HomeMy WebLinkAbout1978-05-16; City Council; 5434-1; Revised Equivalent Dwelling Unit(EDU)AGXNDA BILL NO. 5434-Supplement #1
May 16, 1978 -
City Attorney - DEPARTMENT :
Initial:
Dept . Hd.
C. Mgr.
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-_I Subject: REVISED EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNIT (EDU) DEFINITION
Statement of the Matter --
The City Council, at your meeting of May 2, 1978, directed the City Attorney to prepare the necessary documents to
ordinance has been prepared and it is attached. It reflects a number of nonsubstantive changes and some other changes within the parameters of the City Enqineer's oral report given at your May 2, 1978 meeting.
'revise the City's sewer capacity fee regulations. The
Exhibit
Ordinance No. 71x4 .
Recommendation
If the City Council c ncurs, your action is to introduce
Ordinance No. .
Council Action:
5-16-78 Introduced Ordinance No.. 7054, to revise the City's sewer
capacity fee regulations.
6-7-78 Ordinance #7054 was given a second reading and adopted.
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ORDINANCE NO. 7054
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COmlCIL OF THE CITY
OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 13,
CHAPTERS 13.08 AND 13.12 OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE BY THE AMENDMENT OF SECTIONS 13.08.080 AND 13.08.085, THE ADDITION OF
SECTION 13.08.081 AND THE DELETION OF
SECTION 13.12.010(3) TO REVISE THE CITY'S
SEWER CAPACITY FEE REGULATIONS.
The City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, does
ordain as follows:
SECTION 1: That Title 13, Chapter 13.08 of the Carlsbad
Municipal Code is amended by the amendment of Section 13.08.080
to read as follows:
"13.08.080 Sewer capacity fees. Except as hereinafter providec
every person who wishes to use the City sewer system shall pay the City, prior to the issuance of a sewer connection permit, a sewer capacity fee of five hundred dollars per equivalent dwelling unit. All sewer capacity fees shall be placed in the joint sewer construction fund and shall be used to pay for capital improvement: of said system. For a period of five years from June 30, 1974
the fee for a residential unit or occupied mobile home space in
existence and within the City limits on or before said date shall be fifty dollars, providing the connection to the sewer system
is completed within said period. I'
SECTION 2: That Title 13, Chapter 13.08 of the Carlsbad
Municipal Code is amended by the addition of Section 13.08.081
to read as follows:
"13.08.081 Equivalent dwelling units. (a) An equivalent
dwelling unit is a unit of measure -for the sewage generated from particular buildings, structures or uses. One equivalent dwelling
unit j-s equal to an approximation of the amount of sewage
generated by an average single family residence.
the number of equivalent dwelling units for various buildings, structures or uses in accordance with the prlovisions of this section. For proposed new construction, he shall review the building plans and ascertain the use of the proposed structure
and then determine the number of equivalent dwelling units requirec
by an application of the tables in Subsection (c), For an
existing structure and use, he shall apply Subsection (c) to that structure and use. For the alteration, remodeling or expansion
of an existing structure or use, he shall determine the number of
(b) The City Engineer shall be responsible for determining
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3quivalent dwelling units being used by theqexisting structure or use by applying Subsection (c). He shall then determine in the samc
nanner as new construction the number of equivalent dwelling units
required after completion of the alteration, remodeling or expansioi The equivalent dwelling units in such cases shall be the amount of the increase in such units, if any.
dwelling units :
(c) The following tables shall be used to determine equivalen.
Type of Building, Structure or Use
Each space of'a trailer court or mobile
home park
Each duplex
Each separate apartment in an apartment
house
Each housing accommodation designed for
occupancy by a single person or one
family, irrespective of the number
actually occupying such accommodation
Each room of a lodging house, boarding
house, hotel, motel, or other multiple
dwelling designed for sleeping accom- modations for one or more individuals
Churches, theatres, and auditoriums, per
each unit of seating capacity (a unit
being 150 persons or any fraction thereof)
Restaurants No Seating
Seating
plus
Automobile service stations
Not more than 4'gasoline pumps more than 4 gasoline pumps
Self-service laundries Per each washer
Office space in industrial or commercial
establishments not listed above and warehouses
Equivalent Dwelling Units
1.00
2.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.33
2-67
2,67
1.00 per each 7 seats 0:
fraction thereof
2.00
3-00
75
Divide the gross floor
area of the building in square feet
by 1800
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(11) Schools
Elementary Schools
For each 60 pupils or fraction thereof
Junior High Schools For each 50 pupils or fraction thereof
High Schools
For each 30 pupils or fraction thereof.
