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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 04-2012 ORDINANCE NO. 04-2012 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAPE CANAVERAL, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA; AMENDING ARTICLE IV OF CHAPTER 78 RELATED TO THE CITY'S RECLAIMED WATER UTILITY; PROVIDING THAT RECLAIMED WATER RATES SHALL BE ESTABLISHED BY RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL; ESTABLISHING A NEW EQUIVALENCY BASIS FOR RECLAIMED WATER SERVICE LEVELS; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF PRIOR INCONSISTENT ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS; INCORPORATION INTO THE CODE; SEVERABILITY; AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City of Cape Canaveral is granted the authority under Section 2(b), Article VIII, of the State Constitution to exercise any power for municipal purposes, except when expressly prohibited by law; and WHEREAS, Article IV of Chapter 78 of the Cape Canaveral Code of Ordinances establishes a reclaimed water utility and provides for the operation, construction, maintenance, and repair of reclaimed water facilities in the City of Cape Canaveral; and WHEREAS, Raftelis Financial Consultants, Inc. recently completed a Sewer System Rate Study dated February 2012 ("the Study"), which includes findings, conclusions, recommendations and supporting analysis related to reclaimed water rates; and WHEREAS, after careful consideration and deliberation, and after considering the Study, the City Council desires to revise Article IV of Chapter 78 related to its reclaimed water utility to authorize the establishment of reclaimed water usage fees by resolution and to establish a new equivalency basis for reclaimed water service levels; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Cape Canaveral deems that this Ordinance is in the best interests of the public health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Cape Canaveral. BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, Florida, as follows: SECTION 1. Recitals. The foregoing recitals are hereby fully incorporated herein by this reference and are deemed a material part of this Ordinance. SECTION 2. Code Amendment. Chapter 78, Utilities, of the Code of Ordinances, City of Cape Canaveral, Florida, is hereby amended as follows (underlined type indicates additions to and etrikethfeugh type indicates deletions from the text of Chapter 78, and it is intended that the text in Chapter 78 denoted by asterisks [* * * ]and omitted from this Ordinance shall remain unchanged from the language existing prior to adoption of this Ordinance): CHAPTER 78. UTILITIES City of Cape Canaveral Ordinance No. 04-2012 Page 1 of 3 *** ARTICLE IV. RECLAIMED WATER DIVISION 1. GENERALLY ** * Sec. 78-180. — Reclaimed water Irrigation usage rates. Rates for reclaimed irrigation water service shall be established by resolution of the City Council and incorporated _ _ - - - -_, -- - - - - - - - - --- as a component of the city rate resolution. (b) The following Equivalent Reclaimed Irrigation Connections ("ERICs") shall be used to identify customer service levels based on the size of the customer's connection to the city's reclaimed water utility: 1-inch diameter connection = 1 ERIC 2-inch diameter connection = 4 ERICs 4-inch diameter connection = 12 ERICs * * * SECTION 3. Repeal of Prior Inconsistent Ordinances and Resolutions. All prior inconsistent ordinances and resolutions adopted by the City Council, or prior ordinances and resolutions in conflict herewith, are hereby repealed to the extent of the conflict. SECTION 4. Incorporation into the Code of Ordinances. This Ordinance shall be incorporated into the Cape Canaveral Code of Ordinances and any section or paragraph number or letter and any heading may change or be modified as necessary to effectuate the foregoing. Grammatical, typographical, and like errors may be corrected and additions, alterations, and omissions, not affecting the construction or meaning of this Ordinance and the City Code, may be freely made. SECTION 5. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, word, or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, whether for substantive, procedural, or any other reason, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. City of Cape Canaveral Ordinance No. 04-2012 Page 2 of 3 SECTION 6. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon adoption by the City Council of the City of Cape Canaveral. ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cape Canaveral, Florida this 17th day of April, 2012. ,ti _ :r CaSOCVOVP0a■LVOL. Rocky Randels, MAYOR ATTEST: =2_ - Name For Against Ang M Wiper : City Clerk John Bond x Robert Hoog x Buzz Petsos x Rocky Randels Motion Betty Walsh Second Appro -d -- to Form and Sufficiency as to the '�� • anaveral Only: Anthony A. Garganese, City Attorney First Reading: March 20, 2012 Legal Ad Published: March 29, 2012 Second Reading: April 17, 2012 City of Cape Canaveral Ordinance No. 04-2012 Page 3 of 3