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Home My WebLink AboutCity Council Ordinance 1982-30ORDINANCE NO. 82-30 AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING PUBLIC UTILITIES; AMENDING CHAPTER VII OF THE CITY CODE BY ADDING SECTION 730 RELATING TO STREET LIGHTING; AMENDING SUBSECTIONS 715.03, 720.21 and SECTION 810. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Chapter VII of the City Code is hereby amended by adding the following as Section 730 thereof: "Section 730 - Street Lighting 730.01 System Established. A City street lighting system is nereby estadiisne7. "The system consisCS" of all street lighting facilities, whether owned -Ey City in the future. 730.03. Council Action. The Council shall deter- mine by resolution from time to time, the s ree s, a eys oro er p is or private areas on which e municipality shall install and opera e s reet iignting systems. serore any sucn service is tur- nished pursuant o such resolutions, the Clerk s a 1, under the Council's direction, publish notice a e Council will meet o const er such projects. Such notice shall e published in the otticial news- paper at leastonce no less than tendays prior o such meeting of the Council and shall state e date, time and place of such meeting, the s ree s, alleys or other public and private areas a ec e and the particular pro3ec s proposed, and the Ott - mated cost of each project, either in total, on the basis of the proposed assessment per tront toot, or otherwise. 730.05. Public Heariug. At such hearing or at any adjournment re , owners with reference to the scope and desirabili y of the Proposed projects. The Council sHill there- upon adopt a resolution confirming the original protects with such modifications as it considers furnishing of such service by contract or in such manner as it deems proper. 730.07. Waiver of Public Hearing. whenever 100% of the fee owners of one or more subdivisions, duly platted or in the process of platting, shall desire to have a street lighting system within all or a portion of the said subdivision or subdivisions all of the said fee owners may execute a waiver of the hearing requirement set forth in this ordinance. Upon the City's receipt of the said executed waiver by all fee owners having an interest in the sub- division or subdivisions, the City Council may at its discretion order the installation of a street lighting system within said subdivision or sub- divisions. Payment of all charges and assessments made by the City for said street lighting system which are thereafter made against the properties within said subdivision or subdivisions shall be the obligation of the property owner who is the owner of record at the time the charges are made 730.09. Costs of the System. The costs of the street lighting system are the actual costs as billed to the City by the public utility, plus $.10 per billing unit per month for administrative expense. 730.11. Street Lighting Districts. A street lighting district is an area or neighborhood within the City where street lights have been installed or may hereafter be installed, the limits of which district shall coincide with the area served by such installations. 730.13. Billing and Billing Units. Subd. 1. Unit Defined. For purposes of this ordinance a billing unit within a street_ lighting district is a tax parcel on which a building or structure has been or could be constructed. Subd. 2. Billin . The service charge to be billed each billing unit within a street lighting district shall be determined by dividing the total system cost for such district by the number of billing units within the district. Bills for street lighting costs shall be included in bills regularly rendered by the City for water and sewer services If a billing unit is not connected to the City water or sewer system the bill shall be sent to the owner of the billing unit. Bills shall be sent to all such units whether occupied or unoccupied_ including vacant_ property within the district. Subd. for street fied by th account, a penalty of Subd. ment of pr be done in 3. Delinquent Accounts. lighting shall be due on Finance Department for d shall be delinquent t 1 1/2% per month s a accounts. 4. Assessment of perties to recover ce All charges Se --date speci- e respective ea ter. T_— added o a id Bills. acid amour. on uiu.uy. Assess - shall Section 2. Section 715.03 of the City Code is hereby amended as follows: 715.03. Service Charge Imposed. A charge is hereby imposed upon every person whose- premises are served by the sanitary sewer system of the City either directly or indirectly, for the use of the facilities of the sewer system and for connection therewith, which charge shall be as hereinafter provided in Subsection 715.05. All charges for use of the City's sewer system shall be due on the date specified by the Finance Department for the respective account and shall be delinquent thereafter. A penalty of +% 1.5% per month shall be added to all delinquent accounts. It shall be the duty of the Finance Department to endeavor to promptly collect delinquent accounts. For good cause shown, the Finance Director may, in appropriate circumstances, waive the penalty imposed on such accounts. Annually all delinquent accounts shall be certified to the City Manager who shall prepare an assessment roll providing for assessment of the delinquent amounts against the respective properties served. This assessment roll shall be delivered to the City Council for adoption on or before October 1st of each year. Such action may be optional or subsequent to taking action to collect delinquent accounts. Section 3. Subsection 720.21 of the City Code is hereby amended as follows: 720.21. Delinquent Water Accounts. All charges for water shall be due on the dates specified by the Finance Department for the respective account, and shall be delinquent thereafter. A penalty of +$ 1.5% per month shall be added to all delinquent accounts. It shall be the duty of the Finance Department to endeavor to promptly collect delinquent accounts. For good cause shown the Finance Director may, in _3 appropriate cases, waive the penalty imposed on such accounts. Annually all delinquent accounts shall be certified to the City Manager who shall prepare an assessment roll providing for assessment of the delinquent amounts against the respective properties served. This assessment roll shall be delivered to the City Council for adoption on or before October 1 of each year. Such action may be optional or subsequent to taking legal action to collect delinquent accounts. Section 4. Section 810 of the City Code is hereby amended by the deletion of Subsection 810.07. 8t9 .-9�---Street-tighttreg-6yster�---�}►e-E}t�*-E€ark shn��-keep-n-reeerd-e£-the-east-a€-eperat}ea-a€-€ke atreetWiightsng-aYate�►-€er-the-€�-Tenths-preeed}ag September-�-ei-each-year-arid-the-perttee-e€-the-ee9t pre}sem€Y-att��Hetab�e-�1��€ag-€bad-pew}s�i-�.e-eask� dot-and-paree�-ef-property-abetting-erg-the-street er-aiie�r-Yn-Mizieh-the-ayate�-ia-ieented---�i��-st�Ch Beata-ai�aii-be-eei3eeted-in-the-:Renner-prebtded-by Section 5. 5. Effective Date. This ordinance shall become effective on January 1, 1983. Adopted by the City Council on the 22nd day of November 1982. M a y-6 r ATTEST: r r" ity Clerk