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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 078 i Ef►N ' AG_ TE - ITEM# ATASCADERO COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO STATE OF CALIFORNIA ORDINANCE NO. 78 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND REPEALING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE ATASCADERO COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT ORDINANCE CODE The Board of Directors of the Atascadero County Sanitation District ordain as follows: SECTION 1. That Section 3.3 of the Atascadero County Sanitation District •Cr4- - inancz Code is amended to read as follows: "3.3 When a public sewer becomes available to a building served by a private sewage disposal system, said building shall be connected to the public sewer within twenty-four (24) months after said public sewer is available and said private disposal system shall be abandoned in accordance with the 1982 edition of the Uniform Plumbing Code, unless a variance is granted by the Board of Directors." SECTION 2. That Section 3.6 of the Atascadero County Sanitation District Ordinance Code is repealed. SECTION 3. That Section 4.4 of the Atascadero County Sanitation District Ordinance Code is amended to read as follows: "4.4 The following fees shall be charged for sewer permits: (1) When the work to be performed involves the connection of a building sewer to the public sewer, the fee shall be five (5) dollars, (2) When any portion of the work to be performed is within the. limits of a public right-of-way or public sewer easement, an encroachment permit shall be obtained from the Public Works Department of the City of Atascadero." 0 a SECTION 4. That Sections 4.5, 4.9, 4.10 and 4.11 of the Atascadero County Sanitation District Ordinance Code are repealed. SECTION 5. That Section 4.6 of the Atascadero County Sanitation District Ordinance Code is amended to read as follows: "4.6 Permit fees shall be credited to the District's general operating account." SECTION 6. That Section 4.8 of the Atascadero County Sanitation District Ordinance Code is amended to read as follows: "4.8 A connection fee in the amount of Two Hundred and Fifty ($250.00) Dollars shall be charged for each connection to the public sewer except that: (1) No charge shall be made when the owner of the lot has already paid for lateral sewer installation by assessment or otherwise: (2) No charge will be made when a "T" fitting has already been installed in the public sewer at the property owner's expense, and the lateral sewer is to be installed from said fitting. (3) Each parcel which was assessed during an improvement district assessment proceedings for a collection system, but on which the assessment was not paid because the parcel was deeded to the State for non-payment of taxes, shall incur an additional connection fee equal to the particular assessment involved for that parcel. SECTION 7. Section 4.12 of the Atascadero County Sanitation District Ordinance Code is amended to read as follows: "4.12 For sewer service to any lot within Assessment District No. 1 created by a lot split or subdivision of a parcel previously assessed, the connection charge for the added lots shall be Two Hundred Fifty ($250.00) Dollars for each lateral connection plus one of the following: a. Eight Hundred and Fifty ($850.00) Dollars for a single family lot; or b. Seven Hundred and Twenty Five ($725.00) Dollars per living unit for a multi-family lot; or c. Six Hundred and Sixty ($660.00) Dollars per mobile home unit for mobile home parks; or d. Twenty-Six Dollars and Thirty-Five Cents ($26.35) per plumbing fixture unit, as defined in the 1982 edition of the Uniform plumbing Code, for commercial and industrial uses. SECTION 8. Section 5.2 of the Atascadero County Sanitation District Ordinance Code is amended to read as follows: "5.2 The District may approve a refund agreement with persons who have paid for public sewer extensions. Said agreements shall provide for reimbursement of the excess cost borne by said persons, at such time within fifteen (15) years as money is paid to the District for service from said sewer extension. The District shall require the applicant to file and have approved by the City Engineer a reimbursement map showing the method and amount of cost spread to each future connection to the sewer extension. SECTION 9. Section 5.3 of the Atascadero County Sanitation District Ordinance Code is amended to read as follows: "5.3 No sewer service shall be provided to any lot by lateral sewer connection to a sewer extension until ,the owner of said lot has paid a proportional share share of the cost of said sewer extension, or has entered into an agreement with the District to pay said share of the costs. SECTION 10. Section 7.1 of the Atascadero County Sanitation District Ordinance Code is amended to read as follows: "7.1 Every building in which plumbing fixtures are installed or located shall be separately and independently connected with public sewer or septic tank, except that the City Engineer may approve the connection of more than one building to a public sewer by a common building sewer. SECTION 11. Section 7.3 of the Atascadero County Sanitation District Ordinance is repealed. SECTION 12. Section 7.10 of the Atascadero County Sanitation District `?rd,ina.ncs Code is added as follows: "7.10 Installation, maintenance, and replacement of the building; sewer shall be the responsibility of the connecting property owner. SECTION 13. Article 8: Annexations, of the Atascadero County Sanitation District Ordinance Code is amended to read as follows: "Article 8. Service Extensions: Outside of Improvement District No. 1 Section 8.1 Service to areas