HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-1199 (New Series) - Establishing Policy for Sewer and Water Connection Ouitside the City LimitsRESOLUTION NO. 1199 _ (New.Series).
A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING POLICY OF THE CITY COUNCIL
REGARDING SEM. AND .WATER CONNECTIONS OUTSIDE Tr"lE..
CITY LIMITS ..
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of .San Luis Obispo:
That the policy of the City Council shall be as follows:
1. That no new sewer or water connections be authorized outside the
city limits.
2. -That no extensions, enlargements or improvements of existing sewer
or water services outside the City shall be made.
3. Should the public interest of the.city demand an exception to the
above stated policies, such exception shall be made only by a four- fifths (4/5)
vote of the Council.
4e That all sewer lines outside the city are deemed to be private
and shall be maintained by the users thereof except that the City may at the
discretion of the City Council and in the cityts self interest make repairs.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following reasons for this resolution
be recorded: The City Council anticipates a natural growth beyond the city's
present incorporated limits. As areas outside the city develop, they will need
and demand such services as sewers, water services, 24 hour police protection
and structural fire protection. •It would not be equitable for the county to
provide these services at general county expense, because county taxpayers
residing within the city would then'be helping to finance something outside the
city which they are also paying for inside the city on their city tag bills.
The -7city could not provide its services free of-charge. Annexation would be
the logical solution to the problem. If in the meantime the City has given
sewer, water and/or other services, the recipients of these services might be
reluctant to annex to the city since they might wish to avoid city taxes and
they mould already have tb3most essential city services.. Since the City can
annex contiguous territory onlys such a group of property owners could.con-
ceivably block annexation of areas beyond who id sh to amt but who are unable
to do so because of this "wall„ around the city
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of March 1953, upon,
the~follozing roll call vote-.
AYES: D. No- Carpenter, Paul W. Davis, Fred Lucksinger, Timothy 10 O!geilly
NOES: None
ABSENT-. None
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