Colfax Municipal Code Art. III Sewer Service Charges

This article prescribes periodic charges for use of the city's sewerage system.

(Ord. 475 § 2(b) (part), 2002: prior code § 6-3.301)

All users discharging to the city's sewerage system shall pay an appropriate monthly amount for their share of the operation, maintenance and replacement costs of the city's sewerage system. These charges may also include a capital surcharge for capital improvements that benefit existing users.

(Ord. 475 § 2(b) (part), 2002: prior code § 6-3.302)

A. Effective January 1, 2003, the base rate per EDU per month shall be twenty-five dollars and forty-six cents ($25.46).

B. The amount of the sewer service charge for a particular user shall be determined based on the classification of the primary use plus any ancillary uses and the accompanying number of EDUs, in accordance with Article IV of this chapter. Users shall be assessed one base sewer service fee for each equivalent dwelling unit or portion thereof, to the nearest one-tenth unit; provided, however, that a minimum of one base sewer service fee shall be charged.

C. Users on premises located outside of the city shall be charged an additional amount per month equal to twenty (20) percent of the total monthly sewer service charge assessed to that user.

D. Each sewer service account established with the city is the responsibility of the property owner of record, regardless of who applied for the sewer permit or connection.

(Ord. 475 § 2(b) (part), 2002: Ord. 456 § 5, 1999; prior code § 6-3.303)

Whenever users are served by one or more sewer lift stations, an additional charge for each lift station shall be added to the sewer service charge otherwise required by this chapter, in an amount determined by resolution of the city council, to cover the costs of the operation, maintenance and replacement of such lift stations.

(Ord. 475 § 2(b) (part), 2002: prior code § 6-3.304)

The sewer service fee, including lift station charges, shall be reviewed annually and amended by resolution of the city council when determined necessary.

(Ord. 475 § 2(b) (part), 2002: prior code § 6-3.305)

A. The city establishes and levies an additional sewer charge to finance the costs of a sewer system infiltration/inflow project (the "I & I project sewer charge"). The I & I project sewer charge shall be levied against the owners of real property that are connected to and receive city sewer service. The charge shall be retroactive to July 1, 1998 and be included on the tax roll of the 1998-99 fiscal year. The I & I project sewer charges shall be determined and levied in accordance with the following rate: seventy-four dollars and forty cents ($74.40) per unit (with "unit" as defined at Section 13.08.030 of this chapter) per year. The city council by resolution adopted from time to time may amend this rate.

B. Commencing with the 1998-99 fiscal year, the I & I project sewer charges shall be billed and collected on the county tax roll in accordance with Article VI of this chapter and Health and Safety Code Sections 5473 to 5473.11. In preparing the report pursuant to Section 13.08.320 of this chapter and Health and Safety Code Section 5473, the city clerk, in consultation with the city manager, shall apply the rate from subsection A of this section to the parcels and uses that receive city sewer service and determine an annual I & I project sewer charge for each such parcel.

C. All I & I project sewer charge revenue collected by the city shall be used by the city solely for the costs of designing, installing and constructing the sewer system infiltration/inflow improvements project, together with related indirect administration and overhead costs. They city shall keep and maintain a separate fund and accounting showing the revenues and expenses concerning this project.

D. The I & I project sewer charge shall remain in effect until May 30, 2018. A property owner may elect to pay the charge in an advance lump sum payment for the full term. Upon such an election and payment that parcel shall be excluded from the levy and collection of the annual I & I project sewer charge on the tax roll.

(Ord. 456 § 4, 1999: prior code § 6-3.306)