included shall be based on the minimum amount provided in Sec. 2.1 hereof, unless the property owner requests that a larger amount be so included, in which event at the time of connection there shall be payable any additional amount - 2 - due by reason of units in excess of the number covered by the charge so included in the assessment district proceedings. In the event a parcel of land for which the charge has been included in an assess- ment district proceeding is divided into two or more separate parcels of land prior to the time of a connection from such parcel, then the charge so included shall be deemed to have been paid with respect to each such separate parcel in proportion to areas of the separate parc e Is. Ail or any portion of the charges payable pursuant to this Ordinance which have not been paid at the time a sewer connection permit is obtained shall be paid at that time. Sec. 2.4. Subsequent Charge. At any time units are added to any parcel of property .for which the initial connection charge has been previously paid in an amount which did not include such units, as a condition of such parcel of property remaining connected to the sanitary sewage system of the District there shall be payable a sum computed at $80°00 times the number of units so added. Seco 2°5. Duty of Property Owner to. Report. It shall be the duty of the owner of property connected to said sanitary sewage system to report to the District Inspector all facilities discharg- ing waste into said sanitary sewage system~ As to any facilities which are not so reported, they shall be deemed to have been connected to said sanitary sewage system from the effective date of this Ordinance or from the date the property was first connected to said sanitary sewage system, whichever date is the later. ARTICLE 3. USE OF FUNDS Sec° 3.1. Amounts collected pursuant to this Ordinance shall be deposited in the South Tahoe Public Utility District Sewer Revenue Fund created by Section 32 of Resolution No. 641, adopted by the Bosrd of Directors of the District on December 17, 1965, as amended, and applied to the purposes set forth in said resolution; -3- provided, that when all of the bonds provided to be issued in said resolution and all of the bonds provided to be issued by Ordinance No. 135, adopted February 23, 1967, have been fully paid, said proceeds shall be applied solely to the purposes to be set forth in the ordinance providing for the issuance of the bonds to be issued to finance the works. ARTICLE 4. EFFECTIVE DATE Sec~ 4.1. Effective Date. This O~dinance shall take effect 30 days after its final passage° At least one week before the expiration of the said 30 days, copies of said Ordinance shall be posted at three public places in the area and shall be published once in the Tahoe Daily Tribune, a newspaper of genera.1 circulation printed and published in the District. Attest: President, South Tahoe Public Utility District ~-~erk and ex-officio Secr'etary I hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of an ordinance duly introduced by the Board of Directors of the South,. Tahoe Public Utility District, E1 Dorado County, California, at a regular meeting thereof duly held on the 17th day of May, 1973, and was duly passed and adopted by said Board after a public hearing, at which all the users of the works and owners of property served or proposed to be served thereby and others interested were given the opportunity to be heard concerning the rates set forth therein, notice of which hearing was duly given by one publication in the Tahoe Daily Tribune, a newspaper published in the District and having general circulation in the D~strict at least 10 days before the date fixed in said notice, on the 7th day of June, 1973, ~by the following vote: AYES, and in favor thereof, Directors: Fesler,Wakeman, Kortes, Hegart~;, and Ream NOES, Directors: None ABSENT, Directors: None Clerk and ex-officio Secretary -5 -