29-83 Disconnect / Reconnect downspouts

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Section 4. That the City Engineer is hereby authorized and directed, when said connections and disconnections are ordered by him, and upon the presen- tation of a claim properly documented and approved by said City Engineer by an owner who is so ordered, to issue his voucher in favor of said owner, to the Director of Finance in an amount not to exceed Four Thousand ($4,000) Dollars. Section 5. That for the purpose of paying claims as set forth herein for the year 198~,the sum of Sixty Thousand ($60,000) Dollars be and is hereby appropriated from the Sewer Use Fund pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 902 of the Streets and Public Services Code of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances. Section 6. That the payment of said claims is not to be considered as an admission of liability arising out of the facts herelnabove set forth. Section 7. That when a property owner is ordered by the City Engineer to disconnect and/or reconnect the proper permits for such work shall be obtained by the owner or his agent from the several divisions of the City as required by the Cadified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood, and such disconnec- tions and reconnections shall be made pursuant to the requirements of said Code, including inspections and approval. Section 8. No claim of an owner shall be vouchered to the Director of Finance by the City Engineer unless the claimant submits proof of the required permits along with the claim properly documented as to cost. No claim of an owner shall be vouchered to the Director Qf Finance unless the work has been fully completed to the satisfaction and approval of the City Engineer. Section 9. The City Engineer shall establish such rules, regulations, standards and guidelines as he finds necessary or appropriate to the efficient administration of the downspout disconnection program provided for herein. Section 10. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this' Council concerning and relating to the passage of this ordinance were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all such deliberations of this Council and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal action were in meetings open to the public, in compliance with all legal requirements including Section 121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code. Section 11. That this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure for the reasons stated in the preamble hereof and provided it receives the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all members of Council, it shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its adoption and approval by the Mayor; otherwise it shall take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law.