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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 2201 - Amending Portions Chapter 14.16 ORDINANCE NO. 2201 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REDDING AMENDING PORTIONS OF REDDING MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 14.16, SEWERS. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1 . Findings of Fact: The Wastewater Utility service charges set forth in this ordinance are necessary to cover the increased costs of the operation and maintenance of the wastewater system. Section 2. Redding Municipal Code Chapter 14.16, Sewers, is amended as follows: A. Section 14.16.200 is amended to read as follows: 14.16.200. Establishment of Fees and Charges. Connection charges, sewer service fees, and other fees related to the POTW as set forth in this chapter shall be adopted by ordinance. B. Section 14.16.205 is added, to read as follows: 14.16.205. Fees and Charges. A fee for each connection charge, sewer service fee, and other fees related to the POTW shall be paid to the city, as follows: 1. CONNECTION CHARGE FOR SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT A connection charge for system improvement of: (a) Effective February 16, 1998: $1,094 (b) Effective January 1, 1999: $1,187 • 0 (c) Effective July 1, 1999, and on every July 1 thereafter, the fee will automatically increase by an amount which is calculated by multiplying the most recent fee in effect by the percentage increase over the previous 12 months immediately preceding the most recent publication of the Engineering News Record Construction Cost Index existing on July 1 of the year of the increase. Fees shall not decrease below the level of rates existing on January 1, 1999 per household equivalent shall be paid as a condition precedent to any sewer connection into the wastewater system. This sewer connection charge represents the computed reasonable contributive share of the cost of construction of the trunk sewers, interceptors, and pumping facilities. This charge shall not apply, and an exemption shall be given, for properties in the Clover Creek Assessment District. (The Clover Creek Assessment District is an area served only by the regional facility at Stillwater; properties in the District will not make use of or benefit from the system improvements financed by this connection charge.) 2. CONNECTION CHARGE FOR TREATMENT PLANT EXPANSION A connection charge of: (a) Effective February 16, 1998: $1,266 (b) Effective January 1, 1999: $1,374 (c) Effective July 1, 1999, and on every July 1 thereafter, the fee will automatically increase by an amount which is calculated by multiplying the most recent fee in effect by the percentage increase over the previous 12 months immediately preceding the most recent publication of the Engineering News Record Construction Cost Index existing on July 1 of the year of the increase. Fees shall not decrease below the level of rates existing on January 1, 1999 per household equivalent shall be paid as a condition precedent to any wastewater connection into the POTW. This sewer connection charge represents the computed reasonable contributive share of the cost of construction of the next planned expansions of the Clear Creek and Stillwater treatment facilities. 3. FRONT FOOTAGE CHARGE For each wastewater connection made into a lateral which has not been constructed or financed by means of a local assessment district, or through any other means in which the applicant or his predecessor-in-interest obtained a vested interest, there shall be paid by the applicant a front footage charge for lateral connection computed at the rate set forth below per foot of street frontage of the premises to be connected. The front footage shall be calculated as set forth in this code. 2 (a) Effective February 16, 1998: $15.19 (b) Effective July 1, 1999: $15.50 (c) Effective July 1, 1999, and on every July 1 thereafter, the fee will automatically increase by an amount which is calculated by multiplying the most recent fee in effect by the percentage increase over the previous 12 months immediately preceding the most recent publication of the Engineering News Record Construction Cost Index existing on July 1 of the year of the increase. Fees shall not decrease below the level of rates existing on January 1, 1999. 4. LINE TAP CHARGE When a "Y" or "T" branch is not available for a wastewater connection, the applicant for the wastewater connection shall pay a line-tap charge as follows: 6" x 4" "T" Branch and 6" x 6" "T" Branch (a) Effective February 16, 1998: $ 98 (b) Effective July 1, 1999: $106 (c) Effective July 1, 1999, and on every July 1 thereafter, the fee will automatically increase by an amount which is calculated by multiplying the most recent fee in effect by the percentage increase over the previous 12 months immediately preceding the most recent publication of the Engineering News Record Construction Cost Index existing on July 1 of the year of the increase. Fees shall not decrease below the level of rates existing on January 1, 1999. 8" x 4" "T" Branch and 8" x 6" "T" Branch (a) Effective February 16, 1998: $125 (b) Effective January 1, 1999: $135 (c) Effective July 1, 1999, and on every July 1 thereafter, the fee will automatically increase by an amount which is calculated by multiplying the most recent fee in effect by the percentage increase over the previous 12 months immediately preceding the most recent publication of the Engineering News Record Construction Cost Index existing on July 1 of the year of the increase. Fees shall not decrease below the level of rates existing on January 1, 1999. When tapping sewer mains 10" or larger, the applicant will be required to make a hot tap on the sewer main at the applicant's expense. The city will be notified in advance so as to be able to inspect the tap. In the event of a hot tap, the normal line-tap fee will be waived. 