HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances_1941_CCv0001.pdf ORDINANCE NO. 1941
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS AMENDING SECTIONS 83400-83401
AND 83403-83405, ADDING SECTIONS 83407-83408 , AND DELETING ARTICLE
835 OF THE REDLANDS ORDINANCE CODE WHICH SETS PROCEDURES FOR
CALCULATION AND PAYMENT OF FRONTAGE CHARGES FOR SEWER MAINS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS does hereby ordain
as follows:
SECTION ONE•
Section 83400 , paragraph 3 of Redlands Ordinance Code,
which begins "When a subdivider" is amended to read as
follows:
When a subdivider is not required to extend the sewer' in
accordance with the paragraph above, he shall provide plans
for connecting the tract to the nearest public sewer and
construct dry sewers in the subdivision to provide for future
service to every parcel, including the construction of sewer
laterals from the sewer main to the property line . The
developer ' s engineer shall provide the City with an as--built
plan showing the location and depth of each lateral . The
septic tank and cesspool shall be constructed in a location
and manner as specified by the Director of Building and
Safety to minimize the expense of a future connection to the
public sewer .
SECTION TWO•
Section 83401 of the Redlands Ordinance Code is amended
to read as follows:
Sec . 83401 . OVERSIZING SEWER LINES
The subdivider or lot owner shall pay the full cost of the
mains installed not to exceed eight inches ( 8" ) nominal
diameter , unless the size of the subdivision or other
requirements of the development requires a larger main . In
such case, the owner or subdivider will pay the total cost,
regardless of size. Except as provided above, if the City
requires a line larger than eight inches (8") to be used as a
trunk line, such trunk line shall be paid for by the owner or
subdivider with an allowance made by the City to cover the
difference in cost of the materials used between eight inches
( 8" ) and the size additional cost due to labor and other
reasons as a result of installing lines greater than 8" in
size, the allowance for the difference in material cost will
be increased by thirty percent ( 30 % ) . The owner or
subdivider shall have a properly qualified licensed
contractor make the installation . The City shall determine
the amount of allowance for lines over 8" in size according
to the material costs available to the City.
SECTION THREE•
Sections 83403-83405 of the Redlands Ordinance Code are
hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec . 83403 CONNECTION REQUIREMENTS
In no event shall any owner of property benefited by said sewer be
permitted to connect thereto without first paying the frontage
charge or other prorated charge placed against said property by
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the City Enginer . No person, firm or corporation shall connect
any property with the City sewer without first obtaining a permit
and paying the frontage charge or other prorated charge.
Sec. 83404 FRONTAGE CHARGE
1 . Prior to final approval of a subdivision map or other
development permit and before a sewer service connection
shall be approved for any property which is contiguous to a
sewer main and constructed at the expense of others
( including the City) , the owner or developer of the property
shall first pay a frontage charge for the existing sewer
main, except as provided in Section 83406 .
The frontage charge shall be equal to the frontage charge per
foot, as specified by City Council resolution, multiplied by
the total length of all property lines contiguous to street
right of way or easements wherein there are sewer mains
accessible to the property.
In the event the main will serve one side of a street only,
the charge shall be twice the frontage charge.
In the event any property for a single family dwelling that
has more than one frontage side the frontage charge shall be
one half of the frontage charge for each frontage side except
in the case where the property can be further subdivided. In
this case, the frontage charge shall apply to all frontage
sides.
2 . A percentage of the frontage charge collected, set by Section
83405 , shall be refunded to the owner or developer originally
paying for said sewer main, to which the connection has been
made. See Section 83405 for rules governing application for
refunds.
3 . Twenty-five percent (25%) of the sum collected as frontage
charges shall be credited to the Sewer Service Fund balance.
Seventy-five percent (75%) of the sum collected in Frontage
charges in accordance with Section 83403-83405 shall be
credited to the Reserve for Frontage Charge Reimbursement
which shall be established in the Sewer Service Fund .
Reimbursements shall be paid out of this reserve . Any
accumulation of funds beyond the amount necessary to meet
refund obligations shall be credited from time to time, to
the Reserve for Capital in the Sewer Service Fund .
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Sec. 83405 REFUNDING OF COSTS
1 . There shall be no refunding of costs for the installation of
any sewer mains within any development or for sewer
connections to lots within any development or for connections
to any lot contiguous to the mains that had a sewer
connection prior to the installation of the new main . For
all new sewer connections to lots contiguous to all such
mains installed by the owner or developer and not within the
development, tract, or subdivision the City of Redlands shall
refund to the original owner or developer that installed the
sewer main seventy-five percent (75%) of the sum collected as
frontage charges in accordance with Section 83404 of the
Redlands Ordinance Code , which refund shall not be
transferable except to legal heirs and assigns . No refunds
shall be made after ten (10) years from completion of such
new sewer main .
2 . Any person or persons entitled to any refund under the
provision of Chapter 83 of the Redlands Ordinance Code shall
make application for refund to the Public Works Director .
All applications shall be in writing and shall be made
annually within the calendar year for which the refund is
requested.
SECTION FOUR•
Section 83407 is hereby added to the Redlands Ordinance Code
as follows:
Sec . 83407 DEDICATIONS
All sewers constructed under the provisions of this or any other
ordinance and located in a right-of-way or easement owned by or
dedicated to the City of Redlands shall become the property of the
City of Redlands .
SECTION FIVE•
Article 835 of the Redlands Ordinance Code is hereby
repealed.
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SECTION SIX: EFFECTIVE DATE
This Ordinance shall be in force and take effect as provided
by law.
SECTION SEVEN: CERTIFICATION
The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
Ordinance and cause it to be published once in the Redlands
Daily Facts, a newspaper of general circulation and published
in this City.
Mayor of the City of Redlands
ATTEST:
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Cit Clerk fr
I , Lorrie Poyzer , City Clerk , City of Redlands , hereby certify that
the foregoing Ordinance was duly adopted by the City Council at the
regular meeting thereof held on the 61 day of
1986 , by the following vote:
Ayes: YES: Councilmembers Larsen, DeMirjyn, Wormser;
Mayor Beswick
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilmember Johnson
City C erk
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