Nevada County Municipal Code Ch. 4 User Fees and Charges

An annual sewer service charge shall be levied against all parcels connected to any sewage collection and treatment facility ("sewerage system") operated by the District to pay for the following expenses:

• Cost of Ongoing Operations.

• Annual Maintenance Expense.

• Capital Acquisition and Improvements.

Each parcel shall be charged its fair share costs based on the number of equivalent dwelling units (EDUs) allocated to the parcel. The charges shall be separately established for each zone within the District in which a separate sewerage system is located and shall be such that each is supported through the parcels within the respective zone. The charges for costs of ongoing operations and annual maintenance expense shall be reflected on the annual parcel charge under one (1) heading, and the charges for capital acquisition and improvements will appear on the annual parcel charge under a separate heading.

(SD-4. (12/14/1971); by SD-5. (03/26/1979); SD-6. (10/16/1979); SD-7. (09/22/1982); SD-10. (08/08/1989); SD-18. (07/14/1992); SD-75. 11/07/2023)

An annual sewer standby charge shall be levied against all parcels within the District which have had allocated to them sewer capacity in the District's sewerage systems including the following expenses:

• Annual Maintenance Expense.

• Capital Acquisition and Improvements.

The standby charge shall be based on the cost of required capital acquisitions and improvements and the cost of the maintenance of the capital improvements in the sewerage system in relation to the proportion to total sewage capacity allocated to the parcel (based on the number of EDUs). The charges for annual maintenance expense shall be reflected on the annual parcel charge under one (1) heading, and the charges for capital acquisition and improvements will appear on the annual parcel charge under a separate heading.

(SD-5. (03/26/1979); SD-6. (10/16/1979); SD-10. (08/08/1989); SD-18. (07/14/1992); SD-75. 11/07/2023)

Sewer service and sewer standby charges are hereby established for the Lake Wildwood, Lake of the Pines, North San Juan, Gold Creek, Penn Valley, Mountain Lakes Estates, Cascade Shores, Eden Ranch, Higgins Village and Valley Oaks Court zones within Nevada County Sanitation District No. 1 as follows:

A. Lake Wildwood, Zone No. 1.

1. Standby Charge. Sewer Standby Charge Total: Three hundred eighty-five dollars ($385.00) per EDU.

This Sewer Standby charge is levied to provide for annual maintenance expenses and capital acquisition and improvements in accordance with Section governing Levy of Sewer Standby Charge of the Sanitation District Code.

Each parcel of land in the Lake Wildwood Zone No. 1 that has sewer capacity allocated to it for future connection to the Lake Wildwood Zone No. 1 sewage disposal system will be assessed the following fees per EDU:

• Sewer Maintenance: One hundred two dollars ($102.00).

• Capital Acquisition and Improvement: Two hundred eighty-three dollars ($283.00).

2. Service Charge. Sewer Service Charge Total per EDU:

This Sewer Service charge is levied to provide for the cost of ongoing operation, annual maintenance expenses, and capital acquisition and improvements in accordance with Section governing Levy of Sewer Service Charge of the Sanitation District Code.

Each improved parcel of land that has sewer capacity allocated to it and is connected to the Lake Wildwood Zone No. 1 sewage disposal system will be assessed the following fees for each connected EDU:

Sewer Maintenance and Operation per EDU:

Capital Acquisition and Improvement per EDU:

3. Dedication of Revenue. Sewerage system sewer charges collected from Lake Wildwood Zone No. 1 of Nevada County Sanitation District No. 1, as established by Ordinance Nos. SD-49 and SD-50 and as may hereafter be levied, are hereby dedicated as the source of revenue repayment of any and all State Revolving Fund loans on the Lake Wildwood Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements 2006 (State Project No. C-06-4969-110). This dedicated source of revenue shall remain in effect until such loan or loans are fully discharged, unless modification or change of such dedication is approved, in writing, by the State Water Resources Control Board and the Board of Directors of Nevada County Sanitation District No. 1.

