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1 ORDINANCE NO. 0-09-03 2 3 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLTON AMENDING EXHIBIT "A" AS REFERENCED IN 4 SECTION 13.16.25 OF THE COLTON MUNICIPAL CODE AND DELETING SECTIONS 13.16.070, 13.16.080, 13.16.090 AND 5 13.16.100 OF THE COLTON MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO SEWER SERVICE CHARGES 6 WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Colton ("City Council") desires to revise its 7 current wastewater sewer service charges to provide sufficient revenue to operate and maintain the 8 City's wastewater sewer system and its attendant facilities; and 9 WHEREAS, the City Council has based the revised fees and charges on the report 10 ("Report") attached hereto as Exhibits "B"documenting the estimated reasonable costs of providing 11 the wastewater sewer services to customers in the City of Colton; and 12 WHEREAS, the findings contained herein are based upon the Report commissioned 13 by the City documenting the estimated reasonable costs of providing the wastewater sewer services 14 to customers in the City; and 15 WHEREAS, the City Council finds, with respect to the revenue derived from the 16 increased fees and charges, that (1) there is a reasonable relationship between the use of the fees 17 and charges increased herein and the services for which they are imposed and this relationship is 18 more fully documented in the Report; (2) the revenue derived from the increased fees and charges does not exceed the amount necessary to provide the services; (3) the increased fees and charges 19 shall not be used for any other purpose than that for which the fees and charges are imposed; (4) 20 the increased fees and charges do not exceed the proportional cost of the services attributable to 21 each customer; (5) the increased fees and charges are not levied for general governmental 22 purposes; and 23 WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the wastewater sewer charges are 24 imposed only as a condition of extending or initiating service upon the request of the customer. The 25 charge is only charged upon persons requesting the service; an owner of property without sewer service is not subject to the charge. The sewer charge is not imposed upon real property or upon 26 persons as an incident of property ownership, and is not calculated or developed on the basis of any 27 parcel map, including an assessor's parcel map, but is based upon reasonable estimates of the 28 demand placed upon the City as a provider of the commodity of sewer services; and WHEREAS, the City Council has further determined that the annual increase in the RVPUB\MXM\529585