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ORDINANCE NO. 2359
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REDDING AMENDING
TITLE 14 (UTILITIES), CHAPTER 14.08 (WATER) BY
ADDING SECTION 14.08.135 AND AMENDING SECTION
14.08.315, ANn CHAPTER 14.16 (SEWER) BY ADDING
SECTION 14.Hi;.335 AND AMENDING SECTIONS 14.16.020,
14.16.205, 14.lcii.240, 14.16.400, 14.16.510, 14.16.540 AND
14.16.582 AND TITLE 16 (BUILDINGS AND
CONSTRUCTION), CHAPTER 16.20 (DEVELOPMENT
IMPACT FEES) BY AMENDING SECTION 16.20090 ALL
RELATING TO CHANGES TO WATER AND
W ASTEW ATER UT][LITY FEES
WHEREAS, in order maintain needed revenue levels to fund projected replacement projects
and operating expeIises for the VVater, 'Wastewater Utilities, it is necessary to increase utility rates;
and
WHEREAS, the City has identified the parcels upon which the Water and Wastewater
Utility rate are proposed for imposition as required by Cal. Const. art. XIIID, ~ 6(a)(I); and
WHEREAS, the amount of the fee or charge proposed to be imposed upon each parcel has
been calculated by the City as re:quired by Cal. Const. art. XIIID, ~ 6(a)(1); and
WHEREAS, the City has provided written notice by mail 45 days prior to conducting a
public hearing to consider the proposed fee or charge to the record owner of each identified parcel
upon which the fee or charge is proposed for imposition as required by. Cal. Const. art. XIIID, ~
6(a)(1); and
WHEREAS, the notice to record owners of property did contain all of the following: (1) the
amount of the fee or charge proposed to be imposed upon each parcel; (2) the basis on which the
amount of the proposed fee or ch.arge was calculated; (3) the reason for the fee or charge; and (4) the
date, time and location of a public hearing on the proposed fee or charge as required by Cat Const.
art. XlIID, ~ 6(a)(1); and
WHEREAS, at a duly noticed public hearing held on February 21,2006, the City considered
all written protests against the rates and has determined that none of the rates have been protested
by a majority of owners of the identified parcels..
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
REDDING AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Title 14 (Utilities), Chapter 14.08 (Water) of the Redding Municipal Code
is hereby amended by adding st~ction 14.08.135 to read as follows:
14.08.135
Encroachment permits and plan review
A. It is unlawful for any person or organization to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, relocate, or
demolish a City system water line, without fIrst fIling an application and obtaining an
encroachment pennit from the Department of Public Works. An application shall be made
by the owner of the property involved, or an authorized agent employed in connection with
the proposed work.
B. Encroachment permits are required and may be granted by the Department of Public Works
for the following improvement categories:
1. Connection to thc~ City water system;
2. hnprovements which are or will become public facilities owned and maintained by
the City;
3. hnprovements within dedicated but unimproved street rights-of-way;
4. hnprovements which are, or will be, connected to the City water system.
C. Connection to the City water system shall be performed only by contractors who meet the
following requirements as a minimum:
1. They shall possess a Class A or Class C-34 contractors license as duly issued by the
California. Contractors State License Board; and
2. They have: posted a bond with the City in the amount detennined by the De:partment
of Public Works;
3. They provide insurance as required by the City's Risk Manager.
Section 2. Title 14 (Utilities), Chapter 14.08 (Water) of the Redding Municipal Code
is hereby amended by amending subsection 14.08.315.A.1 of section 14.08.315 to read as follows:
14.08.315
Charges and rates.
A service fee and other non-development related fees in connection with the water distribution
system shall be paid to the: City, as follows:
A.. Monthly service Rates for Customers Within the Corporate Limits of the: City and
the Formt:r Buckeye County Water District.
