HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances_2820_CCv0001.pdf ORDINANCE NO. 2820
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS AMENDING CHAPTER 13.60 OF THE
REDLANDS MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO UTILITY CONNECTIONS FOR
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OUTSIDE CITY BOUNDARIES
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Sub-Section 13.60.060 of the Redlands Municipal Code, entitled
"Availability of Water and/or Sewer Connections," is hereby amended to read as follows:
"13.60.060: AVAILABILITY OF WATER AND/OR SEWER CONNECTIONS:
A. All projects applying for availability of water and/or sewer service connections shall be
subject to the following conditions:
B. The applicant for a water and/or sewer connection shall comply with the following conditions
before a physical connection to the city's water and/or sewerage system will be pennitted, and
meters set:
2. The owner of the property to be served shall enter into a preannexation agreement with
the city, which shall be subject to recordation in the official records of the county of San
Bernardino and shall constitute a covenant running with the land,which requires the owner
to irrevocably consent to annexation proceedings and/or commence proceedings to annex
the property to the city at the request of the city, and which requires the payment to the city
of an amount equivalent to all capital improvement and other development fees which
would be applicable to the property if it were within city limits. The preannexation
agreement shall provide, among other things, that in the event the property is not annexed
to the city in accordance with the terms of the agreement, the owner of the property shall
pay each year to the city, as liquidated damages, a sum equal to the property taxes and any
sales taxes the city would have received had the property been annexed. The preannexation
agreement shall further provide that the failure to make such liquidated damages payments
shall be cause for the city to cease water and/or sewer service to the project.
3. Applicants for water and/or sewer connections made under the provisions of this chapter
shall comply with all rules and regulations established by the city."
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Section 2. The City Council hereby finds that the adoption of this ordinance is exempt
from review under the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to CEQA
Guidelines (14 CCR section 15000 et seq.) section 15061(b)(2) because it can be seen with
certainty that there is no possibility that such adoption may have a potential for causing a
significant effect on the environment.
Section 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase 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 declares that it would have passed this ordinance, and each section, subsection,
clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, subsections,
clauses or phrases may be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 4. The Mayor shall sign this ordinance and the City Clerk shall certify to the
adoption of this ordinance and shall cause it, or a suirunary of it, to be published once in the
Redlands Daily Facts, a newspaper of general circulation within the City, and thereafter, this
ordinance shall take effect as provided by law.
Paul W. Foster Mayor
ATTEST:
Sam Ir , Ci y Clerk
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I, Sam Irwin, 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 21 st day of July 2015, by
the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Harrison, Gilbreath, Barich, James; Mayor Foster
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Sam Irwin, City Clerk
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