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ORDINANCE NO. 1421 SERIES 2003 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE LOUISVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADDRESS WATER TAP FEES AND USE TAX OBLIGATIONS FOR SENIOR INDEPENDENT LIVING UNITS WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is appropriate to revise certain provisions of the Louisville Municipal Code to create a separate classification of residential use, referred to as "senior independent living units" for purposes of calculation of water tap fees and residential use taxes; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that such a separate classification is appropriate for senior independent living units, as defined herein, as such units have been demonstrated to have reduced occupancy, water usage, transportation impacts, and impacts on the local schools, which make such types of units materially different than other types of residential use categories currently established in the City water and use tax ordinances; and WHEREAS, the water tap fee and residential use tax obligations established by this ordinance for senior independent living units are intended to apply solely to such units as defined herein, and the City Council finds and determines that such provisions are not suitable for any other type of residential use currently established in the City water and use tax ordinances; and WHEREAS, the City is authorized by its home rule charter and state law, including but limited to C.R.S. §31-15-708 and C.R.S. §31-35-101 et seq. to regulate the use of the City water system, to establish the requirements for use of such system, and to amend its residential use tax requirements. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE, COLORADO: Section 1. Section 13.12.020 of the Louisville Municipal Code is amended by the addition of a new Subsection F, and subsections C, D and E of such Section 13.12.020 of the Louisville Municipal Code are hereby amended, to read as follows (words added are underlined; words deleted are ~): Sec. 13.12.020. Tap fee Generally. C. The amount of the tap fee for residential units shall be determined by the city and shall be based upon the size of the tap, as calculated pursuant to the provisions of the Plumbing Code adopted by the City and set forth in Title 15, as then in effect, and by reference to the table of fees established by the city administrator in accordance with section 13.12.040; provided, however that: (1) the minimum tap fee paid for each multifamily unit other than a townhouse= after payment in full for the first tap issued= shall be 60 percent of the existing charge for a three-quarter-inch tap; (2) and pre, vialed t~at the minimum tap fee paid for each townhouse in a group of attached "townhouses", as defined in Code section 1