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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 07141987 - 1.21 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FROM: J. MICHAEL WALFORD, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR DATE: July 7, 1987 SUBJECT: ORDINANCE NO. 13 FOR SANITATION DISTRICT NO. 15 Specific Requests or Recommendation(s) & Bac groun us i ica ion I. RECOMMENDED ACTION: a. That the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County as and constituting the Board of Directors . of Contra Costa County Sanitation District No. 15, introduce Ordinance No. 13 entitled "An Ordinance Establishing Annual Sewer Service Charges for Fiscal Year 1987-88 in Contra Costa County Sanitation District No. 15." b. That the Board of Supervisors set August 4, 1987 at 10:30 a.m. in the Board of Supervisors Chambers, 651 Pine Street, Martinez, California, as the time and place for a public hearing to consider oral and written objections or comments concerning establishing the annual sewer and water service charges for Sanitation District No. 15 for Fiscal Year 1987-88. C. That a notice of the time and place of the hearing including a general explanation of the matter to be considered be mailed at least 14 days prior to the hearing to any interested party who files a written request with the District for mailed notice pursuant to Government Code Section 54992. d. That at least 10 days before the public hearing, the District shall make available to the public data indicating the amount of cost, or estimated cost, required to provide the service for which the charge is levied, and the revenue sources anticipated to provide the service. II. FINANCIAL IMPACT: The above actions have no impact on County finances. County services to Sanitation District No. 15 are funded entirely by the annual sewer service charges. Continued on attachment: X yes eSignatur em �commen commendation o County inistrator eB r Approve Other: Committee Signature(s): c ion of Boardon: 14 1qRZ Approvedas Recommended Ver Vote of.Supervisors I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE r/ Unanimous (Absent ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN Ayes AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE Noes BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON DATE SHOWN. Absent Abstain Attested JUL 141987 PHIL BATCHELOR CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR By DEPUTY CLERK a,. III. REASONS FOR RECOrM9ENDATION/BACKGROUND: Each year the County Sanitation Districts are required to set by Ordinance the annual sewer service charges. Government Code Section 54992 describes what steps are necessary before such an ordinance can be adopted. IV. CONSEQUENCES OFNEGATIVE ACTION: The District would be unable to collect sewer service fees for Fiscal Year 1987-88, and therefore would be unable to provide service to the people. Orig. Div.: Public Works (ES) cc: County Administrator County Counsel Building Inspection Community Development Auditor Controller SD15 CAC (via ES) No. Calif. Bldg. Ind. Assn. Ralph Garrow, Inc. Public Works, Accounting Citation Builders "Trammelh Crow Company EJS: dr -obi:bo-7.t-7_1 ORDINANCE NO. 13 BEFORE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY AS AND CONSTITUTING THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT NO. 15 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE ANNUAL SEWER AND WATER SERVICE CHARGES FOR FISCAL YEAR 1987-1988 , AND IMPOSING A SEWER SERVICE CHARGE ON DRY BOAT STORAGE OPERATIONS The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County, as and consti- tuting the Board of Directors of Contra Costa County Sanitation District No. 15 , ordains as follows : SECTION 1 . L)EFINITIONS. Section 2 of District Ordinance .No. 1 , as amended by Ordinance No. 12 , is amended to add a definition of the term "dry boat storage, " to read : SECTION 2 . Definitions . 2 .1 . Terms and Definitions . The following terms when used in this Ordinance shall have the following respective meanings : (a) "Auditor-Controller" shall mean the County Auditor-Controller of Contra Costa County. (b) "Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of the District . (c) "Boat Berth Space" shall mean an area which could be occupied by a boat along side or contained in a floating or fixed facility constructed for the purpose of securing and/or sheltering boats while on the water . (d) "BOD" (denoting Biochemical Oxygen Demand) shall mean the quantity of oxygen required in the biological oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5 ) days at 20 degree C, expressed in milligrams per liter . (e) "Dry boa,t storage" shall mean an area within a facility constructed for the purpose of sheltering boats which could be occupied by a boat . ( f) "Clerk" shall mean Clerk of the Board . (g) "Commercial Owner" shall mean any owner who is not a residential owner or institutional owner . (h) "Commercial sewerage service" shall mean the furnishing of sewerage service to the premises of any commercial owner . ( i ) "District" shall mean Contra Costa County Sanitation District No. 15 . 