STATE OF CALIFORNIA

ORDINANCE NO. 2965

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 721B OF THE SEWER USE ORDINANCE, (APPENDIX A), OF THE LAKE COUNTY ORDINANCE CODE

INCREASING SEWER USE FEES FOR SOUTH LAKEPORT, LANDS END AND REEVES POINT (A.D. 9-1 AND A.D. 9-3)

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

Section 1: The SEWER SERVICE CHARGES in Section 721B of the Sewer Use Ordinance, (Appendix A), of the Ordinance Code of Lake County is hereby amended to read as follows:

“Sec. 721B. South Lakeport, Lands End and Reeves Point (A.D. 9-1 and 9-3) Sewer service charges. (The fees, tolls, rates, rentals or other charges for services and facilities furnished by the District in connection with its sanitary system are as follows:)

 

TYPE OF CONNECTION CHARGE PER MONTH

__2011 ___2012 ___2013

(1) RESIDENTIAL - Base Charge $ 41.95 $ 46.95 $ 53.10

Includes: Each dwelling unit with sewer connections on

the same parcel; House, Mobile home, Apartment,

Granny Unit, permanently occupied cabins or travel trailers with

sewer service and any additional auxiliary unit (hooked up)

 

(2) LOW-STRENGTH COMMERCIAL – Base Charge $ 46.95 $ 46.95 $ 53.10

Per building with restroom or sewer connections

Includes: Professional office, Banks, Small Retail, Daycare or Day school

Without cafeteria or showers, Fellowship hall or church w/o commercial kitchen,

coffee shop without kitchen;

In addition to base rate:

Daycare or Day school without cafeteria or showers – per student $ 1.15 $ 1.30 $ 1.45

(3) MEDIUM-STRENGTH COMMERCIAL – Base Charge $125.85 $140.85 $159.85

Per building with restroom or sewer connections

Includes: Service Station without grocery or dining, Bars without dining,

Church, Fraternity, Club House, Senior Center, theaters, schools with

cafeteria and without showers, Convenience Stores without dining or kitchen,

Hotel/Motel without Dining, Hospital, Assisted Living, Group Homes, Detention

Center and Convalescent Home, Beauty Shop, Laundromat (self service),

Car Lots, Auto Shop, Small Grocery without deli or butcher shop;

 

In addition to base rate:

Convalescent/Group Home/ Hospital/Detention--per licensed bed $ 21.00 $ 23.00 $ 25.00

Hotel/Motel per room without kitchen $ 4.40 $ 5.00 $ 5.80

Hotel/Motel per room with kitchen $ 6.70 $ 7.70 $ 8.80

Hotel/Motel room permanently occupied $ 20.10 $ 23.00 $ 26.45

Laundromat – per machine $ 16.00 $ 17.25 $ 19.00

Schools with cafeteria per student $ 2.41 $ 2.70 $ 2.98

Theater or Drive In - per seat or car space $ .35 $ .37 $ 0.43

(4) HIGH-STRENGTH COMMERCIAL -Base Charge $237.27 $261.00 $287.10

Per building with sewer connections

Includes: Hotels/ Motels with Dining, Schools with Cafeteria & Showers,

Super Markets, Gas Station with dining or kitchen, Short Order, Takeout,

Restaurants, Bars and Cocktail Lounges with Dining, Septage Disposal

(Dump Stations), Casino, Fitness Center, Event Center, Car Wash, Dry Cleaning,

RV and Camp Grounds.

In addition to base rate:

 

Hotel/Motel per unit -- without kitchen $ 4.40 $ 5.00 $ 5.80

-- with kitchen $ 6.70 $ 7.70 $ 8.80

-- permanently occupied $20.10 $23.00 $ 26.45

Bars & Lounge per stool or cocktail –per seat over 33 $ 0.85 $ .95 $ 1.10

Restaurants - per seat over 33 $ 0.85 $ .95 $ 1.10

RV & Campgrounds per space --Without sewer hookup $ 2.75 $ 3.15 $ 3.60

--With sewer hookup $ 6.70 $ 7.70 $ 8.80

-- permanently occupied $20.10 $ 23.00 $ 26.45

Schools with cafeteria & showers -- per student $ 2.41 $ 2.70 $ 2.98

(5) Minimum Charge for Wastewater Service not specifically itemized $41.95 $46.95 $ 53.10

Other wastewater uses in excess of minimum charge will be

evaluated on the basis of water use and components of discharge.

(6) CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM -per SFD equivalent $ 1.50 $ 3.00 $ 4.50

(7) When a specific connection type is not addressed, or easily identified, fees will be calculated on the flow data based on 210 gallons per day per single family dwelling unit (SFD) equivalent. Buildings or business entities that house multiple commercial type establishments will be billed for each establishment as it is categorized above.

The above sewer charges, items 1 through 5, including monthly charges and volume use charges, shall be adjusted February 15 of each year based on inflation. The inflationary adjustment shall be determined by multiplying the current rate by the ratio of the prior year’s average annual U.S. City Average Consumer Price Index as published by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. In the event of a negative index, no change in the sewer charges shall be made.

SECTION 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances or resolutions in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict and no further.

SECTION 3: This Ordinance shall take effect on the 15th day of December, 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 8th day of November, 2011, and passed by the following vote on the 15th, day of November, 2011:

AYES: Directors Smith, Rushing, Farrington, Brown and

Comstock

NOES: None

ABSENT OR NOT VOTING: None