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ORDINANCE NO.19-73
AN ORDINANCE AIVfENDING SECTIONS 13.24.020,
13.32.010 AND 13.32.080 OF THE MUNICIPAL
CODE OF THE TOWN OF ESTES PARK,COLORADO,
RELATING TO WATER RULES AND REGULATIONS,
RATES AND CHARGES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN
OF ESTES PARK,COLORADO:
Section 1.Sections 15.24.020 and 15.52.080 of the
Municipal Code of the Town of Estes Park,Colorado,are
amended to read as follows:
13.24.020 Application for service——Requirements
generay.Every consumer desiring a supply of water from
the town shall make application therefor at the office of
the town.clerk on an application form prescribed by the town
clerk.Such application shall designate the property to be
served and shall state the purpose for which the water may
be required.The property to be served must be designated
by the description thereof as it appears in the name of the
applicant on the tax rolls in the office of the assessor of
Larimer County,Colorado.No application for water service
shall be granted when the water lines do not have sufficient
capacity to serve the property for which the application for
service is requested.In determining the capacity of such
lines,all property for which such lines were designed to
serve shall be considered,whether or not such property is
presently being served.All applications for water service
for property not included within the Northern Colorado Water
Conservancy District or the Municipal Subdistrict,Northern
Colorado Water Conservancy District,must be accompanied by
a petition to include such property within said districts.
No water service shall be furnished to such property until
it has been included within said districts and all expenses
pertaining to such inclusions have been paid by the applicant.
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15.52.080 Unpaid water and connection charges a lien.
All water and connection charges shall be charged against the
owner of the property served and shall be a lien upon the
respective lots or parcels of land where the water is used
from the time when due and shall be a perpetual charge against
the lots or parcels of land until paid,and in the event said
charges shall not be paid when due,for property within town
limits,the town clerk shall certify such delinquent charges
to the county treasurer and the charges shall be collected in
the same manner as though they were part of the taxes.On all
delinquent water and connection charges,for property outside
town limits,there shall be a charge of one—half of one percent
per month on the amount due which shall be added to the amount
due until paid.
Section 2.Section 15.52.010 of the Municipal Code of
the Town of Estes Park,Colorado,is amended by adding thereto
the following:
In addition to the foregoing charges,the consumer
shall pay to the town any charges the town has agreed to
collect for property to be served by the water main to which the
consumer’s service line is to be connected.
Section 5.The board of trustees of the town of Estes
Park,Colorado,herewith finds,determines and designates that
this ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public peace,health and safety for water rules,regulations,
rates and charges affect the public peace,health and safety,
and whereas an emergency exists,this ordinance shall take
effect and be in force five (5)days after its final passage,
adoption and publication.
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PASSED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SIGHED THIS 28th
DAY OF May ,1973.
--TOV’N OF EST S PARK,COLORADO
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