HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #3570 ORDINANCE NO. 3570
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AMENDING CHAPTER 14.55 OF THE HUNTINGTON BEACH
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO RATES, CHARGES, ANNUAL
CPIU ADJUSTMENT AND BILLING METHODOLOGY
FOR THE SEWER SERVICE USER CHARGE
WHEREAS, pursuant to Huntington Beach Municipal Code Section 14.54.060,
the City Council is authorized to establish a system of sewer service user charges; and
WHEREAS,pursuant to Huntington Beach Municipal Code Section 14.55.030,
each sewer service user charge shall be adjusted annually to reflect the CPIU annual
percentage adjustment; and
WHEREAS,pursuant to Huntington Beach Municipal Code Sectionl4.54.070,
the City Council has received the proposed modifications to the sewer service user
charges recommended by the Public Works Commission,
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does hereby
ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 14.55.020 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 14.55.020 Rates, Charges and Billing Methodology
Water customers shall be charged a sewer service user charge at the following
rates, as set forth below, based upon sewer charge customer category and charge
type.
Customer Category Charge Type Chargc
Residential—Single-family Flat charge— Same amount for all $6.1172 per
and townhouses served by customers in category. Calculated and unit per
individual 'meters. billed monthly via the Utility Billing month
System.
Apartment—All apartments, Flat charge—Same amount for all $5.0742 per
mobile homes, and townhouses customers in category. Calculated and unit per
served by common water billed monthly via the Utility Billing month
meters. System.
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Regular Commercial/Industrial Flat rate— Same dollar amount per $7.0993 per
- Businesses, including private Equivalent Dwelling Unit(EDU). EDU per
schools, that do not meet the Calculated and billed monthly via the month
criteria for inclusion in the Utility Billing System. EDU refers to
High- Consumption/Industrial either (1)the capacity of a customer's
customer category. water meter in comparison to a standard
3/4 inch meter, or(2)the number of
tenant units that receive water service
through the water meter, whichever is
higher. The city already uses these
ratios in calculating the water capital
surcharge.
High-Consumption Flat rate— Same amount per hundred $1.3284 per
Commercial/Industrial— cubic feet (HCF) of estimated sewer HCF per year
Businesses with high water discharge. Calculated and billed
consumption relative to their monthly through the Utility Billing
meter size. System.
Public Schools—All public K- Flat rate—Flat rate per student per year, High School:
8 and high school districts with based on annual daily attendance (ADA) $1.9537 per
schools in the City. figures as provided by the school ADA per
districts, with a different rate per student year.
for K-8 and for high schools. KB:
Calculated and billed annually through $1.25 82 per
the City's Accounts Receivables ADA per year
System.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force 30 days from
and after the passage thereof, or on October 1, 2002, whichever date is later.
at a�� PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach
egular meeting thereof on the 9th day of tember , 2092.
Mayor
REVIEWED AND APPROVED: ATTEST: rr
City Admini rator City Clerk 61-R-02
D AND AP OVED: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Director of Public Works 14— City Attorney -OZ
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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
aregular meeting thereof held on the 19th day of Au ust 2002 and was again read to
said City Council at a adjourned re ular meeting thereof held on the 9th day of
September,2002, and was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of at least a
majority of all the members of said City Council.
AYES: Green, Dettloff,Houchen, Winchell,Bauer
NOES: Boardman, Cook
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
I,Connie Brockway,CITY CLERK of the City of
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Huntington Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the City
Council,do hereby certify that a synopsis of this
ordinance has been published in the Huntington Beach
Fountain Valley Independent on
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2002
In accordance with the City Charter of said City City Clerk and ex-officio dr1erk
Connie Brockway City Clerk of the City Council of the City
Deputy City Clerk of Huntington Beach,California