ORDINANCE NO. 1257

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 18-19 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION CONCERNING ASSESSMENT IN SEWER DISTRICTS IN THE CITY, AMENDING SECTION 25-12 OF SUCH CODE CONCERNING SEWER TAPS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY, AND REPEALING SECTION 25-14 OF SAID CODE.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO:

Section 1. That Section 18-19 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Grand Junction be amended to read as follows:

Section 18-19. Assessments in Sewer Districts.

The cost of district sewer mains shall be assessed upon all the real estate in the district in proportion as the area of each piece of real estate in the district is to the area of all of the real estate in the district, exclusive of public rights-of-way. In addition, there shall be assessed against such real estate within the district an amount of $0.01 per square foot of such real estate, such monies thereby accumulated to be used for the construction of trunks, outfall lines, pumping stations, over-sized mains or other improvements of the City's sewerage system, within or without the district, as the Council may from time to time determine. Sub-district laterals shall be assessed in like manner upon all real estate in the sub-district; although to effect a fair and equitable assessment within a subdistrict, the Council may determine a standard depth of assessment from the sewer lines as proposed to be installed. The construction of any sub-district lateral may be omitted until such time as may be required, in which case sub-districts so left without laterals shall not be assessed for any part of the costs of sub-district laterals constructed along with and as a part of the district sewer. Whenever laterals so omitted are required, their construction may be ordered as in this Chapter provided for other sewers, and their cost shall be assessed to the sub-districts which are thus supplied with laterals.

Section 2. That Section 25-12 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Grand Junction be amended to read as follows:

Section 25-12. Connections outside City; service charges for outside city users

a. It is the policy of the City to permit connection to the City's sewerage system for property lying outside of the City limits, where it is not in any way possible for such property to annex to the City to obtain such service, and where such connection is feasible. Such connection shall be made through agreement between the City and the property owner or owners with the charge therefor being determined as a part of such agreement.

b. Service charges for users of the system outside of the City shall be double the rate charged the users inside the City on the basis as set out in Section 25-1 of this chapter.

Section 3. That Section 25-14 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Grand Junction be, and the same is hereby, repealed.

PASSED AND ADOPTED this 15th day of March, 1967.

/s/ Ray A. Meacham

President of the City Council

ATTEST:

/s/ Helen C. Tomlinson

City Clerk

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 1257, was introduced, read and ordered published by the City Council of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, at a regular meeting of said body held on the 1st day of March, 1967, and that the same was published in The Daily Sentinel, a newspaper published and in general circulation in said City at least ten days before its final passage.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City this 16th day of March, 1967.

/s/ Helen C. Tomlinson

City Clerk

Pub 3-5-67

Final Pub 3-19-67