HomeMy WebLinkAbout63-R-22 Recognizing the Public Benefit of the City Paying Private Sewer Repair Line Costs in Excess of $15,000 Per Repair For A Residential Property8/28/22
11/14/2022
63-R-22
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the Public Benefit of the City Paying
Private Sewer Repair Line Costs
in Excess of $15,000 Per Repair For A Residential Property
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston owns and operates a combined sewer system
for the benefit of all residents that transmits and treats sewerage as a means of
protecting public health (“City System”); and
WHEREAS, residential dwellings are required to connect to the City System and
no septic treatment fields are permitted in the City; and
WHEREAS, the owner of the residential property is responsible for maintaining
the residential building sewer line that connects the dwelling to the City System
(commonly referred to as the “Private Lateral”); and
WHEREAS, sewer repairs to the Private Lateral are usually unexpected and can
be costly; and
WHEREAS, the cost of such repairs may cause an owner to delay or forego
undertaking the required repairs thereby creating a public nuisance, hazardous
condition and threat to the environment; and
WHEREAS, to abate the nuisance and protect the environment, the City is
willing, in certain defined circumstances, to pay those costs in excess of $15,000 that
are necessary to repair a Private Lateral in order to abate the nuisance and mitigate
further harm to the environment.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THAT:
SECTION 1: The foregoing recitals are hereby found as fact and incorporated
herein by reference.
SECTION 2: The City will provide financial assistance for the costs of repairing
a Private Lateral that are in excess of $15,000 to the owner of a single family residential
property, or duplex residential property when:
1) A Private Lateral Repair is needed to alleviate a current public nuisance,
hazardous condition and threat to the environment as determined by the
Director of Public Works Director or their designee;
and
2) The location of such needed Private Lateral Repair is located within the City’s
Right-Of-Way and the property owner obtains the necessary Right-Of-Way
and Plumbing permits;
and
3) The property owner demonstrates that the gross Household Income for each
property that benefits from the Private Lateral Repair does not exceed
$200,000;
SECTION 3: The City will provide financial assistance for the costs of repairing
a Private Lateral that are in excess of $5,000 to the owner of a single family residential
property, or duplex residential property when:
1) A Private Lateral Repair is needed to alleviate a current public nuisance,
hazardous condition and threat to the environment as determined by the
Director of Public Works Director or their designee;
and
2) The location of such needed Private Lateral Repair is located within the City’s
Right-Of-Way and the property owner obtains the necessary Right-Of-Way
and Plumbing permits;
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and
The property owner demonstrates that the gross Household Income for each
property that benefits from the Private Lateral Repair does not exceed $100,000;
SECTION 4: The repair values set forth in Section 2 and Section 3 at the time
of passage in 2022 shall be adjusted each January based on the Engineering News
Record construction cost index. The gross Household Income maximum set forth in
Section 2 and Section 3 at the time of passage shall be adjusted each January based
on the change in the Consumer Price Index, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin area.
SECTION 4: The financial assistance set forth herein will be provided
retroactively to the Owner for each property that met all of the conditions set forth in
Section 2 and Section 3 provided that the property owner paid for and completed the
Private Lateral Repair on or after January 1, 2021.
SECTION 5: This resolution will be in full force and effect from and after the date
of its passage and approval in the manner provided by law.
_______________________________
Daniel Biss, Mayor
Attest:
______________________________
Stephanie Mendoza, City Clerk
Adopted: __________________, 2022
Approved as to form:
_______________________________
Nicholas E. Cummings, Corporation Counsel
Novemeber 14
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