Ord 527 ORDINANCE NO. 527
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF POWAY, CALIFORNIA
AMENDING THE SCHEDULE OF SEWER SERVICE CHARGES
AND ESTABLISHING SEWER SERVICE CHARGES
WHEREAS, the City of Poway provides sewer service to citizens of Poway; and
WHEREAS, the City of Poway wishes to continue current sewer rates through July 1,2000,
and establish new rates effective the first full billing cycle after July 1, 2000; and
WHEREAS, the City has a user charge system based on water consumption and which
takes into account both quantity and quality of a customer's sewage; and
WHEREAS, a bimonthly service charge is established which recovers all costs associated
with customer service and a portion of the fixed costs associated with maintaining the capacity
of the City's sewer system; and
WHEREAS, the fixed bimonthly service charge (capacity charge) adopted herein shall be
imposed as a condition of service by the City to the customer. Any customer may avoid payment
of the fee or charge by diSconnecting from the facilities of the City. This fee or charge is not
imposed upon real property or upon a person as an incident of property ownership; and
WHEREAS, a seven-tier, single-family residential sewer commodity charge is established,
which includes the bimonthly sewer service charge for single family customers. Single-family
residential customers are assigned a commodity charge tier each year based on 85 percent of
their three-year average of lowest winter water use; and
WHEREAS, a variable sewer commodity rate is established for multi-family and mobile
home customers. The variable commodity charge is based on 85 percent of the water through
the water meter if a separate landscape meter exists. If a separate landscape meter does not
exist, the variable commodity charge is based on 75 percent of the water through the water meter;
and
WHEREAS, a variable sewer commodity rate is established for all non-residential
customers based upon customer class and estimated sewage strength of the user. The variable
commodity charge is based on 90 percent of the water through the meter for the five categories
of commercial users. The variable commodity charge for the special industrial user class is based
upon an assigned percentage of water through the meter; and
WHEREAS, a variable sewer commodity rate is established for schools. The variable
commodity charge is based on a per-student-per-day water use amount. The per-student-per-day
use amount is derived from dividing the student count into the March/April water consumption for
the previous year; and
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WHEREAS, a variable sewer commodity rate is established for churches. The variable
commodity charge is based upon an assigned percentage of water through the meter. The
percentage is based on the average winter use for the prior year as compared to the total annual
average for the church; and
WHEREAS, the variable sewer commodity charge adopted herein shall be imposed
on the basis of the established percentages of the amount of water through the water meter. The
fee or charge is not imposed upon real property or upon a person as an incident of property
ownership. A customer may reduce or avoid the fee by reducing or discontinuing use; and
WHEREAS, the City has pumping charges for established service areas; and
WHEREAS, the City has a delinquency fee and other noted fees.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF POWAY DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That a schedule of bimonthly sewer service charges is hereby established for
all sewer services billed beginning the first full billing cycle after July 1,2000:
Schedule of Bimonthly Sewer Service Charges
All sewer customers shall pay a bimonthly basic sewer service charge effective 7/1/00 for
service based upon meter size as follows:
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Meter Size:
Single Family* $ 8.02 $ 1.00 $ 9.02
5/8 inch and 3/4 inch 9.47 1.50 10.97
1-inch 12.38 2.50 14.88
1-1/2-inch 19.66 5.00 24.66
2-inch 28.39 8.00 36.39
3-inch 51.67 16.00 67.67
4-inch 77.87 25.00 102.87
6-inch 179.73 60.00 239.73
8-inch 237.94 80.00 317.94
10-inch 354.36 120.00 474.36
*A special class has been established for sewer bimonthly se~ice charge for all single-family residential users
based on a 5/8-inch meter. All other classes of residential and commercial/industrial bimonthly se~ice charges
are based on actual water meter size beginning with the combined 5/8-inch and 3/4-inch class.
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Commodity Rate - Single Family Residential
All single-family residential customers shall pay a bimonthly seven-tier fiat commodity
charge effective 7/1/00 as follows:
Tier Water Use
Tier 1 (0-5 HCF)
Tier 2 (6-12 HCF)
Tier 3 (13-19 HCF)
Tier 4 (20-26 HCF)
Tier 5 (27-37 HCF)
Tier 6 (38-50 HCF)
Tier 7 (51+ HCF)
$22.42
36.82
51.21
56.01
63.21
70.41
77.61
These rates include the $8.02 bimonthly service charge and $1.00 bimonthly replacement
reserve charge. Single-family customers are assigned a commodity charge tier each year
based on 85% of their three-year average of lowest winter water use.
New customers in single-family residential are initially set at Tier 4 until they establish their
Iow winter water use. New customers in condominiums and townhouses with separate
master landscape meters are initially set at Tier 2 until they establish their own Iow winter
water use. Single-family customers with less than a three-year history will be calculated
based on the lowest winter water use average for any year the customer has a history at
the property.
Commodity Rate - Multi-family, Mobile Home, Nonresidential
All multi-family, mobile home, nonresidential and institutional customers shall pay a
bimonthly variable commodity rate on estimated sewer flow effective 7/1/00 as follows:
Multi-Family and Mobile Home
Estimated sewer flow based on 85% of customer's bimonthly
water usage (75% if a separate landscape meter does not exist).
$2.40
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Nonresidential Customem
Estimated sewer flow based on 90% of customer's bimonthly
water usage:
General Commemial
Medium-Low
Medium
Medium-High
High
Light Indust~
Special Industrial Users - The Director of Administrative Services
is hereby authorized to determine the percentage of water flow
based on actual discharge to the sewer system as evidenced by
data supplied by the user, and classified per the currently
approved water and sewer rate study.
Institutional
Churches--Estimated sewer flow based on calculated
percentage of customer' s bimonthly water usage.
Schools--Estimated sewer flow based on calculated fiow per
student per day.
$2.40
2.80
3.58
4.33
5.66
2.53
$2.40
$2.40
All service connections whose wastewater is served by wastewater pump stations (including the
Rancho Bernardo Pump Station) will be charged $1.36/month surcharge for each pump station
utilized.
Upon change of ownership, sewer charges will be prorated on a 60-day billing period basis
between old and new customer.
A delinquency fee of 10 percent of the unpaid balance or $25.00, whichever is less, shall be
charged on all accounts that remain unpaid for more than 30 days.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall take effect and be in fome thirty (30) days after the date
of its passage; and before the expiration of fifteen (15) days after its passage, it shall be published
once with the names of members voting for and against the same in the Poway News Chieftain,
a newspaper of general circulation published in the City of Poway.
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Introduced and first read at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Poway held
on the 11th day of July 2000, and thereafter PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of
said City Council held on the 1st day of August 2000 by the following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
ABSENT: GOLDBY
EMERY, HIGGINSON, REXFORD, CAFAGNA
ATTEST:
' -- Peoples, City Clerk
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