There is created a wastewater enterprise fund.
(Code 1957, § 8335; Ord. No. 76-13, § 5, 5-26-76; Ord. No. 2008-07, § 1, 2-27-2008; Ord. No. 2011-18, § 4, 12-14-11; Ord. No. 2021-16, § 3, 10-27-21)
(a)
Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section:
(1)
The sewer service charge shall be billed to the owner or occupant
of the premises on the same bill the city water service charge is
billed.
(2)
The sewer service charge shall be due and payable at the time and
in the manner provided by the city for the payment of water bills.
(3)
A combined bill for the water service charge and sewer service charge
shall be paid in its entirety and shall not be severed for the separate
payment of either portion thereof.
(b)
When
the premises receives water service from a source other than the city,
the sewer service charge shall be billed monthly to the owner or the
account holder for the water service in a separate bill.
(Code 1957, § 8331; Ord. No. 76-13, § 5, 5-26-76; Ord. No. 94-18, § 1, 6-1-94; Ord. No. 2008-07, § 1, 2-27-2008; Ord. No. 2011-18, § 4, 12-14-11; Ord. No. 2021-16, § 3, 10-27-21)
Charges for sewer service shall begin on the same date as water
service to the premises.
(Code 1957, § 8332; Ord. No. 73-13, § 5, 5-26-76; Ord. No. 94-18, § 1, 6-1-95; Ord. No. 2008-07, § 1, 2-27-2008; Ord. No. 2011-18, § 4, 12-14-11; Ord. No. 2021-16, § 3, 10-27-21)
In addition to any and all other fees, charges or assessments
provided by the city, the owner or occupant of any premises connected
with the sewage system of the city shall pay a sewer service charge
as required by this article.
(Code 1957, § 8330; Ord. No. 76-13, § 5, 5-26-76; Ord. No. 2008-07, § 1, 2-27-2008; Ord. No. 2011-18, § 4, 12-14-11; Ord. No. 2021-16, § 3, 10-27-21)
(a)
A
penalty shall be added to any account for which payment in full is
not received before close of business on the due date. Penalties shall
be in an amount set by resolution of the city council.
(b)
In
addition to the penalties imposed, any person who fails to pay a bill
in full before the close of business on the due date shall pay interest
and collection fees in amounts set by resolution of the city council.
(c)
In
no case shall the due date be on a date sooner than 19 days from the
bill date. Water service or sewer service shall not be supplied again
to such delinquent owner or occupant until all delinquent sewer service
charges plus penalties thereon have been paid. If the sewer lateral
serving the delinquent owner or occupant is disconnected by the city,
sewer service shall not be supplied again to the owner or occupant
until the property owner pays to the city the cost of disconnecting
and reconnecting the lateral. The sewer service charge, penalties,
disconnection charge, and reconnection charge may be collected by
suit in any court of competent jurisdiction or in any other manner
authorized by law.
(Code 1957, § 8333; Ord. No. 76-13, § 5, 5-26-76; Ord. No. 94-18 § 1, 6-1-94; Ord. No. 94-40, § 2, 12-14-94; Ord. No. 2008-07, § 1, 2-27-2008; Ord. No. 2011-18, § 4, 12-14-11; Ord. No. 2021-16, § 3, 10-27-21)
The sewer service charge for single-family dwellings, multiple
dwellings, mobilehomes, schools, churches, and other uses shall be
set by resolution of the city council from time to time.
(Code 1957, § 8330.1; Ord. No. 76-13, § 5, 5-26-76; Ord. No. 81-32, § 1, 5-20-81; Ord. No. 82-74, § 1, 8-11-82; Ord. No. 83-32, § 1, 6-8-83; Ord. No. 2008-07, § 1, 2-27-2008; Ord. No. 2011-18, § 4, 12-14-11; Ord. No. 2021-16, § 3, 10-27-21)
(a)
The
sewer service charge for premises used for commercial and industrial
purposes shall be based on the premises' proportionate share of capital
cost recovery for treatment, land outfall and ocean outfall facilities,
bond interest, operational and maintenance costs of treatment, ocean
outfall and collection facilities, and infiltration/inflow expense.
(b)
For
industrial users with BOD greater than 300 mg/l, the sewer service
charge shall be based on an analysis of wastewater samples taken from
time to time, and at least annually, and measurements of discharge
into the public sewer.
(c)
All
other commercial and industrial users shall be charged a sewer service
charge set by resolution of the city council from time to time.
(d)
The
sewer service charge shall also include a charge to be set by resolution
of the city council from time to time for operation and maintenance
of the collection system and infiltration/inflow expense.
(Code 1957, 8330.7; Ord.
No. 76-13, § 5, 5-26-76; Ord. No. 81-32, § 7, 5-20-81; Ord. No. 82-74, § 7, 8-11-82; Ord. No. 82-97, § 4, 9-29-82; Ord. No. 83-32, § 7, 6-8-83; Ord. No. 2008-07, § 1, 2-27-2008; Ord. No. 2011-18, § 4, 12-14-11; Ord. No. 2021-16, § 3, 10-27-21)
The sewer service charge will remain in effect until the water
service is terminated.
(Code 1957, § 8334; Ord. No. 76-13, § 5, 5-26-76; Ord. No. 94-18, § 1, 6-1-94; Ord. No. 2008-07, § 1, 2-27-2008; Ord. No. 2011-18, § 4, 12-14-11; Ord. No. 2021-16, § 3, 10-27-21)
All revenues derived from the sewer service charge shall be
paid into the wastewater enterprise fund and shall be used only for
the following purposes and in the priority determined by the city
council from time to time:
(a)
The
acquisition, construction, reconstruction, maintenance, and operation
of sanitation or sewage facilities and to repay federal or state loans
or advances made to the city for the construction or reconstruction
of such facilities; provided, however, that such revenues shall not
be used for the acquisition or construction of new local street sewers
or laterals as distinguished from main trunk, interceptor, and outfall
sewers.
(b)
Any
lawful purpose authorized by resolution of the city council in connection
with bonds sold and issued or to be sold and issued, pursuant to the
California Revenue Bond Law of 1941.
(c)
Any
lawful purpose authorized by the city council pursuant to a present
or future state statute.
(Code 1957, § 8335; Ord. No. 76-13, § 5, 5-26-76; Ord. No. 2008-07, § 1, 2-27-2008; Ord. No. 2011-18, § 4, 12-14-11; Ord. No. 2021-16, § 3, 10-27-21)
The sewer service charge for the discharge of groundwater into
the sewage system shall be set by resolution of the city council from
time to time. Any discharger of industrial waste into the sewage system
is required to obtain a wastewater discharge permit pursuant to Article
8 of this chapter. Groundwater may only be discharged at a specific
location to be determined by the director.
(Ord. No. 76-13, § 5, 5-26-76; Ord. No. 83-32, § 8, 6-8-83; Ord. No. 2008-07, § 1, 2-27-2008; Ord. No. 2011-18, § 4, 12-14-11; Ord. No. 2021-16, § 3, 10-27-21)
Editor's note — Ord. No. 2021-16, adopted
10-27-21, repealed § 22-79, pertaining Definitions, which
derived from Prior Code §§ 8400, 8401, 8404—8407,
Ord. No. 2008-07, § 1, 2-27-2008; Ord. No. 2011-18, § 3,
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