Ordinance No. 321 - Superseded ORDINANCE NO. 321
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
TRANSFER OF SEWER UNIT ORDINANCE
BE IT ENACTED by the Board of Directors of South
Tahoe Public Utility District, County of E1 Dorado, as
follows:
SECTION I - DEFINITIONS
For the purpose of this Ordinance, the terms
used herein are defined as follows:
A. Sewer Unit - A sewer unit is an estimated
measurement of flow and strength of wastewater dis-
charged to the treatment facilities. A sewer unit
is used for the purposes of determination of assess-
ment of sewer service charges.
B. Primary Parcel - A primary parcel is a parcel
of property to which transfer of sewer units is made.
C. Secondary Parcel - A secondary parcel is
a parcel of property from which sewer units are
transferred.
SECTION II - SCHEDULE OF
SEWER UNITS
The Schedule of Sewer Units, as defined in
Article IX, Section 9.2 or Ordinance No. 300, South
Tahoe Public Utility District Sewer Regulation Ordinance,
is adopted by reference in this said Transfer of Sewer
Unit Ordinance.
SECTION III - LIMITATION OF
TRANSFER OF
SEWER UNITS
Transfer of Sewer Units shall be limited to two
classifications of properties, as follows:
A. Transfer of the sewer units for a home on a'
secondary parcel for use of a home on a primary parcel.
B. Transfer of the sewer units for a secondary
parcel of commercial property for use of a primary parcel
of commercial property.
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SECTION IV- CONDITIONS OF
TRANSFER OF
SEWER UNITS
Transfer of sewer units shall be subject to the
following conditions, and no sewer permit shall be issued
for a primary parcel until there is compliance with all
of the following conditions:
A. No transfer of a sewer unit shall increase the
estimated measurement of flow and strength of wastewater
discharged to the treatment facilities.
B. No transfer of sewer units to a primary
commercial parcel shall increase the flow and strength
of wastewater discharged to the treatment facilities from
any other commercial parcel in the South Tahoe Public
Utility District.
C. No transfer of sewer units shall be made from
a secondary parcel of property that was not connected to
the South Tahoe Public Utility District sewer system and
discharging into said sewer system on or after April 26,
1977. A transfer may be permitted from a secondary parcel
not connected to the South Tahoe Public Utility District
sewer system and not discharging into said sewer system
on or after April 26, 1977, if said secondary parcel was
exempted from the provisions of the California Regional
Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Region, Cease and
Desist Order of April 26, 1977, as amended through
November 19, 1979, by said Control Board between April 26,
1977 and November 19, 1979.
D. The Board of Directors of South Tahoe Public
Utility District shall determine the number of sewer units
required for the primary parcel. Any sewer units available
to the secondary parcel and not determined to be required
for the primary parcel shall revert to the South Tahoe
Public Utility District.
E. The South Tahoe Public Utility District Board of
Directors shall review all transfers of sewer units and
shall notify the City of South Lake Tahoe or County of E1
Dorado that the transfer of sewer units complies with the
foregoing provision of Section IV of this Ordinance.
F. The use of the primary parcel shall conform to
the applicable City of South Lake Tahoe or County of E1
Dorado general plan. The City Council or County Board of
Supervisors shall make a finding of conformity.
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G. The applicant for a transfer shall have 60
days after the foregoing notification by the Board of
Directors of South Tahoe Public Utility District to
secure approval of the transfer from the City of South
Lake Tahoe or County of E1 Dorado and a finding of
conformity by said City or County applicable general
plan.
H. All special sewer assessments of the South
Tahoe Public Utility District and all special assess-
ments of the County of E1 Dorado shall be paid in full
for the secondary parcel within thirty (30) days after
approval of the transfer of sewer units by the City of
South Lake Tahoe or County of E1 Dorado.
I. All property taxes due and payable at the
time of the transfer shall be paid for the secondary
parcel within thirty (30) days after approval of the
transfer of sewer units by the City of South Lake Tahoe
or County of E1 Dorado.
J. All existing sewer connection fees and
charges to South Tahoe Public Utility District shall be
paid for the primary parcel within thirty (30) days after
approval of the transfer of sewer units by the City of
South Lake Tahoe or County of E1 Dorado.
K. All liens upon the secondary parcel of
property shall be satisfied, or in the alternative,
written concurrence shall be required from any lienholder,
which written concurrence shall save the South Tahoe
Public Utility District free and harmless from any and all
claims arising out of the transfer of sewer units from
the secondary parcel within thirty (30) days after
approval of the transfer of sewer units by the City of
South Lake Tahoe or County of E1 Dorado.
L. All lateral sewer connections of the
secondary parcel shall be removed, plugged and sealed
in a manner satisfactory to the South Tahoe Public
Utility District within thirty (30) days after approval
of the transfer of sewer units by the City of South
Lake Tahoe or County of E1 Dorado.
M. All water service utilities for the secondary
parcel shall be disconnected to the satisfaction of the
South Tahoe Public Utility District within thirty (30)
days after approval of the transfer of sewer units by the
City of South Lake Tahoe or County of E1 Dorado.
