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RESOLUTION NO.
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS
APPROVING A SEWER CONNECTION FEE CREDIT FOR PROPERTY OWNERS
THAT PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED CAPACITY RIGHTS
FROM THE CITY OF LOS ALTOS
'WHEREAS, Section 6-4.435 requires any new sewer customer that increases the amount
of wastewater discharged into the sewer system to pay a sewer connection fee in an amount set
forth by resolution of the City Council, and the current connection fee is set at $7,950 per
equivalent residential unit.
WHEREAS, the purpose of this sewer connection fee is to finance the Town's sewer
connection system; and
WHEREAS, section 6-4.435(c) of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code provides that, in
determining sewer connection fees for the property, the Town shall credit applicants with the
capacity previously paid for and purchased for the subject property; and
WHEREAS, a number of property owners in the past purchased capacity rights from the
City of Los Altos, and those property owners have not yet connected to the Town's sewer
collection system; and
WHEREAS, the Town has determined that the cost of most of the remaining unused
capacity units purchased from the City of Los Altos is approximately $2,000 per residential
connection; and
WHEREAS, the Town intends to grant a credit against the sewer connection fee in the
amount of$2,000 for each equivalent residential unit of capacity rights previously paid for and
purchased for the subject property.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills does
RESOLVE as follows:
Section 1. Pursuant to section 6-4.435(c) of the Los.Altos Hills Municipal Code, the
1 CityCouncil herebygrants a credit against the Town's sewer connection fee equal to $2,000 for
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each "capacity unit" previously paid for and purchased for the subject property from the City of
Los Altos. The number of credits granted shall not exceed the number of equivalent residential
units for which a connection fee is paid.
Section 2. No other sewer connection fee credit shall be granted other than the credit
set forth in Section 1.
I PASSED AND ADOPTED this 14th day of September, 2006
BY: --
Dean W. shawsky, Mayor
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