Pacifica Municipal Code Art. 3 General Provisions

(a) Except as otherwise provided herein, when any person desires to apply for relief from any charge levied or assessed pursuant to any provision of this chapter, he may make an application to the Council on a form provided by the City Clerk.

(b) The Council shall review the matter at a hearing and, if the Council shall find sufficient justification, may grant the relief requested or make whatever determination it deems appropriate.

(c) The City Clerk may periodically schedule such hearings for the convenience of the Council; provided, however, not more than ninety (90) days shall elapse from the time an application for relief is filed to the time a determination is made.

(§ 1.13, Ord. 423, as amended by § 1, Ord. 223-C.S., eff. March 29, 1978)

The remedies for collecting and enforcing the sewer charges set forth in this chapter shall be cumulative and may be pursued alternatively, or any thereof may be used consecutively when the Council so determines. If any one of such remedies is, or may be, invalid, all valid remedies shall remain effectual. The costs of collection and of the enforcement of the remedies for the collection of sewer charges may be from the revenues from such charges. Any holder of any bond outstanding at any time, which bond is payable from sewer charge revenues, may compel the use of any or all of the remedies provided in this chapter. The holder of any bond payable from sewer charge revenues, by mandamus, may compel the Council to increase the sewer charges to the extent which will make them sufficient to provide enough moneys for the payment of the bonds.

(§ 1.14, Ord. 423)

The sewer charges set forth in this chapter may be variable for different classes of uses or for different areas of the City where all or any portion of the sewage works has been previously installed and financed pursuant to other laws or methods so that the variable sewer charges may be equitable and just to all concerned. Sewer charges may be imposed and collected from users of all or any portion of the system as shall have been constructed with money derived from the sale of bonds. If users of all or any portion of the system previously acquired and financed by other methods receive additional benefits from the construction of new work, reasonable sewer charges may be imposed for works previously acquired by the system sufficient to cover the value of the additional benefits. The uses and properties served shall have natural, intrinsic, and fundamental distinctions which are reasonable in their relation to the object of the sewer charges imposed and, based thereon, are classified in this chapter for the purpose of such charges.

(§ 1.15, Ord. 423)