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N. Ail provisions of the City of South Lake
Tahoe or County of E1 Dorado Transfer of Sewer Connection
Ordinances shall be complied with by the applicant for
transfer except the Notice of Transfer provision.
O. The Board of Directors of the South Tahoe
Public Utility District shall authorize the District
staff to issue a new sewer permit for the primary parcel
only after it finds the following:
1. That each and every foregoing provision
of this Sewer Transfer Ordinance has been complied with;
2. That the provisions of Ordinance No. 300
for issuing a sewer permit to the primary parcel have been
complied with;
3. That a duly authorized written request for
cancellation of any existing sewerpermit for the secondary
parcel is on file with the South Tahoe Public Utility
District, and that said permit has been cancelled;
4. That the City Attorney of South Lake Tahoe
or the County Counsel of E1 Dorado County will record a
Notice of Transfer describing the primary and secondary
parcels, at least by Assessor's Parcel Numbers, and include
attached to said Notice the written satisfaction of lien-
holders, or the alternative written concurrence and hold
harmless of the lienholders, after issuance of a building
permit.
SECTION V - VESTED RIGHTS
A. This Ordinance shall not create any vested
right in any parcel of property for which an application
to transfer may be made.
B. The approval of any transfer of sewer units is
discretionary with the Board of Directors of South Tahoe
Public Utility District, regardless of compliance with this
Ordinance.
C. No sewer permit for a primary parcel issued by
tmDistrict staff after authorization by the Board of
Directors of South Tahoe Public Utility District pursuant
to this Ordinance shall be valid unless an application for
a building permit is submitted to the City of South Lake
Tahoe or County of E1 Dorado for the primary parcel within
seven (7) calendar days after issuance of said sewer permit
and has been accepted within seven (7) calendar days by said
City or County for the issuance of the building permit.
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D. If the City of South Lake Tahoe or County
of E1 Dorado voids or cancels a building permit for the
primary parcel, the sewer permit issued for the primary
parcel pursuant to this Ordinance shall then be null and
void.
E. No building permit issued by the City of South
Lake Tahoe or County of E1 Dorado shall create any right to
a sewer permit for a primary parcel unless all of the
provisions of this said Ordinance have been complied with.
SECTION VI - RELIEF ON APPLICATION
A. When any person by reason of special circumstances,
is of the opinion that any provision of this Ordinance is
unjust or inequitable as applied to his property, he may make
written application to the Board, stating the special
circumstances, citing the provision complained of, and re-
questing suspension or modification of that provision as
applied to his property.
B. If such application be approved, the Board may,
by resolution, suspend or modify the provision complained of,
as applied to such property to be effective as of the date
of the application and continuing during the period of the
special circumstances.
SECTION VII - RELIEF ON OWN MOTION
A. The Board may, on its own motion, find that by
reason of special circumstances any provision of this regula-
tion and ordinance should be suspended or modified as applied
to a particular property and may, by resolution, order such
suspension or modification of such property during the period
of such special circumstances, or any part thereof.
SECTION VIII - SEPARABILITY
If any section, sub-section, sentence, clause or phrase
of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any person or
circumstances 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 application of
such provision to other persons or circumstances. The Board
hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance or
any section, sub-section, sentence, clause or phrase thereof
irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, sub-
sections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared to be un-
constitutional.
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SECTION IX - 1980 ALLOCATION PERMITS
A. Transfer of the right to a home sewer permit
for a secondary parcel drawn through the City of South
Lake Tahoe and County of E1 Dorado Allocation Program in
1980 for use of a home on a primary parcel shall not be subject
of this said Ordinance but shall be subject of policy adopted
by the Board of Directors of South Tahoe Public Utility
~_/~lter "Neal" Ol§on, President
South Tahoe Public Utility District
ATTEST:
~y -D. ~un~rose, ClErk 'of Board
S6uth ~h~e Public Utility District
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true,
correct copy of ORDINANCE NO. 321 duly and regularly adopted
by the Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility
Districts E1 Dorado County, California, at a meeting thereof
duly held on the 4th day of September, 1980, by the following
vote:
AYES:
DIRECTORS OLSON, KASHUBA, WYNN
MADDEN AND JONES
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
Mary D. AmbroSe, Clerk of
South Tah~ pUblic Utility District
Sou=H T^Ho=
Pua= c DISTRICT
A PUBLIC AGENCY
PRESIDt:NT
WALTER "NEAL" OL5ON
P.O. Box AU · South Lake Tahoe, Cahforn,a 95705 · Phone (916) 544-6474
1275 Me~dow Crest Drive
DIRECTORS
JAMES R JONES
LORRENE KASHUBA
MICKEY MADDEN
JOhN WYNN
September 5, 1980
Tahoe Tribune
PO BOX 1358
So. Lake Tahoe CA 95705
Gentlemen:
Attached is a copy of ORDINANCE NO. 321, which
we request be published one time only, during the week
of September 22, 1980, and prior to September 26, 1980.
Please send two copies of Affidavit of Publica-
tion.
Thank you.
mda
Very truly yours,
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
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