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ORDINANCE NO.316
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 5.23 AND 6.25
OF THE WUNICIPAL CODE OF THE TOWN OF ESTES
PARK,COLORADO,PERTAINING TO DELINQDENT WATER
RENTS AND CREATING A LIEN.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN
OF ESTES PARK,COLORADO:
Section 1.That Section 5.23 of the Municipal Code
of the Town of Estes Park,Colorado is amended to read:
6.23 Delinquent Water Rent—Service Turned Off.
If for any cause any water rent shall become delinquent,the
water service shall be turned off and in no case shall it be
turned on to the same property until such delinquencies shall
have been paid in full.Change of ownership or occupancy
shall not affect the application of this section.This section
shall be deemed to include water users within or without the
corporate limits.
Section 2.That Section 6.25 of the Municipal Code
of the Town of Estes Park,Colorado is amended to read:
6.25 Unpaid Water Rents a Lien.All water rents
shall be charged against the owner of the property served
and shall be a lien upon the respective lots or parcels of
land where said water is used from the time when due and shall
be a perpetual charge against said lots or parcels of land
until paid,and in the event said rents shall not be paid
when due for water service to property within the corporate
limits,the Town Clerk shall certify such delinquent rents
to the Treasurer of Larimer County and said rents shall be
collected in the same manner as though they were part of
the taxes.
Section 3.The Board of Trustees herewith finds,
determines and designates that this ordinance is necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public health and
safety for the collection of water rents affects the public
health and safety,and whereas in the opinion of the Board
of Trustees 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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ATTEST:
Town Clerk
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