Delano Municipal Code Ch. 13.16 Sewer Connections

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Prior history: Ord. 596 as amended by 881.

No person, firm or corporation shall make, construct, install, alter, repair or enlarge any building sewer or connect any such building sewer to a public sewer without first obtaining a permit therefor from the engineer and/or inspector or their designated representative.

(Ord. 913 (part), 1991).

There shall be two classes of building sewer permit:

A. For residential and commercial sewer service;

B. For service to establishments producing industrial wastes.

In either case, the person or agent shall make application on the forms furnished by the city.

(Ord. 913 (part), 1991).

The permit application may be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the engineer and/or inspector.

(Ord. 913 (part), 1991).

The engineer and/or inspector shall require payment by the applicant therefor of a fee established in the code as adopted.

(Ord. 913 (part), 1991).

The sewer connection fee for the Little League of the city shall be set at one dollar for the connection of the concessionaire stand at Memorial Park, in the city.

(Ord. 927, 1991).

All permits issued pursuant to this article shall be void thirty days after the date the permit is issued. In case all work required to be done under the permit is not completed, the engineer and/or inspector may grant an extension of time when good cause exists therefor, after which extension of time, the permit will be void.

(Ord. 913 (part), 1991).

Nothing in this article shall be deemed or construed to require the application or permit for the purpose of removing stoppages in any building sewer except that done within any public right-of-way.

(Ord. 913 (part), 1991).

No permit shall be issued for the following:

A. The connection of a building sewer to a sewer main that is not in a dedicated street, alley or within a recorded easement;

B. The connection of a building sewer to a sewer main that has not been constructed or installed under the supervision and to the satisfaction of the engineer in accordance with plans, profiles and specifications approved by the engineer;

C. The construction or installation of cesspools, septic tanks, leaching systems, nor other methods of wastewater disposal that are detrimental to health, welfare and safety.

(Ord. 913 (part), 1991).

It is unlawful for any person to place or deposit any human or animal excrement, garbage, objectionable waste or industrial waste on public or private property within the city, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the city.

(Ord. 913 (part), 1991).

City officials have the right to inspect and copy all industrial user discharge records, whether the records are located on the user's premises or at an alternative site, of any user of the wastewater treatment plant.

(Ord. 913 (part), 1991).

It is unlawful to discharge into any natural outlet within the city, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the city, any sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this article.

(Ord. 913 (part), 1991).

Except as hereinafter provided, it is unlawful to construct and maintain any septic tank, cesspool, or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage.

(Ord. 913 (part), 1991).

The owner of any house, building or property used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes, situated within the city abutting on any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is now located or may in the future be located, a public sewer of the city, is required at his expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein, and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this article, within ninety days after date of official notice to do so, provided that the public sewer is available within two hundred feet of the nearest property line.

(Ord. 913 (part), 1991).

All residential, commercial, industrial or any other user of the public system shall be subject to sewer service fees and charges established by ordinance. Monthly service charges shall be due and payable the first day of the month after service is rendered and shall be delinquent after the fifteenth day of the month. A ten-percent penalty shall be added to each delinquency.

(Ord. 913 (part), 1991).

For the purposes of this article the following terms shall have or include the meanings accorded to them by this paragraph:

1. "User" means any person, business, government entity or agency, who uses or deposits sewer, waste, or wastewater into the city's sanitary sewer system or on whose premises or property is within two hundred feet of the city sewage facility (ies).

2. "Residential equivalent" means that wastewater flow and strength equivalent to the flow and strength normally expected from a typical single-family residence. For the purpose of establishing a typical residual equivalent, the flow shall be assumed as two hundred seventy gallons per day and producing a bio-chemical oxygen demand (BOD) of less than two hundred fifty parts per million (ppm) and suspended solids (SS) less than two hundred fifty ppm.

3. "Low strength user" means a use or user whose flow to the sewer system has a BOD of less than two hundred fifty ppm and suspended solids less than two hundred fifty ppm. All residential uses shall be deemed low strength.

4. "Medium strength user" means a use or user whose flow to the sewer system is not categorized as a low-strength or high-strength user.

5. "High strength user" means a use or user whose flow to the sewer system has a BOD of greater than six hundred ppm or suspended solids greater than four hundred fifty ppm.

6. "Metered service" means a user who receives potable water from the city water system through an approved water meter.

(Ord. 913 (part), 1991).

(Ord. No. 2008-1191, § 1, 12-1-2008)

A monthly service charge based on one residential equivalent shall be established by a resolution of the city council. All rates computed using the following formulas may be rounded to the nearest ten cents. Amendments or changes of any type or nature may be made annually upon proper notice and procedures by a resolution of the city council. Rates for various uses shall be determined as follows:

A. Un-metered services and all single-family residences and multi-family residences:

Rate Schedule

For un-metered accounts multiply rate schedule factor lines times number of charge units times single family units rates.

B. Metered accounts, except single-family and multi-family residences:

Low strength = 0.108 per 1,000 gallons of water used times single-family rate.

C. Prisons, correctional facilities, industrial users with flows greater than twenty-five thousand gallons per day, and others uses that do not conform to any of the above categories shall be determined by the following formula:

Monthly rate= Single-Family Rate x Flow x (0.067+ .00013 x BOD + .000084 x SS ),

Where flow is expressed in thousand gallons and BOD and SS are measured in parts per million. All users greater than twenty-five thousand gallons per day shall be monitored for periodic measurement of BOD and suspended solids as approved by the city manager.

D. Septic Wastes. Fees for acceptance of wastes by septic haulers shall be established shall be established by a resolution of the city council and may include a separate billing and handling charge in addition to volume and strength charges. Unless determined otherwise by the city, septic wastes may be assumed to contain eight thousand ppm of BOD and fifteen thousand ppm of suspended solids.

E. Metered user accounts may, at the request of the user, be sampled and analyzed for determination of actual wastewater strength and may be re-classified with regards to user strength as approved by the city manager. The city council may by resolution set a fee for sampling and evaluating a user's strength classification.

(Ord. 913 (part), 1991).

(Ord. No. 2008-1191, § 1, 12-1-2008)

A. Advance Billing Fee.

1. Any applicant not a resident owner of the parcel of ground or structure to be served for sewer service within the corporate limits of the city will be charged an advance billing fee in an amount equal to the cost of the consumer's sewer service with penalties for a two-month period. The advance billing fee made to secure payment of sewer bills shall be returned to the person making said advance billing fee when change of ownership or occupancy shall relieve such person from liability for that certain service; provided that the charges for sewer service have been paid in full.

2. The owner of any property where sewer service is furnished by the city may assume responsibility for the payment of sewer service charges by filing with the finance department a written acceptance of such responsibility and guaranteeing payment of sewer service charges accruing against the property. In case of nonpayment, the delinquent charges may be added to the property owner's personal bill, if any.

3. The finance department may require of owners of new connections or new owners of property where sewer service is furnished by the city to pay an advance billing fee in an amount equal to the cost of the consumer's sewer service with penalties for a two-month period. The advance billing fee made to secure payment of sewer service charges will be retained for a period of time to be determined by the finance director and may be returned when credit has been established.

B. Subdivisions and New Construction.

1. The subdivider or owner will install at his own expense and cost a sanitary sewer system as prescribed by the subdivision ordinance and related ordinances and resolutions.

2. Subdividers or owners who are required to install a sanitary sewer main within a subdivision larger than the minimum eight-inch line, shall be allowed construction credits at a lineal foot cost for sanitary sewer mains and appurtenances where such mains are required to serve existing or future property owners outside of said subdivision. Construction credits shall be determined by the director of community development/city engineer, as described in Chapters 13.32 and 13.36 of this Code.

3. Partial reimbursement of privately financed sewers qualifying under the terms of this article shall be accomplished by fees collected by the city upon connection to the subject sewer by those benefitting from it. Fees shall be based upon the construction costs of the sewer divided according to property frontage along the alignment of the sewer or the pro rate share of the sewer's capacity used by those connecting to it, or a combination of both, as determined by the director of community development/city engineer and approved by city council.

4. The director of community development/city engineer will maintain a "reimbursement record" in which fees owed, collected and disbursed in accordance with the contract between the city and applicant will be accounted for by project designation and applicant.

C. Payment of Fees and Charges. Before a building permit and/or a certificate of occupancy is issued for a building or structure, the applicant shall pay all applicable connection charges for sewer connection, and fees as required.

(Ord. 928 §1 (part), 1991; Ord. 913 (part), 1991).

Any changes in the rates or amounts hereinabove described as charges of any type or nature may be made on an annual basis by the city council of the city by resolution without the amending of the ordinance hereinabove described and delineated, provided all notice of hearings, hearings and other procedures as may be required by law are performed in the manner described by existing state statute or authority.

(Ord. 913 (part), 1991).

Public sewers available to serve property outside the city limits shall be subject to all the above requirements except that connection charges and monthly service charges shall be required in amounts as established by city council resolution.

(Ord. 913 (part), 1991).

A. Senior Citizens' Discount. Individuals sixty years of age or older, who own and reside in their own home, shall be eligible for a fifteen percent discount on their regular monthly service fee for that property.

The following steps must be completed and an application approved by the city in order to obtain the fifteen percent discount:

1. Complete senior citizens' discount card application and sign it;

2. Return application to City Hall (1015 11th Avenue);

3. Show some type of identification to prove their age to utility billing when turning in application;

4. Provide property taxes or deed of trust, to prove that applicant is the home owner.

The discount will go into effect on the next monthly billing after approval of the application. In order to continue to receive the senior discount, individuals will be required to submit on an annual basis by July 1st an updated application to the utility billing department. The ability of funding the senior discount is dependent on the availability of Measure I funds.

(Ord. No. 2013-1266, § 1(exh. A), 10-7-2013)