HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 511 ORDINANCE NO. 511
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT NO. 5 ESTABLISHING
SANITARY SEWER SERVICE CHARGES
The Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No. 5 of
Orange County, California, does hereby ORDAIN as follows: .
Section 1: Purpose. The purpose of this Ordinance is to establish
a system of sanitary sewer service charges required to be paid by
property owners for the services and facilities furnished by the District
in connection with its sanitation treatment works and sewage collection
system.
Revenues derived under the provisions of this Ordinance shall be
used for the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, maintenance
and operation of the sewage collection facilities and wastewater treat-
ment and disposal facilities of the District, together with costs of
administration and provisions for necessary reserves.
Section 2 : Annual Sanitary Sewer Service Charge. Each parcel
of real property located within the District which is improved with
structures designed for residential, commercial or industrial use and
connected to the District's system, shall pay a sanitary sewer service
charge based on the size of the water meter or meters in the sum or sums
as set forth in Table A of this Ordinance.
Section 3: Application of Ordinance. The provisions of this
Ordinance shall be in addition to Ordinance Nos. 508 and 510 of the
District establishing regulations for use of District' s sewage facilities,
including provisions for payment of charges or fees related thereto.
Section 4 : Exceptions. The provisions of this Ordinance shall
apply to all properties in the District, and no exception shall be
provided for properties otherwise deemed exempt by provisions of the
State Constitution or statute, such as properties owned by other public
agencies or tax exempt organizations, except as expressly provided in
Section 5 hereof.
Section 5: Exemptions and Appeals. In recognition that certain
legal parcels of real property exist within the District which are not
connected to the District system and that other properties acquire
considerably greater potable water than is ultimately discharged to
the District's system it is the intent of the District that said parcels
be exempt totally or in part from the payment of charges as prescribed
herein.
Any property owner may appeal the assessment of the charges and
submit a claim for rebate to the District on the forms prescribed and
provided by the District, within one hundred twenty (120) days after
the annual property tax bills are mailed by the Orange County 'Tax
Collector. All applications for rebate of an assessment will be
determined by the General Manager of the District, who may grant a
partial or full rebate or adjustment of the charge based "on receiving
satisfactory proof that an inequity exists between the amount or assess-
ment and the amount of wastewater discharged to the District' s system.
Such inequities may include, but are not limited to:
a) the number of connections on the parcel differs from
the assessment;
b) no service connection to the District system exists
from the parcel assessed;
c) principal water use is agricultural
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d ) any other use wherein the amount of wastewater dis-
charged to the District 's system is significantly less
on a regular basis than the amount of potable water
received as measured by the meter on the property.
Section 6: Assessment Based on Fiscal Year. The sanitary sewer
service charge established by this Ordinance shall be for the fiscal
year commencing July 1 and terminating June 30, and there shall be no
proration of such charges.
Section 7: Method of Collection. Pursuant to the authority
granted by California Health and Safety Code Section 5473, all charges
established herein shall be collected on the County Tax Roll in the
same manner, by the same persons and at the same time as, together
with and not separately from, its general taxes. The County Tax
Collector is authorized and hereby ordered to make said collections
in accordance with the terms and conditions of agreements between the
County of Orange and this District.
In the event District determines that errors or inequities exist
in the amount of charges to be collected by the County Tax Collector,
District may submit a bill for any difference directly to the property
owner. Said invoiced amount shall be due and payable within thirty
( 30) days of invoice date.
Section 8: Credit for Industrial Permittees: A credit shall be
allowed to all dischargers permitted pursuant to Article 3 of Ordi-
nance No. 508 for the annual sanitary sewer service charge established
by this Ordinance in the same manner as credit is allowed for ad
valorem taxes pursuant to Section 302.6 of Ordinance No. 508.
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Section 9: Severability. If any provisions of this Ordinance
or the application to any person or circumstance is held invalid by
order of court, the remainder of the Ordinance or the application
of such provision to other persons or other circumstances shall not
be affected.
Section 10: Effective Date: This Ordinance shall become effec-
tive immediately upon its adoption by vote of two-thirds of the
members of the Board.
Section 11: The Secretary shall certify to the adoption of this
Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published in a newspaper of
general circulation in the District as required by law.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 1st day of July , 1981.
Chairman
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TABLE A
CONNECTED WATER METER SIZE 1981-82 ANNUAL CHARGE
1" or less $ 26 . 40
lh.. 52 . 50
2" 105.00
3" 210.00
4" 420 .00
6" 840. 00
8" 1,680. 00
If a parcel contains more than one water meter, then the charge
applicable to each meter shall be added together and the sum
levied against the parcel.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
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COUNTY OF ORANGE )
I , J. WAYNE SYLVESTER, Secretary of the Board of Directors
of County Sanitation District No. 5 of Orange County, California,
do hereby certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 511
was passed and adopted at an adjourned regular meeting of said
Board on the 1st of July, 1981, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Directors Jacqueline Heather , John C. Cox, Jr .
and Thomas F. Riley
NOES: None
ABSTENTIONS : None
ABSENT: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 1st day
of July, 1981.
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J ay e S vester
re ary the Board of Directors
(!'bun Sanitation District No. 5
of Orange County, California