HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #3970 ORDINANCE NO. 3970
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH AMENDING
CHAPTER 14.12 OF THE HUNTINGTON BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE
PERTAINING TO WATER FEES
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does hereby ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 14.11010 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: (3302-11/95)
(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. (3302-11/95)
(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. (3302-11/95)
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. (3302-11/95)
(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). (3302-11/95)
(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. (674-12/57,723-6/59, 1001-10/63,1100-12/64,2022-1/76,2535-3/82)
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 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 that are consistent with
the goals and objectives of the Water Master Plan but which projects are specifically identified
in a resolution, and any amendment thereto, adopted by the City Council. (3302-11/95,3496-5/01,3743-
8/06)
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Ordinance No. 3970
SECTION. This ordinance shall become effective 30 days after its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED y the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a regular
meeting thereof held on the If day of 2013.
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Ord. No. 3970
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ®RANGE ) SS:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, JOAN L. FLYNN,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 regular
meeting thereof held on February 04,2013, and was again read to said City Council at a
regular meeting thereof held on February 19,2013, and was passed and adopted by the
affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the members of said City Council.
AYES: Sullivan, Hardy, Harper, Boardman, Carchio, Shaw, Katapodis
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
I,Joan L.Flynn,CITY CLERK of the 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 Huntington Beach Fountain Valley
Independent on February 28,2013.
In accordance with the City Charter of said City
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