3 C. Section 14.16.210 is amended to read as follows: 14.16.210. Fee Collection. The city treasurer shall collect all the connection charges, sewer service fees, and other fees that may be specified in this chapter or adopted by the city council. D. Section 14.16.230, Sewer Connection Charges, is amended to read as follows: 1. The first paragraph of Section 14.16.230 is amended to read as follows: Sewer connection charges, as set forth in this chapter, shall be paid to the city prior to the issuance of a sewer connection permit. Where a new use of the property is more dense than the prior use, the applicant shall pay those applicable charges for the increase in density. No sewer connection shall be made until all appropriate charges have been paid. Sewer connection charges include a connection charge, front footage charge, line tap charge, and may include a special benefit charge defined in this chapter. 2. Subsections A.1. and A.2. remain the same. 3. Subsection B, Front Footage Charge, is amended to read as follows: A front footage charge shall be assessed for each sewer connection made into a public sewer which has not been constructed or financed by means of a local assessment district or through any other means in which the applicant or his predecessor-in-interest obtained a vested interest. The front footage charge shall be computed by multiplying the charge as set forth in this chapter by the front footage of the premises to be connected. The front footage of the premises, whether it be an interior or corner lot, shall be computed on the basis of the length of the front lot line; provided, that the minimum charge for any premises shall be based on a sixty-foot frontage. Flag lots, whether by easement or deeded access, shall be computed on the basis of the length of the narrow side of the lot, irrespective of the portion used for access, except that a minimum charge based on a sixty-foot frontage shall be assessed. 4. Subsection C, Line Tap Charges, is amended to read as follows: A line tap charge shall be assessed an applicant whenever the city makes a connection for the applicant to a public sewer. The city shall tap lines less than ten inches in diameter wherever a wye or "T" branch is not available for connection to the premises. Line tap charges set forth in this chapter are based on the size of the sewer to be tapped and the size of the branch desired by the applicant. The applicant shall be required to make a hot tap to the sewer line at the applicant's expense for lines ten inches in diameter and larger. The city shall be notified in advance in order to inspect the tap. A line tap charge shall not be assessed for taps made by the applicant. 5. Subsection D, Special Benefit Charge, remains the same. 4 E. The fast paragraph of Section 14.16.240 is amended to read as follows [the remainder of the section establishing the classes of users remains the same]: 14.16.240. Sewer Service Charges. Each discharger to a public sewer shall pay a monthly sewer service charge that is equitably based on the number of household equivalents discharged, except that each discharger shall be assessed a minimum charge, as follows: 1. TABLE 1 Monthly Charge for Single-family Residential Users a. $17.35 per residence starting July 1, 1997, and continuing through June 30, 1998. b. $17.95 per residence starting July 1, 1998. 2. TABLE 2 Monthly Charge for Multiple-family Residential Users a. $8.68 per unit starting July 1, 1997, and continuing through June 30, 1998. b. $8.98 per unit starting July 1, 1998. 3. TABLE 3 Monthly Charge Based on Household Equivalents a. $17.35 per household equivalent discharged starting July 1, 1997, and continuing through June 30, 1998. b. $17.95 per household equivalent discharged starting July 1, 1998. 4. TABLE 4 Monthly Charge Based on Water Consumption a. $1.90 per thousand gallons of water used starting July 1, 1997, and continuing through June 30, 1998. b. $1.97 per thousand gallons of water used starting July 1, 1998. Section 3. The passage of this ordinance is not a "project" according to the definition in the California Environmental Quality Act, and therefore is not subject to the provisions requiring environmental review. Section 4 This ordinance shall take effect 60 days after the date of its adoption, and the City Clerk shall certify to the adoption thereof and cause its publication according to law. 5 ... ... ... ..... I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance amending Redding Municipal Code Chapter 14.16, Water, was introduced and read by the City Council at a regular meeting on the 2nd day of December, 1997; and was duly read and adopted at a regular meeting on the 16th day of December, 1997, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Anderson, Kehoe, McGeorge and Murray NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None e.� Z: s KEN Y M or r Attest: Connie Strohmayer, Cit�flerk Form Approved: W. Leonard Wingate, �'i91AUorney 6 In the Superior Court of the State of California in and for the County of Shasta -------------------- CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION -------------------- ORDINANCE NO.2201 AWORDINANCE OF THE CITY:OF REDDING AMENDING PORTIONS OF REDDING MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 14.16,SEWERS.. ,411; THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Findings of Fact:` No. 2201 The-Wastewater Utility service charges set forth in this ordinance,are necessary to cover the increased costs of the operation-and maintenance of the wastewater system. Section 2. Redding Municipal Code Chapter 14.16,Sewers,is amended as follows: ' Public Notice A. Section 14.16.200 is amended to read as follows: City of Redding 14.16.200.Establishment of Fees and Charges. - zt �a�nnt u-e Ism u® u®, State of California County of Shasta I hereby certify that the Record Searchlight is a , newspaper of general circulation within the provisions of the Government Code of the State of California, printed and published in the City of Redding, County of Shasta, State of California;that I am the principal clerk of the printer of said newspaper;that the notice of which the annexed clipping is a true printed copy _ was published in said newspaper on the following dates,to wit; December 24, 1997. I certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoingY. rf is true and correct, at Redding, California on the 24th day of December, 1997. y k IBM� 3 Signature RECORD SEARCHLIGHT 1 101 Twin View Blvd., Redding,California 96003 cr 13 ®map IL ia-irb7_wi __GFFQ_gU01,I__CbbG_ri7q IC7.I.Q'seiixe_