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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980-09-16; City Council; 6365; Revisions to Title 13 regarding SewersC. Mgr. ------ -- .----L----- ~. -- Su’’~cct: , REVISIONS TO TITLE 13 REGARDING SEVERS As the result of a review by the City Engineer and the City Attorney of the City’s ordinances regarding sewer, we have‘concluded that some revisions are in order. A memorandum to the Mayor and City Council, dated September 16, 1980, discussing the matter in detail is attached. Also attached is the ordinance which we have prepared to bring our code current with the existing state of the City’s sewage treatment system. Exhibits Memorandum from City Attorney to Mayor and City Council, dated September 16, 1980. Ordinance No. 706 0 . Recommendat ion If the City Council concurs,’ your action is to introduce Ordinance No. 7860 . Council Action: 9-1 6-80 Council introduced Ordinance No. 7060. 10-7-80 Council adopted Ordinance No. 7060. * I MEMORANDUM DATE : September 16, 1980 TO : Mayor and City Council FROM: City Attorney SUBJECT: SEWER CHARGES At the City Manager's request we have reviewed a proposed ordinance dealing with satellite sewage treatment plants in the City which would, among other things, provide authority for collection of capacity and connection fees. The first step in our analysis was to compare the proposed ordinance with the existing Chapter 13 of the Municipal Code dealing with sewers. As a result of that review it became apparent that some restructuring of the code provisions on sewers was in order. Chapter 13.04 provides general regulation for the City's sewer system. This chapter governs the operation of Encina and will also automatically apply to the Lake Calavera Plant and any future planks. The City Engineer has prepared and recommends a revision of Chapter 13.04 which is more specific on prohibited discharges and substantially the same in other respects. Chapter 13.08 is entitled Payment for Sewer Extensions. Sections 13.08.010 through 13.08.070 and 13.08.110, deal with line exten- sions, construction of sewer lines within subdivisions and reim- bursement agreements for sewer line extensions. The City Engineer has prepared and recommends a simplified version of these sections which replaces the existing chapter. Section 13.08.080 establishes the Encina connection fee; it does not logically belong in Chapter 13.08. Section 1.08.081 defines "equivalent dwelling units"; it also does not belong in this chapter. Those two sections, along with Section 13.08.085, have been revised slightly and incorporated into a new Chapter 13.10 dealing with connection and capacity fees. Section 13.08.090, creating authority for a pumping plant capital charge, has also been included in new Chapter 13.10. Section 13.08.100 authorizing the imposition of a tax, to my knowledge, has never been used. It is probably no longer available as an alternative after Proposition 13 and Proposition 4 and this section has been deleted entirely. New Chapter 13.10 also implements the City-Lake Calavera Hills Sewer Agreement by providing for a special capacity and capital contribution fees. Mayor and City Council -2- September 16, 1980 New Chapter 13.08, dealing with payment for line costs, is adequate for most situations but is not sufficient to cover financing or reimbursement of major system transmission trunk mains. In particular, we have in mind the existing obligation on the part of the City to enter into a reimbursement agreement with Occidental and Ayres for construction of the transmission main which parallels Batiquitos Lagoon and passes through the Occidental properties to the Encina Plant. It will be necessary for us to add an additional chapter to the code, which I contemplate will be number 13.09, to provide a legal framework and authority for reimbursement agreements for major transmission mains. In essence it will incorporate a benefit area procedure to compute, establish and collect a trans- mission main fee. The City has previously retained the services of an assessment district engineer and a significant amount of work has been done. Negotiations with the affected major landowner/ developers have not been completed. When the agreement is complete it will be recommended to the City Council along with the necessary implementing chapter of the Municipal Code. If the proposed Palomar Airport Plant is built utilizing assessment district procedures, it will be necessary to enact a separate series of ordinances establishing the various fees and funds necessary to accommodate the district. We contemplate incorporating these ordinances in an additional new chapter in Title 13. Sewer service charges for maintenance and operation are established by Chapter 13.12 for all plants which are part of the City's sewer system. While the various financing devices used in constructing the treatment plants, in my opinion, require the variety of dif- ferent fees in new Chapter 13.10, we are mindful of the adminis- trative difficulties involved in a multi-element fee schedule. Our research indicates that there is a difference between the con- struction financing of a plant and costs for operation and main- tenance. While the construction and