Chapter 14.16
STORM DRAIN FEE

Sections:

14.16.010    Purpose.

14.16.020    Storm drain fee established – Payment required – Real property defined.

14.16.010 Purpose.

The purpose of this chapter is to establish a storm drain fee applicable to all parcels of real property within the City limits connected to the wastewater system, or the water system of the Otay Municipal Water District or the Sweetwater Authority. It is necessary to require system users to pay for the services of cleaning storm drain inlets, underground drainage systems, lined and unlined storm drainage channels or ditches, and planning costs associated with compliance with the conditions imposed upon the City by the “early permit” issued to the City by the Regional Water Quality Control Board on July 16, 1990, to establish a local-level National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), all in accordance with the federal Clean Water Act. (Ord. 2463 § 2, 1991).

14.16.020 Storm drain fee established – Payment required – Real property defined.

A. In addition to other fees, assessments or charges provided by the City code or otherwise, the owner or occupant of any parcel of real property, which parcel is connected to the wastewater system of the City and to a water system maintained by the Sweetwater Authority, the Otay Municipal Water District, or the California American Water Company, shall pay the required storm drain fee(s).

B. For the purposes of this section, real property shall be deemed to be used for domestic purposes when such property is used solely for single-family residences, or the furnishing of lodging by the operations of hotels, auto courts, apartment houses, bungalow courts, housing units, rooming houses, motels, trailer parks, or the rental of property for lodging purposes.

C. All storm drain fees imposed under this chapter shall be computed, collected, and subject to the same penalties and requirements as set forth in CVMC 13.14.110 and 13.14.150 relating to sewer service charges. All proceeds of the storm drain fee shall be deposited in the storm drain revenue fund. (Ord. 2506 § 1, 1992; Ord. 2463 § 2, 1991).