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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ORDINANCE NO. 99 - 63 BY.• COUNCILMAN DEAN MCKAY AN ORDINANCE CREATING NEW SECTION 911.20 OF CHAPTER 911 OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, ENTITLED "SEWERS GENERALL Y, " IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FOR A METHOD OF COLLECTING DELINQIIENT SEWER CHARGES, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, the City Engineer has reported to this Council that the City has in the past encountered substantial difficulties in the collection of sewer user charges incurred by property owners during the period of time occurring between the date upon which said property owners legally tap into the North Olmsted sanitary sewer system and the subsequent date upon which the City of Cleveland Water Department begins to bill said property owners for sewer user charges; and WHEREAS, as a result, the City has lost in the past, and will continue to lose in the future, significant revenues from such uncollected sewer user charges; and WHEREAS, the City Engineer has recommended that this Council enact legislation providing for the establishment of a tap-in deposit which the City may use as security for payment of such sewer user charges which are not billed by the City of Cleveland Water Department and which are difficult to otherwise collect; and WHEREAS, this Council adopts the findings in the report of the City Engineer and desires to enact legislation consistent with recommendation of the City Engineer; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, CUYAHOGA COUNTY, AND STATE OF OHIO: SECTION 1: That there be, and hereby is, enacted a new Section 911.20 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of North Olmsted, Ohio, which shall read as follows: "911.20 SEWER CONNECTIONS: TAP-IN DEPOSIT The provisions of this section shall apply to all applicants for a tap-in permit to discharge to the Municipal sanitary sewerage system and which are in that portion of the system for which sewer user charges are based on water consumption as per Section 915.07. These provisions do not apply to tap-in permits for an addition or change in use to a building already served by the Municipal sanitary sewerage system.