HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 324 ORDINANCE NO. 324
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT NO. 3 OF ORANGE
COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, REPEALING ORDINANCE NOS. 322
AND 323 AND AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 317
ESTABLISHING WASTEWATER DISCHARGE REGULATIONS
FOR USE OF DISTRICT SEWERAGE FACILITIES
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No. 3 of Orange County,
California ("District'), has heretofore adopted Ordinance No. 317,An Ordinance Establishing
Wastewater Discharge Regulations for Use of District Sewerage Facilities; and
WHEREAS, on May 24, 1995, the Board of Directors of County Sanitation'District No. 3
of Orange County, California adopted Ordinance No. 322, which amended Section 309 of
Ordinance No. 317 relating to the establishment of excess capacity charges; and
WHEREAS, on August 23, 1995, the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No.
3 of Orange County, California adopted Ordinance No. 323, as an Urgency Ordinance, adding
Section 309.5 to Ordinance No. 317, to provide for deferred payment schedules of excess
capacity charges; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors has received a comprehensive staff report
concerning the application of Ordinance Nos. 322 and 323, together with a recommendation to
solicit proposals to undertake a comprehensive study of fees; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors finds that pending the results of the comprehensive
rate study, the excess capacity charges, as established by Ordinance No. 317, should be in
effect in lieu of the formula method of establishing charges as contained in Ordinance No. 322.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No. 3 of
Orange County, California,
Does hereby ORDAIN as follows:
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Section 1: Ordinance No. 322 is hereby repealed.
Section 2: Ordinance No. 323 is hereby repealed.
Section 3: Section 309 of Ordinance No. 317 is hereby re-enacted to read:
"Section 309. Excess Capacity Charge. New developments or existing
developments that expand operations that require substantial sewerage facilities
capacity, will be subject to an excess capacity facilities charge in an amount and
method to be determined by the Board of Directors on a case-by-case basis,
taking into consideration the quantity of flow and the strength of the wastewater
discharge."
Section 4: This Ordinance is enacted as an Urgency Ordinance in order to allow for
the processing of pending permit applications in accordance with the provisions of the District's
Ordinances in effect prior to the enactment of Ordinance No. 322, and to promote the public
welfare by allowing businesses to make connection without incurring excess capacity charges
that could be greater than a final recommendation made upon completion of a comprehensive
study.
Section : The Secretary of the Board shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance
and shall cause a summary of the same to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in
the District as required by law.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting held November 15, 1995.
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Secretary, By o actors
County Sandal on rict No. 3 of
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
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COUNTY OF ORANGE )
I, PENNY KYLE, Secretary of the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District
No. 3 of Orange County, California, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing
Ordinance No. 324 was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of said Board on the
15th day of November, 1995, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Sal A. Sapien, Chair, George Brown, John Collins, James H.
Flora, Victor Leipzig, Wally Linn, Pat McGuigan, Margie L.
Rice, Sheldon S. Singer, William G. Steiner, Charles E. Sylvia
NOES: None
ABSTENTIONS: None
ABSENT: Cecilia Age, Burnie Dunlap, Don R. Griffin, Julie Sa, Bob
Zemel
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of
November, 1995.
Penny Kyle
Secretary of t Boar f Directors '
County Sanitation District No.3-
of Orange County, California,.
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