Customers of the city's sewer collection and treatment system shall pay monthly charges as follows:
Rate Category
Jan. 1, 2009 through Dec. 31, 2009
Jan. 1, 2010 through Dec. 31, 2010
Jan. 1, 2011 through Dec. 31, 2011
Jan. 1, 2012 through Dec. 31, 2012
Jan. 1, 2013 and Thereafter
Basis on Which Rates Charged
Residential and equivalents
$39.50
$43.30
$43.30
$43.30
$43.30
per unit
Trailer park
$33.36
$36.57
$36.57
$36.57
$36.57
per 1,000 CF
Rooming houses
$25.26
$27.70
$27.70
$27.70
$27.70
per 1,000 CF
Commercial/retail
$28.24
$30.96
$30.96
$30.96
$30.96
per 1,000 CF
Hotel/motel
$30.84
$33.81
$33.81
$33.81
$33.81
per 1,000 CF
Hotel/motel w/kitchen
$56.47
$61.89
$61.89
$61.89
$61.89
per 1,000 CF
Car washes/ laundromats
$22.37
$24.53
$24.53
$24.53
$24.53
per 1,000 CF
Service stations (metered)
$31.05
$34.04
$34.04
$34.04
$34.04
per 1,000 CF
Office/light industrial
$23.12
$25.35
$25.35
$25.35
$25.35
per 1,000 CF
Restaurants
$66.09
$72.42
$72.42
$72.42
$72.42
per 1,000 CF
Markets
$68.85
$75.45
$75.45
$75.45
$75.45
per 1,000 CF
Mortuaries
$68.85
$75.45
$75.45
$75.45
$75.45
per 1,000 CF
Hospitals
$29.82
$32.69
$32.69
$32.69
$32.69
per 1,000 CF
Elementary schools
$21.94
$24.06
$24.06
$24.06
$24.06
per 1,000 CF
Secondary schools
$21.94
$24.06
$24.06
$24.06
$28.71
per 1,000 CF
Churches
$26.18
$28.71
$28.71
$28.71
$28.71
per 1,000 CF
Nonprofit
$25.37
$27.82
$27.82
$27.82
$27.82
per 1,000 CF
Commercial mixed use
$36.70
$40.23
$40.23
$40.23
$40.23
per 1,000 CF
Industrial
flow
$1,841.15
$2,023.24
$2,023.24
$2,023.24
$2,023.24
per MG
biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)
$0.368
$0.404
$0.404
$0.404
$0.404
per lb
suspended solids (SS)
$0.696
$0.765
$0.765
$0.765
$0.765
per lb
nitrogen (N)
$2.608
$2.866
$2.866
$2.866
$2.866
per lb
Septage
$150.76
$165.16
$165.16
$165.16
$165.16
per 1,000 gallons
City of Lathrop
per contract
Raymus Village
per contract
(Prior code § 14-8; Ord. 770 § 1, 1987; Ord. 788 §§ 1-3, 1988; Ord. 794 § 1, 1988; Ord. 817 § 1, 1988; Ord. 916 § 1, 1991; Ord. 1155 § 1, 2000; Ord. 1242 § 1, 2003; Ord. 1410 § 2, 2008; Res. R2010-268; Res. R2011-221; Ord. 1515 § 2, 2012)
A. 
Effective March 1, 2024, the industrial sewer system service charge for Eckert shall be as provided in paragraphs B through D of this section.
B. 
The variable charge is the sum of: (1) the actual electricity costs for the Moffat Boulevard pump station, the pond pump station and the pond aerator system; (2) the actual wastewater laboratory testing costs for the industrial sewer system; and (3) fifty percent of rental costs associated with treatment option investigation in year one. Variable charges are payable each month, are based on actual usage, and shall be billed monthly based on the previous month's actual costs.
C. 
The fixed charge is an annual charge that is based on estimated operations, maintenance and replacement costs. The annual fixed charge for 2024 is one hundred eighty-nine thousand eight hundred nineteen dollars. The annual fixed charge is payable in six equal installments on the first business day of each month, beginning in June and ending in November of each year.
D. 
In the event Eckert's flows exceed the storage capacity of the industrial pond system or if the monthly flow exceeds the NPDES permit limits driven by BOD and TDS, the city will make all reasonable efforts to accommodate the excess flow. The city may allow Eckert's to discharge the excess flow to the domestic sanitary sewer system subject to approval from the director of public works. All industrial wastewater discharged to the domestic sanitary sewer will incur charges at the sanitary sewer per Municipal Code Section 13.16.010 Monthly rates.
