054 of 2010 - amending section 17.72.030 relating to sewer rates 0 10-1
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Salt Lake City Ordinance
No. 54 of 2010
(Amending Section 17.72.030, relating to sewer rates)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF SECTION
17.72.030, SALT LAKE CITY CODE, RELATING TO SEWER RATES,
AND
Be it ordained by the City Council of-Salt Lake City, Utah:
SECTION 1. Section 17.72.030 of Salt Lake City Code is hereby amended to read
as follows:
A. Purpose: For the purpose of defraying the cost of construction, reconstruction,
maintenance and operation of the city sewer system, there are hereby imposed the
following charges upon all persons and premises receiving sewer collection and
treatment services.
B. Definitions:
CUSTOMER CLASS: The classification or classifications applicable to each
customer of the sewer system for purposes of calculating such customer's service
charge under this chapter, based on the applicable range of the strength of such
customer's waste discharge, as measured by BOD and TSS, as follows:
Customer
Class BOD (mg/I) TSS (mg/I)
1 <300 <300
2 300 - 600 300 - 600
3 601 - 900 601 - 900
4 901 - 1,200 901 - 1,200
5 1,201 - 1,500 1,201 - 1,500
6 1,501 - 1,800 1,501 - 1,800
7 >1,800 >1,800
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More than one class may apply to a customer at the same time. For example, a
customer may be in class 2 for BOD, and in class 4 for TSS. The director shall
assign class designations to customers based upon the nature of the facility owned
or operated by the customer, and estimates based on sample measurements taken
from similar facilities. Any customer may, at its expense, demonstrate that actual
BOD or TSS discharges differ from the director's estimates, and the director shall
assign such customer to a different class or classes, accordingly. Such actual
measurements shall be conducted in accordance with procedures established by the
director.
DUPLEX: A single building containing two (2) independent dwelling units.
DWELLING UNIT: A building or other structure or portion thereof, in which: 1) an
individual resides as a separate housekeeping unit, or 2) a collective body of
persons (doing their own cooking) resides as a separate housekeeping unit in a
domestic bond based upon birth, marriage, domestic employment or other family
relationship, as distinguished from a boarding house, lodging house, club,
fraternity, motel or hotel.
MULTIPLE DWELLING: Any building or other structure, having four (4) or more
dwelling units therein, including a mobile home park.
SERVICE CHARGE: The charge for sewer collection and treatment services levied
on all users of the public sewer system, as calculated pursuant to this chapter.
SERVICE TO MULTIPLE BUILDINGS: Sewer service to multiple buildings shall be
governed the same as section 17.16.200 of this title.
SINGLE DWELLING UNIT: A building containing one dwelling unit.
TRIPLEX: A single building containing three (3) independent dwelling units.
C. Sewer Charges: Effective July 1, 2010 and Thereafter:
a. Each sewer customer in classes 1 to 6 shall be charged a monthly
service charge equal to the greater of: 1) the cumulative flow rate, BOD
rate and TSS rate set forth in the following chart per one hundred (100)
cubic feet of metered water usage during the winter period, as determined
below, or 2) a minimum charge of five dollars forty-four cents ($5.44). The
average monthly water meter readings during the consecutive months of
November, December, January, February and March (hereinafter "winter
months"), shall be the basis for sewer billings for the twelve (12) month
period beginning July 1 and ending June 30, immediately following such
winter months.
Customer Class 'Flow Rate 'BOD Rate TSS Rate Total
1 $ 0 .87 $0 .32 $0 .19 $1 .38
2 0 .87 0 .59 0 .38 1 .84
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3 0 .87 0 .98 0 .64 2 .49
4 0 .87 1 .39 0 .87 3.13
5 0 .87 1 .77 113. 3 .77
6 0.87 2.16 1 .39 4 .42
b. Each customer in class 7 and all other classes that are monitored
separately shall be charged a monthly service charge based on actual
discharge strength. The flow component will be charged at eighty-seven
cents ($0.87) per one hundred (100) cubic feet of metered water used
during the billing period. The charges for COD, BOD and TSS will be billed
on actual pounds of discharge as follows:
Cost Per Pound Of Discharge
Category ($/Pound)
COD $0 .1024
BOD 0 .2047
TSS 0 .1318
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Either a BOD or COD charge will be assessed, but not both. When there
is an unexplained difference between the two test results of COD and
BOD the higher of the two will be used. Nothing in this section shall
authorize discharges in excess of the maximum local limit concentrations
established by the director pursuant to section 17.36.090 of this title.