financing of a satellite plant may be incremental and separate, once constructed it becomes a part of a unitary city wastewater treatment and reclamation system. While it is desirable to have 0 & M charges which vary by area based on cost of service, we have also concluded it may be appropri- ate to utilize a unitary charge for 0 & M costs. Chapter 13.12 may be adequate to provide flexibility since the City Council may establish those charges by resolution. It may be necessary to amend Section 13.12.040 to include reference to water reclamation and further work to accommodate rates for reclaimed water will be required. A provision could also be added to that section recogniz- ing the possibility of collecting sewer service fees by area based on cost of service in connection with satellite treatment plants. The changes to that chapter are not necessary at this time and have not been included in the draft ordinance. 3 Mayor and City Council -3- September 16, 1980 The ordinance we have prepared brings the code current with the existing state of our sewer system. As the Council knows, the system is being changed and expanded and as previously indicated, further revisions of and additions to the code will be required. The City Engineer and our office has been working on a draft satellite sewage treatment plant ordinance. We have been over- taken by events su.ch as the proposed assessment district for the Palomar Plant. The ordinance before the Council incorporates portions of the draft and if adopted will eliminate the need for a separate satellite plant ordinance. VINCENT F. BIONDO, JR. % City Attorney LQ VFB/mla ORDINATJCE NO. 7 0 6 0 --- - AN ORFINANCE OF TEE CITY COUNCIL OF THE TITLE 13 OF THE CA.RLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE BY THE AMiNDMENT OF CHAPTERS 13.04 AND 13.08 AKD BY THE ADDITION Or CK'WTEI'c 13.10 TO REVISE THE GENERAL REGUZT1ONS; PROVISIONS FOR LINE C9ST PIIYMEN'j.'S; AND SEWER CONNECTION AND CAPACITY PEmIITS CITY OF CARLSEAD, CALXFORIIIA~ zlMENDING AND FEES FOR THE CITY'S SECEER SYSTEr.1. The City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California does ordain as follows: SECTION 1: That Title 13 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code is anended by the amendment of Chapters 13.04 and 13.08 and by the addition of Chapter 13.10 to read'as follows: - "Chapter 13.04 GENERAL REGULATICbiS - Sections: 13.04.010 1-3.04.020 13.04.O30 13.04.040 13.04.050 13.04.060 13.04.070 13.04.080 Definitions. Unsanitary deposits. Use of'public sewers required. Sewer connection permit required. Restrictions relating to use of public: sewers. Right of entry and inspection. Damaging sewage works. Violations of chapter. 13.04.010 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: City of Carlsbad or his authorized representatives. from the handling, preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food . from an acidified sample of a waste by hexane or other designated solvent and as determined by the appropriate procedure in "Standard Methods. 'I (Includes fats and oils) . (4) "Grease interceptor" means a pretreatment device designed and installed to separate fats, oils, and-cjrease from wastewater. (5) "Industrial wastewater" means all water carried wastes and wastewater of the community excluding domestic - (1) "City Engineer" means the City Engineer 'of the (2) "Garbage" means the animal and vegetable waste (3) "Grease" means any material which i3 extractable 5 1 2 '3 4 '5 6 7 '. 0 9 10 11 12 P 19 20 21 22 23 24 . - 25 26 27 28 wastewater and uncontxninatcd water Includes zll wastewater from any producing, manufacrlJring, processing, institutional, commercial agricultural, or other operation. where thz wastewater discharged includes significant quanti ties of wastes of non-human origin. executor, administrator, trustee, guardian or other fiduciary, lessee or licensee holding under any government lease or license of real property. (7) "pH" means the reciprocal of the logarithm of the hydrogen ion corxentration. and alkalinity on a pFI scale running from 0 to 14. A pM value of 7.0, the midpoint of the scale, represents neutrality. Values above 7.0 indicate alkal-inity and those below 7. Q indicate acidity. (8) "Sewage" means the waterborne wastes derived from ordinary hunan living processes and of such cnaracter as to permit satisfactory disposai, without special treatment, into the puhlic sewer, a private sewer, or by means of household septic tank systems and individual household aerobic units. (9) "Sewer, building or house" means that portion of a pipe or conduit carrying 'sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes from a building to the public sewer or a common sewer. (10) "Sewer, private" refers to a privately owned sewer which is not directly controlled by the City. (11) "Sewer, public" means a sewer directly controlled by the City. (12) "Sewer system" means a system of piping, with appurtenances, for collecting -and conveyhg sewage from source to discharge. industrial wastes which in concentration of any given constitutcnt 03: in quantity of flow exceeds far any period of duration longer than fifteen (15) minutes more than five (5) times.the average twenty-four (24) hour concentration of flows during