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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #2073 ORDINANCE NO. 2073 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING THERETO SECTION 14 . 48 . 080, ENTITLED "DRAINAGE FEE DEFERMENTS" The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does ordain as follows : SECTION 1 . The Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding Section 14 . 48 .080 thereto to read as follows : 14 . 48 . 080 Drainage fee deferments . Upon application to the director of public works and after approval of the city council, the owner or developer of any industrial property or of any property to be used for open space developments such as for horses, golf driving ranges, or any other transitional or temporary use, may have waived for a period of time not to exceed five (5) years from the date of deferment a portion of the drainage fees required by this section. In the case of open space developments, a cash deposit in the amount of ten (10) percent of the drainage fee established for the development at the time of deferment shall be paid . This deposit will be retained by the city treasurer and will be applied to the drainage fee which is in effect at the time of the expira- tion of the waiver . In the case of industrial development, the owner or developer shall pay a cash deposit in the amount of twenty (20) percent of the drainage fee established for the development at the time of deferment . The remaining eighty (80) percent shall be paid at the rate of twenty (20) percent per year for the following four (4) years on the anniversary date of the deferment . Application for such deferment shall be made to the director of public works on the forms provided therefor. In the event the required waiver is denied, the cash deposit shall be returned to the applicant within a reasonable time. Deferred payments may be paid prior to due date at the discretion of the applicant . Land areas which are covered by existing reimbursement agree- ments for storm drains or other drainage structures are excluded from deferment of drainage fees hereunder . SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect thirty days after its adoption. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage WSA: cs 1. of this ordinance and cause same to be published within fifteen days after adoption in the Huntington Beach News, a weekly news- paper of general circulation, printed and published in Huntington Beach, California. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 21st day of June, 1976. ATTEST: • City Clerk APPROVED AS TO CONTENT: APPROVED AS TO FORM: Act ' g City Administrator City Attor y APPROVED, INITIATING DEPARTMENT: 2 Ord. No. 2073 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss: CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )' I, ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, the duly elected, qualified City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven; that the foregoing ordinance was read to said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 7th day of June 1976 , and was again read to said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 21st day of June 1976 and was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a majority of all the members of said City Council. AYES: Councilmen: Bartlett, Pattinson, Wieder, Gibbs, Siebert, Shenkman NOES: Councilmen: None ABSENT: Councilmen: Coen City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California I, Alicia M. Wenl,w)rth C!TY CIERIti of hli amity of Huntington Each +~d _< c ^sprk :ity Sour-!, d7 '° + ", r-� ray c beon ', �a _,.s n - 76 In ac.c,,,J.; I I J + ALTCG9 M. TWOIEtIH Deputy ity Clerk