Earlier editions: 2026-09
Commerce Municipal Code Ch. 13.08 Reimbursement Contracts
Commerce Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Commerce
Cite as: Commerce Municipal Code Chapter 13.08 · Text as of 2026-10-04
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- For statutory provisions pertaining to lateral sewers and other facilities for property in subdivisions, reimbursement of subdividers, and charges to users, see Bus. & Prof. C.A., Section 11543.
13.08.010 - Reimbursement district defined.¶
"Reimbursement district" means that territory which may benefit from utilization of further or additional sewer facilities constructed or agreed to be constructed at the expense of the county of Los Angeles general fund, pursuant to contracts entered into between subdividers and the county of Los Angeles, in accordance with Section 11543 of the Business and Professions Code of the State of California.
(Prior code §9300 (part)).
13.08.020 - Establishing boundaries.¶
The exterior boundaries of reimbursement districts have been heretofore or may be hereafter established and are or may be reflected in reimbursement maps placed on file with the county of Los Angeles and with the city of Commerce.
(Prior code §9300 (part)).
13.08.030 - Reimbursement maps.¶
Reimbursement maps are those maps on file with the county of Los Angeles, and the city of Commerce, designating the exterior boundaries of reimbursement districts and reflecting the reimbursement fees chargeable to included territory as a condition of utilization of the sewer facilities for which county of Los Angeles funds were expended.
(Prior code §9301).
13.08.040 - Reimbursement fees.¶
Reimbursement fees are those charges, the imposition of which is authorized by the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act of the State of California, imposed on territory within reimbursement districts, to recoup the cost of further and additional facilities constructed at the cost of the County of Los Angeles. Such fees are reflected on those Reimbursement Maps heretofore referred to in Section 13.08.030.
(Prior code §9302).
13.08.050 - Payment of fees.¶
No permit shall be issued for the connection of property lying within a reimbursement district to a public sewer until applicant shall have first paid to the county of Los Angeles all reimbursement fees attributable to the connecting property as indicated on the reimbursement map. Reimbursement fees shall be paid to the county engineer of the county of Los Angeles. Payments so made shall become the property of the county in accordance with the provisions of those contracts entered into pursuant to Section 11544 of the Business and Professions Code.
(Prior code §9303).
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