13.14.100 Sewage pump station charge – Sewage pump station financing.
A. All the M/O costs for all City-owned sewage pump stations within Chula Vista, which costs are in excess of funds deposited by developers responsible for the construction of said pump stations, shall be paid from the general sewer budget.
B. When a permanent sewage pump station is approved for construction and has been constructed and accepted by the City, the developer shall deposit the M/O cost of the pump station for a period of 20 years based on an estimate by the City.
1. As an alternative to depositing the full 20-year M/O costs with the City immediately upon completion of the sewage pump station, the developer and the City may enter into an agreement providing for the M/O costs to be paid by the developer over a period of time. In this instance, the commitment to pay shall be guaranteed with adequate security, one form of which may be a lien upon the property to be developed. The amount of said lien may be adjusted over time as property is sold or as payments are made. No portion of the lien amount shall be reassigned to a buyer of a developed property.
2. In instances where the property to ultimately be served by a permanent pump station is not fully contained within the ownership of the developer who builds the pump station and an agreement with the City has been entered into as provided above, during a given year, that developer shall be responsible for the portion of the M/O cost which is proportional to the number of EDUs he has connected to the pump station as compared to the full number of EDUs connected to the pump station as determined by the Director. In instances where the developer has deposited the full estimated 20-year M/O costs, a subsequent developer using the pump station shall be required to reimburse the original developer for previously deposited M/O costs (plus interest) for EDUs to be connected by that subsequent developer.
3. For temporary sewage pump stations, where the property to ultimately be served is not wholly within the ownership of the developer who builds the pump station, each subsequent developer connecting EDUs to the station shall be responsible for the payment of a portion of the annual M/O cost which is proportional to the number of EDUs that developer has connected as compared to the total number of connected EDUs.
C. For all active sewage pump stations, the total of M/O costs, including costs of replacements, utilities, personnel, equipment, supplies and overheads of all City sewage pump stations, shall be calculated by the City on a calendar year basis.
That total, plus an estimated amount for inflation, if any, less deposits or contributions estimated to be on hand at the end of the fiscal year current at that time, shall be included as a system cost in the normal City-wide sewer budget and distributed among all properties within the City connected to the Chula Vista sewer system during the fiscal year beginning on the immediately following July 1st.
D. The actual cost of bypassing or removing a temporary sewage pump station from service and connecting the collection system to an adjacent permanent gravity system shall be paid from the regular sewer budget, and that cost (less any remaining deposits collected for that purpose) shall be distributed among all properties connected to the Chula Vista sewer system.
E. This section shall not be applicable to any sewage pump station not owned by the City or to any agreement with a public agency or private entity concerning such a pump station.
F. All previous agreements and ordinances relating to special sewer service rate areas or zones are hereby amended to be in conformity with Council Policy No. 570.03. This section is enacted pursuant to an exercise by the City Council of its police powers as a charter city, and pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 5471, Government Code Section 54300, et seq., or any other applicable state law. (Ord. 2596 § 4, 1994; Ord. 2547 § 7, 1993; Ord. 2466 § 7, 1991; Ord. 2107 § 1, 1985).