normal operation. (14) "Standard methods" means the current edition of "Standard Methods For The Examination Of Water And Wastewater" as published by the American Public Health Association, and Water Pollution Control Federation. ' float on the surface of, or are in suspension in water, sewage or other liquids; and whi.ch are largely removable by 1a.boratory fil-tering and as determined by the appropriate procedure in "Standard Methods. It . gaseous, liquid or solid, which when discharged to the sewer system in sufficient quantities may tend to interfere with any sewage treatment process, or to constitute a hazard to human beings or animals, or to inhabit aquatic life or create a hazard to recreation in the receiving waters of the effluent from the sewage treatment plant. (17) "Wastewater" means any liquid waste of any kind, whether treated or not, and whether animal, mineral or vegetable including sewage, agricultural, industrial, and thermal wastes. (6) "Owner" incl.udcs a holder in fee, life tmant, It indicates- the intecsity of acidity (13) "Slug" means any discharge of water, sey-iage or (15) "Suspended solids, or SS" means solids that either (16) "Toxic substances" means any substance whether .. -2- 1 5 6 7 a 9 10 11 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 . 27 28 13.04.020 Unsanitary deposits. It is unlawful for any person to place, demosit or permit. to he deposited in an iinsanj-tary manner upon pubiic or private propprty within the city or in any area under the jurisdiction oE the city, any Inmian or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable wastes. 13,04.030 Use of public sewers required. -- Every lot that has --_I-__ _I-- -“------- sanitary facilities requiring sewage disposal which is accessible to a public sewer and is nut connected shall be connected to the public sewer within ninety days after the owner or person legally responsible has been notified to do so by the City Engineer. -- 13,04.040 Sewer.connection -- permit. required. - It is unlawful for my person to place, discharge or d’;lspose of any material, solid or liqilid, into the sewer system, or any part thereoi, without first obtaining a permit from the City pursuant to Chapter 13.10 and without having first paid all fees required by this title; and no substance sha?.l be placed, discharged or disposed of in the sewer syste~n except shbstances of waste inaterials originating on the preTtises tc which a sewer connection permit has been issued. ’ 13.04.050 (a) Restrictions relating - to use of public sewers, No person shall discharge or cause to be di>charged any storm water, surface water, ground wzter, unpolluted industrial. process water, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, or any waters from an uncontaminated cooling system, swirmiiiq pool, decorative fountain or pclilcl, into any public sewer or any private sewer which is connected to the public sewer. (b) No person shall enter, obstr~t, uiiccvcr or ;.=per with any portion of the public sewer, or comect to it, or dispose anything into any sewer and/or sewer manhole without the writter: permission of the City Engineer. building or structures with plumbing fixtures connected directly or indirectly to the public sewer without first *notifying the City Engineer of such intention. All openings, in or leading to the public sewer line or lines caused by sach vork shall be sealed watertight and inspected by the City Engineer before being backfilled. or obstruct access to, any sewer manhole. buildings over public sewers without the written permission of the City Engineer. person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described substancest waters or wastes into any public sewers : than 150’F; concentration of fats, oils, or grease or more than 13 pounds of such substances per day after pretreatment by a grease (c) No person or party shall remove or demolish any (d) No person shall fill or backfill over, or cause to cover, (e) No person shall erect any improvements, structures, or (f) Except as hereinafter provided in this section, no (1) Liquid or vapor having a temperature higher (2) Water or waste which may contain more than 100 mg/l -3- .. 7 . 3. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11, 12 n 19 20 2 1. 22 - 23 24 25 26 27 28 ht-erceptor, whichever is less, or containing substances which may solidify or become fiscous at temperatures between 32O and 15O0F; tlamrmble or explosive ljquic?, solid or gas; gas deemed a public: hazard and nuisance; size of 1/4 inch or less so that all particles will be carried freely under normal flow conditions in the public sewers; (6) Ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal., glzss, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, paunch manure, paper- ware either whole er ground or any other solid or viscous substances or norinally dry, solid wastes capabie of causing ' obstruction to the flow in or damage to sewers or other inter- ference with the proper operation of the sewerage works; higher than 9.S or having any other corrosive property capabie of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment, and personnel of the sewerage works; (8) Water or wastes containing any substance in sufficient quantity to