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1. Water Rate Schedule:
Meter Size Existing 7/1/06 1/1/07 1/1/08
5/8" $8.18 $8.51 $9.01 $9.33
3/4" 12.27 12.77 13.52 14.00
1" 20.45 21.28 22.53 23.33
1.5" 40.90 42.55 45.05 46.65
2" 65.44 68.08 72.08 74.64
3" 130.88 136.16 144.16 149.28
4" 204.5 212.75 225.25 233.25
6" 409.00 425.50 450.50 466.50
8" 654.40 680.80 720.80 746.40
10" 1,186.10 1,233.95 1,306.45 1,352.85
12" 1,758.70 1,829.65 1,937.15 2,005.95
Commodity .75 .78 .83 .86
charge per CCF
Section 3. Title 14 (Utilities), Chapter 14.16 (Wastewater) of the Redding Municipal
Code is hereby amended by adding section 14.16.335 to read as follows:
14.16.335
Encroachment permits and plan review
A. It is unlawful for amy person or organization to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, relocate, or
demolish a City sanitary sewer line, without fIrst fIling an application and obtaining an
encroachment permit from the Department of Public Works. An application shall be made
by the owner of the property involved, or an authorized agent employed in conneetion with
the proposed work.
B. Encroachment permits are required and may be granted by the Department of Public Works
for the following improvement categories:
1. Connection to the City sewer system;
2. Improvements which are or will become public facilities owned and maintained by
the City;
3. Improvements within dedicated but unimproved street rights-of-way;
C. Connection to sanitary sewer system shall be performed only by co~tractors who meet the
following requirements as a minimum:
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1. They shall possess a Class A or Class C-34 contractors license as duly issued by the
California Contractors State License Board; and
2. They have posted a bond with the City in the amount determined by the Department
of Public Works; and
3. They provide insurance as required by the City's Risk Manager.
Section 4. Title 14 (Utilities), Chapter 14.16 (Wastewater) ofthe Redding Municipal
Code is hereby amended by amending sections 14.16.020 (adding and/or modifying specified
definitions ), 14.16.205, 14.16.240, 14.16.400 (at subsection 14.16.400B.6.b.ii, subsection
14.16.400B.6.d.ii and subsection 14.16.400B.6.d.iii ), 14.16.510 (title only), 14.16.540 and
14.16.582 (at subsection 14.16.582.B.5) to read as follows:
14.16.020
Definitiollls.
For the purpose of this ,;;hapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings
respectively ascribed to them by this section. For terms in this chapter not defmed in this section,
see Chapters 16.16, 16.20 and 18.40 ofthis Code.
[No change in defined terms beginning with "Aliquot" through the term "Flow proportional
composite sampling"]
"Food preparation facility" means any facility or part of a facility which packages, processes,
assembles, portions or performs any operation which changes the form, flavor or consistency of
food, but does not include trimming or produce. Food includes any raw or processed substance, ice,
beverage or ingredient intended to be used as food, drink, confection or condiment for human
consumption. A food preparation facility includes but is not limited to any facility for which an oil
and grease interceptor is n:quired. Food preparation facilities within a multiple use facility served
by one sewer connection, have combined wastewater constituents and characteristics that are
significantly higher in wastewater strength than domestic wastewater sources. A facility having a
food preparation facility; e:ither individually or in combination with other uses, include, but are not
limited to, the following type of businesses as defined by the North American Industrial
Classification System Cod.e (NAlCS):
NAlCS CODE NUMBER
DESCRIPTION OF INDUSTRIES
311811
311812
311830
445110
445210
445220
44711 0
Retail Bakeries
Commercial Bakeries
Tortilla Manufacturing
Supermarkets and Other Groceries
Meat Markets
Fish and Sea Food Markets
Gasoline Stations (with Convenience Stores with OGI
requirement)
Warehouse/Club Supercenters (with OGI requirement)
Casinos
Other Gambling Industries (with OGI requirement)
Golf Courses and Country Clubs (with OGI requirement)
Bowling Centers
452910
713210
713290
713910
713950
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721110
722110
722211
722213
722320
722410
921190
Hotels (with Restaurant)
Full Service Restaurant (Pay After)
Limited-service Restaurant (pay Before)
Snack & Non-alcoholic Beverage Bars
Caterers
Bar & Nightclub (with OGI requirement)
Other General Government Support (with OGI requirement)
[No change in defined terms from "Grab Sample" through the term "Halzardous
Substance"]
"Household equivalent" means both the basic quantitative unit of wastewater volume and. strength
representing that wastewater generated by a typical single-family residence connected to the sewer
collection system during an average day, and the proportional flow within the POTW system
attributed to a single-family residence on an average day. For the purpose of determining charges
and fees for discharging into the POTW, the household equivalent is mathematically defined by the
following formula:
HE=
0.67(Flow GPD)/ 240
0.19(BOD Ib/day)/0.50
0.12(SS Ib/day)/0.50
0.02(Oi1 and Grease Ib/day)/0.35
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According to this formula, a typical single-family residence produces per average day two hundred
forty gallons of wastewater containing one-half pound of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), one-
half pound of suspended solids (SS), and thirty-five hundredths of a pound of oil and grease where
"oil and grease" is defined by those procedures described in "standard methods."
