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August 18, 1981 City Atty ym DATE:
S IJ f3 J E CT : SEWER CONNECTION FEES - RESTAURANTS
STATEMENT OF THE MATTER
Section 13.10.020 of the City Municipal Code has a procedure for determining EDU
requirements.
additional EDU for each 7 seats or fraction.
The Code calls.for 2.67 EDUs for restaurants with no seating and an
A recent study of the average water usage of some of Carlsbad's restaurants revealed
that the "fast food" restaurants in the City (Jack-in-the-Box, Carl Is Jr. , Kentucky
Fried Chicken and Baker's Tacos) have all had similar water usages, which are
considerably lower on a per seat basis than "dinner house" type restaurants such as
Dooley McCluskey's and Reubens.
Also noted was that all the restaurants are now discharging more waste to the sewer
than they were original ly charged for. In many cases the"undercharge" occurred because
the connection was made years ago under a different set of guidelines.
cases, the number of seats originally estimated by the restaurant has been revised
upward to accommodate more business.
connection fees to effect the increased demand on the sewer system.
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In other
The City has no method of assessing additional
For "fast food" and delicatessen restaurants, a connection fee based on fewer EDUs
seems more equitable.
revise restaurant connection fees.
The City also should have the mechanism to annually review and
FISCAL IMPACT
At $1,000 per EDU, the proposed Code Amendment formula would result in a sewer fee
of $7,000 for most fast food or delicatessen restaurants.
connection fees annually would result in additional connection fees to the City of
about $150,000.
The ability to review
ENV I RONMENTAL IMPACT
No impact.
RECOMMENDATION
Introduce Ordinance No.
Municipal Code.
706/Amending Chapter 13.10.020(c) (7) of the Carlsbad
EXH I BITS
1. Memorandum to City Manager.
2. Ordinance No. 7& Amending Chapter 13.10.020(c) (7) of the Carlsbad Nunicipal
Code.
WITHDRAWN
August 11, 1981
TO : CITY MANAGER
FROM : C I TY ENG I NEER
S UB J E CT : SEWER CONNECTION FEES - RESTAURANTS
The Engineering Department has received numerous complaints from fast food
restaurants (such as Carls) that they are being overcharged for sewer connection
fees. Section 13.10.020 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code establishes dwelling
unit equivalents (EDUS) for restaurants at 2.67 EDUs plus one EDU for each seven
seats. Using this formula, the connection fee for various existing restaurants
would have been as follows:
CARLS $1 5,670
REUBENS 20,670
TWIN INN 45,670
DOOLEYS 32,670
KENTUCKY FR I ED 12,670
The Engineering Department reviewed the water usage in restaurants and found
that the fast food establishments use relatively less water/sewer than regular
d i nner houses (see attached survey).
Based on the survey, we recommend that fast food restaurants and delicatessens
be assigned equivalent dwelling units using a different formula than other
restaurants. The proposed dwelling unit equivalencies for delis and fast food
restaurants (of less than 100 seats) would be seven. Based on the present
connection fee of $1000/EDU, new restaurants in the fast food/deli category would
pay $7000 to connect to the sewer. Fees for existing fast food/deli establish-
ments would not be adjusted based on the new EDU process.
The survey also revealed that, without exception, all restaurants are using more
sewage capacity than they originally paid for. The Code presently has a mechan-
ism for reviewing water/sewer usage of industrial customers and collecting
additional connection fees if they exceed the volume of sewage their connection
fees were based on. The Engineering Department feels that the Code should be
amended to allow an annual review of water/sewer usage by restaurants. If the
restaurant exceeds the number of EDUs it originally paid for, additional fees
could be collected. The fee adjustment would affect existing restaurants as
fol lows:
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SURVEY OF CAFESBAD RESTAURANTS
currently
EDUS Rased Allocated EDUs Req'd
Per Chap 13 seats Restaurant
EDUs on H20 Usage Street & #
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3878 Csbd
2952 Harding
2520 ECR
901 Elm
950 Elm
2600 ECR
618 Grand
850 Tamarack
752 Grand
1025 Elm
3050 Pi0 Pico
278 State
2515 ECR
745 Elm
2978 Csbd
100
0
344
32
90
88
208
54
120
62
75
250
49
130
122
70
800
Anchorage
Baker's Tacos
SambO'S
Jack-in-the-Box
Carl's Jr. (Elm)
Carl's Jr. (ECR)
Dooley' s
Tip Top Meats
Daisys
rilarrons
Tony's #2
Wayside Inn
Paparazzi's
COCO'S
Reuben' S
Kentucky Fried Ch.
Xn Inn's
17.67
2.67
52.67
7.67
15.67
15 . 67
32.67
10.67
20.67
11.67
13.67
38 . 67
9.67
21.67
20.67
12.67
45.67
8.3
5.0
19.3
4.2
6.6
6.3
34.6
8.3
15.3
2.98
10.8
12.8
1.8
57.0
5.5
26.7
2
1
7
1
2
Septic
19
5
5
1
2
4
1
11
1
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RESTAURANT
An c ho rag e
Bakers
Sambos
Jack-in-the-Box
Carl's Jr. (Elm)
Dool ey ' s
Tip Top Meats
Daisy' s
Mar ron ' s
Tony's #2
Wayside Inn
Paparazzi 's
Coco' s/Reubens
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Twin Inns
ADDITIONAL CONNECTION FEE
$ 6,300
4,000
12,300
3,200
4,600
15,600
3 , 300
10,300
1,980
8 , 800
8,800
800
46 , 000
4 , 500
18,700
$149,180
The "undercharges" 1 isted above are partly a result of restaurants underestimat-
ing the number of seats they will ultimately need to serve their customers and
partly a result of different methods of calculating EDUs in the past.
The fiscal impacts are as follows:
The proposed ordinance would:
1. generate additional sewer connection revenues from existing
restaurants in the approximate amount of $150,000;
2. reduce future connection fees to fast food/del i restaurants by
an unspecified amount;
3. not affect monthly sewer user fees.
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ORDINANCE NO. 7061
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 13,
CHAPTER 13.10 OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE BY
THE AMENDMENT OF SECTION 13.10.020(~)(7) TO
REVISE THE EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNIT
DETERMINATION FOR FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS.
The City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California
does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1: That Title 13, Chapter 13.10, Section
13.10.020 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code is amended by the
amendment of Subsection (c)(7) to read as follows:
" (c) (7) Restaurants: 2.67 No seating 2.67 plus
Seating 1.00 per each 7 seats or fraction
thereof Delicatessen or fast
food, using only
disposal tableware 7.00 for up to 100 seats
1.00 for each add'l
12 seats or fraction
thereof
The City Engineer shall annually review the
volume of wastewater discharge into the sewer
by a restaurant. If the volume exceeds the
EDU's paid for by the restaurant, the City
Engineer shall collect additional connection
fees."
EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective
thirty days 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 Carlsbad Journal within fifteen days after
its adoption.
INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a meeting of the Carlsbad
City Council held on the day of , 1981,
and thereafter
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a meeting of said City Council
held on the day of , 1981 by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NOES :
ABSENT :
RONALD C. PACKARD, Mayor
ATTEST:
ALETHA L. RAUTENKRANZ, City Clerk
(SEAL)
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