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11/3/82
follows:
ORDINANCE N0, 1235
ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING SEVER CONNECTION FEE
The CITY COl1NCIL of the CITY OF BURLIPJC,AME does hereby ORDAIN as
Section 1. Section 15.08.010. of the Burlingame Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
15.08.010 Application for sewer connection. Plhenever sewer laterals
are to be laid and connected with the sewer mains of the City, or whenever a
property is converted to a more intensive use, the person, firm or corporation
desiring to lay and connect the same or change the use shall apply in writing
to the City Engineer stating the location of the premises effected.
Upon receipt of the application, the Cjty Engineer shall issue the
necessary permits and collect such connection fees and inspection fees as may
be established by Cquncil from time to time.
Section 2. Section 15.08.020 is hereby added to said Code to read
as follows:
Section 15.08.020. Connection charge. A.ny person requesting a
connection to a sewer shall, as a condition of such connection pay a charge
for each separate building site based upon the fallowing schedule.
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Single Family & Dunlex
Multi -Family
Commercial/Retail
Office
Warehouse
Restaurant
Hotel w/Restaurant
Hotel without Restaurant
Connection Fee
$101/unit
$77/unit
$161/Thousand
Square Feet
$35/Thousand
Square Feet
$45/Thousand
Square Feet
$398/Thousand
Square Feet
$254/Room
$157/Room
The above schedule shall be adjusted to conform to the latest
Engineering News Record Construction Cost Index for the Citv of San Francisco
using 2500 as the base index, The above connection charges shall therefore
be multiplied by the Engineering News Record Construction Cost Index for the
City of San Francisco in effect on January 1, and the result divided by 2500
to obtain the true connection charge for the subsequent calendar .year.
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The Director of Public Works shall determine the appropriate and
use category for each applicant. If an appropriate category cannot be
determined, a fee shall be charged on the basis of $1.10 per estimated pound
of B.O.D. generated per ,year. The rate per pound shall be adjusted as set
forth above for scheduled fees.
Section 3. Section 15.08.110 of said Code is hereby amended to read
as follows:
Section 15.08.110 Sewer Fund. All monies received from the
collection of the sewer rental charges and sewer connection fees shall be
deposited with the City Treasurer who shall keep a separate and distinct fund
and account to be known as "the sewer fund." This fund shall be used, when
appropriated by the Council, for the management, maintenance, operation and
repair of the sewage system, sewage pumping, treatment and disposal works
and for the planning, extension and enlargement of the works.
Section 4. Urnency. It is hereby declared that this ordinance for
the immediate preservation of the public peace, safety, health and welfare,
is an emergency measure as provided by law and shall take effect upon its
adoption. The facts constituting such an urgency as as follows: The City of
Burlingame currently must undertake extensive improvements to it's sewer
treatment facility and probably will have to do so without c:, federal or state
assistance. It is therefore desirable that the funds be established so that
work may be commenced as soon as possible and so that all projects contributing
to the impact upon the sewage treatment Plant pay their appropriate share.
Section 5. This ordinance shall be published as required by law.
Mayor
I, EVELYN H. HILL, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Urgency Ordinance was introduced and adopted at a:
a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 15th day of November ,
19821
by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN; AMSTRUP, BARYON, CROSBY, PIANGINI, PIARTIN
NOES: COUNCILMEN: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: NONE
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