[No change in defined terms from "Incompatible Pollutant" through the term "New
Source"]
"North American Industrial Classification System", or NAICS, means the system adopted and
revised every five years by the USA, Canada and Mexico, which divides the economy into twenty
sectors which are then methodically grouped according to the production criterion. A specific
NAICS number describes a particular type of industrial or commercial user of municipal utility
servIces.
[No change in dermed terms from "Oil and Grease" to "POTW"]
"Pretreatment" means the n::duction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination of pollutants, or the
alteration of the nature of pollutant properties in wastewater prior to or in lieu of discharging or
otherwise introducing such pollutants into a POTW. The reduction or alteration may be obtained by
physical, chemical or biological processes, process changes or by other means, except as prohibited
by 40 CFR 403.6(d). Appropriate pretreatment technology includes control equipment, such as
equalization tanks or facilities, for protection against surges or slug loadings that might interfere with
or otherwise be incompatible with the POTW. However, where wastewater from a regulated process
is mixed in an equalization facility with unregulated wastewater or with wastewater from another
regulated process, the effluent from the equalization facility must meet an adjusted pretreatment
calculated in accordance with the combined waste stream formula, 40 CFR 403.6 (e).
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[No change in defined terms from "Pretreatment Requirements" to end of Section]
14.16.205
Fees and It:harges.
In addition to the connection charges and front footage charges set forth in RMC Section 16.20.090,
the following fees shall be paid to the City:
A. Line tap charge. 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 whenever a "Y" or "T" branch is not available for connection to the premises.
Line tap charges are based on the size of the sewer to be tapped and the size of the branch
desired by the applicant. The charges are as follows:
1. Effective July 1,2005, the fee for a six-inch by four-inch "T" branch and eight-inch
by six-inch "T" branch shall be $163.00.
2. Effective January 1, 2006, and on each January 15 thereafter the fee shall be
increased 'by the Construction Cost Index as published in the most-recent November
Engineering News Record.
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.
14.16.240
Sewer service charges.
A. 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 monthly charge, as follows:
User Type Existing 7/1/06 1/1/07 1/1/08
Single Family Residential User $27.58 $29.00 $31.00 $31.95
Charge Based on Household 27.58 29.00 31.00 31.95
Equivalent
Multiple-Family Residential 14.62 19.43 22.94 23.64
User
Charge based on Water 3.24/thousand 2.85/ccf 3.18/ccf 3.28/ccf
Consumption gallons used
B. The following classes of users shall be
established:
1. Class 1. Residential Users.
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a. Single-family dwellings shall be assessed at the rate of one household
equivalent per dwelling unit.
b. Multiple-family dwellings, including apartments, condominiums, residence
hotels, duplexes, second living units on a single family parcel and mobile
home parks shall be assessed at the rate of seventy-four percent of one
household equivalent for each dwelling unit.
2. Class II. Users that discharge a wastewater similar in strength to that of domestic
waste watler.
a. Users that discharge essentially all water used as measured by a water
meter installed by the City shall be assessed a fee per hundred cubic feet of
water ust~d.
b. Users that discharge only a portion of the volume of water used as
measured by a water meter installed by the City shall be evaluated at the
discretion of the City Manager or at the request of the user, and an
equitable charge shall be assessed. The charge may consist of:
1. a household equivalent value averaged over the entire year, or
11. a yearly constant charge based on the volume of water us led during
t:ach of certain months of the year. Users in this class may include
those that (a) use a significant volume of water for irrigation or
evaporative cooling; (b) use a significant volume of water in
product processing, manufacturing, or storage that is not
discharged to a public sewer; (c) have a highly seasonal discharge,
including overnight campers and trailer parks and transient mobile-
housing units such as hotels and motels; or (d) consist of more than
one user on a single water service. If there develops a
disagreement with regard to the charge to multiple users on a
single water service, the City Manager may either require
individual meters to be installed or require all wastewater billing
for this multiple user water system to be applied to the single
master water meter account. Should it be impractical to install
individual meters, the City Manager may assign charges based on
like uses in the City.
3. Class III. Users that discharge a wastewater greater than domestic wastewater in
strength.
a Any premise having multiple users utilizing a single water service
meter for said premise, shall be billed for monthly sewer service
based upon the most intensive class of wastewater user serv,ed by the
single water service meter. If there develops a disagreement with
regard to the most intensive class of sewer user or the distribution of
wastewater amongst the multiple users, the City Manager shall either
require an individual water service meter be installed at the property
owners expense to meter the user having the more intensive
wastewater use classification or require all wastewater billing for this
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multiple user water system to be applied to the single watt:r meter
account.
b. Industrial users that use a substantial volume of water during manufacturing
or processing shall be assessed a fee per household equivalent discharged
based on periodic monitoring of water quality and quantity.
c. F Clod preparation facilities charged on the basis of water consumption shall
be assessed at the rate of 2.0 times the rate for Class II users that are
charged on the basis of water consumption.
d. Food preparation facilities charged on the basis of household equivalents
shall be assessed at the rate of 2.0 times the rate for Class II users that are
charged on the basis of household equivalents.
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Class IV. Users that have no prior history of water use. These users shall be
evaluated on a case-by-case basis by the public works director, and an equitable
monthly charge shall be assessed for a maximum of twelve months. The assessment
shall be based on methods used to assess charges for Class II and Class m.
Dischargers shall be reassigned to another class as appropriate.
14.16.400
Special n:quirements for industrial users.
[No Change except at subsections 14.16.400B.6.b.ii, 14.16.400B.6.d.ii and subsection
14.16.400B.6.d.iii as follows: ]
14.16.400B.6.b. ii. No increment referred to in item 14.16.400B.6.B.i will exc:eed nine
months.
14. 16.400B.6.d.ii. Where the City has imposed mass limitations on industrial users as
provided for by 40 CFR 403.6(d), the report required by section 14.16.400
B.6.d.i. shall indicate the mass of pollutants regulated by categorical
pretreatment standards in the discharge from the industrial user.
14. 16.400B.6.d.iii. For industrial users subject to equivalent mass or concentration limits
established by the City in accordance with the procedures in 40 CFR
403.6( c), the report required by section 14. 16.400.B.6.d.i shall contain
a reasonable measure of the industrial user's long term production
rate. For all other industrial users subject to categorical pretreatment
standards expressed only in terms of allowable pollutant discharge
per unit of production (or other measure of operation), the report
required by subsection 14.16.400 B.6.d.i. shall include the industrial
user's actual average production rate for the reporting period;
14.16.510
Owner allld Tenant responsibility.
14.16.540
Food Preparation Facilities.
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A. Food preparation t:lCilities shall include, but not be limited to, retail establishments selling
prepared foods and drinks for consumption on the premises, and also lunch counters and
refreshment stands selling prepared foods and drinks for immediate consumption. Food
preparation facilities, lunch counters, and drinking places operated as a subordinat,e service
facility by other establishments shall also be included.
B. Any person who operates, owns, or maintains a food preparation facility shall cause all food
preparation wastes from floor drains, floor sinks, sinks, waste containers, wash racks,
dishwashers, and garbage grinders to be directed through a minimum one thousand two
hundred fifty gallon gravity separation interceptor, and shall keep all domestic wastewaters
from restrooms, showers and drinking fountains separate from the restaurant wastewater
until the restaurant wastewaters have passed through all necessary pretreatment equipment
devices, or monitoring stations. Condensate (i.e., air conditioning) and ice melt shall be
connected to the gravity separation interceptor at the discretion of the Public Works
Director. Sizing of gravity separation interceptors shall be determined as described in the
Uniform Plumbing Code, Appendix H, as adopted by the City.
14.16.582
Prohibih~d discharges.
[No change except to Subsection 14.16.582.B.5]
B. Specific Prohibitions. In addition, the following pollutants shall not be introduced
ion a POTW:
5. Any solid or viscous pollutants in amounts which, either individually,
cumulati.vely or in combination with other wastes, will cause obstmction to
the flow in the POTW, resulting in interference;
Section 5. Title 16 (Buildings and Construction), Chapter 16.20 (Development Impact
Fees) of the Redding Municipal Code is hereby amended by amending section 16.20.090 (Sewer
System Impact Fees) to read as follows:
16.20.090
Sewer system impact fees.
