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Ordinance No. 484-03 - Superseded ORDINANCE NO. 484-03 AN ORDINANCE OF THE SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT AMENDING ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SECTIONS 1.1.101 AND 4.3.9 AND ADDING SECTION 1.1.48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; Ordinance No. 484-03 Page 2 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. Ordinance No. 484-03 Page 3 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 ) )ss County of El Dorado ) .,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 ~'~ 20 (~. Subscribed and sworn to me this ~,..~'~--~- day of 20~5_.~ SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT