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ORDINANCE NO. 1785
ORDINANCE Or THE CITY OE BURLINGAME
AMENDING CHAPTER 15.08
ESTABLISHING WASTEWATER COLLECTION
RATES AND CHARGES
The CITY COUNCIL of the CITY OF BURLINGAME does hereby ordain as follows:
Section 1. Notice of proposed revisions to the sewer rates and of the public hearing on
the proposed rates was mailed to each ratepayer in the City and duly published in a newspaper of
general circulation in the City. The City Council, after public hearing and due study and
deliberation, has determined that the price of sewer service to customers must be increased to
balance increased costs and improvements and to fund necessary reconstruction. In the
construction and maintenance of the City sewer system, the City general fund has contributed
significant amounts of money to build, maintain, and operate the system.
Section 2. Section 15.08.070 of the Burlingame Municipal Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
15.08.070 Sewer rental—Service charges.
(a) Every person whose premises in the city are served by a connection with the system
of sewerage of the city, whereby the sewerage or industrial wastes, or either or both, are disposed
by the city, shall pay a bimonthly sewer charge based upon the quantity of metered water per
bimonthly billing period as set forth in the following rate schedules, whether such water is
derived from a source other than city water supply or all or part of such water is furnished to the
premises without charge. The director of public works shall determine the classification of uses
not specifically listed. The finance director shall have the discretion and authority to establish a
different sewer charge when circumstances such as water leaks or unseasonable or atypical water
usage cause established rates to result in inequitably low or high sewer charges; any such
determination shall be reviewed by the city manager upon request from the customer. The
finance director may request documentation evidencing the existence of a leak or any other
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problem that may have resulted in an inequitable charge.
Classification Amount
(1) Single-family/duplex Effective for all billings on or after July 1, 2006:
(2) Multi -family residential
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$6.90 per thousand gallons of average water
consumption for the billing periods January
through April of the years 2004, 2005, and
2006. Any user with an average water
consumption of less than a thousand gallons
per month shall pay $13.80 as the bimonthly
sewer charge.
Effective for all billings on or after July 1, 2007:
$7.55 per thousand gallons of average water
consumption for the billing periods January
through April of the years 2005, 2006, and
2007. Any user with an average water
consumption of less than a thousand gallons
per month shall pay $15.11 as the bimonthly
sewer charge.
Effective for all billings on or after July 1, 2008:
$8.27 per thousan
d gallons of average water
consumption for the billing periods January
through April of the years 2006, 2007, and
2008. Any user with an average water
consumption of less than a thousand gallons
per month shall pay $16.54 as the bimonthly
sewer charge.
Effective for all billings on or after July 1,
2006:
$6.45 per thousand gallons of water
consumption fox the current billing period.
Effective for all billings on or after July 1,
2007:
$7.06 per thousan
d gallons of water
consumption for the current billing period.
Effective for all billings on or after July 1,
2008:
$7.73 per thousan
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d gallons of water
consumption for the current billing period.
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(3) Restaurant, caterers, supermarkets,
bakeries and other commercial food
processing and food -related commercial
(4) Moderate strength commercial, including
manufacturing, commercial or industrial
laundries, hotels with restaurants and
hospitals
(5 Light strength commercial including
o ce-warehouse, office buildings, cocktail
lounges, auto -related, carwash, laundromats,
convalescent homes and hotels without
restaurants
(6) Institutional (schools and churches)
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Effective for all billings on or after July 1, 2006:
$18.35 per thousand gallons of water
consumption for the current billing period,
effective for all billings on or after July 1, 2007:
$20.09 per thousand gallons of water
consumption for the current billing period.
Effective for all billings on or after July 1, 2008:
$22.00 per thousand gallons of water
consumption for the current billing period.
Effective for all billings on or after July 1, 2006:
$12.37 per thousand gallons of water
consumption for the current billing period.
Effective for all billings on or after July 1, 2007:
$13.54 per thousan
d gallons of water
consumption for the current billmg period.
Effective for all billings on or after July 1, 2008:
$14.83 per thousan
d. gallons of water
consumption for the current billing period.
Effective for all billings on or after July 1, 2006:
$7.62 per thousand gallons of water
consumption for the current billing period.
Effective for all billings on or after July 1, 2007:
$8.34 per thousand gallons of water
consumption for the current billmg period.
Effective for all billings on or after July 1, 2008:
$9.13 per thousand gallons of water
consumption for the current billmg period.
Effective for all billings on or after July 1, 2006:
$2.70 per thousand gallons of water
consumprion for the current billing
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Effective for all billings on or after July 1, 2007:
$2.96 per thousand gallons of water
consumption for the current billing period.
Effective for all billings on or after July 1, 2008:
$3.24 per thousand gallons of water
consumption for the current billing period
Section 3. Section 15.08.072 is amended to read as follows:
15.08.072 New customers in single-family or duplex classification..
(a) When new customer service is provided to premises classified as single-family or
duplex under section 15.08.070, the customer will be charged at a bimonthly rate based on the
number of residents reported to occupy the premises as follows:
Number of
Rate effective for billing
residents
on or after July 1, 2006
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$26.82
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$33.35
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$40.82
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$48.29
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$55.13
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$57.10
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$62.10
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$72.31
9 or more
$84.77
Rate effective for billing
Rate effective for billing
on or after July
1, 2007
on or after July 1, 2008
$29.36
$32.15
$36.52
$40.00
$44.70
$48.95
$52.88
$57.90
$60.37
$66.11
$62.53
$68.47
$68.00
$74.45
$79.18
$86.71
$92.83
$101.65
(b) This per capita rate will be used until the customer has had service through a
consecutive January, February, March, and April, and on July 1 following that consecutive
period, the sewer rate for the customer will be adjusted to the applicable rate specified in section
15.08.070(a)(1) above according to the water usage for those months. Following a second
consecutive January, February, March, and April, the rate will be further adjusted according to
the demonstrated water usage for the total eight months on July 1 following the second
consecutive period.
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Section 4. The City Council finds that the rates adopted by this ordinance are not
discriminatory or excessive and are intended to provide sufficient revenue to operate the sewer
enterprise pursuant to the Government Code,
Section 5. This ordinance shall be published as required by law.
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Mayor
I, DORIS MORTENSEN, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify that the
foregoing ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 1St day
of May, 2006, and adopted thereafter at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 15' day
of May, 2006, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: BAYLOCK, COHEN, KEIGHRAN, NAGEL, O'MAHONY
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
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City Clerk
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