HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 203 ORDINANCE NO. 203
AN ORDINANCE AMENM ING UNIFORK CONNECTION
AND USE ORDINANCE NO. 202
The Board of Directors of County Sanitation District Mo . 2 of
Orange County, California, does ordain as follows:
ARTICLE 1
Article 2 of Ordinance No. 202 is hereby amended by adding
thereto the following sections:
(o) District Connection Charge. Is a connection charge imposed
by 'District No. 2 as a charge for the use of District ' s sewerage
facilities whether such connection is made directly to a District
sewerage facility or to a sewer which ultimately discharges into a -
District sewerage facility.
(p) District Sewerage Facility. ' Shall mean any property
belonging to County Sanitation District No. 2 used in the treatment ,
transportation, or disposal of sewage or industrial wastes .
✓ (q) Domestic Sewage. Shall mean the liquid and water-borne
wastes derived from the ordinary living processes , free from indus-
tria'• wastes, and of such character as to permit satis:'actory. disposal
without special treatment, into the public sewer or b;v means of a
private disposal system.
(r) Sewerage Facilities. Are any facilities used in the
collection, transportation, treatment, or disposal of sewage and
industrial wastes.
(s) Family Dwelling Building. Is a structure designed and used
to -house families and containing one or more dwelling units .
(t) Dwelling Unit . Is one or more habitable rooms which are
occupied or which are intended or designed to be occupied by one
family with facilities for living, sleeping, cooking; and eating.
(u) Floor Area. Is the 'area' included within the surrounding
exterior walls of a building or portion thereof, exclusive of vent
shafts and courts. The floor area of a building, or portion thereof, ,
not provided with surrounding exterior walls shall be the usable area
under the horizontal projection of the roof or floor above.
(v) New Construction. Shall mean any structure under consttuc-
tion for which a connection permit has not been issued prior to the
effective date of this ordinance.
(w) Other Terms . Any term not herein defined is defined as
being the same as set forth in the International Conference of
Building Officials Uniform Building Code, 1970 Edition, Volume I.
ARTICLE 2
(a) Section (a) of Article 6 of Ordinance No. 202 is amended
to read as follows:
(a) District Connection Charges. Before any connection
per shall be issued, the applicant shall pay to the District or
Its. agent the charges specified herein.
(1) Connection Charge for New Construction,
Family Dwelling Buildings. For each new family
dwelling building constructed, the connection charge
shall be I220 per dwelling unit.
(2) Connection Charge for Existing FamiIZ
Dwelling Buildings. For the connection of each
existing family dwelling building, the connection
charge shall be $320 per dwelling unit from and after
October 1, .1973 . Permits shall be required for all
such connections but will be issued without charge prior
to August 1, 1974 for such existing family dwelling
buildings .
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(3) Connection Charge for New Construction
and Existing Structures , Other Than Family Dwelling
Buildings . For all other new construction, including
but not, limited to commercial and industrial buildings,
hotels and motels and public buildings, the connection
charge shall be W, per 1000 square feet , or any
portion thereof, of floor area contained within such
construction, provided that the minimum connection
charge for such new construction shall be .$220 . . The
connection charges for existing structures, other. than
family dwelling buildings , shall become effective
October 1, 1973 and, connection charges for such
structures issued prior to August •1. 1974 shall be
without charge.
(4) Connection Charge -for Replacement Buildings.
.. For new construction replacing former buildings , the
connection charge shall be calculated on the same basis
as provided in Paragraphs (1) and (3) hereinabove. If
such replacement construction is commenced within two
years after demolition or destruction of the former
building, a credit against such charge shall be allowed
and shall be the equivalent connection charge for the
building being demolished or destroyed, calculated on
the basis of current charge.s for new construction.
In no case shall such credit exceed the connection charge.
(5) Connection Charges for Additions to or Altera-
tions of Existing Buildings . In the case of structures
where further new construction or alteration is made to
• increase the occupancy of family dwelling buildings or
the area of buildings to be used for other than family
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dwelling buildings, -the connection charge shall be
� $220 for each dwelling unit added or created and in
the case of new construction other than family dwelling
buildings, it shall be $45 per loon square feet of
additional floor area contained -ithin such new con-
struction, provided that the minimum connection charge
for such construction shall be 220. . When there are
,additions to or alterations of structures other than
family dwelling buildings that fall within the minimum
square footage charge of$22Q a credit equal to the
unused area shall be allowed. Such credit shall be
available for a period of five years from the date of
initial connection charge.
(6) When Charge is to be Paid. Payment of connec-
tion charges shall be required at the time of issuance
of the building permit for all construction within the
District, excepting in the case of a building legally
exempt from the requirement of obtaining a building
permit. The payment of the sewer connection charge
for such buildings will be required at the time of and
prior to the issuing of a plumbing connection permit
for any construction within the territorial limits
of the District.
(7) Schedule of Charges. A schedule of charges
specified herein will be on file 1n the office of
the Secretary of the District and in the Building
Department of each city within the District.
(8) Biennial Review ofCharges. At the end of
two years from the effective date of this ordinance,
and every two years thereafter, the Board of Directors
shall review the charges established by this article,
and if in its Judgment such charges require modification,
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an amendment to this ordinance will be adopted
establishing such modification.
ARTICLE 3
Section (b) of Article 6 of Ordinance No. 202 is amended' by
adding thereto Section (3) to read as follows :
(3) When an excess capacity connection charge
is payable by a user, as hereinabove provided, a
' credit equal to the connection charge paid by the
' user, if any, shall be allowed against such excess
capacity connection charge.
ARTICLE 4
Except as herein amended, Ordinance No.202. is rati£ied:. and
reaffirmed.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall sign this Ordinance
and the Secretary of the Districts shall attest thereto and certify
to the passage of this Ordinance, and shall cause the same to be
. published once in the Santa Ana REGISTER - , a daily
. newspaper of general circulation, printed, published, and circulated
in the District, within fifteen (15) days after the date of passage
of this Ordinance. by said Board of Directors and salt Ordinance
shall take effect October _1, 1973
PASSED AND ADOPTED by two-thirds of the entire Board of
Directors of County Sanitation District No. 2 of Orange County,
California, at a regular meeting held on the 23rd _ day of
May 1973• .
ATTEST: C ai man Di ct s of
County Saq ation District No. 2
/ - f of Orange County, California
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ecr jB y, d of Directors
'Co ty Sa 7ation District
No. 2 of Orange County, California
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