11A - 2ND READ ORD - WATER AND SEWER with revised ordinance

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(c) Admittance to premises. Any authorized employee of the city shall be admitted at all reasonable hours to all appropriate parts of the premises supplied with sewerage service to see that the provisions of this article, resolutions adopted pursuant hereto, and administrative regulations published in accordance herewith are carried out. (d) Responsible owner or applicant. In all cases where sewerage service is being provided to several tenants from one connection, the city contracts only with the person designated on the application. Failure by such person to comply with the provisions of this article, or with resolutions or regulations enacted or adopted pursuant hereto, shall be sufficient cause to disconnect all service until such ordinances, resolutions, or regulations are complied with. (e) Damage to discharger's property. The city will not be responsible for damages to buildings or their contents from any blockage in any portion of a sewer lateral. (f) Unused sewer lateral. Any sewer lateral connection which has been installed for a period of ten (10) years or more and has not been activated for ten (10) years shall be considered inactive and obsolete. Any person desiring sewerage service forsuch premises or any portion thereof formerly served by the inactive sewer lateral shall make application for a new sewer lateral connection and pay the current charge therefore. (g) Facilities owned by city. The city's ownership of sewer facilities ends at the point of connection between the sewer main and the sewer lateral, or, in other special installations, where the city's facilities terminate. Sec. 39-55.1. - Sewerage service charge—Purpose. In order to reimburse the city, in part, for its service in transporting sewerage from a water utility customer or other person using the city -owned sewer system and facilities to Orange County's publicly owned treatment works and related infrastructure, and to operate, maintain, repair, and replace the city -owned sewer system and facilities, it is appropriate for the city to charge a sewerage service fee. This charge does not duplicate any existing fee, charge, levy, or other toll currently collected by any public agency, and is intended to be, and shall be interpreted as, distinct and separate from any current or future (a) sewer standby or availability charge or assessment; (b) special benefit assessment or special tax imposed pursuant to state or local law; (c) sewer connection charge or sewer capacity charge paid in connection with or as a condition of approving an application for sewer service; or (d) mitigation fee imposed on new development pursuant to state law (California Government Code section 66000 et seq.) or local law. Where appropriate, words and phrases used in sections 39-55.1--39.55.5 shall have the same meaning as given them under article 11 of this chapter. Sec. 39-55.2. - Same—Establishment. Ordinance No. NS -XXX Page 40 of 56 11 A-42