discolor, injure, disrupt or interfere with the normal operation of any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to human or animal life, create a public nuisance, or significantly lower the quality of the receiving waters ; (9) Water or wastes 'containing suspended solids of such character or quantity that unusual attention or expense is required to handle such naterials at a sewage treatment plant; (10) Any unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes constituting "slugs" ;.s defined herein; (11) Radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration that may exceed limits established by the City EnSineer in compliance with applicable state or federal regulations ; (12) Water added! for the purpose of diluting wastes which would otherwise exceed applicable maximum concentration limitations; (13) Unreasonably large amounts of dissolved solids; and (3) Gasoline, benzene, naptha, fuel oii, or other (4) Toxic, mxious or nalodorous liquid, solid, or (5) Garbage that has not been properly shredded to a (7) Water or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5 or (14) Water or wastes containing in excess of: 0.1 mg/l arsenic 0.2 mg/l cadmium 2-0 mg/l copper 1.0 mg/l cyanide 1.0 mg/l lead 0.01 mg/l mercury 1.0 my/l nickle 0.2 mg/l selenium 0.2 mg/l silver 0.5 mg/l total chromium 3.0 my/l zinc 0.02 mg/l total identifiable chlorinated 1.0 mg/l phenolic compounds hydrocarbons -4- '1 2 '3 4 .5 6 7 .. 8 9 20 XI .19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 c (gf No person shall discharcje or cause to be discharged any fats and greases to the sewer system if their concentration and physical. dispersion results in se2aration and adherence to sewer structures and appurtenances. If there. is evidence of adherence of such materials to said structures,'or if such materials cause blockage in the sewer system, then the -wastewater carrying such materials must be effectively pretreated by a pr6cess or device to effect rerrtoval from the flow before its discharge to the sewer system .. when deemed necessary by the City Engineer for the proper handling of liquid wastes'containing qrease in excessive amounts, any flamrr,able materials, sand and other harmful ingredients. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity acceptable to the City Engineer undsha11 be located as to be readily accessible for cleaning and inspection. of impervious materials capable of withstanding. abrupt and extreme changes in temperature. They shall be of substantial construction, watertight, and equipped with easily removable covers which when bolted in place shall be gastight and watertight. (2) All grease, oil, and sand interceptors shall be maintained in continuously efficient operation at all times by the owner at his expense. In the maintaining of these inter- ceptors, the owner shall be responsible for the proper removal and disposal by appropriate means of the captured material and shall maintain records of the dates, amounts, and means of disposal which are subject, to revj-ew by the City EngFneer. into the public sewers any water or wastes having more than 200 mg/l of suspended solids shall be obligated to pay a surcharge, occasioned by the extent to which such :\rater or waste shall contain an excess Gver the foregoing limitation of concentration. any wastewater as a condition of its acceptance, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his expense. (j) When required by the City Engineer, the owner of any property served by a building sewer carrying industrial waste- water shall install monitoring and recording equipment, and a suitable control accesshole in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of the wasces. Such 'accesshole shall be readily accessible and safely located, and shall be constructed in accordance with plans by the City Engineer. The accesshole shall be installed and maintained by the owner at his expense. (k) All measurements, tests, and analyses of the charac- teristics of water and wastewater to which reference is made in subsections (f) , (9) , and (h) of this section shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition of the American Public Health Association's "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water, Sewage and Industrial V7astes" and shall be made at the contro1 accesshol-e provided for in subsection (j) of thi.s section, or upon suitable samples taken at said control accesshole. If no Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be providcd (1) Grease and oil interceptors shall be constructed (h) Any person who shall discharge or cause to be discharged (i) Where preliminary treatment facilities are provided for -5- .. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 .. 9 10 - 11 12 0 d 13 14 15 16 27 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 special accesshole is available, the samplincj location shall be determined by the Cit.2 Engineer. 