A. Purpose. The purpose of the sewer system impact fee is to further and protect the
health and safety of the citizens of the City by providing for the construction of
sewage and wastewater facilities, including new sewer drains, treatment plants and
aeration ponds. As new development occurs, there will be an additional burden
placed on the existing sewer and wastewater collection, treatment and disposal
systems. Federal, State and City health requirements set minimum standards for
effluent treatment that results in the demand for new sewer and wastewater facilities.
This section is intended to complement the requirements of RMC Chapter 14.16,
and any conflicts or interpretations will be governed by RMC Chapter 14.16.
B. Definitions. For the purposes of this section:
1. "Food preparation facility" means any facility or part of a facility which
packages, processes, assembles, portions or performs any operation which
changes the form, flavor or consistency of food, but does not include
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trimming or produce. Food includes any raw or processed substance, ice,
beveragE: or ingredient intended to be used as food, drink, confec;tion, or
condiment for human consumption. A food preparation facility is more
completdy defined in RMC Section 14.16.020.
2. "Household equivalent" means both the basic quantitative unit of
wastewater volume and strength representing that wastewater generated by
a typical single-family residence connected to the sewer collection system
during an average day and the proportional flow within the POTW system
attributed to a single-family residence on and average day. It is more
completely defined in RMC Section 14.16.020.
3. "Lateral" means a public sewer that receives wastewater from one or more
sewer connections.
4. "Line tap" means the action by the City of installing an opening in a lateral
to accommodate a sewer connection.
5. "POTW'" means publicly-owned treatment works ofthe City, inclu.ding the
entire fadlities for collecting, transporting, pumping, treating and disposing
of domestic and industrial wastewaters, located within and outside the City
limits and either owned, operated, maintained or controlled by the City.
6. "Sewer" means only those conduits intended to carry sewage and wastewater
(commonly called sanitary sewers), and does not mean conduits used to
carry storm water (commonly called storm sewers).
7. "Sewer l:;onnection" means a privately owned and maintained conduit that
conveys wastewater from a single premises to a public sewer.
8. "Special benefit charge" means a charge applied to developing properties in
addition to the normal connection charges to finance Master Sewer Plan
projects relative to the construction of POTW where deficiencies are
uniquely confined to specific geographic areas.
9. "Trunk sewer" means a public sewer which transports sewage away from a
general area, neighborhood, or subdivision.
10. "User" means any person or persons, all entities, public or private,
residential, industrial, commercial, governmental or institutional, who
discharge or cause to be discharged wastewater and waterborne wastes into
the POTW ofthe City, or who directly or indirectly cause impact or potential
impact to the POTW of the City.
11. "Wastewater" means the spent water from residences, commercial buildings,
industrial plants, institutions and business offices, including liquid and
waterborne wastes, but excluding uncontaminated groundwater, surface
water and storm water.
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C. Fee schedule. Sewer charges and fees imposed pursuant to this section shall be
based on the fee schedule in effect on the date of the user's application for the
appropriate building permit and shall be paid to the City prior to the issuance of a
sewer connection permit and as a condition precedent to any sewer connection into
the wastewater system. Where anew, changed, or expanded use of the property
causes or has the potential to cause increased impact to the POTW, the applicant
shall pay those applicable charges for the increased impact. Sewer cormection
charges include connection charges for system improvement and treatment plant
expansion, line tap charges (defined in RMC Section 14.16.205), and front footage
charges, and may include a special benefit charge defined in this chapter.
1. Sewer connection charges. Sewer connection charges for the computed
reasonable contributive share of the cost of construction of system
improvement (trunk sewers, interceptors and pumping facilities) and
treatment plant expansion shall be paid per household equivalent as follows:
a. Assessment of household equivalents.
L Residential Connections.
(a) Single-family dwelling units shall be assessed at the
rate of one household equivalent per unit, including:
(1) Homes used for the purpose of maintaining
six or fewer mentally disordered or otherwise
handicapped persons and complying with
Sections 5115 and 5116 of the California
Welfare and Institutions Code; and
(2) Homes used as a residential care faGility for
the elderly which serve six or fewer persons
and complying with Section 1569.84 and
1569.85 of the California Health and Welfare
Code.
