La Puente Municipal Code Ch. 4.14 Sanitary Sewer Capacity Charge

Sections:

• 4.14.010 Purpose.

• 4.14.020 Sanitary sewer capacity charge established.

• 4.14.030 Use of revenues.

• 4.14.040 Developer construction of facilities.

• 4.14.050 Administrative guidelines.

In order to implement the goals and objectives of the La Puente General Plan, and to mitigate the impacts caused by future development in the City of La Puente, certain facilities have been or will have to be constructed to ensure that there is sufficient capacity in the sanitary sewer system. The City Council has determined that a sanitary sewer capacity charge imposed on each new and expanded connection to the sewer system is needed in order to finance the sanitary sewer system facilities and to pay for each new user's fair share of the construction and acquisition costs of the improvements made necessary by new and expanded connections.

(Ord. 07-865, 2007)

(a) A sanitary sewer capacity charge ("sanitary sewer capacity charge") is established pursuant to California Government Code Section 66013 to pay for publicly owned sanitary sewer facilities.

(b) The City Council, in a City Council resolution adopted after a duly noticed public hearing, shall set forth the amount of the sanitary sewer capacity charge, set forth any findings required by law, and set forth the time for payment.

(Ord. 07-865, 2007)

The revenues raised by payment of the sanitary sewer capacity charge shall be accounted for in a capital facilities fund. Separate and special accounts within the fund shall be used to account for revenues, along with any interest earnings on such accounts. These monies shall be used for the following purposes:

(a) To pay for property acquisition, including right-of-way acquisition, design, engineering, and construction of the public facilities and reasonable cost of outside consultant studies related thereto;

(b) To reimburse the city for designated public facilities constructed by the city with funds (other than gifts or grants) from other sources together with accrued interest;

(c) To reimburse developers who have designed and constructed, or dedicated land for, designated public facilities which are oversized with supplemental size, length, or capacity; and/or

(d) To pay for and/or reimburse costs of program development and ongoing administration of the sanitary sewer capacity charge program.

(Ord. 07-865, 2007)

If a developer is required, as a condition of approval of a permit, or otherwise proposes, to construct, or dedicate land for, a public facility that has been designated to be financed with sanitary sewer capacity charges and if the facility has supplemental size, length, or capacity over that needed for the impacts of the development, a credit against the charge otherwise levied by this chapter concerning the development project in an amount not to exceed the cost of such public facilities as estimated by the city in adopting the charge shall be offered by the city and, if the charge is less than such amount, the developer shall be entitled to reimbursement. The reimbursement amount shall be from charge revenue only.

(Ord. 07-865, 2007)

The City Council may, by resolution, adopt administrative guidelines to set forth procedures for the calculation, reimbursement, and other administrative aspects of the sanitary sewer capacity charge.

(Ord. 07-865, 2007)