King City Municipal Code Ch. 15.40 Sewers—user Charges

The general provisions contained in Chapter 15.04 shall apply to this chapter.

(Ord. 394 § 6, 1978; Ord. 772 § 5, 2019)

The definitions contained in Chapter 15.08 shall apply to this chapter.

(Ord. 394 § 6, 1978; Ord. 772 § 5, 2019)

A user charge may be imposed for each user or user category, based upon the average sewage and/or industrial waste constituents and characteristics for each user classification. The charges provided for in this chapter shall be established annually by resolution and shall be set forth in a schedule of rates and charges.

(Ord. 394 § 6, 1978; Ord. 564 § 1, 1993; Ord. 772 § 5, 2019)

A fixed unit charge shall be established annually for residential users, based upon the average sewage and wastewater constituents, characteristics and volumes of residential users.

(Ord. 394 § 6, 1978; Ord. 772 § 5, 2019)

For other than residential users, user charges shall be based upon and applied against the total amount of water used from all sources unless, in the opinion of the city manager, significant portions of water received are not discharged to the municipal sewerage system. The total amount of water used from public and private sources will be determined by means of public meters or private meters, installed and maintained at the expense of the user and approved by the city manager.

(Ord. 394 § 6, 1978; Ord. 772 § 5, 2019)

For nonresidential users where, in the opinion of the city manager, a significant portion of the water received from any metered source does not flow into the municipal sewer works, the user charges shall be applied against the volume of sewage and industrial waste discharged from the premises into the municipal sewerage system. Written notification and proof of the diversion of water must be provided by the user if the user is to avoid the application of user charges and fees by the method prescribed in Section 15.40.050. The user may install a meter of a type and at a location approved by the city manager, at the user’s expense, which may measure either the volume of the discharge into the municipal sewerage system or the amount of water diverted. Such meters shall be tested for accuracy at the expense of the user when deemed necessary by the city manager.

(Ord. 394 § 6, 1978; Ord. 772 § 5, 2019)

Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 15.40.050 and 15.40.060, for users where, in the opinion of the city manager, it is unnecessary or impractical to install meters, the user charges to be paid by a nonresidential user may be based upon other factors, such as the number of fixtures, seating capacity, number of employees, or such other determinants of water use which may be necessary to estimate the volume of the discharge from the user’s premises into the municipal sewerage system. The amount of the charge to be paid by each such user shall be included in the schedule of rates and charges referred to in Section 15.40.030 or shall be established by separate ordinance.

(Ord. 394 § 6, 1978; Ord. 772 § 5, 2019)

Each nonresidential user shall pay the applicable charge as established by ordinance and set forth in the schedule of user charges and fees. This charge shall be determined by multiplying the user charge by the determined water or waste water volume, or other charge unit as specified in the schedule of rates and charges referred to in Section 15.40.030.

(Ord. 394 § 6, 1978; Ord. 772 § 5, 2019)

In addition to the user charges imposed upon nonresidential users by other sections of this chapter, a specific charge shall be imposed upon such users whose discharge into the municipal sewerage system exceeds the following limits:

(a) Five-day B.O.D. of two hundred fifty mg/L;

(b) Suspended solids content of two hundred fifty mg/L;

(c) An average daily flow of two percent of the average daily flow of the city.

(Ord. 394 § 6, 1978; Ord. 772 § 5, 2019)

The following users discharging industrial waste to the domestic side of the municipal sewerage system shall pay, in addition to the charges imposed upon nonresidential users by other sections of this chapter, a charge to recover one-third of the total annual principal and interest on the 1970 sewer bonds issued by the city, as follows:

(Ord. 394 § 6, 1978; Ord. 772 § 5, 2019)

Any user or group of users benefiting from lift stations, extensions or modifications of sewer facilities not benefiting the community’s users in a like manner, excluding existing facilities, shall be required to pay any costs associated with construction, operation, maintenance, replacement or other costs identified to said facilities.

(Ord. 433 § 2, 1981; Ord. 772 § 5, 2019)