(b) Multiple-family dwelling units, including
apartments, condominiums, residence hotels,
duplexes, second living units on a single family
parcel and transient multiple housing units such as
hotels and motels shall be assessed at the rate ofO. 74
per household equivalent per unit.
(c) Mobile home park and overnight camper and trailer
parks shall be assessed at the rate of 0.74 per
household equivalent per pad.
11. Nonresidential Connections. Each nonresidential unit shall
be assessed a household equivalent value as determined by
one or more of the procedures identified below, but no
connection unit shall be assessed less than one household
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equivalent:
(a) Similarity to like discharges served by the City's
POTW;
(b) Field measurements of wastewater flow and
wastewater constituents and characteristics;
( c) Calculation of wastewater flow based on expected or
actual water consumption, and taking into account
water used in manufactured products and for
irrigation, cooling and evaporation;
(d) Typical values reported in the literature when the
procedures identified above are inadequate to
characterize the expected discharge, such as by not
limited to the Minimum Egress Requirements table
in the California Building Code edition adopted by
the City.
b. Amount of connection charge for system improvements. The system
improvement connection charge per household equivalent shall be
as follows:
1. Effective 1/15/06: The fee shall be $4,053.15 per household
equivalent.
11. Effective 1/15/07 and on each January 1~ thereafter the fee
shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News
Record. This charge shall not apply, and an exemption shall
be given, for the properties in the Clover Creek Assessment
District. (The Clover Creek Assessment District will not
make use of or benefit from the system improvements
financed by this connection charge.)
c. Amount of connection charge for treatment plant expansion. The
treatment plant expansion connection charge per household
equivalent shall be as follows:
1. Effective 1/15106: The fee shall be $2,089.85 per household
equivalent.
11. Effective 1/15/07 and on each January 15 thereafter the fee
shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News
Record.
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2. Front footage charge. For each wastewater connection made into a lateral
that has not been constructed or financed by means of a local asslessment
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 rates
set forth below per foot of street frontage of the premises to be cOImected,
as follows:
a. Effective January 15, 2006, the fee shall be $20.08 per foot of street
:fi~ontage of the premises.
b. Effective January 15, 2007, and on each January 15 thereafter, the
fi~e shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as published
in the most-recent November Engineering News Record.
The front footage of the premises, whether it be an interior or comer lot,
shall be I~omputed 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 ofthe length ofthe narrow side of the lot, irrespective
of the portion used for access, except that a minimum charge bas.ed on a
sixty-foot frontage shall be assessed.
3. Special benefit charge. This charge will be collected from owners of new
development in localized areas that require sewer facilities not considered a part of
the regional development of sewer system facilities. Any such charg(~, as an
additional development impact fee, must comply with the provisions of the State
Mitigation Fee Act, beginning with Government Code Section 66000 and must be
adopted by ordinance pursuant to State Health and Safety Code Section 5471.
D. Deferred payment of sewer connection charges for a portion ofthe premises. When only a
portion of a legally divisible lot or parcel is developed and the remaining portion is to
continue undeveloped or be used solely for the growing of agricultural crops, the sewer
connection charge and the front footage charge shall be computed only upon the basis of the
improved portion of thf~ legally divisible lot or parcel; and in no event shall any premises
so determined constitute an area of less than six thousand square feet nor shall it have
frontage ofless than sixty feet. The director shall determine in such case which portion of
the legally divisible lot or parcel constitutes the premises and his decision shall not be
subject to review in the absence of proof of fraud or discrimination.
Section 6. The passage ofthis 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 7. This ordinance shall take effect on July 1, 2006, and the City Clerk shall
certify to the adoption thereof and cause its publication according to law.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced and read by the City
Council at a regular meeting on the 21st day of February, 2006, and was duly read and adopted at
a regular meeting on the 7th day of March, 2006, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
COUNCIL MEMBERS: IDickerson, Mathena, Pohlmeyer, Stegall and Murray
COUNCIL MEMBERS: INane
COUNCIL MEMBERS: INane
COUNCIL MEMBERS: INane
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Attest:
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Form Approved:
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~ RICHARD A. DUVERNAY, CITY ATTORNEY
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