c. In cases where little or no water is used during one or more of the
winter months, such that the average metered usage during such winter
months cannot be reasonably assumed to reflect typical monthly usage for
an account, the director may use other consumptive information specific to
such account to determine average monthly minimum usage for sewer
billing purposes.
d. Meter readings for sewer billing purposes shall only include meters,
which measure water entering the sewer system.
e. In the case of sewer users whose water usage is based in whole or in
part on water sources other than the city, the city may require installation
of a city approved meter, at the sewer user's expense, on the well(s) or
other sources of water supply, for measurement by the city during the
winter months to determine the sewer user's water use during the winter
months.
f. For each single-family dwelling sewer user using water other than city
water and desiring not to install a water meter as provided above, the
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director may waive the meter requirement, in which event the user will be
charged for sewer service as provided in subsection E of this section.
D. Metering Of Sewage Flows:
Effective July 1, 2010 and thereafter: Meters will be allowed in sewer lines when
the user is permitted or required by the director to have the sewage flow subject
to the following requirements:
a. The charges for sewer service will be based upon the actual sewer
meter readings rather than upon the average of said winter readings.
b. The user will furnish, install and maintain at user's expense a meter
pursuant to the city's standards and specifications.
E. New Sewer Accounts:
Effective July 1, 2010 and thereafter: For new sewer accounts, the following
monthly sewer rates shall apply until the data required by subsection Ca of this
section is available:
a. For each single dwelling unit, eleven dollars and four cents ($11.04) per
month.
b. For each duplex, eleven dollars and four cents ($11.04) per month, per
dwelling unit.
c. For each triplex, eleven dollars and four cents ($11.04) per month, per
dwelling unit.
d. For each multiple dwelling, a minimum monthly charge of eleven dollars
and four cents ($11.04) per dwelling unit or eighty seven cents ($0.87) per
one hundred (100) cubic feet of total water consumption, whichever is
highest.
e. For all other users, the greater of: 1) a minimum charge of eleven
dollars and four cents ($11.04) per month, or 2) a service charge per one
hundred (100) cubic feet of total water consumption based on the
applicable customer class:
Customer Class Flow Rate Per 100 Cubic Feet
1 $0 .87
2 1.14
3 1 .56
4 1 .95
5 2 .35
6 ,2 .76
f. For class 7 customers, new accounts shall be treated in the same
manner as established accounts, under subsection Cb of this section.
F. Service Charge Adjustment:
1. The director may provide for adjustments as needed to ensure equitable service
charges. Such adjustments may be made where excessive quantities of culinary
water pass-through the water meter, but are consumed on the premises and do not
enter the sewer system. In each such instance, the user will have the burden of
providing evidence of such inequities by showing that the quantity of water not
entering the sewer, but passing through the meter, exceeds twenty percent (20%) of
the total flow in order to merit such consideration by the director. Each such
adjustment proposed to be made by the director shall first be presented to the public
utilities advisory committee for review and recommendation, following which review
and recommendation the director shall make a final determination.
2. Additionally, the director may make adjustments under the following conditions
due to faulty inside plumbing. All adjustments will be determined by prior usage.
When the charge is not based on preceding usage and has not been established on
winter average the charge will be determined as outlined in this section or its
successor.
a. When defective plumbing has caused the average winter water
consumption to exceed the previous year's average by twenty five percent
(25%) or more, there may be an adjustment made based on prior usage.
