ORDINANCE NO. 9315

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS AMENDING CHAPTER 19, ARTICLE 3, SECTION 19-318 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS, 2015 EDITION, AND AMENDMENTS THERETO, PERTAINING TO UTILITIES: METERS, BILLINGS, AND RATES, AND REPEALING EXISTING SECTION 19-318.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS:

SECTION 1. Chapter 19, Article 3, Section 19-318 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2015 Edition, and amendments thereto, is hereby amended to read as follows:

19-318             CHARGES, LOW-INCOME ELDERLY PERSONS; REDUCTION OF CHARGE.

(A)       The purpose of this Section is to permit qualified low-income elderly persons to have reduced water and sanitary sewer charges. A low-income elderly person is one who is sixty (60) years of age or more on or before the 1st day of January of the year in which the reduced service charge is applicable. To qualify for this low-income elderly person reduced water and sanitary sewer charge:

(1)        The individual shall have an income during the preceding calendar year from all sources of less than $12,837 $13,068, or

(2)        Any elderly person who is the head of a family with a family income during the preceding calendar year from all sources of less than $17,303 $17,622.

(3)        The individual must meet the qualifications of this Section.

(B)       A low-income elderly person who applies for reduced dwelling unit water and sanitary sewer charges, and whose application is approved shall pay a flat rate monthly charge per dwelling unit of 35% of the regular monthly residential water and sanitary sewer charge. Applications for reduced charges shall be on forms supplied by the City, filed with or mailed to the Utility Billing Division of the Department of Finance. All information required on such forms shall be supplied by the applicant. Applications made prior to the first of any month and approved shall be granted for the following billing month and through the balance of the year.  All qualifying persons must submit new applications annually to be eligible for the reduced rate through the next year. An individual may transfer this special rate status from one address to another unless such individual is disqualified by other circumstances.

SECTION 2. Existing section 19-318, Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2015 Edition, and amendments thereto, is hereby repealed, it being the intent of the Governing Body that this ordinance supersede the repealed section.

SECTION 3. If any section, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance is found to be unconstitutional or is otherwise held invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect the validity of any remaining parts of this ordinance.

SECTION 4. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force after its passage and publication as provided by law.

PASSED by the Governing Body of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, this ____ day of _________, 2016.

APPROVED:

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Mike Amyx

                                                                                    Mayor

ATTEST:

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Sherri Riedemann

City Clerk

APPROVED AS TO FORM:                   

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Toni R. Wheeler                                                        

City Attorney

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NOTICE TO PUBLISHER

Publish once and return one Proof of Publication to the City Clerk and one to the City Attorney.