HomeMy WebLinkAbout2861 Sewer Regulations AmendedORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 14.08.030.C OF THE ASHLAND
MUNICIPAL CODE BY REMOVING THE REQUIREMENT FOR
PROXIMITY TO AN EXISTING SEWER MAIN BEFORE DWELLING
OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS MAY BE CONNECTED TO CITY SEWER
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ASHLAND DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 14.08.030.C of the Ashland Municipal Code is amended to read:
SECTION 14.08.030 Connection - Outside City, Inside Urban Growth Boundary.
An occupied dwelling or building located outside the City of Ashland and inside the
urban growth boundary may be connected to the sewer system when such connection
is determined by the Ashland City Council to be in the best interest of the City of
Ashland and to not be detrimental to the City's sewerage facilities. Such connection
shall be made only upon the following conditions:
A. The applicant for sewer service pays the sewer connection fee and the
systems development charges established by the City Council.
B. In the event a dwelling or building connected to the sewer system is
subsequently replaced for any reason, then the replacement dwelling or building may
connected to the sewer system of the City as long as the use of the sewer system will
not be increased as determined by the Director of Public Works.
C. The applicant shall be responsible for the full cost of extending the City of
Ashland sewer main or line to the property for which sewer service is being requested.
D. The applicant shall secure, in writing, statements from Jackson County
that the existing sewage system has failed and that the provision of sewer by the City of
Ashland does not conflict with the Jackson County Comprehensive Plan, support
documents, rules, or regulations.
E. The applicant furnish to the City a consent to the annexation of the land,
signed by the owners of record and notarized so that it may be recorded by the City and
binding on future owners of the land.
F. The applicant shall provide for the payment to the City by the owners, at
the time of annexation, an amount equal to the current assessment for liabilities and
indebtedness previously contracted by a public service district, such as Jackson County
Fire District No. 5, multiplied by the number of years remaining on such indebtedness,
so that the land may be withdrawn from such public service districts in accord with ORS
222.520 and at no present or future expense to the City.
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G. The owner shall execute a deed restriction preventing the partitioning or
subdivision of the land prior to annexation to the City.
H. That the land is within the Urban Growth Boundary.
The foregoing ordinance was first READ on the __
duly P SED and ADOPTED this ~ day of
19th day of September, 2000, and
,2000.
Barbara Christensen, City Recorder
SIGNED and APPROVED this '~ dayof ~~
,2000.
Re.v~wed as to form:
Paul Nolte} City Attorney
Catherine M. Shaw, Mayor
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