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ORDINANCE NO. 3496
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AMENDING CHAPTER 14.12 OF THE HUNTINGTON BEACH MUNICIPAL
CODE BY AMENDING SECTIONS 14.12.010 AND 14.12.040
PERTAINING TO WATER FEES AND RATES
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 14.12.010 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
14.12.010 Service fee. For uses zoned commercial or industrial, the Water Department,
as a condition to granting the application and furnishing water service to the premises, is
authorized to charge and shall collect in advance the following sums for the purpose of
reimbursing the City for the cost of the system and future replacements and extensions
thereof:
(a) The sum of sixty dollars ($60) for each usable unit on parcels containing less than
ten thousand (10,000) square feet.
A "usable unit" shall be each residential quarter in hotels and motels.
(b) For any parcel containing ten thousand (10,000) square feet of area or more, three
hundred dollars ($300) per acre or fraction thereof, or sixty dollars ($60)per
usable unit, whichever is greater
A "usable unit" shall be any unit defined in subsection (a) above. The charge of
three hundred dollars ($300)per acre shall apply to all commercial and
manufacturing developments.
(c) Those areas served by a water main constructed and charged as determined by
another ordinance or executed agreement may be exempt from the usable unit
charge in subsection (a) if said other ordinance or agreement charge is greater than
the charge per subsection(a).
(d) All necessary service fees established by the City shall be deposited with the City
prior to approval of the final subdivision map or issuance of a building permit if a
subdivision map is not required.
For uses zoned other than commercial or industrial, the Water Department, as a
condition to granting the application and furnishing water service to the premises,
is authorized to charge and shall collect in advance the Capital Facilities Charge
for the purpose of reimbursing the City for the cost of the system and future
replacements and extensions thereof. The Capital Facilities Charge is based on the
cost per equivalent dwelling unit(EDU) of existing facilities and the proposed
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expansion facilities which shall be set by a resolution of the City Council. All
monies collected as the Capital Facilities Charge shall be used for water projects
which are consistent with the goals and objectives of the 2000 Water Master Plan
but which projects are specifically identified in a resolution, and any amendment
thereto, adopted by the City Council.
SECTION 2. That Chapter 14.12.040 of the Huntington Beach Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
14.12.040 Water rates--Designated. The water rates to be charged monthly and
collected monthly or bimonthly, as may be determined by the City, shall be set by a
resolution of the City Council.
A Capital Surcharge to be charged monthly as may be determined by the City shall be set
by resolution of the City Council. All monies collected as the Capital Surcharge shall be
used for water projects which are consistent with the goals and objectives of the 2000
Water Master Plan but which projects are specifically identified in a resolution, and any
amendment thereto, adopted by the City Council.
The water rates, plus a ten (10%)percent surcharge, shall be applicable to areas outside
the boundaries of the City of Huntington Beach, wherever the City serves water,
including Sunset Beach, an unincorporated area, and Surfside, located within the City of
Seal Beach.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall take effect 30 days after its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach
at a regular meeting held thereof on the 16th day of April , 2001.
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ATTEST: Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Clerk
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REVIEWED AND APPROVED City Attorney
AND APP OVED:
City Adiffinistrator
Director of Public Works
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Ord. No. 3496
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, CONNIE BROCKWAY, the duly elected, qualified City Clerk of the
City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of said City, do
hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach is seven; that the foregoing ordinance was read to said City Council
at a re ular meeting thereof held on the 2nd day of April, 2001, and was again read to
said City Council at a re ular meeting thereof held on the 16th day of April, 2001,
and was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the
members of said City Council.
AYES: Green, Boardman, Cook, Julien Houchen, Garofalo, Dettloff, Bauer
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
I,Connie Brockway CITY CLERK ofthe City of
Huntington Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the City
Council,do hereby certify that a synopsis of this
ordinance has been published in the Independent on ,
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In accordance with the City Charter of said City City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
Connie Brockway, City Clerk of the City Council of the City
e uty City Clerk of Huntington Beach, California
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