BOARD OF DIRECTORS, LAKE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT,

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

ORDINANCE NO. 2954

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 706B OF THE SEWER USE ORDINANCE

PERTAINING TO INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT DETERMINED BY THE ENGINEERING NEWS RECORD-CONSTRUCTION COST INDEX

 

 

 

The Board of Directors of the Lake County Sanitation District, State of California, ordains as follows:

Section 1: Section 706A of the Sewer Use Ordinance is hereby amended to read as follows:

“Sec. 706A. Capacity Expansion Fee --Northwest Regional Wastewater Facility.

A Capacity Expansion Fee for connections to the Northwest Regional Wastewater Facility is hereby established, and shall apply to new units constructed on unimproved property, additions to improved property, or existing improved property where sewer was not available at the time of construction, as follows:

TYPE OF CONNECTION FEE

1. Single Family Residential Unit (includes houses, apartments, and mobilehomes.), each unit: $4,659.00

2. Residential Unit, 720 square feet or less of conditioned living space, each unit: $2,329.50

3. Retail Shops, each unit: $2,329.50

4 Motel or Hotel:

a. Rooms/Suites, each room/suite: $2,329.50

b. Manager’s Residence, each unit: $4,659.00

5. Bar and Restaurant:

a. Up to 33 Chairs: $4,659.00

b. Each additional 10 Chairs: $1,164.75

6. Professional Buildings/Office Buildings, each office/complex: $2,329.50

Each public restroom, additional: $2,329.50

7. Nursing Home, Convalescent Hospital, each bed: $1,553.00

8. Hospital, each room: $2,329.50

9. Laundromat, per machine rated at 250 gpd or equivalent $2,329.50

10. Service Station – no food service with two restrooms: $9,318.00

With fried food service, additional: $6,988.50

With non-fried food service, additional: $4,659.00

11. Seasonal Connections:

Recreational Vehicle

Parks and Campgrounds, each space/site: $1,164.75

12. When a specific connection type is not addressed, fees will be calculated on the flow data provided in an approved capacity analysis or hydraulic model on the basis of 210 gallons per day per single dwelling unit per SFD equivalent: $4,659.00

 

Section 2: The Special Districts Administrator shall annually increase all fees adopted pursuant to this Ordinance, by the Engineering News Record-Construction Cost Index, (ENR) and shall use the percent change of that index from January to December of each year. The Special Districts Administrator shall prepare by March 10th of each year the proposed schedule of fees for Special Districts Administration that includes the appropriate ENR increase and will ensure these accurately reflect the appropriate ENR adjustment and, if satisfied with the accuracy of the fee adjustment, shall increase fees and provide appropriate notice to the public of the increase on or before May 1st of each year. Adjustments to the fees shall be effective on July 1st of each year, beginning in 2010. The department will review annually revenues and expenditures to ensure that the fees are charged fairly and reflect the cost of the services provided. Nothing herein shall be construed as limiting the authority of the Board of Directors to consider and adopt other adjustments to said fees where such actions are appropriate for County to recover fees necessary to cover the cost of the services provided.

Section 4: All ordinances or parts of ordinances or resolutions in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict and no further.

Section 5: This Ordinance shall take effect on the 11th day of August, 2011, and before the expiration of fifteen (15) days after its passage, it shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the County of Lake.

The foregoing Ordinance was introduced before the Board of Directors on the 28th day of June, 2011 and passed by the following vote of the 12th day of July, 2011.

AYES: Directors Smith, Rushing, Farrington, Brown and Comstock

NOES: None

ABSENT OR NOT VOTING: None