The amount of the lift station capacity fee assessed and levied upon the owner of premises as hereinbefore provided by this article shall be determined by the director from the lift station capacity rates established as follows:
A. Basic Lift Station Capacity Rates. The basic lift station capacity rates shall be established by resolution of the city council for each lift station service area based on the following factors:
1. The total cost of constructing and installing the lift station;
2. The total number of additional dwelling units which could be constructed on all of the lots and parcels within the lift station service area designated as residential premises by the Chico General Plan, based on the maximum residential density for each such lot or parcel authorized by the Chico General Plan, and the total number of additional acres of property within the lift station service area which could be devoted to a new nonresidential use or used for the expansion of an existing nonresidential use on those lots and parcels within the lift station service area designated as nonresidential premises by the Chico General Plan, all as adjusted by a factor of 0.70 to account for the fact that, on average, the density of residential and nonresidential development occurring in the city has not exceeded 70% of the maximum density authorized by the Chico General Plan;
3. That part of the total cost of constructing and installing the lift station reasonably attributable to each additional dwelling unit which could be constructed on any lot or parcel within the lift station service area designated as residential premises in the Chico General Plan; and
4. That part of the total cost of constructing and installing the lift station reasonably attributable to each additional acre of property within the lift station service area which could be devoted to a new nonresidential use or used for the expansion of an existing nonresidential use.
B. Increases in Basic Lift Station Capacity Rates. If on July first following the date the city council adopts a resolution establishing the basic lift station capacity rates for a lift station service area, or on July first of any year thereafter, there is an increase in the cost of constructing a lift station during the preceding year, then the basic lift station capacity rates for such lift station service area shall also be increased in proportion to the increase in such costs. The determination of whether there has been an increase in the cost of constructing a lift station and the amount of the increase in the basic lift station capacity rates which is proportional to the increase in such costs shall be made by the director, with the approval of the city manager, and shall be based exclusively on the net percentage increase during the preceding year in the Engineering News Record Construction Cost Index for San Francisco (based on 1913 U.S. average = 100) as published in the Engineering News Record/McGraw Hill Construction Weekly.
(Ord. 2092 §15, Ord. 2364 §263)