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ORDINANCE NO. NS- 2065 REL:mb(19) 5/24/90 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING SECTION 39-53 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE, PERTAINING TO THE SEWER CONNECTION FEE. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: That section 39-53 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 39-53. Connection permit required; determination of fee. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) hereinbelow, no person shall make any sewer connection unless a permit therefor shall have been applied for and issued by the director of public works. No permit for such connection shall be issued by the director of public works as provided in this section unless the application therefor is accompanied by the payment of a fee to the city in an amount which the director of public works shall determine to be said applicant's proportionate share of the cost of construction of such public sewer, as prescribed in subsection (c). (b) Whenever a main sewer line is replaced by a new line, the laterals connected to the former line shall be connected to the new line as part of the installation thereof. In such event no permit shall be required from the owner or occupant of any existing premises thus reconnected. (c) The sewer connection fee for the applicant's pro- portionate share of the cost of public sewer construction shall be computed on the following basis: (1) The fee shall be an amount equal to the assessment per fixture unit, multiplied by the net increase in fixture units on the parcel or parcels for which sewer connec- tion application is made, over the total fixture units previously serviced by any sewer line to which such parcel or parcels were connected. The number of fixture units assigned to each plumbing fixture shall be as provided in the plumbing code of the City of Santa Ana.