B. Lake of the Pines, Zone No. 2.

1. Standby Charge. Sewer Standby Charge Total: Four hundred seventy-five dollars ($475.00) per EDU.

This Sewer Standby charge is levied to provide for annual maintenance expenses and capital acquisition and improvements in accordance with Section governing Levy of Sewer Standby Charge of the Sanitation District Code.

Each parcel of land in the Lake of the Pines Zone No. 2 that has sewer capacity allocated to it for future connection to the Lake of the Pines Zone No. 2 sewage disposal system will be assessed the following fees per EDU:

• Sewer Maintenance: One hundred dollars ($100.00).

• Capital Acquisition and Improvement: Three hundred seventy-five dollars ($375.00).

2. Service Charge. Sewer Service Charge Total per EDU:

This Sewer Service charge is levied to provide for the cost of ongoing operation, annual maintenance expenses, and capital acquisition and improvements in accordance with Section governing Levy of Sewer Service Charge of the Sanitation District Code.

Each improved parcel of land that has sewer capacity allocated to it and is connected to the Lake of the Pines Zone No. 2 sewage disposal system will be assessed the following fees for each connected EDU:

Sewer Maintenance and Operation per EDU:

Capital Acquisition and Improvement per EDU:

3. New EDUs Not Previously Allocated. Each parcel with a new EDU shall be charged a fee of fourteen thousand seven hundred dollars ($14,700.00) as prepayment of the charges for debt service related to capital acquisition and improvement, in accordance with Section Lake of the Pines 500 EDU Expansion of this Code. Its annual fee shall not include the fees for Capital Acquisition and Improvement in the amount of three hundred seventy-five dollars ($375.00) as shown above.

4. Nevada Joint Union High School District (Owner of the Parcel Identified as APN 21-730-32). The High School District has prepaid the charges for debt service on its connected and standby EDUs, in accordance with the agreement authorized by Sanitation District Resolution No. SD-06-42. Its annual fee shall not include the fees for Capital Acquisition and Improvement in the amount of three hundred seventy-five dollars ($375.00) as shown above.

5. Dedication of Revenue. Sewerage system sewer charges collected from Lake of the Pines Zone No. 2 of Nevada County Sanitation District No. 1, as established by Ordinance Nos. SD-49 and SD-50 and as may hereafter be levied, are hereby dedicated as the source of revenue repayment of any and all State Revolving Fund loans on the Lake of the Pines Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements 2006 (State Project No. C-06-4968-110). This dedicated source of revenue shall remain in effect until such loan or loans are fully discharged, unless modification or change of such dedication is approved, in writing, by the State Water Resources Control Board and the Board of Directors of Nevada County Sanitation District No. 1.

6. DarkHorse Community. The following parcels have been assessed an annual surcharge of one thousand seven hundred forty-eight dollars ($1,748.00) collected annually for ten (10) fiscal years beginning in fiscal year 2010-11 through fiscal year 2019-20: 11-151-05, 11-151-17, 11-151-24, 11-151-27, 11-151-28, 11-151-39, 11-161-04, 11-161-07, 11-161-17, 11-161-18, 11-161-20, 11-171-08, 11-171-20, 11-171-21, 11-171-28, 11-171-31, 11-171-34, 11-171-38, 11-171-42, 11-171-45, 11-171-53, 11-171-54, 11-171-55, 11-171-60, 11-171-62, 11-171-63, 11-171-64, 11-171-65, 11-171-70, 11-191-28, 11-191-45, 11-191-50.

Parcels subject to the surcharge shall not be subject to the annual fee for Capital Acquisition and Improvement in the amount of three hundred seventy-five dollars ($375.00) as established by this Section, nor shall they be subject to the fourteen thousand seven hundred dollars ($14,700.00) Capital Charge for "New EDUs." However, the owner of a parcel subject to the one thousand seven hundred forty-eight dollars ($1,748.00) surcharge may satisfy that parcel's surcharge obligation by making a one-time payment of fourteen thousand seven hundred dollars ($14,700.00).

