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ORDINANCE NO. 609
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF DIRE C ORS
OF COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT NO. 6 OF
ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING
SANITARY SEWER SERVICE CHARGES FOR USE
OF DISTRICT SEWERAGE FACILITIES AND
REPEALINu ORDINANCE NO. 607
The Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No. 6 of Orange County,
California, does hereby ORDAIN:
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 treatment and disposal facilities of
the District, together with costs of administration and provisions for necessary
reserves.
Section 2: Annual Sanitary Sewer Service Charge. Commencing July 1, 1986,
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
average volume of wastewater discharged by a class of users 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 No. 606 of the District establishing
regulations for use of District's sewage facilities, including provisions for
payment of charges or fees related thereto.
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Section 4: Exceptions. Except as expressly provided in Section 5 hereof,
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 exert organizations.
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, or his designee, 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 assessment and the amount of wastewater discharged to the
District's systems. Such inequities nay include, but are not limiter] to:
(a) the use of the parcel differs from the use indicated by the assessment;
(b) no service connection to the District system exists from the parcel
assessed;
(c) principal water use is agricultural
(d) any other use wherein the amount of wastewater discharged to the
District's system is significantly less on a regular basis than the
amount that would normally be expected to be discharged by the class of
property in question.
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Section 6: Assessment Based on Fiscal Year. The sanitary sewer service
charge established by this Ordinance shall remain in effect until such time as
the rates adopted by District Ordinance are changed, and there shall be no
proration of such charges in any fiscal year.
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 an 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 discharges permitted pursuant to Article 3 of Ordinance No. 606 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 Sections 302.6,
303.6 and 304.5(B)(4) of Ordinance No. 606.
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 became effective
thirty (30) days after adoption by the Board of Directors.
Section 11. Ordinance No. 607 is hereby repealed an the effective date
hereof, as it is inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance.
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Section 12: 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 by the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District
No. 6 of orange County, California, at a regular meeting held June 11, 1986.
Irman of a Board of Directors,
ty Sanitation District No. 6
range County, California
ATTEST:
Secretary, of Directors of
County Sanitation District No. 6
of orange County, California
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TABLE A
Basis of Mini= Annual
Charge Annual Rate Charge Per Unit
Single-Family Charger per $29.04 $29.04
Dwellings _ dwelling unit
Milti-Family Charge per 17.44 17.44
Dwellings/Mobile dwelling unit
Homes
Comercial/ Charge per 1,000 20.79 20.79
Industrial/Other square feet of
(government building
buildings,
utilities,
non-profit
organizations,
etc.)
Condominiums: Condominiums are considered single-family dwellings. However, in
recognition of the limited potential use of small, converted dwelling units, the
owner of a single unit may apply for a reduction of the annual rate from $29.04
to $17.44, provided the unit has less than 11 plumbing fixture units (determined
as follows):
Fixture Units Assigned
by Uniform Building code
Single bath with tub, water 7 Fixture Units
closet and wash basin
Kitchen with sink and/or 2 Fixture Units
dishwasher
laundry facilities 2 Fixture Units
11 Fixture Units
commercial/Industrial: To recognize buildings in this classification where the
use of the sewer system may not be directly related to the size of the building
such as in a warehousing type of use, any owner of a single building nay apply
for a reduction of the calculated fee to a minimum annual fee of $17.44,
provided said building contains less than 11 plumbing fixture units (as
determined above).
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
) SS.
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
I, RITA J. BROWN, Secretary of the Board of Directors of County
Sanitation District No. 6 of Orange County, California, do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 609 was passe] and adopted at a regular
meeting of said Board on the llth day of June, 1986, by the following vote,
to wit:
AYES: Directors James A. Wahner, Chairman, and Ruthelyn Plummer
NOES: None
ABSTENTIONS: None
ABSENT: Director Roger Stanton
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this llth day of June,
1986.
Rita J. Broan
Secretary of the Board of Directors
County Sanitation District No. 6
of Orange County, California