HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances_2926ORDINANCE NO 2926
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS AMENDING CHAPTER 3 62
OF THE REDLANDS MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO SEWER SERVICE
FUND
Section 1 Chapter 3 62 of the Redlands Municipal Code, titled "Sewer Service
Fund," is hereby amended to read as follows
"CHAPTER 3 62
SEWER SERVICE FUND
SECTION
3 62 010 Establishment
3 62 020 Definitions
3 62 030 Charges
3 62 010 ESTABLISHMENT
There is established the sewer service fund to provide for administration, operation and
maintenance of the Redlands domestic sewerage system and its capacity to serve its existing users
All interest on the cash balance of the fund shall accrue to the sewer service fund. The following
rules shall apply.
A. All service charges and all miscellaneous charges not otherwise designated shall be credited
to the sewer service fund
B Established within the sewer service fund is a reserve for capital The reserve for capital
shall be in addition to annual capital replacement budget, to establish a fund for capital
expenditures necessary due to unforeseen or unusual capital costs in any year, necessary to
maintain the existing system and its capacity
3 62 020 DEFINITIONS
For the purpose of carrying out the intent of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply
MULTIPLE -FAMILY DWELLING UNIT A structure designed and used for occupancy of two
(2) or more families, but does not include motels, hotels, or rest homes, nursing homes, with
common cooking facilities
PREMISES A lot, parcel of land, building or establishment.
SEWER CONNECTION OR CONNECTION Physically tapping into sewer mains or their
laterals for the purpose of serving a private sewer line or building sewer from a property or
premises
SEWER RATES The sewer rates, rate structures and rate classes to be established by the city
council to be used as a basis for charging users for service from the sewerage system.
SEWER SERVICE CHARGE Service charges for the use of the sewerage system based on sewer
rates
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SEWERAGE SYSTEM Those pipelines and appurtenances maintained and operated by the city
for the collection and conveyance of sewage to the plant owned and operated by the city,
wastewater treatment, and treatment and discharge of such wastewater to required standards
SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING UNIT A structure or portion thereof used exclusively for the
occupancy of one family
3 62 030 CHARGES
The wastewater service charges for the following categories shall be paid for wastewater service
Every person whose premises in the city is served by a connection with the wastewater system of
the city, whereby the sewage or industrial wastes, or either or both, are disposed of by the city,
either through the facilities of the wastewater treatment and sewage disposal works owned by the
city, or otherwise, shall pay a sewer service charge which is established by Resolution of the City
Council
A Residential Rates For all residential dwelling units, including single-family and multiple -
family dwelling units, there shall be a bimonthly charge
B Nonresidential Rates For all nonresidential users there shall be a bimonthly charge based
upon the strength of the wastewater discharged for each one hundred (100) cubic feet or
fraction thereof Wastewater strength data is adapted from state water resources control
board's "Revenue Program Guidelines for Wastewater Agencies"
1 Large volume users are classified as users with greater than twenty five thousand
(25,000) gallons per day discharge
2 A minimum bimonthly charge equivalent to the multiple -family dwelling unit rate shall
apply to any nonresidential user whose wastewater discharge per one hundred (100)
cubic feet or fraction thereof results in a total charge less than the equivalent of the
multiple -family dwelling unit rate
C School Rates Each school shall pay a bimonthly charge for each one hundred (100) average
daily attendance or part thereof
Section 2 The Mayor shall sign this ordinance and the City Clerk shall certify to the
adoption of this ordinance and shall cause it, or a summary of it, to be published once in the
Redlands Daily Facts, a newspaper of general circulation with�n�the City, and thereafter, this
ordinance shall take effect as provided by law
Paul T Banch, Mayor
ATTEST
e Donaldson, City Clerk
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I, Jeanne Donaldson, City Clerk of the City of Redlands, hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance was duly adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 18th
day of May, 2021
AYES Councilmembers Foster, Tejeda, Davis, Guzman -Lowry, Mayor Barich
NOES None
ABSENT None
ABSTAINED None
Donaldson, City Clerk
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