Ordinance No. 488-04 ORDINANCE NO. 488-04
AN ORDINANCE OF THE SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
AMENDING ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SECTION 1.1.102; AND SUPERSEDING
ORDINANCE NO. 484-03 REGARDING THE DEFINITION OF REMODELING
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 1 - POLICY AND PURPOSE
The purpose of this Ordinance is to adopt certain amendments to the
Administrative Code regarding remodeling of buildings.
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 staff has met with interested persons and stakeholders in the
community to assist in developing the amendments to the Administrative Code
contained in this Ordinance; and
3. The Board of Directors has determined that it is in the best interest of the
District to adopt this Ordinance with respect clarity of the Administrative Code in regards
to sewer laterals.
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SECTION IV - AMENDMENTS TO ADMINISTRATIVE CODES
The following section of the Administrative Code shall be amended in its entirety
to read:
1.1.102 "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 a tear down and/or reconstruction of any multiple living
unit located on a property with multiple living units.
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 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 immediately 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 May 2004 by the
following vote:
AYES' Directors Wallace, Schafer, Jones, Comte, Mosbacher
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
JaF~s R. Jones, PresiC...ent_ ....
SC_,~th Tahoe pu blic.~lity District
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KathY/~har~:;lerk of the~oard and
Ex-Officio Secretary to the Board of Directors