The customer must provide to the director evidence that plumbing repairs
were made within thirty (30) days of notification from the city. Such
evidence may be in the form of a statement detailing the repairs made and
the date of completion. The adjustment shall be made following the
determination by the director that the repairs have resulted in decreased
water consumption.
b. In the event of a customer's unexplainable large increase in water
consumption during the months of November through March of any year,
the director may make adjustments to any account when there has been a
twenty five percent (25%) increase or more in usage during the winter
months. Any adjustment may be made only after an in depth review of the
account has been completed, and based solely on the merits of each
individual request, and the circumstances surrounding the request.
c. The director may make adjustments to the account of a single-family
residence, if the user or a user's tenant who has also signed the
agreement for water service has temporary additional (2 or more) people
living at the residence during all or part of the "winter meter readings"
period and it has caused the average winter water consumption to exceed
the previous year's average by twenty five percent (25%) or more. Such
adjustment may be made by using the following guidelines:
(1) For one month or less, no adjustment will be allowed;
(2) For more than one month to twelve (12) months, the charge will
be based on the new average winter water use for the number of
months said additional people were in the residence;
(3) For all months following the period when said additional people
are not in the residence, the charge will be based upon the
previous year's established average use, or the fee shall be as
outlined in subsection F2d of this section, or its successor
subsection.
d. All adjustments will be determined by the sewer charge of the preceding
year. When the charge for the preceding year is not established on winter
average, the charge will be determined as outlined in subsection F2c of
this section, or its successor subsection.
G. Sewer Service Fees: The director shall charge and the city shall collect the following
fees:
1. Sewer and miscellaneous inspection $ 60.00 t
2. Sewer repair inspection 30.00
3. Trial sewer survey 35.00
4. Sewer survey 100.00
5. Resurvey charge each occasion 35.00
6. The charge for installation of sewer special wyes shall be determined by the
director which cannot exceed the city's actual cost plus reasonable overhead.
7. New industrial wastewater discharge permit $ 100.00
8. Industrial wastewater discharge permit renewal 50.00
9. Connection fees on new development property:
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a. Residential single dwelling, and condominium, and twin 545.00
homes per connection or unit
b. Multi-family dwellings:
(1) Duplex 818.00
(2) Triplex 1,226.00
(3) Townhouse (apartment), per unit 409.00
c. Hotels and motels:
(1) Per dwelling unit without kitchen or restaurant 273.00 e
(2) Per dwelling unit with a kitchen or restaurant 363.00
(3) Per dwelling unit with kitchen and a restaurant 363.00
d. General commercial and industrial uses, per each 27.00
equivalent fixture unit (based on Utah plumbing code)
e. Trailer parks, per equivalent unit (3 trailer spaces shall 545.00 t
equal 1 residential single-dwelling unit)
f. Recreation parks per equivalent unit (6 trailer spaces shall 545.00 I
equal 1 residential single-dwelling unit)
g. Special industrial and commercial uses, including car washes, laundromats,
etc., as determined by the city's public utilities director, shall be charged twenty
seven dollars ($27.00) per equivalent fixture unit, as specified in the uniform
plumbing code.
10. Connection fees on property with prior development:
a. When a residential building is demolished and the existing lateral is used for
the same property, there is no new sewer connection fee for the property when
residential use or building type is same as prior to demolition. After five (5) years
from date of demolition no credit will be given for prior sewer connection fees.
After five (5) years from demolition the property owner will be required to pay all
connection fees.
b. When a commercial building such as a hotel, motel, industrial building, etc., is
demolished the sewer fee shall be based and charged on new additional use
pursuant to the applicable provisions of subsections G9c through G9f of this
section. After five (5) years from date of demolition no credit will be given for prior
sewer connection fees. After five (5) years from demolition the property owner
will be required to pay all connection fees required by the city.
11. Temporary sewer connections may only be made by approval of the director.
Temporary connections cannot exceed twenty four (24) months. The fee for each
temporary connection shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00). All other
applicable fees will be effective for temporary connections. (Ord. 30-07, 2007:
Ord. 43-00 §§ 1-4, 2000: Ord. 72-98 § 20, 1998: Ord. 63-95 § 5, 1995: Ord. 21-
95 § 7, 1995: Ord. 36-93 § 12, 1993: Ord. 9-91 § 1, 1991: Ord. 83-90 § 8, 1990:
Ord. 33-89 § 3, 1989: Ord. 38-88 § 2, 1988: prior code title 37, schedule 3)
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon the date of its first
publication.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah this 15 day of
June , 2010.
CHAIRP SON
ATTEST:
CITY RECORDER
Transmitted to Mayor on June 25, 2010
Mayor's Action: ) Approved. Vetoed.
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MAYOR
APPROVED AS TO FORM
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Bill No. 54 of 2010
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HB ATTY-#12399-v1-Sewer Rate Ordinance 2010