13.04.060 Right-of-Entry and Inspectioil, --- (a) The City Engineer may, during reasdnable hours a-16 upon notification to the person with a right to possession, enter any building or preinises in the discharge of hj-s official duties to inspect, investiqate, measure or test the wastes discharged or the private sewer connect- ed, directly or indirectly, to the public system. (b) Durinq the construction of all Sewer system works, including private sewers which directly or indirectly connect to the public system, the City shall have access thereto for inspection pilrposes and if considered advisable by.the City Engineer, nay require an inspector on the job continuously. At no time shall sewers be backfilla,d.or covered until the City Engineer has been notified ar,d has given proper inspection and approval. If the work is not approved, it shall be repaired c>r removed an6 reconstructed, whichever is directed by the City Engineer. owner or subdivider. All c0st.s of inspection and test shall be borne by the 13.04.070 Damaging sewage works. No unauthorized person shall~aliciously, wilfully or negligently break, dazage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance or equipment which is a part of the municipal sewage works. 13.04.080 Violations of chapter. Any person found to be violating any provision of this chapter except Section 13.04.070, shall be served Ly the city with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing. a reasonable tiine limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations. Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the above time, or who shall violate provisions of Section 13.04.0'70, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter is liable to the city for any expen'se, lGss or damage occasioned the city by reason of such violation. Chapter 13.08 PAYMENT FOR LINE COST Sections : 13.08.010 Proportionate cost of sewer marn prerequisite 13.00.020 Plat map. 13.08.030 Line costs. 13.08.040 Extensions and oversizing. 13.08.05O Reimbursement. 13.08.060 Method of reimbursement. to connection. -6- J, 2 3 4. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 n 6 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 13. OS. 010 Proportionate cost. Qf sewer main prerequisite I----.__._- to connection. Whenever any person applies for a connection to a sewer main and neither such person nor his predecessor in interest has paid the proportionate share 02 the cost of the sewer mair,, with respct to the prcperty served, no application shall be acted upon, allowed or approved by the City or any of its administrative employees, until such person shall have paid to the City his prcporti0nat.e share of the cost of such sewer main according to the terms, schedules and conditions set forth in this chapter. ______--I------ ~ --.- -___ ---I ___ ---- ----- 13.08.020 Plat map. It shall be the duty of the City Engineer to prepare a plat map and indicate on the plat map those certain parcels of land that have contributed their full share towarcis the construction of the sever main. 13.08.030 -- Line costs. When any person connects to a sewer main, and such person or his predecessor in interest has not paid for his proportionate share of the.cost of the main as indicated on the plat, map on file in the office of the City Engineer, then such person shall pay to the City an mount of money that is equal to the number of front feet of the property that abuts upon the sewer main multiplied by the amount of money that is fixed from time to time by the City Council as being the cost per foot per connection; except when such person is the owner of a large undeveloped frontage, then in that event, the owner shall be required t~ pay for a minixurn frontage of seventy- five feet.; provided, that all of the fo3 lowing conditions prevail: ta the sewer main shall totally contain the residence of the owner, together with sufficient side yard setbacks as required by applicable zoning law; portion of the property in which to construct one’or more living units in accordance with the applicable zoning laws. (1) That the portion of the property being connected (2) That sufficient area remain in the unconnected 13.08.040 -- Extensions and oversizing. Subdividers shall be required to extend to the external limits of the subdivision all sewer lines placed in the streets within the subdivision. There may also be imposed by the city a requirement that sewer improve- ments installed by a developer for the benefit of the devel-opment shall contain supplemental size or capacity, or extend across property outside the development. 13.08.050 Reimbursement. In -the event of the installation of sewer improvements requiryd by Section 13.08.040, the city may enter into an agreement with the developer to reimburse the developer for that portion of the cost of such sewer improvements equal to the difference between the amount it would have cost the developer to install such sewer improvements to serve the development only and the actual cost of such sewer improvements. 13.08.060 Method of reimbursement, In order to pay the costs as required by Section 13.08.050, the city may: -7- 1. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 - 11. 12 G 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 . 