Maywood Municipal Code Art. 1 General Provisions

The purpose of this chapter is to provide financing for the ongoing maintenance and operation of the sanitary sewer system in the City, including capital replacement costs.

(Ord. No. 18-05, § 1, 6-13-2018)

(a) Commencing with fiscal year 2018-19, an annual sewer service charge is levied upon each parcel of real property, which is connected to the City's sewer system, based on water meter size as follows:

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, for any parcel of residential real property that that shares the use of a water meter with another parcel of residential real property, the annual sewer service charge shall be the sewer service charge for a ⅝-inch water meter.

(c) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, for any parcel of nonresidential real property that shares the use of a water meter with another parcel of nonresidential real property, the annual sewer service charge for each parcel shall be the sewer service charge for the size of the shared water meter divided by the number of parcels sharing the water meter.

(d) For any parcel of real property for which the water service provider has not provided water meter size information, the City will designate the water meter size for that parcel. The designated water meter size shall be the estimated water meter size based on the best information available to the City or the actual water meter size based on an inspection of the water meter.

(e) Commencing with July 1, 2019 and on each July 1 thereafter, through and including July 1, 2022, the annual sewer service charge may be increased annually by an amount equal to the annual increase in the Engineering News Record Construction Cost Index for the Los Angeles Area (the "ENRLA"), as of February of each year. For any fiscal year that the sewer service charge is not increased by the allowable increase in the ENRLA for that year, the City may add the increase for that year to the ENRLA increase in subsequent years.

(Ord. No. 18-05, § 1, 6-13-2018)

(a) Commencing with fiscal year 2018-19, the annual sewer service charge shall be collected for each fiscal year on the County of Los Angeles tax roll in the same manner, by the same persons, and at the same time as, together with and not separately from, the general taxes of the City; provided, however, in any year the City Council may, by resolution, provide for an alternative procedure for collection of the sewer service charge.

(b) For any parcel of real property for which the sewer service charge is not collected on the tax roll for the then current fiscal year, the City may collect all or a portion of the sewer service charge for such year either: (1) on the tax roll in the following fiscal year or years; or (2) by directly billing the owner of the parcel during such year.

(Ord. No. 18-05, § 1, 6-13-2018)

(a) Commencing with fiscal year 2023-24, the annual sewer service charge authorized by Section 6-14.02 will be replaced with the annual sewer service charge authorized pursuant to this section. Commencing with fiscal year 2023—2024, an annual sewer service charge is levied upon each parcel of real property, which is connected to the City's sewer system, as follows:

The annual sewer service charge is based on the number of "Sewage Units" assigned to each land use type per Table A in Section 20.40.100 of the Los Angeles County Code. The annual amount of the charge for each parcel shall be calculated by multiplying the rate per sewage unit by the number of sewage units for the parcel pursuant to Table A in Section 20.40.100 of the Los Angeles County Code. The rate per sewage unit is comprised of two (2) components: (1) the base component that will provide funding for preventative maintenance and 24-hour emergency response and service requests, and (2) the Accumulative Capital Outlay Component (ACO Component) that will provide funding for capital outlay and condition assessments. The annual rate for the base component is forty-one dollars and fifty cents ($41.50) per sewage unit and the annual rate for the ACO Component is nine dollars ($9.00) per sewage unit, for a total annual rate of fifty dollars and fifty cents ($50.50) per sewage unit. Single-family homes and stores, for example, will each be assigned one (1) sewage unit and charged fifty dollars and fifty cents ($50.50) per fiscal year commencing with fiscal year 2023—2024.

(b) Commencing with fiscal year 2023—2024, the annual sewer service charge shall be collected for each fiscal year on the County of Los Angeles tax roll in the same manner, by the same persons, and at the same time as, together with and not separately from, the general taxes of the City, provided, however, in any year the City Council may by resolution, provide for an alternative procedure for collection of the sewer service charge. For any parcel of real property for which the sewer service charge is not collected on the tax roll for the then current fiscal year, the City may collect all or a portion of the sewer service charge for such year either: (1) on the tax roll in the following fiscal year or years; or (2) by directly billing the owner of the parcel during such year.

(Ord. No. 23-05, § 3, 7-6-2023)

Editor's note— Ord. 23-05, § 2, adopted July 6, 2023, renumbered the former § 6-14.04 as § 6-14.05 and enacted a new § 6-14.04 as set out herein. The historical notation has been retained with the amended provisions for reference purposes.

Upon receipt of moneys representing sewer service charges, the City Treasurer shall deposit the moneys in the City treasury to the credit of the sewer enterprise fund and the moneys shall only be expended for facilities and services furnished by the City in connection with its sewer system.

(Ord. No. 18-05, § 1, 6-13-2018; Ord. No. 23-05, § 2, 7-6-2023)

Editor's note— See editor's note, § 6-14.04.