Victorville Municipal Code Art. IV Fees

Any person desiring to connect to a public sewer shall, as a prerequisite to obtaining the permits required by this chapter, pay all fees or charges which may be required by the city. Except as otherwise specified herein, the applicable fees and charges shall be as established from time-to-time by a resolution of the city council.

(Ord. No. 2363, § 3, 3-21-17)

(a) No building or property shall be connected to a public sewer until a permit for the work has been obtained from the city and all fees, costs or pro-rated assessments for any publicly-constructed sewer (or any privately-constructed sewer installed under a valid reimbursement agreement between the property owner and the city) have been paid in accordance with the requirements of this chapter and such reimbursement agreement.

(b) Before granting any permit for the construction of main-line or trunk line sewers, lateral lines, building sewers, or sewage pumping plants, and whenever a permit for any industrial wastewater treatment or disposal facility is required by the city, the city shall collect the appropriate fees from the applicant to cover the costs of field inspection of the proposed construction, procuring or preparing record plans, and all overhead and indirect costs.

(Ord. No. 2363, § 3, 3-21-17)

Fees for connecting to the city sewer system are as set forth in Chapter 10.01 of this code.

(Ord. No. 2363, § 3, 3-21-17)

Whenever any fees required by this chapter are based on valuations, the city shall determine the estimated valuation in all cases, and for such purposes the city shall be guided by approved estimating practices.

(Ord. No. 2363, § 3, 3-21-17)

If any property is in a sewer reimbursement district, no permit shall be issued for the connection of such property to a public sewer until, in addition to any other fees required by this chapter, all area charges and frontage charges required by this section have been paid. The reimbursement district connection charge shall be computed at the rate as established from time-to-time by the city council or as designated in the reimbursement agreement affecting the property. If a reimbursement district connection charge is collected as provided in this section, then the connection fees set forth in Chapter 10.01 shall not be collected.

(Ord. No. 2363, § 3, 3-21-17)

The applicant shall pay a fee to tap the public sewer and reimburse the city for all costs and expenses to coordinate, inspect and install the tap on behalf of the applicant or permittee.

(Ord. No. 2363, § 3, 3-21-17)

When required for the proper maintenance, repair, cleaning, installation or construction of sewers or appurtenant facilities, a manhole inspection fee shall be charged to applicants or affected property owners to cover the costs of engineering, field inspection, and all overhead and indirect costs.

(Ord. No. 2363, § 3, 3-21-17)

In the event that any lot for which a property owner has paid any charges required under this chapter receives additional benefit from any public or trunk sewer, nothing contained in this chapter shall relieve the property owner from future payment of charges as herein provided, nor from a special assessment levied under a statute of the state of California for such additional benefit.

(Ord. No. 2363, § 3, 3-21-17)

Any person required by this chapter to have plans checked and processed shall pay the fee for this service and as required by Sections 16-5.03.040 and 17.12.020 of this code.

(Ord. No. 2363, § 3, 3-21-17)

For each private contract requiring the processing or vacation of sewer easements, the city engineer shall collect from the applicant such fees for this service as required by Section 9.04.080 of this code.

(Ord. No. 2363, § 3, 3-21-17)

(a) Before proceeding with the preparation of a sewer area, reimbursement, or other special study, the city engineer shall collect from the person making the request for the work the fee for this service as required by Section 9.04.080 of this code. If the actual cost of doing the work exceeds the fee originally collected, a supplemental fee shall be collected to cover the additional costs.

(b) If the city engineer determines that a flow measurement study of the existing private or public sewer system is required, there will be an additional fee for conducting such study.

(c) Studies prepared by third parties and submitted for checking by the city engineer shall be subject to the fee requirements stated in this section.

(Ord. No. 2363, § 3, 3-21-17)

Any person desiring to connect to the city sewer system shall be required to pay a fee to reimburse the city for its costs incurred to add all new or remodeled city sewer system elements, including pump stations and miscellaneous appurtenances data and information to the city GIS system as necessary, including mapping and data such as pipe materials, slope, size, etc., as required by the city.

(Ord. No. 2363, § 3, 3-21-17)

Except as may be otherwise provided for by applicable laws or this code, all fees and charges collected under this chapter shall be deposited with the city's director of finance and credited to the city sewer fund.

(Ord. No. 2363, § 3, 3-21-17)

The city shall keep a permanent record of all applications and a permanent and accurate account of all payments received under this chapter.

(Ord. No. 2363, § 3, 3-21-17)

(a) In the event that any person shall have paid a fee as required under this chapter and no work has been done on these functions, inspections or monitoring by the city and the project has been formally abandoned or cancelled, such person, upon presentation to the city of a request in writing, shall be entitled to a refund.

(b) Refund requests must be submitted within a one-year period after the date the fee was paid.

(c) The city shall satisfy itself as to the right of such person to a refund, and each refund shall be paid as provided by law for the payment of claims against the city.

(d) In the event that the city has commenced any plan checking, study review, easement review or other work for which a fee was paid, or the contractor has commenced work on the construction; no portion of the fee shall be refunded.

(e) Any issuance fee paid shall not be eligible for a refund pursuant to Section 9.11.060 of this Code.

(Ord. No. 2363, § 3, 3-21-17)