1983-62 RESOLUTION NO. 83-62
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAND TERRACE, CALIFORNIA, RESCINDING RESOLUTION
NOS. 81-13 AND 81-48 AND ESTABLISHING FEES FOR
SEWER SERVICE AND DELINQUENT CHARGES AND
PENALTIES FOR NON-PAYMENT THEREOF, PURSUANT TO
THE CITY'S ORDINANCES ESTABLISHING PROVISIONS
THEREFOR.
WHEREAS, the City's Ordinance establishing a Sewer User Charge
Collection System provides that said charges be established by resolution; and
WHEREAS, the City's Ordinance establishing time limits for payment of
sewer user charges, delinquent sewer user charges, and providing for the
disconnection of sewer services and related measures provides that penalties
and charges therefor are .to be established by resolution; and
WHEREAS, it is deemed to be in the best interest of the City to
increase the collection fee to those users that are delinquent two or more
times in order to more equitably subsidize the administration for collecting
said delinquent sewer charges;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Grand Terrace does
hereby resolve, declare, determine, and order as follows:
SECTION 1. Rescission - Resolution Nos. 81-13 and 81-48 are hereby
rescinded in their entirety and that sewer user charges for service within the
City of Grand Terrace be as follows:
SECTION 2. Sewer User Charges
a. Sewer service charges shall be billed on a bi-monthly :basis,,
in advance of service, and shall be due and payable as of the date.,of the.
billing; thirty (30) days thereafter said amount shall become delinquent;
b. Residential users shall be charged the rate of sevq:n doll=ars-
($7.00) per month. For the purposes of this Resolution, each single family
dwelling, each dwelling unit in a multiple residential complex (incl,uding�
duplexes, apartments, condominiums, etc. ), and each dwelling unit`i.n`:a mobile
home park shall be charged at the rate of $7.00 per month ;
c. Commercial and/or industrial users shall be charged a rate of
$0.32 per one-hundred (100) cubic feet of water used per month or any portion
thereof; however, the minimum monthly charge for such users shall be $7.00 per
month;
d. Each church user shall be charged the rate of $7.00 per
month; however, each church-owned property shall be charged at the appropriate
use rate as provided herein;
e. Individual schools shall .be charged a rate of $7.00 per month
for each one-hundred (100) average daily attendance or portion thereof. These _
amounts shall be computed on the basis of the previous twelve (12) months.
Section 3. Delinquent Payment Collection Fee - The following
collection fee be charged to a de inquent sewer user LA delinquent user is one
who has missed three (3) payments and has gone six (6) months without
payment]:
a. A collection fee of $15.00 will be charged to a delinquent
sewer user appearing for the first time on the delinquent list;
b. A collection fee of $25.00 will be charged to a delinquent
sewer user appearing on the delinquent list two (2) or more time.
Section 4. Disconnection & Reconnection Costs Resulting from
Non-Payment
a. All costs incurred by the City for disconnection and reconnection
of sewer services as a result of non-payment of sewer service charges shall
become a charge against the property being served which has been disconnected
or reconnected.
b. Said charges shall .be billed to the property, along with all
delinquent charges. Said disconnection charges, reconnection charges, and
other delinquent charges shall ; from the date of disconnection, bear interest
at the rate of ten percent (10%) per annum.
c. Prior to reconnection of said sewer service, the City shall
require payment of all charges due.
ADOPTED this 14th day of December, 1983.
ATTEST:
City he of t e City of/Grand -Mayo ty ran Terra
'^Terra;e_and of the City Wuncil and of the i ty ounci 1 thereof.
thereof:
Approved as to form:
Ci t orney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO ) ss.
CITY OF GRAND TERRACE )
I, MYRNA ERWAY, City Clerk of the City of Grand Terrace, DO HEREBY
CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of
said City at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 14th day of
December, 1983, and that it was so adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Rigley, Petta, Nix, Pfennighausen;
Mayor Grant.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ty ClerK/of the City of ran errace
and of the City Council thereo : -
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO ) ss.
CITY OF .GRAND TERRACE )
I, MYRNA ERWAY, City Clerk of the City of Grand Terrace, DO HEREBY
CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full , true, and correct copy of
Resolution No. 83-62 of said City, and that the same has not been amended or
repealed.
DATED: December 15, 1983.
City C er of the City of Gran errace-
and of tH City Council thereof.