69-07 902.12 Homestead Exemption & 902.13 Summer Sprinkling Program

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PLACED ON 1ST READING & P~EFERRED TO THE PUBLIC WOWS COMMITTEE 7/16/07. PLACED ON 2~ND READING 9/4/07. ORDINANCF NO. 69-07 BY: Antonio, Butler, Demro, Dever, FitzGerald, Madigan, Seelie. AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five (5) members elected to Council otherwise, it shall take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law, to enact new Sections within Chapter 902, Charges for Westewater Disposal and Industrial Pretreatment to create a homestead exemption and summer sprinkling program within wastewater disposal. WHEREAS, these sections were enacted bY Ordinance No. 54-06, adopted July 3, 2006; and WHEREAS, due to a typOgraphical error that overlapped numbering within Chapter 902 and lack of Clear enacting laoguage stating that these are new sections within Chapter 902, these sections are being presented for adoption again in order to facilitate the clean cOdification of these new sections; and WHEREAS, due to the proposal of an increased Income guideline for the water rate homestead exemption, it is fitting to also offer the same exemption for sewer rates. Now therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BYTHE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO Section 1. That new Section 902.12, Homestead Exception, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood is hereby enacted to read as follows: 902.12 HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION There is hereby established a Special Homestead exempUon whereby sewer rates charged to homesteads owned by person 65 years of age or older or owned by a permanently or totally disabled person~ provided that such person's income falls below Thirty-Five Thousand Dollars ($35,000) per annum shall be seventy-five percent (75%) of the sewer rate established pursuant to this chapter; Section 2. That new Section 902.13, Summer Sprinkling Program, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood is hereby enacted to read as follows: 902.13 SUMMER SPRINKLING PROGRAM The City of Lakewood Division of Water is authorized to provide a Summer Sprinkling Program for residents commendog 3une t and ending August 31 of each year for owner-occupied homes of one-, two-, three-, and four-family residential accounts in good standing. Upon the customer's request, by written applicaUon on a form prescribed by the director of Public Works, summer sewer bills issued during the months of 3une, July, and August (June 1 to August 31) of each year would be based on an average of sewer bills Issued for the previous nine months (September through May). All applications must be completed at or before April 30 of each year. The Division of Water will talculate the summer sprinkling discount, The Summer Sprinkling Program will not affect or replace the City's current sewer-exempt meter program. Section 3. 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 deliberaUons 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. Section 4. This Ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and