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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 plans to upgrade and expand Sewer Treatment Plant #3 from
16 MGD capacity (mgd = million gallons daily) to 32 MGD capacity and finance the
improvements, in whole or in part, with Sewer Revenue Bonds; and
WHEREAS, City staff have computed the reasonable cost of providing sewer
connection service through fiscal year 2010-2011; and
WHEREAS, the sewer connection fees set forth in Exhibit "An 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 "An, attached hereto.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted by
couJú~ Of7 }'[j~6 City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held on
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COUNCILMEMBER CARSON, BENHAM, MAGGARD, COUCH, HANSON, SULLIVAN, SCRIVNER
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Council of the City of Bakersfield
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HARVEY L. HALL, MAYOR
CITY OF BAKERSFIELD
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
VIRGINIA GENNARO
CITY ATTORNEY
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JANICE SC NLAN
Assistant City Attorney
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EXHIBIT "An
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:
Dwellings Per Fixture
Single Multiple with 14 or Unit for
Family Family Less Fixture Commercial or
Effective Date Dwellinns Dwellinns Units IA) Industrial (ß\
AUQ.15,2006 $2,800 $2,106 $1,782 $127
July 1, 2007 $3,100 $2,232 $1,973 $141
July 1, 2008 $3,400 $2,448 $2,164 $155
July 1, 2009 $3,700 $2,664 $2,355 $168
Julv 1, 2010 $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.
File name:p;nks;bond issues;resolution sewer connection fees 2006.doc
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