A. 
In addition to other fees, assessments, or charges provided by ordinance or the municipal code, the owner of any parcel of real property for which no other sewer service fee is provided, and which parcel of real property is connected with and discharges sewage into the city's sewer system, shall pay a sewer service fee as established from time to time by ordinance of the city council. All owners of parcels of real property connecting to the city's sewer system shall pay for such service at the rates and the times and under the rules hereinafter set forth.
B. 
Sewer service fees shall be established by ordinance in accordance with California Constitution, Article XIII D, Section 6 and California Health and Safety Code Section 5471, as the same may be amended or renumbered from time to time.
C. 
The record owner of any parcel of real property ("property owner") for which a sewer service fee has been imposed shall be responsible for payment of the sewer service fee. Any agreement between a property owner and a third party, including a tenant, to the contrary will not relieve the property owner of the responsibility to pay the sewer service fee.
D. 
Sewer service fees may be collected in the following manner:
1. 
Through the property tax roll of the County of Los Angeles in accordance with California Health and Safety Code Sections 5473 through 5473.4, as the same may be amended and renumbered from time to time; or
2. 
By issuing a manual bill for payment to the property owner.
E. 
If collected on the property tax roll, such sewer service fee shall constitute a lien against the parcel of real property upon which it is imposed and be subject to the levy, collection, and enforcement provisions of California Health and Safety Code Sections 5472.5 through 5473a, as the same may be amended and renumbered from time to time.
F. 
If a city sewer-sewage disposal permit, or such other permit as may be required by the city in order for a property to connect to the city's sewer system, is submitted to the city after June 30th of any fiscal year, the sewer service fee shall be manually billed to the property owner and prorated for the then current fiscal year based on the date the permit is issued. A time credit of one month shall be allowed when computing the prorated amount of the sewer service fee due and owing by the property owner in order to account for any time necessary for the property owner to connect to the city's sewer system. The sewer service fee for that fiscal year shall be paid by the property owner at the time the property owner submits the city sewer-sewage disposal permit, or such other permit as may be required by the city in order for a property to connect to the city's sewer system, to the city.
G. 
The sewer service rate to be imposed upon a parcel of real property connecting to the city's sewer system shall be determined on the basis of the land use classification for that parcel as such classifications are determined and established by ordinance of the city council pursuant to Section 9.17.010(A) and (B).
(Ord. 363 § 1, 2007)
A. 
Whenever the land use classification of any parcel of real property connected to the city's sewer system is changed, the rate of the sewer service fee to be imposed upon the parcel of real property shall be adjusted in the following fiscal year and imposed in accordance with the rate of the sewer service fee then in effect for that land use classification.
B. 
If a parcel of real property connects to the city's sewer system without payment of a sewer service fee, the city engineer is authorized to require back charges in the event that the parcel of real property has been discharging into the city's sewer system. The back charges may be imposed for up to four years in arrears.
(Ord. 363 § 1, 2007)
A. 
There is hereby established a "sewer revenue fund." All revenues from the operation of the city's sewer system shall be paid into the sewer revenue fund.
B. 
All revenues of the sewer system shall be used for the following purposes only:
1. 
Paying the costs and expenses of operating and maintaining the city's sewer system, including, but not limited to, costs and expenses incurred in receiving, transporting, pumping, treating, and disposing of sewage through the city's sewer system, and any fees or charges paid to another entity for transporting, pumping, treating, and disposing of sewage from the city's sewer system, and the costs and expenses of billing, collecting and administering the sewer service fees;
2. 
Paying all or any portion of the costs and expenses of extending, constructing, reconstructing, or improving the city's sewer system or any part thereof;
3. 
Paying the costs and expenses of complying with state or federal law relating to the city's sewer system; and
4. 
Paying any other costs or expenses incurred by the city as a result of providing sewer services to real property within the city.
(Ord. 363 § 1, 2007)