HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 2454 ORDINANCE NO. 2454
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF AZUSA AMENDING SECTIONS
16. 36.020, 16.36.030, 16. 36.040, AND
16.36.050 OF CHAPTER 16. 36 OF THE AZUSA
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO WATER SYSTEM
DEVELOPMENT FEE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Sections 16.36.020, 16.36.030, 16. 36.040
and 16. 36.050 of Chapter 16.36 WATER SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT FEE
of the Azusa Municipal Code are hereby amended to read as
follows:
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16. 36.020 PURPOSE. The purpose of this chapter is
to establish a water system development fee in
accordance with Government Code Section 66000 et
seq. , that imposes upon future development within
the water system service area an equitable share of
• the costs of future water system improvements.
16. 36.030 FINDINGS AND INTENT. The City Council
finds as follows:
A. Future development of property within the
service area of water system will result in demands
for water service that exceed the capacity of the
existing City-wide water system.
B. Failure to expand the capacity of the existing
water system will cause unacceptable deficiencies
in water pressures and water storage to meet peak
demands and fire flow requirements.
C. Existing and future sources of revenue are
inadequate to fund a substantial portion of the
water system improvements required to accommodate
the increased demand for water services.
D. The impacts of contemplated future development
have been studied and presented to the City Council
in report prepared by Dwight French and Associates
entitled "City of Azusa Water System Financing
Study, " and in the "City of Azusa Water Master
Plan" prepared by CH2MHi11 which reports analyze
the need for the water system improvements and sets
forth the relationship between new development,
water system improvements to accommodate the new
development, and the estimated cost of those
improvements.
E. The water system development fee provided for
by this chapter is established in accordance with
the requirements of Government Code Section 66000
et seq. and provides for a fair and equitable
method of distributing the costs of water system
improvements necessary to accommodate water system
needs generated by future development within the
service area of the water system.
16. 36.040 DEFINITIONS. For the purposes of this
chapter, the following terms shall be defined as
follows:
A. "Development project" shall mean the
construction of residential, commercial, industrial
or other buildings and structures, and the addition
of floor space to existing nonresidential buildings
and structures. "Development project" shall also
mean any change of use of property which requires a
building permit and which will require additional
water service above which can be reasonably
associated with the current use of the [project] or
any other project involving the issuance of a
permit for construction or reconstruction.
B. "Water system improvements" shall mean those
improvements necessary to implement the water
system improvement plan and shall include but not
be limited to construction of new reservoirs, new
transmission and distribution lines, installation
of new booster pumps and telemetry and control
devices.
C. "City-wide water system improvement plan"
shall mean the systematic program for upgrading the
City's water system to be phased over the
succeeding seven years from the effective date of
this chapter. The nature and extent of these
improvements and their associated cost estimates
are contained in the report entitled "City of Azusa
Water System Financing Study, October, 1988. "
D. "Maximum buildout" shall mean the anticipated
maximum amount of future development permitted by
the general plan and zoning ordinance in Azusa or
other city or county having jurisdiction over a
portion of the service area of the water system and
shall be expressed in terms of the number of
undeveloped units permitted within each land use
zoning category.
16. 36.050 ESTABLISHMENT OF WATER SYSTEM
DEVELOPMENT FEE. A water system development fee is
hereby established and imposed upon all development
projects within the service area of the water
system. The City Council shall set forth in a
separate resolution called the "Water System
Development Fee Resolution" the specific amount of
the fee, a list of the specific public improvements
to be financed with the fee, an estimate of the
cost of these improvements, and a description of
the reasonable relationship between the fee and the
various types of new development.
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SECTION 2. The amendments to Chapter 16.36 as set
forth in this Ordinance clarify that the fees apply to
developments in the water service area, even if outside the
City limits, and are declaratory of the existing ordinance
provisions.
SECTION 3 . The City Clerk shall certify to the
passage of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be
published as required by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 16th day of July
19 90.
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MAYOR
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF AZUSA )
I, ADOLPH SOLIS, City Clerk of the City of Azusa,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 2454
was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading
at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 2nd day of
July , 1990 . That thereafter, said Ordinance was
duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City
Council on the 16th day of July , 1990 , by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: DANGLEIS, STEMRICH, NARANJO,
ALEXANDER, MOSES
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NON'
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