HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 721 ORDINANCE NO. 721
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT NO. 7 OF ORANGE
COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING ORDINANCE
NO. 718 ESTABLISHING REGULATIONS FOR USE
OF DISTRICT SEWERAGE FACILITIES AND
REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 720
The Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No. 7 of Orange County,
California, does hereby FIND:
A. That a financial and engineering report has been prepared setting forth
the financial projections for providing sewer service to properties within the
District; and,
B. That the financial and engineering reports have been made available to
the public in accordance with the provisions of Government Code Section 54992;
and,
C. That the new connection fees established by this Ordinance do not exceed
the estimated amount required to provide the sewer service for which the fee is
levied, as provided in Government Code Sections 54991 and 54992.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No. 7
of Orange County, California does hereby ORDAIN as follows:
Section 1. Section No. 702 of Ordinance No. 718 is hereby amended to read:
11702. DISTRICT NO. 7 CONNECTION CHARGES
A. District Connection Permit Required.
No application for a permit for a connection to a District
sewerage facility or to any sewerage facility which discharges into a
District sewerage facility shall be considered until a District connection
charge is paid by the applicant. No connection permit shall be issued
unless there is an established use of the property to be served or a valid
building permit issued which establishes the use of said property.
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B. District Connection Charge Amounts.
The following District connection charges are hereby
established commencing January 1, 1989, and shall be paid to the District
or to an agency designated by the District:
(1) Connection charge for new construction, dwelling buildings:
For each new dwelling unit constructed, the connection
charge shall be $1,500 per dwelling unit.
(2) Connection charge for existing dwelling buildings:
For the connection of each existing dwelling building, the
connection charge shall be $1,500 per dwelling unit.
(3) Connection charge for new construction and existing
structures, other than 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 $300 per
1,000 square feet of floor area contained within such
construction, provided that the minimum connection charge
for such new construction shall be $1,500.
(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 above. 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
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connection charge for the building being demolished or
destroyed, calculated on the basis of current charges for
new construction. In no case shall such credit exceed the
connection charge.
(5) Connection charges for additions or alterations 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 dwelling buildings, the connection charge
shall be $1,500 for each dwelling unit added or created,
and, in the case of new construction other than family
dwelling buildings, it shall be $300 per 1,000 square feet
of additional floor area contained within such new
construction, provided such new construction shall contain
additional plumbing fixture units.
(6) Trunk connection charge, residential uses:
Family dwelling unit: $6.00 per front foot for the real
property fronting on and connecting to a trunk sewer,
provided that no such charge shall be less than $400 plus
the applicable regular connection charge for dwelling units
hereinabove specified.
(7) Connection charge, off-site sewers not a part of Master Plan
relative to reimbursement agreements:
The charges for connections to off-site sewers which are not
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included as a part of the District Master Plan and for which
a Non-Master Plan Reimbursement Agreement has been entered
into between the District and the property owner shall be in
the amount provided for in said Agreement. The amount set
forth in said Agreement shall be the amount due whether the
original Agreement is still in force, has been extended, or
has expired. These connection charges shall be in addition
to any other charges hereinabove established for the
property connecting to District facilities.
(8) Trunk connection charge, commercial or industrial
establishments:
$10.00 per front foot for the real property fronting on and
connecting to a trunk sewer, provided that no such front
foot charge shall be less than $500.00, plus the applicable
regular connection charge for new construction and existing
structures other than dwelling buildings hereinabove
specified.
(9) Assessment District connection charge:
The regular connection charges provided in the preceding
subsections of this Section, plus a sum of money equal to
the assessment charge without interest, or Treasurer's
charge which would have been made against the real property
an which said improvements are located had said real
property been assessed within the Assessment District which
constructed or acquired the Assessment District sewer to
which connection is made."
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Section 2. Ordinance No. 720 is hereby repealed.
Section 3. This Ordinance shall be effective January 1, 1989.
Section 4: If any provision or Section of this Ordinance is declared to be
unlawful , invalid, or in any manner unenforceable, then each and every other
provision herein shall remain in force as though enacted independently.
The Secretary of the Board is hereby directed to certify to the adoption of
this Ordinance and cause it to be published in a newspaper of general
circulation within the County.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Board of Directors of County
Sanitation District No. 7 of Orange County, California, held October 12, 1988.
Chairman of the Board of Dir, tors
County Sanitation District o. 7
of Orange County, California
ATTEST:
becretary of the Board of Direc ors
County Sanitation District No. 7
of Orange County, California
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
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COUNTY OF ORANGE j
I , RITA J. BROWN, Secretary of the Board of Directors of County
Sanitation District No. 7 of Orange County, California, do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 721 was passed and adopted at a regular
meeting of said Board on the 12th day of October, 1988, by the following vote,
to wit:
AYES: Richard B. Edgar, Chairman, Dan Griset, Don R. Roth, Don E.
Smith and James A. Wahner
NOES: None
ABSTENTIONS: None
ABSENT: John C. Cox, Jr. and Sally Anne Miller
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 12th day of October,
1988.
Rita J. 13rown
Secretary,of the Board of Directors
County Sanitation District No. 7
of Orange County, California