28 (1) Collect from other persms, including public agencies, using such improveirients for the b5nefi.t of real property not within the development a reasonable chargz for such use. (2) Contribute to thz developer that part of the cost of improvements that is at-tributable %o the benefit of real property or;tsi.de the development and levy a charge LIFOII the real property benefited t.o reimburse itself for such cost paid to the development. (3) Establish and maj-ntain loc~l benefit Gistriots for the levy ar,d collecti.on of such charge or costs from the property benefited. SEWER CONNECTION AND CAPACITY PEF3IIITS AND FEES' - - - Sections : 13.10.010 Sewer permit required. 13. LO. 020 Equivalent dwelling units. -1-3.10.030 Sewer capacity fee--Encina Treatment Plant. 13.10.040 Pumping plant capital contribution Eee. 13.10.050 Sewer main fees. 13.10.060 Sewer capacity--Lake Calavera Kills Satellite 13.10.070 Lake Calavera Hills capital contribution fee. Sewage Treatment Plant. 13.10.010 Sewer permit required. (a) Concurrently with the issuance of a valid building permit for a new structure or --____- with the issuance of a move-on permit for a rncskile imx.;, yon application and payrent of the required fees, a sewer permit may be issued hy 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 permit shall be required for any structure which is altered, remodeled or expanded where such alteration, rernodeling 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 required fee, a sewer 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 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 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 or expand the use of a structure without first obtaining 2. valid building permit or plumbing permit. this section shall expire by limitation and become null. and void (c) Every sewer permit issued pursuant to subsection (a) of -8- Ir5 i- 11 -2 3 4 5 6 7 a 9 10 11 12 3.3 14 15 I I ~ i k 0 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 I I if the building permit 01 plumbing permit. for the structure to connected, expires by limitation or otherwise becones null and void. If a permit has expired, then before the connection for such structurs or mobile home can be made, or the sewer system used a new sewer pernit shall be first obtained and the fee therefor shall be onc half of the required fee for the original permit for each equivalent dwelling unit unless one year has passed since the expiration in which case the fee shall be the same as a new permit. I (d) Permits for the connection of an existing structure to the sewer system may be issued by the City Engineer at any time upon proper application. Every sewer 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 kwenty days from the date of issuance of such permit. 1 which the connection is to be made, or for which the sewer systein i will be used, or the move-or1 permit for the mobile home to be 13.10.020 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 clwel.ling unik is equal to an approximation of the anount of sewage generated by an average single-family residence. the number of equivalent dwelling units for -mrious buildings, structures or uses in accordance with the provisions of this section. For proposed new construction, he shall review the building plans and ascertzin the use of the proposed structure and then determine the nurber of equivalent dwelling units required by an application of the tables in subsection (c) of this sect3.011. 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 detemiine the number of equivalent dwelling units being used by the existing stnx-t L. UTC or use by applying subsection (c). He shall then determine, in the same manner as new construction, the number of equivalent dwelling units required after completion of the alteration, remodeling or expansion. The equivalent dwelling units in such cases shall be the amount of the increase in such units, if any. (c) The following tables shall be used to determine equivalent dwelling units: (b) The City Engineer shall be responsible for determining . Equivalent Type of Building, Structure or Use Dwelling Units home park I. 00; (1) Each space of a trailer court- or mobile (2) Each duplex 2.00; (3) Each separate apartment in an apartment house 1.00; 1 2 3 4 5 G 7 8 9 10 * 11 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Each housing accmnodation designed for occupancy by a sincjie person or one family, irresFective oi the nuinher actually occupying such accommodation Each room of a lcdying house, boarding house, hotel, motel. or other multip1.e dwe 1 1. in g des i gne d for s 1 e ep ing acccmmadations for one or more ind ri v idu a I s Without cooking facilities With cook i.ng f acili. ties Churches, theatres, and auditoriums, per each unit of seating capacity {a unit being one hundred fifty persons or any fraction thereof) . Restaurarrts : No seating Sea. t in g Automobile service stations: Not more than four gasoline,pumps Nore than four gasol.ine pumps Self-service iaundries, per each washer (10) Office space in industrial or commercial establishments not listed above and warehouses (11) Schools: Elementary schools For each sixty pupils or fraction thereof Junior high schools For each fifty pupils or fraction thereof High schools For each thirty pupils or frdction thereof -10- 1.00; 0.60 1.00; 1.33; 2.67 2.67 plus 1.00 per each seven seats or fraction thereof; 2.00 3.00; .75 Divide the gross floor a.rea of the building in square feet by 180C; 1.00 1.00 ’ 1.00; 1 a -3 4 5 8 9 11 12 0' 19 20 