HomeMy WebLinkAbout594-25 Amending Admin Code Fee Schedule Section 3.1.49(f) Physical Connection FeesORDINANCE NO.594-25
AN ORDINANCE OF THE SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY
DISTRICT AMENDING ADMINISTRATIVE CODE APPENDIX FEE SCHEDULE
SECTION 3.1.49(f) REGARDING PHYSICAL CONNECTION FEES
Be it enacted by the Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District, County
of El Dorado, State of California, as follows:
SECTION I - POLICY AND PURPOSE
The purpose of this Ordinance is to adopt certain changes to the Administrative Code
regarding the physical water connection fee.
SECTION II — DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of this Ordinance, the terms used herein are defined as follows:
A. The District — The South Tahoe Public Utility District.
B. The Board — The Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District.
C. Administrative Code — The compilation and codification of all of the
Administrative, Water and Sewer Ordinances of the District, which establish the
authority and the principles for the decisions of the District, and provide the
public with guidelines applicable to District operations.
D. Service Connection - Shall mean the tapping of a District water main and the
laying of pipe from the main to the meter or curb -stop at the property line.
SECTION III — FINDINGS
The Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District, El Dorado County,
State of California, makes the following findings:
1. The District's Administrative Code provides a standard deposit for physical water
connections to the District's water main. This deposit is used to collect actual time and material
costs to the District.
2. The proposed amendment is intended to incorporate a more accurate estimated
cost for time and materials directly incurred by the District as a result of installation. The
proposed changes are the District staff s best estimate of the average cost of providing such
services based on recent historical costs.
SECTION IV — AMENDING SECTION 3.1.49(i) OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
APPENDIX FEE SCHEDULE
Section 3.1.49(f) of the South Tahoe Public Utility District Administrative Code,
Annendix Fee Schedule is herebv amended to provide as follows:.
"3.1.49(f) Phvsical Connection. The applicant shall pay the District a $7,500.00
deposit for the physical connection to the District's water system. If the actual time and material
charges are less than $7,500.00 deposit, then the customer will be refunded the difference. If the
charges are greater than the $7,500.00 deposit, the customer will be billed the difference."
SECTION V — SEVERABILITY
If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this
Ordinance and its implementing rules and regulations is for any reason held to be
unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of
this Ordinance or the Administrative Code. The Board of Directors declares and determines that
it would have passed section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase
thereof of this Ordinance and its implementing rules and regulations and the Administrative
Code irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions,
paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases may be determined to be unconstitutional or invalid.
SECTION VI — EFFECTIVE DATE
This Ordinance amending the above referenced section of the Administrative Code shall
take effect thirty days after its passage.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility
District at its duly held regular meeting on the 3rd day of April 2025, by the following vote:
AYES: Haven, Romsos, Henderson, Sheehan, Exline
NOES:
ABSENT:
Shane Romsos, President
South Tahoe Public Utility District
ATTEST: V' ;V�
Melonie Guttry, Executi�Servis Manager/Clerk of the Board
South Tahoe Public Utility District