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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-2065 - Amending Section 39-53 of Santa Ana Municipal Code, Pertaining to Sewer Connection FeeORDINANCE 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. 590 ORDINANCE NO. NS-2065 PAGE TWO (2) In all cases of sewer connection application for the servicing of a commercial laundry or restaurant, including any first occupancy unit under subparagraph (b), a fee in the amount of the standard cost per fixture unit multiplied by thirty (30) fixture units per clothes washing or dishwashing machine shall be assessed in addition to other fee assessments pursuant to subparagraph (1) hereinabove. (3) The city council, shall, from time to time, establish by resolution the current assess- ment per fixture unit and the sewer connec- tion application fees resulting therefrom in accordance with this section. (4) Ail fees collected shall be deposited into the sewer connection fee fund pursuant to Article VII of Chapter 13. SECTION 2: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sent- ence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or unconsti- tutional. SECTION 3: Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the repeal hereby of any ordinance shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violation of ordinances, which violations were cc~mitted prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as affecting any of the provisions of such ordinance relating to the collection of any such license or penalty or the penal provision applicable to any violation thereof, nor to affect the validity of any bond or cash deposit in lieu thereof, 591 ORDINANCE NO. NS-2065 PAGE TWO required to be posted, filed or deposited pursuant to any ordinance and all rights and obligations thereunder appertain- ing shall continue in full force and effect. ADOPTED this ]8th day of Ju,e , 1990. ATTEST: Mayor Cl~erk of the Council~ ! COUNCILMEMBERS: Young Aye APPROVED AS TO FORM: Acosta Absent Griset Aye M ay A.ye McGuigan ^,ye Norton ^,ye er Pulido Aye City Attorney