outside Improvement District No. 1 (1) When a service extension outside of Improvement District No. 1 is requested, the applicant shall have an estimate of the cost of extending sewer lines and otherwise providing sewer services to the lots included in the request prepared by a Civil Engineer registered in the State of California. These estimates shall not include the cost of building sewers. This estimate and the pro- portional share to be borne by each lot shall be furnished to the owners of the property effected by this request. (2) Applicant shall submit improvement plans of the proposed extension, prepared by a Civil Engineer registered in the State of California, for approval by the City Engineer. (3) The applicants of the sewer extension shall execute and file an agreement with the District as provided in Section 5.1 (3) of this Ordinance Code. 0 0 (4) No hookup to the public sewer shall be permitted until all improvement work has been completed to the satisfaction of the City Engineer and all charges have been paid by the applicant in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance Code. Inspection costs shall be paid by applicant as set forth in Section 5.1 (3) of this Ordinance Code. (5) The District may approve a refund agreement with persons who have paid more than their porportional cost of the sewer service extension. The agreement shall provide for reimbursement of the excess cost borne by said persons at such time within fifteen (15) years as money is paid to the District for service from said sewer extension. The District shall require the applicant to file and have approved by the City Engineer a reimbursement map showing the method and amount of cost spread to each future connector to the sewer extension. (6) No sewer service shall be provided to any lot by lateral sewer connection to said sewer service extension untilthe owner of said lot has paid a porportional share of the cost of said service extension as well as the appropriate sewer connection fees as outlined in Section 8.2 of this Ordinance Code. Section 8.2 Sewer Extension Fees For sewer service to any lot where sewer service has been extended beyond the boundaries of Improvement District No. 1, a connection charge of Two Hundred and Fifty ($250.00) Dollars shall be charged for each lateral connection to the public sewer, plus one of the following: a. Eight Hundred and Fifty ($850.00) Dollars for a single family lot; or b. Seven Hundred and Twenty-Five ($725.00) Dollars per living unit for multi family lot; or c. Six Hundred and Sixty ($660.00) Dollars per mobile home unit for mobile home parks; or d. Twenty-Six Dollars and Thirty-Five Cents ($26.35) per plumbing fixture unit as defined in the 1982 edition of the Uniform Plumbing Code, for commercial and industrial uses. Where a "T" fitting has already been installed in the sewer main, at the connector's expense, then the connection fee of Two Hundred and Fifty ($250.00) Dollars shall be waived. It is the intent of this'Article that fees shown in Subsections a, b, c, and d approximate the cost of expanding the present sewer treatment plant to accommodate those additional connections brought into the sewer system by the extension of the service area. Section 83 Disposition of Collected Funds. All fees collected under this Section for the construction of sewer service extensions shall be credited to the Sewer Facilities Account (Article 10) . SECTION 14. Article 10: Sewer Facilities -Fund, -of the Atascadero-County Sanitation District Ordinance Code is amended to read as follows: "Article 10: Sewer Facilities Account" "10.1 A Sewer Facilities Account is hereby established, to consist of revenue obtained from connection fees, sewer extension fees, -and designated revenues from the monthly sewer charges." "10.2 The Sewer Facilities Account shall be primarily to finance expansion and replacement of the waste water treatment facilities, and the replacement or enlargement of trunk sewer lines or other sewer lines. 0 0 "10.3 When monies are available from the Account, the Board of Directors may utilize these monies to construct public sewers in streets or easements to extend service to previously unsewered areas when the costs of such sewer construction are to be reimbursed by the owners of the properties requesting such sewer extensions. Before monies from said account are so used, the Board of Directors shall enter into an agreement with the owner or owners of the properties to be served. SECTION 15. Section 11.7 of the Atascadero County Sanitation District Ordinance Code is amended to read as follows: "11.7 The District hereby elects to have current and delinquent sewer service charges collected on the County tax roll in the same manner as its general taxes, as an alternative to other methods of collection prescribed herein, pursuant to Health and Safety Code Sections 5473 through 5473a. SECTION 16. The City Clerk shall cause this Ordinance to be published once within fifteen (15) days after its passage in the Atascadero News, a newspaper of general circulation, printed, published, and circulated in this District; shall certify to the adoption and publication of this Ordinance and its certification, together with proof of publication to be entered in the Book of Ordinances of this District. The foregoing Ordinance was introduced, adopted and ordered published at"a meeting of the District Board of Directors held on _April 9, 1984 by the following vote: AYES: Board Tlember Molina, Stover, Wilkins and Mackey NOES: None ABSENT: Board Member Nelson ATTEST: W1 , BARBARA NORRIS, City Clerk MARJOR R. MACK Y, Mayor APPROVED AS TO CONTENT: APPROVED AS TO F k `7" L. ARDEN, City Manager ALLEN GRIMES, City Attorney