1.00
1.00
1.00
(12) In the case of all commercial, industrial' and business establishments not included in Subsection 1 through 10 inclusive,
the number of equivalent dwelling units
shall be determined in each case by the City Engineer and shall be based upon his estimate of the volume and type of waste- water to be discharged into the sewer.
The provisions of Chapter 13.16 of this
code shall apply to all cases under this subsection and an industrial waste permit shall be required. Any such permit,issued for any use hereunder, shall include a specific volume of sewage authorized for
such use. If said amount is exceeded,
' it shall be grounds for revocation of the permit
(d) If the number of equivalent dwelling units, determined
)y the application of Subsection (c), results in a fraction, the :ee required by Section 13.08.080 or 13.08.085 for such fraction ;hall be in proportion thereto. (e) The City Engineer's determhations under this section lay be appealed to the City Council whose decision shall be final.
(f) The City Council may, by resolution, prescribe any
-egulations they consider necessary for the proper application
)f this section. Such regulations may include but are not limited :o a determination of the number of gallons of sewage which shall
!qual one equivalent dwelling unit."
SECTION 3: That Title 13, Chapter 13.08 of the Carlsbad
Iunicipal Code is amended by the amendment of Section 13.08.085 to
.cad as follows:
"13.08.085 Sewer connection permit. (a) Concurrently with the ssuance of a valid building permit for a new structure or with .he issuance-of a move-on permit for a mobile home, upon application
Ind payment of the required fee,.a sewer connection permit may be
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issued by the City Engineer authorizing connection of the structure
for which the building permit has been issued or the mobile home
for which the move-on permit has been issued to the sewer system.
A sewer connection permit shall be required for any structure which is altered, remodeled or expanded where such alteration, remodeling or expansion results in an increase in the equivalent dwelling units of sewage generated from such structure. At the time of issuance of a valid building permit or plumbing permit for
such alteration, remodeling or expansion, upon application and
payment of the requiredfee,a sewer connection permit may be issued
by the City Engineer authorizing the connection of the structure, for which the building permit has been issued,to the sewer system.
If the structure being altered, remodeled or expanded is already connected to the City sewer system, and a new connection is not
required, the sewer connection permit shall authorize the use of
the sewer system by the altered, remodeled or expanded structure. (b) It is unlawful for any person to connect to or use the city sewer system without first obtaining a valid sewer connection
permit which is in full force and effect at the time of such connection or use. It is unlawful for any person to alter, remodel
3r expand the use of a structure without first obtaining a valid.
building permit or plumbing permit.
Subsection (a) shall expire by limitation and become null and void if the building permit or plumbing permit for the structure to
dhich the connection is to be made, 'or for which the sewer system
dill be used, or the move-on permit for the mobile home to be connected,expires by limitation or otherwise becomes null and void. Before the connection for such structure or mobile home can be
made, orthe sewer system used, a new sewer connection permit shall
be first obtained and the fee therefor shall be two hundred fifty
dollars for each equivalent dwelling unit, provided that such
suspension or abandonment has not exceeded one year.
the sewer system may be issued by the City Engineer at any time upon proper application. Every sewer connection permit issued pursuant to this subsection shall expire by limitation and become
null and void if work on the connection authorized by such permit is not completed within one hundred twenty days from the date of
issuance of such permit. "
(c) Every sewer connection permit issued pursuant to
(d) Permits for the connection of an existing structure to
SECTION 4: That Title 13, Chapter 13.12, Section 13.12.010
of the Carlsbad Municipal Code is amended by the deletion of
Subsection (3) .
EFFECTIVE DATE: - This ordinance shall be effective thirty days
after its adoption, and the City Clerk shall certify to the adoptio:
Df this ordinance and cause it to be published at least once in
the Carlsbad Journal within fifteen days after its adoption.
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INTRODUCED ND FIRST READ at a regular meeting f the Carlsbad
:ity Council held on the 16th day of May , 1978 and
:hereafter an adjourned
PASSED AND ADOPTED at / regular meeting of said City Council
ield on the 7th day of June , 1978 by the following vote,
:o wit :
AYES :
NOES :
ABSENT
ITTEST :
Counci.lmen Packard, Skotnicki , Anear and
None Councilwoman Casler
None &zzfixk&4 RONALD C. PACKARD, Mayor
U (SEAL)
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