Scotts Valley Municipal Code Art. VII Wastewater Fees

A. The following user classes are exclusively established for purposes of wastewater service billing:

1. Residential, consisting of:

a. Single family,

b. Multiple family,

c. Mobile homes;

2. Commercial and industrial, as defined by this chapter;

3. Restaurants, as defined by this chapter.

B. The manager shall be responsible for assigning all users to a user class.

(Ord. 79.18 § II.A (part), 1993)

Fees pertaining to wastewater service fees shall be set by resolution of the city council. All other fees permitted by this chapter shall be set by ordinance of the city council.

(Ord. 79.23 § 1, 1998: Ord. 79.18 § II.A (part), 1993; Ord. No. 79.24, § 1, 6-6-2012)

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Commencing from the effective date of the ordinance codified in this section, there is levied and assessed upon the owner of each premises connected to the sanitary sewer system a wastewater treatment service fee for each user class set forth above, said rates to be established pursuant to this section.

A. Industrial and commercial users required by the manager to obtain a wastewater discharge permit shall be subject to a surcharge for the following substances at loading rates in excess of the concentrations indicated from the effective date of the ordinance codified in this section:

Kilograms shall be determined as milligrams per liter times flow in gallons times 0.00000379 (mg/L × flow × 0.00000379 = kilograms). The surcharge shall be kilograms multiplied by the applicable rate per kilogram (kilograms × rate per kilogram). The surcharge fee will be the total of the surcharges for each substance exceeding the concentration listed. The surcharge shall be computed based on the most recent data applicable to the discharger for the latest billing period.

B. Loading rates shall be determined from analytical data supplied by the city, provided that a proper sampling location exists for the premises being measured. A commercial or industrial user subject to a discharge may submit certified analytical data to establish the strength of his/her discharge. However, the data must come from analysis by a state-certified laboratory of a sample collected by professionally qualified personnel from a sample point recognized by the manager as being valid. Final determination of loading rates for a user rests with the manager.

C. Restaurant users not in compliance shall be charged an additional fee per one hundred gallons, or any fraction thereof, per month, as follows from the effective date of the ordinance codified in this section:

For the purposes of this chapter, any user required to have an exterior grease interceptor by the manager, who has his/her interceptor pumped quarterly by a licensed grease pumper, and who submits written proof thereof to the manager at least thirty days prior to the next billing cycle, shall be deemed "in compliance with the grease interceptor requirements of this chapter."

Any user notified by the manager that he/she must install an exterior grease interceptor who has not done so within one year of said notification, or, subsequent to this one-year period, any user who has an interceptor installed but does not have it pumped quarterly shall be deemed "not in compliance with the grease interceptor requirements of this chapter," until proof of pumping is provided.

Alternate interceptor pumping schedules, either more or less frequent than quarterly, may be established by the manager on a case-by-case basis, if conditions warrant. If an alternate schedule is established, the new schedule shall replace the quarterly requirement for compliance purposes per subsection C. of this section.

Any user notified by the manager that he/she must install an exterior grease interceptor who has not done so within one year from the date of notification of noncompliance shall be assessed two times the noncompliance fee per month.

D. For transient occupancy trailer parks, a per-space monthly fee of three dollars and thirty-four cents will be charged as of the effective date of the ordinance codified in this section.

E. All billings issued by the city for wastewater treatment service fees shall be paid by the twenty-fifth day of the month following the month in which the bill is sent. If the bill is not paid by this date, it shall become delinquent.

F. Subsequent to the annual audit for the city, beginning in the year ended June 30, 1994, treatment rates for all classes of customers shall be brought before the city council for review and adjustment, if appropriate.

(Ord. 79.18 § II.A (part), 1993; Ord. 79.19 § 2, 1993; Ord. 79.20 § 1, 1994; Ord. 79.22 § 1, 1996; Ord. No. 79.24, § 2, 6-6-2012)

Commencing July 1, 1992, all residential wastewater treatment service fees may be collected one or more times per year as the city determines to be appropriate, on the equalized tax assessment of the county.

