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ORDINANCE NO. 53 -18 Placed on to Finance 12/3/18 Anderson, Bullock, George, Litten O'Leary, O'Malley, Rader 1st reading and referred 11/19/18; 2nd reading AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force at the earliest period allowed by law, amending section 902.04, Rates and Charges, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood for the purpose of adjusting sewer rates charged against each lot, parcel of land or premises which may have an active sewer connection with the Municipal wastewater disposal system or which may otherwise discharge wastewater either directly or indirectly into such system or any part thereof. WHEREAS, the current sewer rate is insufficient to allow the Wastewater Treatment Fund and Wastewater Collections System Fund to continue to be self - supporting; and WHEREAS, in order to offset the continuing general increases in capital costs of the wastewater collections and treatment facilities it is necessary for the City to increase the rates charged to the users of the wastewater disposal system as well as provide for the anticipated annual capital needs for the wastewater collection and treatment system; and WHEREAS, Chapter 902 of the Codified Ordinances authorizes the City to set sewer rates to distribute the costs of operation and maintenance of the wastewater disposal system and the costs to maintain compliance with applicable standards and regulations of the U.S. E.P.A. proportionately upon all users of said system; and WHEREAS, as set forth in Section 2.12 of the Third Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood, this Council by a vote of at least two thirds of its members determines that this ordinance is an emergency measure and that it shall take effect immediately, and that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public property, health, and safety and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments, and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments in that these rates and charges must be in place for the 2019- 2023 fiscal years. Now therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO Section 1. That subsection 902.04(d), Rates and Charges, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood currently reads as follows: 902.04 RATES AND CHARGES. (d) Effective January 1, 2018, sewer rates charged by the Lakewood Division Utility Billing shall be billed at a rate of not more $6.82 per one hundred cubic feet of metered water consumption. is hereby repealed.