Sanger Municipal Code § 82-149 Enforcement measures

The purpose of the sewer service charges provided for in this division is to apportion equitably the burden of constructing, improving, repairing and operating the sewer systems.

(Code 1960, § 17.24; Ord. No. 896, § 6(45), 10-7-93)

All users of the city's sewer system shall pay to the city a sewer service charge as adopted by resolution of the city council.

(Code 1960, § 17.25; Ord. No. 896, § 6(45), 10-7-93)

(a) On premises served with city water, the charge for sewer service shall be added to the charge for water service and shall become due and payable on the same basis.

(b) On a case-by-case basis, the public works director may consider waiving the requirement that the sewer service shall be added to the charge for water service. A waiver may be granted by the public works director upon a showing by an applicant for water service that the property shall be vacant for a period longer than 30 days and that the inability to receive water service will create blight and health and safety issues. The applicant for water service shall be required to certify that sewer service will not be utilized while the property is vacant and that immediately upon occupancy and/or use of the property, the applicant will advise the city and will be charged for sewer service.

(c) If a premises with sewer service does not receive all water used from the municipal water system, a separate bill shall be rendered for sewer service only. The time and manner for billing for sewer service on premises not served with city water shall be determined by the city engineer.

(d) If any sewer service charge is not paid within ten days after the same becomes payable, a ten percent penalty for delinquency shall be added in addition to the penalties hereinafter provided.

(Code 1960, § 17.26; Ord. No. 1100, § 1, 6-19-09)

(a) Upon a violation of any of the terms of this article, or any rule or regulation established thereunder, the city manager shall notify in writing the person causing, allowing or committing such violation, specifying the violation, and if applicable, the time after which, upon the failure of such person to prevent or rectify the violation, the city manager will exercise his authority to disconnect the system from the municipal water system or the sewer system.

(1) Such time shall not be less than five days after deposit with postage paid of such notice in the United States Postal Service at Sanger, California, addressed to the person to whom notice is given.

(2) If such violation results in a public hazard or menace, the city manager may enter upon the premises without notice and do such things and spend such sums as may be necessary to abate such hazard, and the reasonable value of things done and the amount expended in so doing shall be a charge upon the person so in violation.

(b) Upon the failure of any user to pay any sewer service charge prior to delinquency, any one or more of the actions authorized in subsection (c) or (d) of this section may, or where required hereby must, be taken by the city or city officials to enforce such payment, subject to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section.

(c) Each sewer service charge levied by or pursuant to this division on any premises within the city is hereby made a lien upon such premises, and any steps authorized by law may be taken by the city to enforce payment of such lien.

(d) In each case where a bill for sewer service shall become delinquent, the city manager shall disconnect the premises from the municipal water system, and he also may disconnect the premises from the sewer system. Whenever a premises has been disconnected from either the municipal water system or the sewer system for the nonpayment of sewer service charges, such premises shall not be reconnected to either the municipal water system or the sewer system until all delinquent fees and penalties have been paid, together with such reasonable charges for reconnection as may be established from time to time by resolution duly adopted by the council.

(Code 1960, § 17.27)

Any person aggrieved by any determination of charges required to be paid pursuant to this division may appeal to the council by filing a written notice of appeal with the clerk within 30 days of receipt of the charges in question. The city clerk shall set the matter for hearing at the next regular city council meeting in excess of ten days of filing of the written notice of appeal.

(Code 1960, § 17.28)

All monies collected by the city hereunder shall be placed in a fund entitled "sewer enterprise fund" and shall be used only for the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, maintenance and operation of sewage facilities and to repay principal and interest on any bonds which may be hereafter issued for the construction or reconstruction of such sewage facilities.

(Code 1960, § 17.29; Ord. No. 896, § 6(46), 10-7-93)