Resolution - 5726RESOLUTION NO. 5726
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA
ESTABLISHING A CHARGE FOR SEWER SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE.
WHEREAS, Section 38902 of the Government Code of the State of
California provides that a City may fix charges for sewer service; and
WHEREAS, the City of West Covina does supply sewer service; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of West Covina does desire
to discontinue its collection of sewer maintenance charges from an ad valorem
tax and desires to fix charges for sewer service under provisions of Section
38902 of the Government Code of the State of California;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of West Covina does
resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. That the present method of collecting sewer maintenance
charges from an ad valorem tax is hereby discontinued.
follows:
SECTION 2. That the charges for sewer service shall be fixed as
$9.00 per year for each dwelling unit or for each 10,000 square
feet or portion.thereof, for vacant parcels of land with sewer
service available.
$4.50 per year standby for each dwelling unit or for each 10,000
square feet or portion thereof for vacant parcels of land with
sewer service not presently available.
• $12.00 per year for each 1,000 square feet or portion thereof
of total area of structures with other than residential use.
SECTION 3. That the charges fixed shall be collected from each
owner even if the owner is otherwise exempt from taxes.
SECTION 4. That the charges fixed shall be collected as part of
the annual general County tax bill.
SECTION 5. That penalties shall be collected for late payment at
the same rate as penalties for late payment of County general taxes.
SECTION 6. That the charges imposed by this Resolution shall be
increased or decreased annually as of July 1 of each calendar year, commencing
on July 1, 1979, in an amount,equal to the increase or decrease from the Base
Index in the then latest available Consumer: Price Index, as prepared and
released by the Federal Government or any other governmental agency for the
Los Angeles/Long Beach area. The last index published for the month of
June 1978 shall be deemed to be the base index for the purpose of this
Section.
SECTION 7. Validity of Resolution. If any section, subsection,
sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this Resolution is for any reason
held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of com-
petent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this Resolution. The City Council hereby declares
that it would have adopted this Resolution and each section, subsection,
sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that
any one or more sections, subsections, phrases, or portions be declared
invalid or unconstitutional.
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SECTION 8. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of
this Resolution.
APPROVED and ADOPTED this 26.th day of June 1978.
Mayor
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ATTEST:
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City C erk
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted
by the City Council of the City of West Covina at a regular meeting thereof
held on the 26th day of June 1978 by the following vote of the Council:
• AYES: Councilmen: Miller, Shearer, Browne, Chappell,. Tice.
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: None
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City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
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