Revenues derived under the provisions of this article shall be used only for: (a) the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, maintenance and operation of storm drainage water systems and related facilities; (b) to repay principal and interest on bonds issued for the construction or reconstruction of such systems or facilities; (c) to repay federal or state loans or advances made to the city for the construction or reconstruction of such systems or facilities; (d) operations and maintenance of detention ponds, conveyance channel, wetlands; (e) sampling and testing of stormwater; and (f) studies, reporting, and permitting for such systems and facilities. A specific fund shall be established for the deposit and disbursement of the funds collected under this article.
(Ord. 958 § 3; Ord. 968 § 3; Ord. 2391 § 2, 2012; Ord. 2473 § 1, 2016; Ord. 2622 § 1, 2022)
It is the intention of the city council that the person who owns the parcel, as on the recorded deed, shall be charged and billed for storm drainage services, and whenever not prohibited by the express words of the ordinances, the water charge ordinance and the drainage facilities ordinance shall be so construed as to be consistent with each other.
(Ord. 958 § 3; Ord. 968 § 3; Ord. 2391 § 2, 2012; Ord. 2473 § 1, 2016)
The charges provided by this article may be collected with the rates, tolls and charges for any other utility provided by or billed by the city, including charges for water and garbage and refuse collection. All such charges may be billed upon the same bill. The city council may by separate ordinance provide that such charges be collected on the tax roll, together with, and not separately from, its general taxes.
(Ord. 958 § 3; Ord. 968 § 3; Ord. 2391 § 2, 2012; Ord. 2473 § 1, 2016)
The owner of any building, structure, premises or real property which has available for use with respect thereto the storm drainage system of the city shall be responsible for the drainage facilities charges pertaining to such property. Where more than one person owns the property, or any interest therein, each such owner shall be responsible jointly and severally for all of such charges irrespective of the relative rights as between themselves.
(Ord. 958 § 3; Ord. 968 § 3; Ord. 2391 § 2, 2012; Ord. 2473 § 1, 2016)
The monthly rate for a single-family home on a medium size parcel of 0.14 to 0.22 acres is thirteen dollars and ten cents per parcel for fiscal year 2022-23. This rate is expressed as one Single-Family Equivalent (SFE). The rates for each land use category are calculated in relation to this rate. The land use category for the parcel shall be the use as of May 1 of each year. Parcel sizes are rounded to the nearest two decimal places. The rates are calculated as follows:
(a) 
Single-family homes, mobile homes, multifamily homes with up to four residential units:
(1) 
Parcels of 0.13 acres or less: 0.78121 SFE per parcel.
(2) 
Parcels of 0.14 to 0.22 acres: 1.00000 SFE per parcel.
(3) 
Parcels of 0.23 to 0.27 acres: 1.33247 SFE per parcel.
(4) 
Parcels of 0.28 acres or more: 1.48654 SFE per parcel.
(b) 
Condominiums:
(1) 
Condominium with no other condominium units above or below it: 0.65064 SFE per parcel.
(2) 
Condominium with one or more other condominium units above or below it: 0.60128 SFE per parcel.
(c) 
Apartments: 7.948 SFE per acre.
(d) 
Mobile home parks: 7.499 SFE per acre.
(e) 
Agricultural, open space, undeveloped land in its native condition: 0 SFE per parcel.
(f) 
Other vacant land: 0.6280 SFE per acre.
(g) 
Single family home on agricultural land: 1.48654 SFE per parcel.
(h) 
Commercial/industrial:
(1) 
Golf course, cemetery: 0.6280 SFE per acre.
(2) 
General commercial, hotel/motel, parking lot, storage, warehouse, paved path: 10.527 SFE per acre.
(3) 
Hospital, retirement home, day care, church/mosque/synagogue/temple, school without play field, mortuary, recreational (such as theater, bowling, tennis courts): 7.499 SFE per acre.
(4) 
School with play field(s): 5.261 SFE per acre.
(5) 
Office: 8.677 SFE per acre.
Charges may be prorated among multiple utility accounts on one parcel.
(Ord. 958 § 3; Ord. 968 § 3; Ord. 1225 § 1; Ord. 1521 § 3; Ord. 2391 § 2, 2012; Ord. 2473 § 1, 2016; Ord. 2622 § 2, 2022)
The city council is hereby empowered to direct the city manager or his/her delegate to make charges for drainage facilities other than, or different from, the rates established in this article, in the event that special circumstances make special charges reasonable and fair.
(Ord. 958 § 3; Ord. 968 § 3; Ord. 1521 § 4; Ord. 2391 § 2, 2012; Ord. 2473 § 1, 2016)
Beginning in fiscal year 2022-23 and in each fiscal year thereafter, the rates established in Section 30.08.050 shall be increased by the lesser of: (a) three percent; or (b) the percentage increase in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward Consumer Price Index, All Urban Customers (CPI-U), during the twelve month period ending with the most recent month that has been published by the Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, as of the calculation date. The annually adjusted rates are the "maximum rates." The city council may, by resolution, adjust the rates in any amount up to and including the amount of the maximum rates.
(Ord. 958 § 3; Ord. 968 § 3; Ord. 1225 § 1; Ord. 1521 § 5; Ord. 2391 § 2, 2012; Ord. 2473 § 1, 2016; Ord. 2622 § 3, 2022)
All bills shall become due and payable on the twenty-eighth day of each calendar month and shall become delinquent thereafter, if not paid.
(Ord. 958 § 3; Ord. 968 § 3; Ord. 2391 § 2, 2012; Ord. 2473 § 1, 2016; Ord. 2560 § 1, 2019)
No credit, adjustment or refund will be made to any customer because the premises, or any part thereof, are vacant.
(Ord. 958 § 3; Ord. 968 § 3; Ord. 2391 § 2, 2012; Ord. 2473 § 1, 2016)
(a) 
For all vacant land, single-family dwellings, duplexes, multiple-family units, mobile homes and other residential units, the billing shall be to the owner of the parcel as on the recorded deed.
(b) 
For commercial or industrial parcels, provided each occupant is served by a separate meter, the billing shall be to the person specified by the owner of the parcel, and if not specified, then to the owner of the parcel.
(c) 
In the event more than one commercial or industrial occupant is served through a single meter, the billing shall be to the owner of the parcel.
(d) 
In all cases not specifically provided for above, or where the billing procedure specified above proves impractical or inconvenient, as determined by the finance director, the billing shall be to the owner who is ultimately responsible for the payment of the bill, as elsewhere specified in this article.
(Ord. 958 § 3; Ord. 968 § 3; Ord. 1521 § 7; Ord. 2391 § 2, 2012; Ord. 2473 § 1, 2016)
When any refund becomes due and owing by virtue of action of the city council or by virtue of any error made in ascertaining the charge applicable to any customer, the city's finance director is authorized to make such refund and to expend such public moneys from the specific fund established for the deposit of drainage facilities charges.
(Ord. 958 § 3; Ord. 968 § 3; Ord. 2391 § 2, 2012; Ord. 2473 § 1, 2016)