HomeMy WebLinkAboutordinance.council.001-54ORDINANCE NO.
(Series of 1954)
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE SEWER SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF
ASPEN, COLORADO, AND FIXING AND ESTABLISHING CHARGES AND
RATES FOR THE SERVICES RENDERED BY THE CITY OF ASPEN IN
CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF SAID SEWER SYSTEM AND ESTABLISH-
ING RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE COLLECTION OF CHARGES
AND PROVIDING PENALITIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN,
COLORADO:
Section 1. SEWER RENTAL CHARGES. That effective ~Ianuary l,
1955, there is hereby levied a quarterly rate or charge for the use of the
sanitary sewers and sewage system in the City of Aspen, Colorado, for
property situate within the corporate limits, thereof, and connected there-
with, whatsoever the manner, as follows, to-wit:
Private Residence (One Family)
Duplex (Two Family)
Apartment Houses (More than two Families)
Hotels and Motels (Up to Thirty Rooms)
Hotels and Motels ( More than Thirty Rooms)
Filling Stations, Garages, Cafes, Theaters
and Drug Stores
Taverns and Bars
Laundries
Schools and Municipal Buildings
For all other merchantile and business
establishments, and sewers users not
included in any of the above classifications
$ 1.50
$ 3.00
$ 1.50 plus$.75
for each
apartment
$ 9.00
$ 9.00 plus $.50
for each
additional
room.
$ 6.
8.00
oo,
10.00
5.00
Section 2. SEWER CONNECTION CHARGES. That in addition to the
quarterly charges above made there shall be a charge of $25.00 payable in
advance for a connection on any city sewer line.
Section 3. METHOD OF COLLECTION. All sewer rental shall be
billed quarterly and shall be paid within 30 days of the receipt of said bill,
and all delinquint sewer charges shall consiitute a lien upon any lots, land,
building or premises served and in the event said charges shall not be
paid when due, the City of Aspen, may at its election certify the charge or
charges to the County Treasurer of Pitkin County to be by him placed upon
the tax list on the current year to be collected in the manner as other taxes
are collected, with 10% added thereto to defray the costs of collection and
all laws of the State of Colorado for the assessment and collection of gen-
eral taxes including the laws for the sale of property for taxes and redemp-
tion of the same shall apply.
Section 4. SEWER FUND. The revenues derived from the above
source shall be deposited, kept, paid out, used, and applied only in the
manner and form provided for by Section 41(2) Chapter 163, '35 C. S. A.,
and for this purpose a special fund to be known and designated as the "Sewer
Fund" of said City is hereby created and all such revenues shall be paid
over and credited to said fund provided that nothing contained shall be con-
strued as in any way prohibiting the City Council of the City of Aspen from
applying and crediting to said fund moneys derived from taxation or other
sources.
Section 5. UNCONSTITUTIONALITY CLAUSE. If any section or
part of this Ordinance is held invalid or unconstitutional by Court of Law
by competent jurisdiction the remainder of the Ordinance and the applica-
tion of its provisions shall not be effected thereby.
Introduced, read, and ordered published this 19th day of April,
A.D. 1954.
Mayor
Finally passed, adopted and approved on this /7-~day of %
A. D. 195~/.
APPROVED:
ATTEST: ,-~ __/
~ '' ~ity~ Clerk '
STATE OF COLORADO
COUNTY OF PITKIN
I, Ethel M. Frost, as City Clerk of the City of Aspen, Colorado
do hereby certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance was introduced,
read in full and passed first reading at the regular meeting of the City
Council held April 19, 1954, and published in The Aspen, Times, a weekly
newspaper of general circulation published at the City of Aspen, Colorado,
in its i~sue of , and was finally adopted and approved
on the ~day of ~, 1954 and was ordered published as
OrdinanCe No. ~:_, (~I954) of said City, as provided by law.
haw h; set my hand and the
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I reunto
seal of the City of Aspen, Colorado, this.~ day of ~
A.D. 1954.
E(he-~FIV[ F~ost, C~yGferk