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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ORDINANCE NO. 2017 - 34 BY: Mayor Kennedy AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 915.06 OF THE STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED TO ELIMINATE THE SWIMMING POOL CREDIT AND TO MONTHLY VERSUS QUARTE LY BILLING CYCLE, HER REFLECT A MONAND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY, AS AMENDED. WHEREAS, the City of North Olmsted owns and operates a sanitary sewer system (the System) providing wastewater collection and treatment services to residential, commercial and industrial users 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 order 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 therewith, and may change those rates and charges as it deems advisable; and WHEREAS, the Director of Public Service has requested that the "swimming pool credit" be eliminated, since other methods are available to users to avoid the sewer charges; and NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, CUYAHOGA COUNTY, AND STATE OF OHIO: SECTION 1: That Section 915.06 of the Streets, Utilities and Public Services Code, titled "Billing of User Charges; General; Swimming Pool Credit," which presently reads as follows: 915.06 BILLING OF USER CHARGES; GENERAL; SWIMMING POOL CREDIT. (a) The user charges levied and the rates established by Section 915.04 shall take effect immediately and shall be billed quarterly thereafter and be payable within ten days after billing. Any premises making connection with the system after the beginning of any billing period shall be charged a per diem prorated amount based upon the quarterly charge applicable, from the time such connection is made until the commencement of the next following billing period applicable to such premises. In case of failure to pay any bill for sewer charges when due, a penalty of ten percent (10%) of such charge shall be added to such bill. (b) The Director of Public Service is authorized to adjust any user charge levied in the event that the user meets the following criteria: