Fairfield Municipal Code Art. 22.50 Zone Connection Charge Within Pump Zones

In order to fund the construction, maintenance, and operation of the special pump stations and reservoir sites required to serve water to customers located outside of Zone 1, inclusive, the Zone connection charge is hereby established as specified in this article which shall be in addition to all other charges levied by this code. The establishment of this additional connection charge creates no obligation on the part of the city to serve water above the 100-foot maximum elevation of Zone 1.

(Ord. No. 2025-13, § 1 (Exh. A))

FMU shall collect the Zone connection charges for installation of new water services located above the Zone 1 maximum water system service elevation of 100 feet. Connection charges shall be determined based on the water meter capacity, consistent with section 22.31. Charges shall be in the amount as established by separate resolution duly adopted from time to time by city council.

Zone connection charges shall, on April 1st of each year, automatically increase or decrease from the amounts then applicable by the same percentage as the percentage of increase or decrease in construction costs between December 1st of each of the two immediately preceding years. Construction costs and the increase or decrease therein shall be based on the Engineering News-Record Construction Cost Index for the San Francisco area.

(Ord. No. 2025-13, § 1 (Exh. A))

The provisions of this article shall not apply to areas in which prior to January 31, 1979 the Fairfield City Council approved development conditioned upon the formation of an assessment district or provision of a separate water pressure system installed and paid for by the developer to serve elevations between elevations 100 and 200 feet.

The areas located between 100 and 200 feet subject to this exemption shall be those areas shown on pressure zones 2A and 2B on that certain map entitled, "City of Fairfield, Domestic Water Reservoir Study, Recommended Plan, Pressure Zone No. 2, June 1975", a copy of which is on file with the Department of Public Works, and incorporated herein by reference.

(Ord. No. 2025-13, § 1 (Exh. A))