All parcels in the DarkHorse subdivision not specifically listed above shall be treated as "New EDUs" and shall be subject to the existing fourteen thousand seven hundred dollars ($14,700.00) capacity charge for the "New EDUs." These parcels shall not be subject to the four hundred seventy-five dollars ($475.00) standby charge for unconnected parcels.

C. North San Juan, Zone No. 4.

1. Standby Charge. Sewer Standby Charge Total: Forty-eight dollars ($48.00) per EDU.

This Sewer Standby charge is levied to provide for annual maintenance expenses and capital acquisition and improvements in accordance with Section governing Levy of Sewer Standby Charge of the Sanitation District Code.

Each parcel of land in the North San Juan Zone No. 4 that has sewer capacity allocated to it for future connection to the North San Juan Zone No. 4 sewage disposal system will be assessed the following fees per EDU:

• Sewer Maintenance: Forty-eight dollars ($48.00).

• Capital Acquisition and Improvement: Zero dollars ($0.00).

2. Service Charge. Sewer Service Charge Total per EDU:

This Sewer Service charge is levied to provide for the cost of ongoing operation, annual maintenance expenses, and capital acquisition and improvements in accordance with Section governing Levy of Sewer Service Charge of the Sanitation District Code.

Each improved parcel of land that has sewer capacity allocated to it and is connected to the North San Juan Zone No. 4 sewage disposal system will be assessed the following fees for each connected EDU:

Sewer Operation and Maintenance per EDU:

Capital Acquisition and Improvement: Zero dollars ($0.00).

D. Gold Creek, Zone No. 5.

1. Service Charge. Sewer Service Charge Total per EDU:

This Sewer Service charge is levied to provide for the cost of ongoing operation, annual maintenance expenses, and capital acquisition and improvements in accordance with Section governing Levy of Sewer Service Charge of the Sanitation District Code.

Each improved parcel of land that has sewer capacity allocated to it and is connected to the Gold Creek Zone No. 5 sewage disposal system will be assessed the following fees for each connected EDU:

Sewer Maintenance and Operation per EDU:

Capital Acquisition and Improvement: Zero dollars ($0.00).

E. Penn Valley, Zone No. 6.

1. Standby Charge. Sewer Standby Charge Total: Two hundred forty-five dollars ($245.00) per EDU.

This Sewer Standby charge is levied to provide for annual maintenance expenses and capital acquisition and improvements in accordance with Section governing Levy of Sewer Standby Charge of the Sanitation District Code.

Each parcel of land in the Penn Valley Zone No. 6 that has sewer capacity allocated to it for future connection to the Penn Valley No. 6 sewage disposal system will be assessed the following fees per EDU:

• Sewer Maintenance: One hundred thirty dollars ($130.00).

• Capital Acquisition and Improvement: One hundred fifteen dollars ($115.00).

2. Service Charge. Sewer Service Charge Total per EDU:

This Sewer Service Charge is levied to provide for the cost of ongoing operation, annual maintenance expenses, and capital acquisition and improvements in accordance with Section governing Levy of Sewer Service Charge of the Sanitation District Code.

Each improved parcel of land that has sewer capacity allocated to it and is connected to the Penn Valley Zone No. 6 sewage disposal system will be assessed the following fees for each connected EDU:

Sewer Maintenance and Operation per EDU:

Capital Acquisition and Improvement per EDU:

F. Mountain Lakes Estates, Zone No. 7.

1. Standby Charge. Sewer Standby Charge Total: One hundred thirty-eight dollars ($138.00) per EDU.

This Sewer Standby charge is levied to provide for annual maintenance expenses and capital acquisition and improvements in accordance with Section governing Levy of Sewer Standby Charge of the Sanitation District Code.

Each parcel of land in the Mountain Lakes Estates Zone No. 7 that has sewer capacity allocated to it for future connection to the Mountain Lake Estates Zone No. 7 sewage disposal system will be assessed the following fees per EDU:

• Sewer Maintenance: One hundred thirty-eight dollars ($138.00).

• Capital Acquisition and Improvement: Zero dollars ($0.00).

