HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 042-11RESOLUTION NO. 0 4 2- 1 1
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 2011-2012; 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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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted by
the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held on
JUN 0 8 2011 , by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBER SA S, BENHAM, WEIR, COUCH, HANSON, SULLIVAN, JOHNSON
AGENCYMEMBER AoN-
ABSTAIN: AGENCYMEMBER nOY\&.
ABSENT: AGENCYMEMBER 60-r,9-/
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CITY CLERK and EX OF O o the
Council of the City of Bak field
APPROVED: JUN 0 a 20
HARVEY L. HRLL, MAY
CITY OF BAKERSFIELD
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
VIRGINIA GENNARO
CITY ATTORNEY
By. ///7~ 771
JOSHUA RUDNICK
Assistant City Attorney
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EXHIBIT "A"
1. 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
Dwellin s
Dwellin s
Units A
Industrial B
Jul 1, 2010
$4,000
$2,880
$2,545
$182
Jul 1, 2011
$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 2011.doc
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