0 ) "Domestic Sewage" shall mean the water-borne waste .derived from the ordinary living processes , and of such character as to permit satisfactory disposal without special treatment by the system. (k) "Domestic Sewerage Service" shall mean the furnishing of sewerage service 'to the premises of any owner from which domestic sewage originates . ( 1 ) "Engineer" shall mean the Public Works Director of Contra Costa County, as : Engineer ex officio of the District , or his designated deputy , or any other person designated by the Board to perf.orm the services or make the determinations permitted or required under this Ordinance to be made by-jhe Engineer . (m) "Family" shall mean any one or more persons using a single family dwelling unit . (n) "Identifiable commercial activity" shall mean any acti - vity proposed to 'be or presently being conducted on the premises of any commercial owner and which can be identified as separate and/or different .from any other activity proposed to be or pre- sently being conducted on the premises . (o) "Industrial Liquid Waste" shall mean any liquid waste requiring sp'ecial treatment or processing, such as liquid waste from industrial manufacturing processes , trade or business as distinct from domestic sewage to which chemicals have been added or septic tank sludge. (p) "Institutional owner" shall mean any owner , public or private, operating a public or nonprofit activity, such as school , church, hospital , lodge, club, fire department , library, or memorial building. (q) "Installer" shall mean a person, firm, corporation, or other legal entity or taxing agency, including the District., who installs or cause's to be installed a public sewer which will con- nect to the District ' s sewerage service system. ( r ) "Levee" shall mean any embankment constructed along the waterways for flood control purposes . (s) "Lodging Unit" shall mean any unit of one or more rooms having one or more plumbing fixtures suitable for lodging for one or more persons , but without kitchen or laundry facilities , in any multiple lodging structure , including, but not limited to , any rooming house, hotel , motel , or boatel . ( t) "Main extension" or "sewer extension" shall mean the extension of any trunk sewer or main sewer , exclusive of side sewers and service connections . (u) "Main Sewer" shall mean a public sewer which has been or is being constructed to accommodate more than one side sewer . (v) "Marina" shall mean any commercial or publicly-owned enterprise constructed along the waterways having boat berthing and other facilities for the use of the general public. (w) "Mobile home" shall mean motorized or non-motorized vehicle containing facilities for sleeping which may or may not contain plumbing facilities , and the dimensions are such that the product obtained by multiplying the length by the width shall be equal to or greater than 320 square feet . (x) "Mobile Home Space" shall mean an area with a facility for connecting to the sewer within a mobile home park or other premises , which could be occupied by a mobile home . (y) "Multiple Dwelling Structure" shall mean any two or more single-family dwelling units in any single building or structure, or group of buildings or structures , including, but not limited to, any apartment house or apartment court . (z) "Multiple Lodging Structure" shall mean any two or more lodging units inanysingle building or structure, or group of ,buildings or structures , including, but not limited to, any rooming house , hotel , motel or boatel . (aa) "Occupant" shall mean any person actually occupying any premises , whether as owner or tenant or under contract or otherwise . -2- ORDINANCE NO. 13 (bb) "Owner" or "Owner of record" shall mean the person shown as the owner on the most current assessment roll of Contra Costa County, or the person owning a building located on land owned by another person. (cc) "pH" shall mean the logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration. (dd) "Person" shall mean any human being, individual , firm, company, partnership, association, and private, public or munici- pal corporation, the United States of America , the State of California, districts , and all political subdivisions and govern- mental agencies thereof . (ee) "Premises" shall mean any lot , or any piece or parcel of land comprising one or more lots of record in one ownership, or any building or other structure, or any part of any building or structure used or useful for human habitation or gathering or for carrying on a business or occupation or any commercial or industrial activity. ( ff) "Recreational Vehicle" shall mean a motorized or non- motorized vehicle containing facilities for sleeping which may or may not contain plumbing facilities . The length shall be less than 40 feet and the dimensions are such that the product obtained by multiplying the length by the width shall be less than 320 square feet . (gg) "Recreational Vehicle Space" shall mean an area of sewered premises upon which an occupied recreational vehicle may be parked. The space may or may not have facilities for con- necting to the sewer . ( hh) "Residential Owner" shall mean any owner who is not a commercial owner or institutional owner . ( ii ) "Sanitary Disposal Station" shall mean any facility which receives , or is designed to receive , domestic sewage which has been stored prior to discharge to the facility. 0j ) "Sewage" shall mean domestic sewage or industrial liquid waste, or both . . (kk) "Sewerage Service" shall mean the .services and facili - ties furnished or available to premises by the District ' s sewerage service system for the collection , treatment , and disposal of sewage. ( 11 ) "Sewerage Service System" shall mean the sewage collec- tion and disposal system together with all extensions , additions , or improvements t-hereto at any time heretofore or hereafter made, including all truck and main sewers within or without the boun- daries of the District and appurtenant to said sewage disposal system, and any pump stations , sewage treatment facilities , .and appurtenances serving or used by the district , hereinafter referred to as "System. " (rnn) "Sewer Service Unit" hereinafter referred to as "unit , " shall mean a measure service provided which is , in part , based upon the volume and strength of the sewage flow. (nn) "Side Sewer" shall mean a privately owned and maintained sewer which connects the plumbing system of any house or other building to a main sewer , including any holding tanks , pumping units , and force systems . The side sewer begins at the point of -3- ORDINANCE NO. 13 connection to the main sewer ( including that branch of the wye by which connection is made, or saddle, or other means of connection) and for houses and other buildings terminates at the point of con- nection to the plumbing system two feet outside the foundation, and shall not be considered as part of the "sewerage service system" as defined above. (oo) "Single.-Family Dwelling Unit" shall mean any dwelling of one .or more rooms or each group of rooms in any single or mutliple dwelling structure constituting a dwelling unit suitable for resi - dential occupancy. by any number of persons living together as a single family , said dwelling having one or more plumbing fixtures . (pp) "Standard Specifications" shall mean the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District Standard Specifications and Addenda, latest edition, and subsequent revisions and amendments , and are by this reference incorporated herein as though fully set forth . (qq) "Street'" shall mean any public highway, road , street , avenue , alley , way, easement , or right of way in the District . ( rr ) "Suspended Solids" shall mean solids that either float on the surface of , or are in suspension in, water sewage, or other liquids , and which are removable by laboratory filtering. ( ss ) "Tax Collector" shall mean the County Tax Collector of Contra Costa County. ( tt) "Treasurer" shall mean the County Treasurer of Contra Costa County. (uu) "Trunk Sewer" shall mean a public sewer which has been or is being constructed to accommodate more than one main sewer . (vv) "Water Service Unit" shall mean the water service pro- vided to a water service connection. For Zones 1 , 2 and 3 "unit" shall mean a water service unit . SECTION 2 . ESTABLISHMENT OF UNIT. Section 5 .3 of District --------- -------------------- Ordinance No. 1 , as amended by Ordinance No. 12 , is amended to read as follows : Section 5 . 3 . Establishment_of_Unit . Connection fees and sewerage and water service charges shall be calculated by multiplying the appropriate unit charge by the following appli- cable multiplier : TYPE OF SERVICE MULTIPLER Single family dwelling unit 1 .00 Multiple dwelling structure unit 1 . 00 * Lodging unit .50 Multiple Lodging structure unit . 50 Mobile home space 1 . 00 Houseboat , Live-aboard , sewered 1 . 00 Recreational Vehicle space , sewered : .40 Recreation Vehicle space , unsewered •07 -4- ORDINANCE NO. 13 r _ Bar , each seat . 10 Church 1 . 00 Laundromat , each machine . 35 Office , repair shop , retail store , ea. 500 sq. ft . or fraction thereof .25 Restaurant , each seat .10 Service Station ( full service) 2. 00 Boat berth space, for each space beyond the first per I premises .07 Dry boat storage, each space .07 Camping, picnic, each site .07 Boat launching facility 1 . 00 Minimum Multiplier for served premises is 1 .00 The engineer shall assign , based on flow, composition and/or . strength , the multiplier for all services not listed above using the above list as a basis of equity . SECTION 3 . ANNUAL UNIT CHARGE. For fiscal year 1987-1988 , the "Annual Unit Charge" referred to in Section 12 . 5 of Ordinance No. 1 and water service charge for each of the following zones is : Zone 1 : $180 .00 (Beacon West) Zone 2 : 12:0. 00 (Willow Park Marina) Zone 3 : 300 .00 (Willow Mobile Home Park) Zone 4 : 320 . 00 (All SD 15 sewer users ) SECTION 4 . EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance becomes effective 30 days after passage , and within 15 days after passage shall be published once with the names of supervisors voting for and against it in the Antioch Dail _Ledgen___, a newspaper published in this County anal—c-Frculated inTE-e District . PASSED on _ ....................... by the foll6wjng vote : AYES : NOES : ABSENT: ABSTAIN: ATTEST: Phil Batchelor Clerk of the Board and County Administrator By: --------- ----------------- Deputy----------------- -UTY- 7Board Chair ORDINANCE NO. 13