HomeMy WebLinkAbout20650 - RESOLUTIONS - 7/2/2003 RESOLUTION NO. 20650
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, REPEALING
RESOLUTION 15188 AND RE-ESTABLISHING
GUIDELINES FOR THE EXEMPTION OF RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTIES FROM CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 15.14 OF THE PALM SPRINGS
MUNICIPAL CODE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Palm Springs, California, by Resolution No.
11248 adopted November 20, 1974, established a policy requiring all then existing
buildings and all buildings to be built thereafter, if such buildings contained plumbing, to
be connected to public sewers; and
WHEREAS, said resolution refers to an ordinance of the City implementing such policy,
such ordinance being Ordinance No. 982, adopting Chapter 15.14 of the Palm Springs
Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, said Chapter 15.14 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code contains certain
provisions for exemption from such connection to public sewer; and
' WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Palm Springs, California, had previously
adopted by Resolution, guidelines to regulate the granting of said exemptions; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Palm Springs, California, now desires to adopt
by Resolution, guidelines to regulate the granting of exemptions pursuant to said Chapter
15.14 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Palm Springs,
California, as follows:
1. Resolution 15188 previously approved on August 15, 1984 is hereby repealed.
2. The general policy stated in Resolution No. 11248, requiring that all existing or
future buildings now or hereafter containing plumbing be connected to the public
sewer system is continued in full force and effect, the purpose of this resolution
being only to establish guidelines for exemptions therefrom.
3. Each of the exemptions stated in Ordinance 982, including without limitation the
exemptions provided in Section 15.14.010 and 15.14.020, introduced
simultaneously with the adoption of said Resolution No. 11248, and thereafter
enacted into law, are continued in full force and effect.
' 4. The condition that "...unusual topographic or other terrain conditions exist which
make the connection to the public sewer impractical, unreasonable, unfeasible or
impose extreme economic hardship upon the property owner if he is required to
connect such building to the public sewer system..." is deemed to be met if the
following circumstances shall be found to exist:
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a) If the cost of on-site sewer construction and connection, exclusive of sewer
facility fee, shall exceed the sum of $4,776 per dwelling unit, or such
greater sum as shall hereafter be determined by resolution of the City
Council; or
b) If the cost of sewer main construction, in this event no sewer main exists in
proximity to said property, shall exceed $7,960 per dwelling unit, or such
greater sum as shall hereafter be determined by resolution of the city
council.
The amounts in "a)" and "b)" above shall be adjusted annually in accordance with the
Engineering News Record Construction Cost Index.
Adopted this 2nd day of July , 2003.
AYES: Members Mills, Oden, and Mayor Kleindienst
NOES: None
ABSENT: Members `Hodges and Reller-Spurgin
ATTEST: CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA ,
By
City Clerk City Manages-�
REVIEWED AND APPROVED