Ordinance No. 484-03 - Superseded ORDINANCE NO. 484-03
AN ORDINANCE OF THE SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
AMENDING ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SECTIONS 1.1.101 AND
4.3.9 AND ADDING SECTION 1.1.48 TO DIVISION 3 OF THE
ADMINISTRATIVE CODE REGARDING REMODELING AND USE OF
EXISTING SEWER LATERALS
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 adopt certain amendments and additions to
the Administrative Code regarding remodeling of buildings and the use of existing
sewer laterals.
SECTION II - DEFINITIONS
For the purpose of this Ordinance, the terms used herein are defined as follows:
A. The District - The South Tahoe Public Utility District.
District.
The Board - The Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility
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 III - FINDINGS
The Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District, County of El
Dorado, State of California, make the following findings:
1. The District has encountered unintended consequences of the current
definition of the term "remodeling" that requires District staff review of proposed
alterations of and additions to buildings that do not relate to or impact the District's
provision of sewer service;
2. The District needs to revise certain provisions of the Administrative Code
related to the use of existing sewer laterals to ensure compliance with all current
specifications and requirements of the District;
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3. The District staff has met with interested persons and stakeholders in the
community to assist in developing the amendments and additions to the Administrative
Codes contained in this Ordinance; and
4. The Board of Directors has determined that it is in the best interest of the
District to adopt this Ordinance with respect to remodeling and the use of existing sewer
laterals.
SECTION IV - AMENDMENTS TO ADMINISTRATIVE CODES
The following sections of the Administrative Code shall be amended in their
entirety to read:
1.1.101 "Remodeling" shall mean any construction activity which increases the
number of sewer units required to serve improvements on a property; or a tear down
and/or reconstruction of more than fifty percent (50%) of the existing square footage of
a building(s) on a property; or the addition, deletion and/or alteration of plumbing
fixtures of a building on a property which requires a building permit; or a tear down
and/or reconstruction of any multiple living unit located on a property with multiple living
units.
4.3.9 Existing Sewer Laterals. Existing sewer laterals may be used in
connection with new and/or remodeled buildings only when such existing sewer laterals
are determined by the District to have passed a current air test, or an air test conducted
within the prior seven (7) years, and meet all other current specifications and
requirements of the District.
The term "old sewer lateral" shall be changed through out the Administrative
Code to "existing sewer lateral" in order to be consistent with the amended language of
section 4.3.9, above, and the new section 1.1.48, below.
SECTION V - SECTION 1.1.48 ADDED TO DIVISION 1 OF THE
ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
The current section 1.1.82 "Old Sewer Lateral" shall be deleted in its entity. The
following section shall be added to Division 1 of the Administrative Code and inserted
as section 1.1.48. and the subsequent definitions shall be renumbered sequentially as
required to insert this new definition:
1.1.48 "Existing Sewer Lateral" shall mean any sewer lateral that is lawfully
connected to the collection system.
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SECTION VI - 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 VII - EFFECTIVE DATE
This Ordinance 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 20th day of March 2003 by the
following vote:
AYES: Directors Wallace, Schafer, Jones, Becker, Mosbacher
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
xlames R. Jones, Bf,~fd President
i~.South Tahoe Publ~,-Utility District
ATTEST:
Kathy Sharp, Clerk of the Board arfd
Ex-Officio Secretary of the Board of Directors
AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
State of California )
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.,1~.~~-..~..~. ~,.~ being first duly swom, deposes and says:
That for and on behalf of the Clerk of Board of the SOUTH TAHOE
PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT, affiant posted copies of _(~f~_~_q,.-(~ in form
attached hereto and by reference made a part hereof, in four (4) publically accessible
locations in the Distdct as follows:
South Tahoe Public Utility Distdct
1275 Meadow Crest Ddve
South Lake Tahoe, CA
Al Tahoe Post Office Station
1046 Al Tahoe Boulevard
South Lake Tahoe, CA
City of South Lake Tahoe
1900 Lake Tahoe Boulevard
South Lake Tahoe, CA
4. Black Bart Post Office Substation
Black Bart Avenue at Pioneer
South Lake Tahoe, CA
That said posting was completed on the d'~'~day of ~'~
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Subscribed and sworn
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SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT