HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 11,045RESOLUTION NO. 11,04.5
A RESOLUTION URGING EXPEDITIOUS ADOPTION OF STATE.
LEGISLATION AUTHORIZING PUBLIC AGENCIES. TO FIX AND
COLLECT CHARGES FOR INSTALLING AND MAINTAINING FIRE.
HYDRANTS
WHEREAS, the water requirements of the Citizens
of the City of National City are met solely by an agency
independent of the City of National City, and
WHEREAS, in order to protect the public health,
safety and welfare, the City of San Marcos requires instal-
lation of fire hydrants as a condition precedent to approval
of all final parcel maps for divisions of land (lot split)
in any
case where such division creates a need for such
hydrant, and
WHEREAS, the Cityof National City presently has no
legal, practical or economical means by which to apportion
among owners of adjacent or benefited property such cost of
installation and maintenance, and
WHEREAS, the lack of such authority frequently re-
sults in inequities to a landowner in undeveloped areas of the
city who
is first to develop his property and thereby required
to install and maintain a fire hydrant, or fire hydrants, that
afford protection to and benefit other properties in the area
at no cost to such benefited properties, and
WHEREAS, investigation has revealed that such prob-
lem is continuously presented to many other cities in the
state, and
WHEREAS, the City of National City desires to urge
expeditious enactment of state legislation authorizing any
public agency that provides retail water service or that re-
quires installation and maintenance of fire hydrants to fix
and collect a charge for installing and maintaining fire hydrants;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council
of the City of National City hereby determines that a present
and immediate need exists for legislation that will authorize
public agencies to fix, collect and apportion charges for
installing and maintaining fire hydrants.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk is
directed to transmit a certified true copy of this resolution
to all the legislators representing San Diego County.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 1st day of May, 1973.
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