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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ORDINANCE NO. 2005 - 62 BY: Council Member Gareau AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 915.04 (USER CHARGES) OF THE STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE, IN ORDER TO CHANGE THE PROCEDURE FOR OBTAINING A REFUND IN THE SEWER CHARGE REFUND PROGRAM FOR USERS OF LESS THAN ONE THOUSAND CUBIC FEET (MCF) OF WATER PER BILLING QUARTER, AND FURTHER TO ESTABLISH NEW QUALIFICATIONS FOR ENTITLEMENT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SAID PROGRAM, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY, AS AMENDED . WHEREAS, this Council, on August 6, 2002, adopted Ordinance No. 2002 -76, which established a sanitary sewer charge refund program for North Olmsted property owners who use less than one thousand cubic feet (mcf) of water per billing quarter; and WHEREAS, the City has learned, over the past two years that the said program, as originally established, is time consuming and expensive for the Finance Department to administer, and the Director of Finance has accordingly recommended that the program be reformed by requiring participants to directly apply for refunds and by further requiring in the future that only property owners who qualify for homestead exemption may participate in the program; and WHEREAS, it is the desire of this Council to act in a fiscally responsible manner in attempting to preserve current sewer rates in the Sewer Fund for all property owners; and WHEREAS, it is further the desire of this Council to amend Section 915.04 (User Charges) of the Streets, Utilities and Public Services Code in order to reform the Sewer Charge Refund Program and provide new standards, in the future, for eligibility to participate in the program; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMS TED, COUNTY OF CUYAHO GA, AND STATE OF OHIO: SECTION 1: That Section 915.04 (User Charges) of Chapter 915 of the Codified Ordinances, which presently reads as follows: "915.04 USER CHARGES. (a) All premises within the corporation limits of the City shall pay a sewer user charge based upon the quantity of water used on the premises as shown by the records of the Division of Water of the City of Cleveland, unless specified otherwise in this chapter.