§ 5.08.030. Commercial sewer service.

Commercial sewer service customers shall be those customers identified by the type of commercial use listed in the Commercial Sewer Use Table, Section 5.08.030(A); the District shall determine the appropriate category for each customer's sewer account. Commercial sewer service fees are based upon the assigned EDU factor per category as provided in Section 5.08.030(A) and in accord with Section 5.080.030(B) through Section 5.08.030(D). Commercial sewer service fees shall be calculated as follows:

• Category I through VIII accounts with separate (dedicated) landscape water meters, or without landscape irrigation:

Sewer Fee = EDU factor × [domestic HCF] × [Sewer Service Rate]

• Category I through VIII accounts with a combined domestic/landscape water meter:

Sewer Fee = EDU factor × [total HCF] × 55% × [Sewer Service Rate]

• Category IX and X accounts (Schools):

Sewer Fee = EDU factor × [number of students] × [Months] × [Sewer Service Rate]

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A.

Commercial Sewer Use Table.

Category	Type of Commercial Use	EDU factor
I	• Office • Daycare center • Market without grinder • Public facility without dining • Bar/Tavern without food • Retail/Service • Recreation/Amusement without dining	0.0729
II	• Mortuary	0.1052
III	• Hotel with dining • Motel with dining • Bar/Tavern with dining • Public facility with dining • Recreation/Amusement with dining • Hospital - full service • Convalescent facility	0.1050
IV	• Laundromat • Car Wash	0.0626
V	• Laundry - commercial/industrial • Dry Cleaner	0.1215
VI	• Motel without dining • Health spa • Church/Worship	0.0670
VII	• Outpatient facility • Doctor office • Dental office	0.0671
VIII	• Restaurant - full service • Restaurant - fast food • Market with grinder • Bakery	0.1042
IX	• School - Public/Private:  Kindergarten through 12 th grade	0.0185
X	• School - Public/Private:  College	0.0370

 

B.

Domestic Water Consumption Determination. For the purpose of calculating sewer service charges, domestic water consumption shall mean the volume of water received by the customer from a District water supply meter, either potable water or recycled water, where such water consumption results in a sewer discharge to the District sewer system.

1.

Water meters designated by the District for exclusively landscape and irrigation purposes are specifically excluded from sewer rate determinations.

2.

Water consumption, or portion thereof, used to generate Industrial wastewater discharges to the sewer shall be excluded from Commercial sewer rate determinations. Industrial wastewater discharges are defined in Section 5.08.040 of this Chapter.

3.

If a commercial sewer customer has a combined domestic/landscape water meter account, then fifty-five (55) percent of the measured water consumption from said meter shall be used rather than one hundred (100) percent for accounts assessed sewer fees based upon water consumption.

C.

Multiple Commercial Use Account. If a commercial sewer customer has multiple commercial uses for a single account, then the General Manager, on a case-by-case basis, shall determine and assign the appropriate EDU factor.

D.

Student Count for Commercial Use Categories IX and X. Upon request the customer shall submit to the District a total student count for sewer accounts identified in Category IX or X of Section 5.08.030(A). The total student count shall be reported as the school's October Average Daily Attendance for the current school year. Current student counts shall be resubmitted to the District annually and sewer accounts shall be adjusted accordingly.

( Ord. No. 32-D, § 2(Exh. A), 4-22-2014 )