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Property situated outside the boundaries of the city may be connected to the system if the city manager determines there is sufficient capacity in the system to serve the property. Out-of-city sewerage service shall be temporary and subject to cancellation following reasonable notice. Fees shall be as specified by ordinance.
(`64 Code, Sec. 25-84) (Ord. No. 2494)
(A) Sewer connection fees shall be specified by ordinance and shall be adjusted effective July first of each year to reflect changes in the construction cost index for Los Angeles from January of the previous year to January of the current year as reflected in the periodical, “Engineering News Record,” or other appropriate source as determined by the city manager.
(B) If a demolished structure is subsequently replaced, no additional sewer permit or sewer service connection fee is required if the building permit for the replacement structure is issued within five years of the date of destruction of the previous structure.
(C) If the building permit is issued more than five years but less than ten years from the date of demolition, the service connection fee shall be reduced by 50%. If the building permit is requested for any replacement after ten years from the date of demolition, the full permit or service connection fee shall be required.
(D) The property owner shall pay for any difference between the sewer connection fee based on the original water meter size and the connection fee based on the water meter size to serve the replacement structure. The property owner shall bear the burden of proving the date of the original demolition and that structure's water meter size at the time of destruction.
(`64 Code, Sec. 25-85) (Ord. No. 2494)
(A) If a user has a supply of water not obtained from the city, the city manager shall charge and collect from the user the metered water user service fee. To facilitate calculation of this fee, the user shall install and maintain at the user's expense, a water meter of a type approved by the city manager, capable of measuring accurately the amount of water used on the premises.
(B) The meter shall provide water use measurement in the same manner as meters recording city water use, and the user shall permit the meter to be read monthly by authorized city employees.
(`64 Code, Sec. 25-86) (Ord. No. 2494)
Should the city or its agents perform required industrial wastewater sampling, analysis, review, flow measurements or other activities for a user, the user shall be held responsible for all accrued costs. The city manager may, at his/her discretion, bill the user directly for services performed by the city. The fees for such services shall be established by resolution of the city council.
(`64 Code, Sec. 25-89) (Ord. No. 2494)
(A) The city council by resolution may adopt reasonable charges and fees for reimbursement of the costs of setting up and operating the city's pretreatment program.
(B) These charges and fees include:
(1) Fees for IWD permit applications, including the cost of processing the applications;
(2) Fees for monitoring, inspection, and surveillance procedures, including the cost of collecting and analyzing a user's discharge and reviewing monitoring reports submitted by users;
(3) Fees for reviewing accidental discharge procedures and construction and responding to accidental discharges;
(4) Fees for wastewater of such quality or character as to impose unusual operation and maintenance or capital costs on the system; whether related to flow volume, BOD, SS, or peak flow rates; and
(5) Other fees as the city council may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this article.
(`64 Code, Sec. 25-90) (Ord. No. 2494)
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