(Ord. 79.18 § II.A (part), 1993; Ord. 79.23 § 3, 1998)

A. No person shall hook up to the city's sanitary sewer system without paying a wastewater hook-up fee as established by resolution of the council pursuant to city ordinance 143.

B. All hook-up fees shall be paid upon release of gas/electric from the building department. If the residential development contains more than one single-family dwelling or unit, hook-up fees shall be paid on a pro rata basis for each dwelling when it receives its final inspection or certificate of occupancy, or on a lump-sum basis when the first dwelling in the development receives its final inspection or certificate of occupancy, whichever occurs first, all as determined by the manager.

C. "Final inspection" or "certificate of occupancy" as used in this chapter, have the same meaning as described in Sections 305 and 307 of the Uniform Building Code, International Conference of Building Officials, 1985 Edition. "Release of gas/electric," as used in this chapter, refers to release of a building by the city for the purpose of being authorized to receive utility service.

D. Additional hook-up fees shall be due in the event that the use of any commercial property is intensified to require greater sewer capacity than that originally paid for. The owner shall pay to the city the difference between the original fee and the fee for the new or increased use, such fee to be based upon the rates that are in effect at the tune of discovery. In no event shall the owner be entitled to a reimbursement of any fee or portion thereof previously paid to the city. The city shall make periodic review of users, and shall notify the owner of a premises in writing of any increased fee that is due. The amount of the fee increase shall become due and payable within thirty days of the date of the notice, and if it is not paid within that period it shall become delinquent.

(Ord. 79.18 § II.A (part), 1993)

Fees to defray the costs of process and issuing the following permits or performing the following services are established as follows:

A. Direct discharge permit (Section 13.04.040 B)—One hundred dollars.

B. Wastewater discharge permit application (Section 13.04.105)—Two hundred dollars.

C. Industrial discharge monitoring (Section 13.04.105)—Eight hundred dollars per year.

D. Water meter reading service (Section 13.04.095)—Seventy-five dollars per reading.

(Ord. 79.18 § II.A (part), 1993)

The city shall collect in addition to all other charges of the city, prior to the connection to the sanitary sewer system of the city, special connection charges for any lot or parcel of property in the city that abuts on or can be served by the sanitary sewer main or facility of the city constructed pursuant to special assessment proceedings in the North Scotts Valley sewer and water assessment district, for which the property was not assessed. The charge shall be the sum equal to what said parcel would have been assessed if it had been included in the assessment district based upon the engineer's method of assessment spread. Such charge shall be payable in cash within ten days of the date of the application to the city and prior to connection to the sanitary sewer system or in such installments as may be provided in the event special assessment bond proceedings are conducted to finance the same. The special assessment connection charge collected by the city shall, from time to time, be credited to the bond interest and redemption fund for the North Scotts Valley sewer and water assessment district.

(Ord. 79.18 § II.A (part), 1993)

A. The city council shall collect, in addition to all other charges of the city, a special connection and/or use charge for any lot or parcel of property that abuts or fronts on or will be served by the wastewater facilities constructed pursuant to special assessment proceedings in the Pasatiempo Pines wastewater facilities project and for which the property was not assessed or was assessed for a lesser number of connections. A map of said district marked Exhibit A is attached to the ordinance codified in this section and made a part of this chapter. The charges for said special assessment connection and/or use shall be the sum of four thousand eight hundred eleven dollars.

B. Such charge shall be payable in cash to the city at the time that application and payment is made for a building permit and prior to connection and/or use of the facilities hereinabove set forth. The special assessment connection and/or use charge collected by the city shall, from time to time, be credited to the bond interest and redemption fund for the Pasatiempo Pines wastewater facilities project.

(Ord. 131, 1986)