2. Service Charge. Sewer Service Charge Total per EDU:

This Sewer Service charge is levied to provide for the cost of ongoing operation, annual maintenance expenses, and capital acquisition and improvements in accordance with Section governing Levy of Sewer Service Charge of the Sanitation District Code.

Each improved parcel of land that has sewer capacity allocated to it and is connected to the Mountain Lakes Estates Zone No. 7 sewage disposal system will be assessed the following fees for each connected EDU:

Sewer Maintenance and Operation per EDU:

Capital Acquisition and Improvement: Zero dollars ($0.00).

G. Cascade Shores, Zone No. 8.

1. Standby Charge. Sewer Standby Charge Total: Seven hundred thirty-five dollars ($735.00) per EDU.

This Sewer Standby charge is levied to provide for annual maintenance expenses and capital acquisition and improvements in accordance with Section governing Levy of Sewer Standby Charge of the Sanitation District Code.

Each parcel of land in the Cascade Shores, Zone No. 8, that has sewer capacity allocated to it for future connection to the Cascade Shores, Zone No. 8, sewage disposal system will be assessed the following fees per EDU:

• Sewer Maintenance: One hundred forty-four dollars ($144.00).

• Capital Acquisition and Improvement: Five hundred ninety-one dollars ($591.00).

2. Service Charge. Sewer Service Charge Total per EDU:

This Sewer Service charge is levied to provide for the cost of ongoing operation, annual maintenance expenses, and capital acquisition and improvements in accordance with Section governing Levy of Sewer Service Charge of the Sanitation District Code.

Each improved parcel of land that has sewer capacity allocated to it and is connected to the Cascade Shores Zone No. 8 sewage disposal system will be assessed the following fees for each connected EDU:

Sewer Maintenance and Operation per EDU:

Capital Acquisition and Improvement per EDU:

3. Dedication of Revenue. Sewerage system sewer charges collected from Cascade Shores, Zone No. 8, of Nevada County Sanitation District No. 1, as established by Ordinance No. SD-21 and as may hereafter be levied, are hereby dedicated as the source of revenue repayment of any and all State Revolving Fund loans on the Cascade Shores Wastewater Treatment Facilities Upgrade 1994 (State Project No. C-06-4030-11). This dedicated source of revenue shall remain in effect until such loan or loans are fully discharged, unless modification or change of such dedication is approved, in writing, by the State Water Resources Control Board and the Board of Directors of Nevada County Sanitation District No. 1.

Sewerage system sewer charges collected from Cascade Shores, Zone No. 8, of Nevada County Sanitation District No. 1, as established by Ordinance Nos. SD-49 and SD-50 and as may hereafter be levied, are also hereby dedicated as the source of revenue repayment of any and all State Revolving Fund loans on the Cascade Shores Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements 2008 (State Project No. C-06-4967-110). This dedicated source of revenue shall remain in effect until such loan or loans are fully discharged, unless modification or change of such dedication is approved, in writing, by the State Water Resources Control Board and the Board of Directors of Nevada County Sanitation District No. 1.

H. Eden Ranch, Zone No. 9.

1. Standby Charge. Sewer Standby Charge Total: One hundred eighty dollars ($180.00) per EDU.

This Sewer Standby charge is levied to provide for annual maintenance expenses and capital acquisition and improvements in accordance with Section governing Levy of Sewer Standby Charge of the Sanitation District Code.

Each parcel of land in the Eden Ranch Zone No. 9 that has sewer capacity allocated to it for future connection to the Eden Ranch Zone No. 9 sewage disposal system will be assessed the following fees per EDU:

• Sewer Maintenance: One hundred eighty dollars ($180.00).

• Capital Acquisition and Improvement: Zero dollars ($0.00).

2. Service Charge. Sewer Service Charge Total: One thousand one hundred forty-eight dollars ($1,148.00) per EDU.

This Sewer Service charge is levied to provide for the cost of ongoing operation, annual maintenance expenses, and capital acquisition and improvements in accordance with Section governing Levy of Sewer Service Charge of the Sanitation District Code.

