Redlands Municipal Code Ch. 3.70 Solid Waste Capital Improvement Fund

A. The Solid Waste Capital Improvement Fund is established to implement the Redlands general plan and to finance the capital cost of solid waste capital facilities and equipment to provide new capacity required to serve development requiring solid waste service from the City. Included are landfill, materials recovery and transfer station facilities, solid waste collection equipment, transfer equipment and other capital facilities equipment.

B. The City Council finds that the capital cost of solid waste capital facilities and equipment benefits all development which is required to obtain solid waste service from the City. This chapter shall establish the method of collecting fees for financing the capital costs of the solid waste capital facilities and equipment other than those facilities which are provided through the approval of subdivision or parcel maps, or other developments conditioned under title 18 of this Code. All interest on the cash balance of the fund shall accrue to the Solid Waste Capital Improvement Fund. (Ord. 2880, 2019)

For the purpose of carrying out the intent of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:

ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT: An attached or a detached residential dwelling unit which provides complete independent living facilities for one or more persons. It shall include permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation on the same parcel as the single-family dwelling is situated. An accessory dwelling unit also includes the following:

A. An efficiency unit, as defined in section 17958.1 of the Health and Safety Code.

B. A manufactured home, as defined in section 18007 of the Health and Safety Code.

ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY: The Director of Municipal Utilities and Engineering of the City.

DEVELOPMENT: Any use to which land is put, building or other alteration of land and construction incidental thereto.

MOBILEHOME: A vehicle, other than a motor vehicle, designed or used for human habitation, for carrying persons and property on its own structure, and for being drawn by a motor vehicle.

MOBILEHOME PARK: Any area or tract of land where one or more mobilehome lots are rented or leased or held out for rent or lease to accommodate mobilehomes used for human habitation.

MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLING UNIT: A structure designed and used for the occupancy of two (2) or more families.

PERSON: A natural person, his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns and also includes a firm, partnership or corporation, and its or their successors or assigns, or the agent of any of the aforesaid.

SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING UNIT: A structure or portion thereof designed exclusively for the occupancy of one family.

SOLID WASTE CAPITAL FACILITIES: The solid waste facilities identified or referred to in the "Solid Waste Rate Study - 1991" as prepared by the Public Works Department and approved by the City, which identifies facilities and improvements required to serve new development that will be required to obtain City solid waste service.

STRUCTURE: Any building or improvement artificially built up or composed of parts joined together in some definite manner, including, but not limited to, dwellings, commercial structures, industrial structures, schools, churches or hotels. (Ord. 2880, 2019)

A. The solid waste capital improvement charge for the following categories shall be approved by the City Council and shall be paid as a condition of issuance of building permits for buildings required to have new solid waste services from the City's solid waste system or increasing the solid waste stream into the City's solid waste system as estimated by the City. The charges shall be those in effect on the date the permit is issued.

1. Accessory Dwelling Units: The charge for this category shall be per accessory dwelling unit.

2. Single-Family Dwelling Units: The charge for this category shall be per dwelling or unit.

3. Multiple-Family Dwelling Units, Apartments, And Mobilehome Park Lots Or Space: The charge for this category shall be per dwelling or unit or mobilehome space.

4. Nonresidential Development: The charge for this category shall be a charge per pound per day estimated solid waste as estimated by the Public Works Department.

5. All solid waste capital improvement charges shall be credited to the Solid Waste Capital Improvement Fund.

B. 1. The owner of the property shall pay to the City the difference in the solid waste capital improvement charges calculated on the basis of currently established charges.

a. If a building or the use of a building on a parcel of property which building had been served by the solid waste system is charged in a way that would make the solid waste capital improvement charge greater; or

b. If a building is replaced on a parcel of property, which building had been served by the solid waste system, and the replacement building would have a greater solid waste capital improvement charge than the building replaced.

The difference in charges shall be due prior to final approval of a conditional use permit, if applicable, or, if not, prior to building permit issuance. If not collectible in this manner, such difference shall be invoiced with the next billing for solid waste service and collectible in the same manner as the billing for solid waste service.

2. If a building or the use of a building on a parcel of property is changed in any way that would make the solid waste capital improvement charge less, no refund shall be made, but the property shall retain the amount of credit established for its previous use. (Ord. 2962, 2024: Ord. 2880, 2019)

On July 1 of each fiscal year, the City's Finance Director, in coordination with the City's Municipal Utilities and Engineering Director, shall make annual adjustments to the specific amounts of the solid waste capital improvement fees approved by the City Council by a percentage equal to the percentage change in the construction cost index of the Engineering News-Record's "Construction Cost Index" - twenty (20) cities annual average for the preceding twelve (12) month period. The purpose of this adjustment is to offset the effects of inflation related construction cost increases or any deflation related decreases. If this index should cease publication, the Finance Director shall use any appropriate official index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, or similar agency as may then exist or may then be most nearly equivalent thereto. (Ord. 2962, 2024: Ord. 2880, 2019)