HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 081-14RESOLUTION NO. 081- 14
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING SEWER CONNECTION FEES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 14.12.380 OF THE BAKERSFIELD
MUNICIPAL CODE.
WHEREAS, Section 14.12.380 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code (BMC)
authorizes the establishment each fiscal year of sewer connection fees sufficient
for the City to recover the reasonable costs of providing sewer connection
services, which include the costs associated with and necessitated by the
upgrading and expansion of sewer facilities; and
WHEREAS, the City has upgraded and expanded Sewer Treatment Plant #3
from 16 MGD capacity (mgd - million gallons daily) to 32 MGD capacity,
including some upgrades to existing capacity processing and procedures; and
WHEREAS, the City has financed the expansion project improvements, in
whole or in part, with Sewer Revenue Bonds in the amount of $234,425,000; and
WHEREAS, the City debt repayment of the Sewer Revenue Bonds is
dependent upon Sewer Connection Fee revenues as one of the major enterprise
revenue sources pledged for debt repayments scheduled until the year 2035; and
WHEREAS, City staff have computed the reasonable cost of providing sewer
connection service through fiscal year 2014 -15; and
WHEREAS, the sewer connection fees set forth in Exhibit "A" attached
hereto and incorporated by reference as though fully set forth herein, do not
exceed the reasonable estimated cost of providing the services for which the
fees are charged; and
WHEREAS, the fees shall be due and payable upon application for a
building permit or permit to connect an existing building to the City sewer system.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield as
follows:
1) The above recitals and findings are true and correct;
2) The Sewer Connection Fees under Section 14.12.380 of the Bakersfield
Municipal Code are hereby adopted and shall become effective on
the dates and in the amounts set forth in Exhibit "A ", attached hereto.
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HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed and
adopted by the Counc I of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof
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held on I 0 4 2 14 by the following vote:
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AYES' COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA, MAXWELL, WEIR, SMITH, HANSON, SULLIVAN, JOHNSON
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBER No+`Q.
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBER ND111.4-
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBER Nil--
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CITY CLERK AND EX IC16 of the
APPROVED
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KEN WEIR
VICE -MAYOR
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
VIRGINIA GENNARO
CITY ATTORNEY
JOSHUA RUDNICK
eputy City Attorney II
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EXHIBIT "A"
I. CONNECTION CHARGES
All new connections or new fixture units connected to the City sewer
system will require payment of a sewer connection charge. Any
individual, firm, company or corporation making such connection shall
pay the charge at the time the building permit is issued in accordance
with the following:
(A) Single family dwellings or units in multiple family dwellings with 14 or
less fixture units (including shared fixtures in multiple unit complexes)
as per Uniform Building Code and with two (2) bedrooms or less.
(B) Equivalency factor shall be 1.0 for all uses excepting markets,
mortuaries, restaurants /coffee shops, food service shops and
bakeries which uses shall have an equivalency factor of 2.0.
To determine the total connection charge, multiply the number of
fixture units (as per Uniform Plumbing Code) by the per fixture
charge and that answer by the equivalency multiplier.
The equivalency multiplier adjusts for loadings greater or less than
the residential loadings.
II. TIMING AND BASIS
The sewer connection charge is to be paid prior to issuance of a
building permit, and will be based on the current adopted charges at
the time of issuance of the permit.
Fixture Units shall be as defined in the Uniform Plumbing Code.
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Single
Multiple
Dwellings with
Per Fixture Unit
Family
Family
14 or Less
for Commercial
Effective Date
Dwellings
Dwellings
Fixture Units A
or Industrial B
Jul 1, 2013
4,000
2,880
$2,545
182
July 1, 2014
$4,000
$2,880
$2,545
182
(A) Single family dwellings or units in multiple family dwellings with 14 or
less fixture units (including shared fixtures in multiple unit complexes)
as per Uniform Building Code and with two (2) bedrooms or less.
(B) Equivalency factor shall be 1.0 for all uses excepting markets,
mortuaries, restaurants /coffee shops, food service shops and
bakeries which uses shall have an equivalency factor of 2.0.
To determine the total connection charge, multiply the number of
fixture units (as per Uniform Plumbing Code) by the per fixture
charge and that answer by the equivalency multiplier.
The equivalency multiplier adjusts for loadings greater or less than
the residential loadings.
II. TIMING AND BASIS
The sewer connection charge is to be paid prior to issuance of a
building permit, and will be based on the current adopted charges at
the time of issuance of the permit.
Fixture Units shall be as defined in the Uniform Plumbing Code.
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