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BILL NO. (~1 0 <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE LEVYING AND IMPOSING ANNUALLY FOR <br />THE REPAIR OF LATERAL SEWER LINES ON OR <br />CONNECTING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY HAVING SIX OR <br />LESS DWELLING UNITS A FEE OF FIFTY DOLLARS, AND <br />REPEALING ORDINANCE NUMBER 6212; CONTAINING A <br />SAVINGS CLAUSE. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City of University City, Missouri (the "City") is within the <br />boundaries of a sewer district established pursuant to Article VI, Section 30(a) of the <br />Missouri Constitution; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, on August 16, 1999, the City Council passed Ordinance No. 6212, <br />which levied and imposed an annual fee of twenty-eight dollars upon all real property <br />subject to taxation in the City, for the repair of lateral sewer lines on residential property <br />having six or less dwelling units; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the fee was approved and passed by a majority of the qualified <br />voters of the City at an election held on April 6, 1999; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, at the time the fee was approved and passed, it was the maximum <br />amount permitted under Section 249.422 RSMo; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, Section 249.422 RSMo has been amended, effective August 28,- <br />2003; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, Section 249.422 RSMo now provides that if approved by a majority <br />of the voters voting on the proposal, the City may levy and impose annually for the repair <br />of lateral sewer service lines on or connecting residential property having six or less <br />dwelling units a fee not to exceed fifty dollars per year; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, at the time the fee was approved and passed in 1999, Section <br />249.422 RSMo did not contain any provisions on how the fee should be imposed upon <br />condominium units; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, by Resolution No. RES022403A, adopted on February 24, 2003, the <br />City Council approved a policy on how the fee should be imposed upon condominium <br />units until there is clarifying legislation; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, Section 249.422 RSMo now contains provisions on how the fee shall <br />be imposed upon condominium units; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, an election was lawfully held on February 3, 2004, in all of the <br />voting precincts in the City; and <br /> <br /> <br />