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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ORDINANCE NO. 2007 - 123 BY: MAYOR O'GRADY AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 915.04 OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED TO ESTABLISH REVISED CHARGES FOR THE USE OF THE MUNICIPAL SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM; REPEALING EXISTING SECTION 915.04 OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY, AS AMENDED. WHERFAS, the City of North Olmsted owns and operates a sanitary sewer system (the Systein) providing wastewater collection and treatment services to residential, commercial and industrial kisers in the City and certain users outside of the City; and WHEREAS, this Council is authorized and required to establish and maintain rates and charges for the users of the System in arder to fairly and equitably allocate the costs of, and to provide funds to this City for the purpose of, operating, maintaining, repairing and replacing that System, as well as paying costs of capital improvements (including debt service costs) associated there%,vith, aiid may change those rates and charges as it deems advisable; and N,N'HCRI+'.AS, at the request of this Council and the Gity adzninistratioli, ATS Engineerinb, Inc, corisulting engineer to the Gity, has prepared a rate study with respect to the current and anticipated (uture operating, maintenance, capital and other costs of the System; and WHF,ItEAS, this Council finds aiid determines tllat it is appropriate to establisli revised rates for the use of the System based on the reeommendations set forth in that rate study, which, in its judgnent, are reasonable aiid proper having due regard to all relevant facts and circumstances; subject, howex-er, to the power of this Cotulcil, from time to tiine, to revise those rates and other applicable charges aiid ',Lircllarges, as may be necessary aiid appropriate; and NONk', THEREFORE, BE IT OIZDAINED BY THE COUNCIL: OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA, AND STATE OF OHIO, THAT: SECT10N 1: Section 915.04 of the Codified Ordinances of the Cit}-, which currently reads as fullows: "915.04 USER CHARGES. (a) All premises within the corporation limits of the City shall pay a sewei- Llser chargc 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. The user rates sliall be brol<en down as follows: (1) A poi-tion will be established to cover the costs inctu-red for the operatio», maintenance aiid replacement of the system. ,.