Wasco Municipal Code Ch. 13.16 Sewer Connection Charges

• Prior ordinance history: Ords. 420, 426 and 509.

Residential, commercial, and industrial sewer connection charges for household, commercial and industrial facilities are adopted as set out in this chapter. (Ord. 530 §1 (Exh. A), 2007; Ord. 510 §1 (Exh. A), 2006).

A. Charges.

1. The trunk line charges shall be determined and based upon the water service line size:

a. With 3/4-inch water line $ 480.00 PDU

b. With 1-inch water line for two or less units 480.00 PDU

c. 1-1/2 inch water service line for four units or less 1,395.00

d. 2-inch water service line for five units or less 1,740.00

e. 3 or 4-inch water service lines for 15 units or less for each unit in 5,220.00 excess of 15, an additional $290.00 per unit

f. Motels 175.00 PB

B. Implementation. Charges enumerated hereinabove for water availability and for sewer trunk lines shall be charged and collected at the time the building plans and specifications have been approved by the proper governmental agency and building permit is requested, except that the city council may defer payment of connection charges to a later date by resolution. If charges have prior hereto been collected under prior ordinances on an acreage basis, the amount of the prior charges collected shall be credited against the charges determined herein. (Ord. 608 §2 (Exh. A), 2010; Ord. 530 §1 (Exh. A), 2007; Ord. 510 §1 (Exh. A), 2006).

The city finds that demands for sewer service generated by new development and redevelopment will require expansion of the wastewater treatment plant, and the facilities appurtenant thereto, and the costs for the improvements are to be borne by the developments as follows:

A. Applicability. Immediately upon adoption, charges would apply at the building permit stage on any vacant land where no prior sewer connection existed. However, where prior sewer connection existed but the land use will be changed to more units or increased sewage discharge, the treatment plant charges would apply on a pro-rata basis. Therefore, there are no exempt units. The city council may defer payment of connection charges to a later date by resolution.

B. Charges.

1. Single-family residential and multiple-family $3,400.00 per unit
units

2. Mobilehomes in mobilehome parks and 3,400.00 per unit
apartments

3. Motels 1,224.00 per unit

4. Commercial and industrial 13.60 per GPD of effluent

C. Implementation. Charges for the expansion of the treatment plant shall be collected upon issuance of building permits for new construction lots, except that the city council may defer payment of connection charges to a later date by resolution. If the sewage flow per day is used as a basis for calculating charges, the owner shall install an accurate flow-measuring device with totalizer and recorder to monitor the flow to the sewer.

An agreement between the city and owner shall provide for additional payment at the then-current rates wherever the total daily flow exceeds the previously acquired capacity. (Ord. 608 §2 (Exh. A), 2010; Ord. 530 §1 (Exh. A), 2007; Ord. 510 §1 (Exh. A), 2006).