Each improved parcel of land that has sewer capacity allocated to it and is connected to the Eden Ranch Zone No. 9 sewage disposal system will be assessed the following fees for each connected EDU:

• Sewer Maintenance and Operation: One thousand one hundred forty-eight dollars ($1,148.00).

• Capital Acquisition and Improvement: Zero dollars ($0.00).

I. DarkHorse, Zone No. 10. Abolished by Ordinance No. SD-71.

J. Higgins Village Zone No. 11.

1. Standby Charge. Sewer Standby Charge Total: Zero dollars ($0.00) per EDU.

Each parcel of land in the Higgins Village Zone No. 11 will be assessed the following fees per EDU:

• Capital Acquisition and Improvement: Zero dollars ($0.00).

2. Service Charge. Sewer Service Charge Total: One thousand eight hundred ninety-two dollars ($1,892.00) per EDU.

In addition to the above fees, each improved parcel of land connected to the Higgins Village Zone No. 11 sewage system will be assessed the following fee for each connected EDU:

• Sewer Maintenance and Operation: One thousand five hundred twenty-five dollars ($1,525.00).

• Capital Acquisition and Improvement: Three hundred sixty-seven dollars ($367.00).

K. Valley Oak Court Zone No. 12.

1. Standby Charge. Sewer Standby Charge Total: Zero dollars ($0.00) per EDU.

This Sewer Standby charge is levied to provide for annual maintenance expenses and capital acquisition and improvements in accordance with Section governing Levy of Sewer Standby Charge of the Sanitation District Code.

Each parcel of land in the Valley Oak Court Zone No. 12 that has sewer capacity allocated to it for future connection to the Valley Oak Court Zone No. 12 sewage disposal system will be assessed the following fees per EDU:

• Sewer Maintenance: Zero dollars ($0.00).

• Capital Acquisition and Improvement: Zero dollars ($0.00).

2. Service Charge. Sewer Service Charge Total per EDU:

This Sewer Service charge is levied to provide for the cost of ongoing operation, annual maintenance expenses, and capital acquisition and improvements in accordance with Section governing Levy of Sewer Service Charge of the Sanitation District Code.

Each improved parcel of land that has sewer capacity allocated to it and is connected to the Valley Oak Court Zone No. 12 sewage disposal system will be assessed the following fees for each connected EDU:

Sewer Maintenance and Operation per EDU:

Capital Acquisition and Improvement per EDU:

Note: All fees shown above are for a unit of sewer service termed Equivalent Dwelling Unit (EDU).

The above established charges are for each EDU allocated and parcels which have multiple EDUs allocated to them shall be assessed based on the number of EDUs so allocated. Sewer service charges may be calculated and assessed against parcels based on actual usage where the District determines that the usage is either greater or lesser than the number of allocated EDUs to the parcel; provided, however, that no parcel may establish any right, interest or entitlement of any form whatsoever to generate sewage for disposal in the District's sewerage system in excess of the number of EDUs allocated to the parcel.

(Adopted by SD-10. (08/08/1989); Amended by SD-12. (08/28/1990); SD-13. (09/11/1990); SD-14. (09/10/1991); SD-15. (01/28/1992); SD-17. (02/04/1992); SD-19. (07/14/1992); SD-20. (12/22/1992); SD-21. (04/06/1993); SD-22. (07/13/1993); SD-23. (07/09/1993); SD-27. (08/09/1994); SD-31. (08/08/1995); SD-33. (08/13/1996); SD-34. (05/13/1997); SD-37. (05/12/1998); SD-38. (06/08/1999); SD-39. (06/13/2000); SD-40. (10/11/2001); SD-41. (01/08/2002); SD-42. (09/10/2002); SD-43. (07/08/2003); SD-44. (08/12/2003); SD-45. (01/08/2004); SD-46. (03/12/2004); SD-47. (07/22/2004); SD-48. (08/12/2004; SD-49. (06/28/2005); SD-50. (08/09/2005); SD-51. (09/27/2005); SD-52. (01/10/2006); SD-53. (05/23/2006); SD-54. (05/23/2006); SD-55. (05/23/2006); SD-57. (06/27/2006); SD-59. (08/08/2006); SD-63. (06/10/2008); SD-64. (070/8/2008); SD-67. (06/09/2009); SD-68. (06/23/2009); SD-70. (06/22/2010); SD-71. (08/24/2010); SD-74. (06/22/2021))

