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33 9- ORDINANCE 1983-60 ÀN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY ~ Qr SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING A TEMPORARY 0() MbRATORIUM ON THE RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS FOR ii:wILDING PERMITS WHICH INCLUDE PLUMBING FOR """,I CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF ,~E CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, AND DECLARING ðN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of San Marcos, Texas, has determined that the existing sewer plant of the City of San Marcos handling the current waste generated by the citizens of San Marcos must be upgraded; and, WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of San Marcos, Texas, has determined that in order to provide for the future growth of San Marcos additional sewer plant facilities will have to be constructed; and, WHEREAS, the City Council has considered the total cost of making such improvements and the information presented regarding which segments of the community are responsible for which amount of the additional cost to be incurred; and, WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that new development should bear its share of the cost of improvements and that existing development should bear its share of the cost of improvements; and, wHEREAS, the City of San Marcos intends to consider an ordinance to establish a Capital Recovery Fee on all new building permits which include plumbing; and, WHEREAS, the City of San Marcos staff has received numerous inquiries and expressions of interest for development and construction within the corporate limits of the City of San Marcos; and, wHEREAS, the City Council desires to establish a time to hold In abeyance the acceptance by the City of San Marcos staff of building permit applications which include plumbing to provide the City Council with an opportunity to consider the merits and details of a Capital Recovery Fee and the status of the sewerage system in respect to proposals for new development, construction, and population and structural growth within the corporate limits of the City of San Marcos; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That a moratorium on all new building permits applications which include plumbing to the City of San Marcos staff be in effect immediately. SECTION 2. That no building permits which include plumbing will be issued, except for applications submitted to the City of San Marcos staff prior to the effectuation of this ordinance, or building applications which include plumbing received until December 28, 1983, except in the event that the City Council should adopt a Capital Recovery Fee ordinance, which, in such event, this Ordinance shall be superseded by such Capital Recovery Fee ordinance and this Ordinance shall thereby immediately and automatically be rescinded, or except in the event that the city Council should adopt an ordinance continuing the moratorium established herein for a longer period of time.