E. 
In any calendar year in which Eckert does not discharge industrial wastewater to the industrial sewer system or the modified industrial sewer system due to acts of God, acts of a government, fires, floods, epidemics, quarantine restrictions, strikes, earthquakes, explosion or any similar catastrophic event or occurrences beyond the control of Eckert, the city shall determine the fixed charge per the following formula:
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(Ord. 1439 § 2, 2009; Ord. 1469 § 1, 2010; Ord. 1534 § 2, 2013; Ord. O2017-10 § 1; Ord. O2020-04 § 1; Ord. O2022-01 § 1; Ord. O2023-02 § 1; Ord. O2024-03, 2/20/2024)
A. 
A senior citizen shall be defined as a resident who is age sixty or older.
B. 
Low-income senior shall be defined as a senior citizen whose combined family income does not exceed fifty percent of the medium income for San Joaquin County, according to the income limitations for the Federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Home Investment Partnership Act (HOME) programs.
C. 
The amount of the rebate shall be five dollars per month per unit, which will be credited annually to the billed customers. Credits will cover the fees charged in a fiscal year. This credit becomes effective February 1, 2004.
D. 
In order to qualify for the rebate, the qualifying low-income senior must provide the following:
1. 
A copy of the most recent 1040 federal income tax form demonstrating income eligibility and/or social security annual statement;
2. 
A signed affidavit provided by the city ensuring that all information provided is accurate and complete;
3. 
In the event the low-income senior does not have a utility account established with the city because the sewer charges are paid as part of a multi-unit meter, the property manager and/or owner responsible for the utility account will collect the signed low-income forms from the individuals and submit them to the city finance department. This credit will be applied to the multi-unit account. The property manager and/or owner are/is responsible to pass on the credit to the eligible senior. It is unlawful and a misdemeanor for any person to violate this provision.
E. 
Documentation noted above shall be provided to the city no later than July 15th of each year. The city will have sixty days from this date to apply the credit to the account.
F. 
Customers who cancel their services prior to the July 15th deadline may request a rebate. The noted documents above need to be submitted along with their request to cancel the services. The credit will be applied to their final utility billing. This provision shall not apply to multi-unit customers.
(Ord. 1256 § 1, 2004)
A. 
The charges fixed in this chapter for any premises shall be billed and collected with the charges and rates for city utility services furnished by the city to such premises. Such charges fixed in this chapter shall be due and payable in advance at the same time that such charges for city utility services are due and payable.
B. 
In the event the premises to be charged for sewer service are not connected to the city water distribution system, then, and in that event, the city water department shall bill and collect for the appropriate sewer service charges.
C. 
All sewer service revenues collected shall be retained by the city regardless of the date of termination of sewer service and no rebates will be made for midmonth disconnection.
D. 
If the monthly service rate is not paid when due, on the first day of each calendar month thereafter a penalty of two percent of the amount of the delinquent rate shall be added.
(Prior code § 14-9; Ord. 1184 § 1, 2001; Ord. 1410 § 3, 2008)
Charges for services and facilities furnished by the city shall constitute a lien against the lot or parcel of land against which such charge is imposed if such charges remain delinquent for a period of sixty days.
(Prior code § 14-10)
A. 
In the event the owner, occupant or lessee of premises connected to the sewer system shall fail to pay the sewer service charges provided in this chapter by the fifteenth day of the month following presentation of a bill therefor, the city may in addition to all of the remedies it may have, discontinue furnishing sewer service by means of water service disconnection, and shall not resume the same until all delinquent charges and penalties under this chapter together with any service charge necessitated by the resumption of sewer service have been fully paid. However, service to delinquent customers will not be shut off until the customer is first notified of the intended shut off and given an opportunity for a hearing on the matter.
B. 
As an alternative to any of the other procedures provided in this chapter or given by law, the city may bring an action against the owner, occupant or lessee of the premises to whom the service was rendered for the collection of the amount of the delinquent rate and all penalties and costs of collection including a reasonable attorney's fee.
(Prior code § 14-11; Ord. 775 § 12, 1987)
In any case where rates are based on water used and the premises are not connected to the city water system, then, in such case, all unmetered water service which flows from a privately owned water system shall be estimated by the city or measured by a meter approved by the city to be furnished and installed by the user, and a sewer service charge will be applied which will be equivalent to that which would be applied if the water were being purchased from the city.
(Prior code § 14-12; Ord. 775 § 12, 1987)