HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009-10-27 - ORDINANCES - STORM DRAINAGE SERVICES (2)ORDINANCE NO. 09-15
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE SANTA CLARITA
MUNICIPAL CODE BY MODIFYING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 15.50
OF TITLE 15 ESTABLISHING SPECIFIC STORM DRAINAGE
SERVICES AS A UTILITY ENTERPRISE OF THE CITY
THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. 15.50.010(g) of Chapter 15.50 of Title 15 of the City of Santa Clarita
Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 15.50.010. Findings and Intent.
(g) Municipalities are authorized under California Government Code Section 54300 et
seq. (the State Revenue Bond Law of 1941) to establish fees and charges for funding storm
drainage improvements and the operation and maintenance thereof. Fees for storm drainage
maintenance and improvement are also authorized under the California Health and Safety Code,
Section 5471. No property -related fee or charge shall be imposed unless and until voter
approval required by California Constitution Article XIIID, Section 6 (Proposition 218) has
been obtained.
SECTION 2. 15.50.020(e) of Chapter 15.50 of Title 15 of the City of Santa Clarita
Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 15.50.020 Definition of Terms.
(e) Equivalent Residential Unit (ERU) "shall mean the basic unit for the computation of
the Fee and is based upon the average amount of Impervious Area of a Single Family Residential
Parcel. ,
SECTION 3. 15.50.030(c) of Chapter 15.50 of Title 15 of the City of Santa Clarita
Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 15.50.030 Storm Drainage Utility Enterprise Fund Created.
(c) All revenues from storm drainage user charges and other storm drainage related fees
and charges as may be adopted by Resolution or Ordinance shall be deposited to the Fund.
SECTION 4. Subsection (a), (c), (e) and (f) of Section 15.50.040 of Chapter 15.50 of
Title 15 of the City of Santa Clarita Municipal Code is hereby amended to,read-as follows:
Section 15.50.040 Setting of Fees and Charges.
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(a) The City Council shall by Resolution or Ordinance establish a system of user
charges for all parcels in the City.
(c) The City Council may by Resolution or Ordinance establish a charge for the
connection of any parcel to the City's storm drainage facilities to reflect that parcel's fair share of
the cost of the existing City storm drainage facilities serving the parcel.
(e) The City Council may by Resolution or Ordinance establish a system of charges and
fees for the inspection of non-residential parcels for purposes of establishing compliance with the
City Code and NPDES requirements related to the protection of storm water quality and may also
establish a system of fines and/or penalties for the violation of the City's stormwater quality
standards.
(f) The City Council shall by Resolution or Ordinance establish a system of specific
user charges for any and all parcels within the City that utilize additional stormwater runoff
control and treatment facilities. These fees are in addition to the established stormwater drainage
utility service fees that are charged to parcels in the City.
SECTION 4. Severability. If any one or more of the terms, provisions or sections of this
Ordinance shall to any extent by judged invalid, unenforceable, and/or voidable for any reason
whatsoever by a court of competent jurisdictions, then each and all of the remaining terms,
provisions, and sections of this Ordinance shall not be affected thereby and shall be valid and
enforceable.
SECTION 5. Non -Exclusivity. Nothing in this Ordinance shall limit or preclude the
enforcement of other applicable laws.
SECTION 6. Effectiveness. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30)
days from its passage and adoption.
SECTION 7. Publication. The City Clerk is directed to cause this Ordinance to be
published within 15 days of its passage in a newspaper of general circulation published and
circulated within the City of Santa Clarita.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 27th day of October, 2009.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK. -
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )
I, Sharon L. Dawson, MMC, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Ordinance No. 09-15 was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a
regular meeting of the City Council on the 13th day of October, 2009. That thereafter, said
Ordinance was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 27th day
of October, 2009, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
Kellar, McLean, Ender, Weste
NOES:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
None
ABSENT:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
Ferry
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the foregoing is the original of Ordinance No. 09-15
and was published in The Signal newspaper in accordance with State Law (G.C. 40806).
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )
CERTIFICATION OF
CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE
I, Sharon L. Dawson, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that this is a true
and correct copy of the original Ordinance No. 09-15, adopted by the City Council of the City of
Santa Clarita, CA on October 27, 2009, which is now on file in my office.
Witness my hand and seal of the City of Santa Clarita, California, this day of
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Sharon L. Dawson, MMC
City Clerk
By
Susan Caputo, CMC
Deputy City Clerk
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