21 22 - 23 24 25 26 27 28 (12) In the case of a13. commercial, industrial and business establishments not included in subdivisions 3 through 10, inclusive of this subsection the number of equivalent dwelling units shall be determined in each case by the City Enqineer an6 shall be based upon his estinate of the volume and .type of wastewater to be discharged into the sewer. The provfsj-cns of Chapter 13.16 shall apply to all cases under this subsecticn and an ixdustrial waste permit shall be required. Any such permit, issued for any use hereunder, shall include a . speci€i.c 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 by the application of subsection (c) of this section, results in a fraction, the fees required by this code for such fraction shall be in proportion thereto. (e) The City Engineer's determinations under this section may be appealed to the City Council., whose decision shall be final (f) The City Council may,' by resolution, prescribe any regulations they consider necessary for the proper application of this section. Such regulations may include but are not limited to a determination of the number of gallons of sewage which shall equal one equivaixt dwelling unit. The City Council's determination of the number of gallons of sewage equalling one equivalent dwelling unit may vary for a satellite sewage treatment plant when such variation is justified based on the flow characteristics of the drainage basin served by such plant or other factors which the Council finds necessiates the difference. 13.1Q.030 Sewer capacity fee--Encina Treatment Plant, Except as provided, every person who wishes to use the czy sewer system and the Encina Treatment Plant shall pay to the city prior to the issuance of a sewer permit, a sewer capacity fee of one thousand 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 improvements of said system. any person applies for a sewer permit and the sewage from the applicant's pr0pert.y must be purrped to a treatment plant by an intermediary public pumping plant, and such person, or his predecessor in interest, has not contributed to the cost of the construction of such intermediary pumping plant, then such person shall pay to the city a "pumping plant capital contribution fee" for each existing or proposed equivalent dwelling unit that is to be served by such connection, The "pumping plant capital contribution fee" shall be established by resolution by the City Council, 13,10.040 Pumping plant capital contribution fee. Whenever -11- /5-, 2. 2 3 4 '5 6 7 e .. 9 10 11 12 9 tc 6 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 13.10.050 Sewer main fees. In addition to the fees required .-.- -- - by this chapter, an applicant for a sewer permit shall also pay any applicable sewer main extension fees pursuant to Chapter 13.08. 13.10.060 Sewer capacity-.-Lake Calavera Hills Satellite - Sewage Treatment Plant (a) The City Council, by resolution, nay establish a special sewer service area for the Lake Calavera Hills Satellite Sewage Treatment Plant and establish a sewer capacj-ty fee which shall be paid by each person, other than developer or his successors or assigns, proposing to connect a structure within such area-to the Lake Calavera Plant prior to the issuance of a sewer permit. The fee, less five percent for administrative costs, shall be used to reinburse Lake Calavera Hills for the costs of constructing the plant, The developer may in writing waive reimbursement for any structure using capacity in the plant. The fee required by this section shall not be collected when such a waiver has been made. satisfy Section 13.10.030 which shall not apply to property within the special sewer service area. (b) The fee established by this section sh-all be deemed to 13.10.070 Lake Calavera Hills capital contribution - fee, The Zity Council may, byresolution, levy a fee for each connection to the lake Calavera Hills Satellite Sewage Treatment Plant to pay for capital improvements within the special sewer service srea or elsewhere but benefitizg such area. Such fee shall be in addition to the capacity fee required by Section 13.10.060 and all other fees required hy this title. All such fees shall be piaced in the joint sewer construction fund established by Section 13.10.030 and shall be used to pay for capital improve- nmts of the system within the special service areas or elsewhere, but benefiting the special service area. EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty 3ays after its adoption, and the City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and cause it to be published at least once in the Carlshad Journal within fifteen days after its adoption. * /// /// -12- 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 '3.0 11 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 t 4- 1W.RCDUCEL) AND FIRST READ at a regul-ar ineeting of the CarZsbad City Council. held GZ the --- 16th day of - September. , 1980 and thereafter PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 7t.h day of - October --- I 1980 by the following vote, to wit: AYES : NOES : ABSENT : Council 'Members Casler, Anear, Lewis and Kulchin None Council Member Packard n I RONALD C,./ PACKAHD, I4ayor MARY H. CASLER, Vice-Mayor ATTEST : (SEAL) -13-