Chapter 4.15
PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS
Sections:
4.15.010 Applications and fees.
4.15.020 Inspections, revocations, transfers.
4.15.010 Applications and fees.
A. Applications to the district for permits to construct lateral sewers, house sewers or otherwise connect to any portion of the district’s sewer system shall be made in writing on the form provided by the district. The application shall contain (1) location of the property to be sewered, (2) name of owner, (3) name of plumber, contracting firm or individual to construct sewer, (4) portion of public street, alley or sidewalk to be disturbed by the work, (5) date on which proposed work will be started.
B. Sewer Connection Fee. There is hereby established and levied upon all persons, firms, entities, or corporations making connection to the Seaside County Sanitation District (SCSD) a sewer connection fee as follows:
1. Specified Users. Upon adoption of the ordinance codified in this section, the connection fee shall be as shown in Exhibit A, “Connection Fee per Land Use Category.” As shown in Exhibit A, the connect fee for an equivalent single-family dwelling unit (EDU connection fee) is $2,101. The EDU connection fee shall be adjusted on an annual basis as described in subsection (B)(4) of this section.
2. Other Uses. For all other uses not listed in subsection (B)(1) of this section, the district engineer shall determine the sewer connection fee as follows:
Connection Fee = (gallons per day) / 189 x (EDU connection fee).
3. Other Determination. Whenever in the opinion of the district engineer the estimated sewer flow used in determining sewer connection fees is unreasonable, he may either use an appropriate sewer flow rate to calculate the connection fee, or assess an additional fee taking into account actual wastewater flows for the 12-month period that was demonstrably higher than given on the application for the building in question.
4. Annual Increase in Connection Fee. The sewer connection fee as determined clean-out for a single-family dwelling unit (EDU) shall increase on the first day of each fiscal year, that is, on July 1st of each year, by the amount equal to the San Francisco Construction Cost Index as published by Engineering News-Record for the prior year ending June 30th, and the sewer connection fees for other than single-family dwelling units shall increase at the same time in the same proportion as the increase in sewer connection fees for an EDU.
5. Demolished Premises. Whenever enclosed building space is demolished, any construction of enclosed building space which takes place on the same parcel within five years of that demolition shall be exempt from sewer connection fees to the extent that either the usage has not changed or the units removed from the parcel as a result of said demolition work had higher flows to the sewer collection system than the new units.
Whenever enclosed building space is demolished, any construction of enclosed building space which takes place on the same parcel within five years of that demolition shall be required to pay a sewer connection fee as calculated as the difference in flow between the units that were demolished or removed and the units installed.
6. Existing Premises. Buildings or occupied mobile home pads which are connected to the Seaside County Sanitation District sewer system at the time the ordinance codified in this section goes into effect shall be exempt from these sewer connection fees. Any proposed building for which a building permit application had been accepted by the entity having building permit issuance authority prior to the date that the ordinance codified in this section takes effect shall pay the connection fee in effect at that time.
7. Payment of Fees. All connection fees must be paid prior to issuance of the building permit. The connection fee shall be collected for the Seaside County Sanitation District by the Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency.
C. Permits shall automatically become void if sewers are not constructed within 10 working days after the date of application.
|
LAND USE |
Unit |
Fee per Unit |
|---|---|---|
|
Business/Gov’t |
Location/Each Business |
$1,622 |
|
Residential – Vacant |
Each Living Unit |
$0 |
|
Residential |
Each Living Unit |
$2,101 |
|
Residential/Apartments |
Each Living Unit |
$2,101 |
|
Residential/Apartments – Vacant |
Each Living Unit |
$0 |
|
Condo/Retirement |
Each Living Unit |
$2,101 |
|
Commercial/Vacant |
Location/Each Business |
$0 |
|
Motel/Hotel |
Each Guest Room |
$1,111 |
|
Bed & Breakfast Inn |
Each Guest Room |
$601 |
|
Supermarkets |
Location |
$8,860 |
|
Medical Office |
Each Licensed Physician |
$2,168 |
|
Dental Office |
Each Licensed Dentist |
$2,990 |
|
Rest Home/Convalescent |
Each Bed of Licensed Capacity |
$601 |
|
General Hospital |
Each Bed of Licensed Capacity |
$3,557 |
|
Animal Hospital |
Location/Each Licensed Business |
$3,959 |
|
Restaurant 1 meal/day |
Each Restaurant Seat |
$78 |
|
Restaurant 2 meals/day |
Each Restaurant Seat |
$122 |
|
Restaurant 3 meals/day |
Each Restaurant Seat |
$233 |
|
Restaurant with Bar |
Each Restaurant Seat |
$233 |
|
Bar |
Location/Each Business |
$3,524 |
|
Nightclub |
Location/Each Business |
$10,560 |
|
Takeout Food – Small (1 cash register or checkout line) |
Location/Each Business |
$3,935 |
|
Takeout Food – Medium (2 or 3 cash registers or checkout lines) |
Location/Each Business |
$9,682 |
|
Takeout Food – Large (4 or more cash registers or checkout lines) |
Location/Each Business |
$17,654 |
|
Bakery |
Location/Each Business |
$3,192 |
|
Theater |
Per Screen at Each Location |
$5,236 |
|
Bowling Center |
Location/Each Business |
$15,931 |
|
Gym |
Per 500 members |
$1,622 |
|
Mortuary |
Location/Each Business |
$4,303 |
|
School (Grades 0 – 6) |
Student Population |
$23 |
|
School (7 – College) |
Student Population |
$44 |
|
Boarding School |
Student Population |
$445 |
|
Instructional Facility |
Student Population |
$1,622 |
|
Church |
Per 100 members |
$1,622 |
|
Photo/Laboratory/Printer |
Per 10 employees |
$1,622 |
|
Service Station/Garage |
Location/Each Business |
$1,557 |
|
Paint and Body Shops |
Per 10 employees |
$1,622 |
|
Dry Cleaner |
Location/Each Business |
$5,370 |
|
Laundromat |
Each Washing Machine |
$1,412 |
|
Special User |
Individual Determination |
NA [1] |
[1] Fee will be determined by the district based on expected sewer usage.
(Ord. 18 § 1, 2014; Ord. 10, 1983; Ord. 9 § 1, 1982; Ord. 6, 1970; Ord. 1 § 40, 1957)
4.15.020 Inspections, revocations, transfers.
A. A certificate of inspection shall be issued by the district when pipe work and backfilling is completed in accordance with this title. Sewers shall not be put in service until a certificate of inspection is issued.
B. Any permit shall be revocable by the engineer whenever it shall appear to him that the holder thereof has violated or permitted the violation of any provision of this title or when any intercepting appliance or corrective process does not prevent objectionable substances from entering such sanitary sewer system. Permits shall be revoked by sending a notice of revocation by registered mail to the permittee at the address set forth in said permit. Permits shall be deemed revoked as of the fifth day after the mailing of said notice.
C. No permit issued pursuant to this title shall be transferable. (Ord. 1 § 41, 1957)