San Luis Obispo Municipal Code Art. X Charges and Fees

A. A schedule of charges and fees shall be adopted by the city by resolution and may be amended from time to time which will enable the city to comply with the revenue requirements of the State Clean Water Grant Program. Charges and fees shall be determined in a manner consistent with regulations of the grant program.

B. All users shall be classified as either a significant industrial user, Class I user, or a Class II user, according to the principal activity conducted on the user’s premises and appropriate nonindustrial classifications as determined by the city. The purpose of such classification is to facilitate the regulation of wastewater discharges based on wastewater constituents and characteristics to provide an effective means of source control, and to establish a system of user charges and industrial user wastewater discharge permit fees which will ensure an equitable recovery of the city’s cost for operation of the pretreatment program.

C. The charges for each wastewater constituent and characteristic shall be established by the city and set forth in the city’s schedule of charges and fees, which may include, but shall not be limited to:

1. User classification charges.

2. Fees for monitoring and inspections.

3. Charges and fees based on wastewater constituents and characteristics to include industrial cost recovery provisions of the Federal Act (i.e., PL 92-500).

4. In case a residence or place of business becomes vacant, the minimum sewer charge shall be collected until the city is requested to shut off the water.

5. All charges for such sewage service shall be paid at the same time as water charges are paid to the city and shall be billed upon the same water bill sent to the user; and both amounts must be paid or the city may, in addition to other remedies, shut off the water service.

6. Any person failing to pay the sewer service charge when due, and if the water service has been disconnected, shall pay the water restoration-reconnection charge provided for in Section 13.04.060.

D. When user classification charges are established, they shall be based upon a minimum basic charge for each premises, computed on the basis of wastewater from a domestic premises. (Ord. 1734 § 8, 2024; Ord. 1598 § 1, 2014)

Revenue derived by the city under the provisions of the ordinance codified in this chapter shall be used for the operation, acquisition, construction, reconstruction and maintenance of the sanitary sewer system and shall be applied to the retirement of any bonded indebtedness which was incurred to improve the sanitary sewer system. (Ord. 1598 § 1, 2014)