The Director of the Department of Public Works, as an agent for the Sanitation District, shall also be directed to make adjustments to charges billed to any parcel where it is determined that the parcel has been overcharged or undercharged for any of the sewer fees upon facts warranting an adjustment. Any correction of the charges shall be made on or before June 30th of the fiscal year in which the overcharge or undercharge occurred and shall be made following the procedures established in Nevada County Code governing Solid Waste, Waste Disposal, Bringing Garbage Into County Unlawfully Without Permission. As an alternative to those procedures, the Director may request that a roll correction be made to the property tax bill for the property.

(Adopted by SD-19. (07/14/1992); Amended by SD-20. (12/22/1992); SD-21. (04/06/1993); SD-22. (07/13/1993); SD-27. (08/09/1994); SD-30. (04/11/1995); SD-74. (06/22/2021))

The charges established by this Chapter shall be adjusted annually by the adoption of a resolution of the District; provided, however, that in the absence of any such adjusting resolution, the charges established the prior year shall remain in effect. Pursuant to Cal. Health & Safety Code § 5471 any Ordinance or Resolution establishing charges for any year shall be approved (adopted) by a two-thirds (⅔) vote of the members of the Board of Directors of the District.

(Adopted by SD-5. (03/26/1979); Amended by SD-6. (10/16/1979); SD-10. (08/08/1989); SD-74. (06/22/2021))

A. The charges established by this Chapter or any subsequent ordinance adjusting same shall be collected on the County of Nevada tax roll, in the same manner, by the same persons, and at the same time as and together with the property taxes of the County. Pursuant to Cal. Health & Safety Code §§ 5473, the Board of Directors shall cause a written report to be prepared each year and filed with the District's clerk which shall contain a description of each parcel of real property receiving services and the amount of the charge for each parcel for the year. The clerk shall on or before August 10th of each year file the report with the County Auditor-Controller with the statement as required in Cal. Health & Safety Code § 5473.4. For any parcel as to which a charge is levied under this Chapter but which does not appear on the County tax roll, the District shall separately bill the owner thereof.

B. The Department of Public Works, as an agent for the Sanitation District, may separately hand bill any charges set forth above to all property owners who cannot be billed by a tax bill. The charges that are separately hand billed shall be due no later than April 10th of the fiscal year in which the charges are assessed. If any such charge is not paid when due, a late penalty and interest shall attach thereto in the same manner and amount as is provided for in the collection of County property taxes.

C. With the consent of the Nevada County Board of Supervisors, all of the above fees shall be billed and collected on the County property tax bill and all payment delinquencies will be reported by the Nevada County Treasurer/Tax Collector to the Board of Directors of the Nevada County Sanitation District No. 1 at the end of the fiscal year for placement on the delinquent tax list.

(SD-10. (08/08/1989); SD-14. (09/10/1991); SD-19. (07/14/1992); SD-20. (12/22/1992); SD-21. (04/06/1993); SD-22. (07/13/1993); SD-27. (08/09/1994); SD-30. (04/11/1995); SD-72. (05/24/2011); SD-75. 11/07/2023)

All delinquent charges incurred by property owners within the District, excluding the Glenbrook Assessment District, as determined by the Nevada County Sanitation District No. 1, shall be added to the tax roll and collected with the property taxes.

All delinquent charges incurred by property owners within the boundaries of the Glenbrook Assessment District within the Nevada County Sanitation District No. 1, as determined by the City of Grass Valley, shall be added to the tax roll and collected with the property taxes.

(SD-1. (09/30/1969); SD-3. (07/27/1971); SD-75. 11/07/2023)