Barstow Municipal Code Ch. 13.24 Reimbursement Districts

Any person, prior to connecting a building lateral to any public sewer which has been constructed at no cost to the abutting property, shall be required to pay a connection charge in addition to any other fees or charges required by the building and plumbing codes of the city and by this chapter. The connection charge for such parcels shall be the sum of $5.00 per assessable front foot. Assessable front footage in the case of interior rectangular parcels having a depth equal to or greater than 100 feet shall be the actual frontage of the parcel on the public street right-of-way. The assessable front footage for corner parcels, parcels having a depth less than 100 feet and irregularly shaped parcels shall be a dimension which equitably represents the benefits the parcels received by virtue of the public sewer in relation to that received by similarly situated rectangular parcels.

(Code 1969, § 13.24.010; Ord. No. 276, art. 7, § 1, 1968)

No parcel outside a special sewer assessment district shall be connected to a public sewer constructed under said assessment district unless sufficient capacity exists beyond the design capacity required for such district as determined by the city engineer. In such case, the connection charge for the parcel outside the special assessment district shall be computed in the same manner in which assessments were computed for those parcels within the special assessment district.

(Code 1969, § 13.24.025; Ord. No. 440, § 2, 1978; Ord. No. 552, § 2, 1986)

Any person prior to connecting a building lateral to any public sewer in a reimbursement district shall be required to pay the connection charge as established in the agreement creating the reimbursement district. When a parcel is included within a reimbursement district for which only an area charge is applicable to the parcel, and the parcel is subsequently served by an additional sewer at no cost to the abutting parcel, then a charge of $5.00 per assessable front foot shall be collected in addition to the area charge. If the property has subsequently been served by an additional sewer under a reimbursement agreement, the additional connection charges shall be collected as provided in the agreement.

(Code 1969, § 13.24.030; Ord. No. 276, art. 7, § 3, 1968; Ord. No. 440, § 3, 1978)

Requests for reimbursement contracts shall be accompanied by plans and specifications prepared in accordance with the current department of public works, standard specifications, and an engineer's estimate of the total cost of eligible items, including actual engineering fees not to exceed 15 percent of the construction cost. Upon approval by the city engineer of the plans, specifications, and engineer's estimate, applicants shall execute the agreement as furnished by the city engineer and pay a fee of $500.00 to defray the cost of administering the agreement.

(Code 1969, § 13.24.040; Ord. No. 276, art. 7, § 4, 1968)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 962-2019, § 7, adopted Nov. 4, 2019, repealed § 13.24.050, which pertained to connection charges and maps and derived from Code 1969, § 13.24.050; Ord. No. 276, art. 7, § 5, adopted 1968.

Editor's note— Ord. No. 962-2019, § 7, adopted Nov. 4, 2019, repealed § 13.24.060, which pertained to disposition of funds and derived from Code 1969, § 13.24.060; Ord. No. 276, art. 7, § 6, adopted 1968; Ord. No. 316, § 2, adopted 1970; Ord. No. 573, § 5, adopted 1987; Ord. No. 649, § 2, adopted 1990.

(a) Where the owner of a property served by a private disposal system has been served with a notice to abate a nuisance caused thereby, and where a public sewer is available to the property in accordance with the provisions of section 13.08.040, and where the owner has demonstrated an inability to pay the cost of the connection to the pubic sewer and the connection charge prescribed by this chapter, the city council may order the city engineer to make such connection and to abate said nuisance using wastewater reclamation funds. The director of finance is authorized to institute collection procedures for all unpaid costs, charges, penalties and interest thereon and to include authority for filing a property lien with the county tax collector against the property service.

(b) The sewer use charge and its collection, in accordance with chapter 13.22, shall commence immediately after the connection has been made or after the expiration of the 90 days given to make the connection in accordance with section 13.08.040.

(Code 1969, § 13.24.070; Ord. No. 303, § 4, 1969; Ord. No. 573, § 6, 1987)