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ORDINANCE NO. 15-1355
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH, CALIFORNIA,
ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 13.12 TO THE HERMOSA BEACH
MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING SEWER SERVICE CHARGE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH, CALIFORNIA,
DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. A new Chapter 13.12 entitled Sewer Service Charge is added to Title 13 of
the Hermosa Beach Municipal Code to read as follows:
Sections:
13.12.010 Charges Levied.
13.12.020 Collection of Charges.
13.12.030 ESUs for Various Land Uses.
13.12.040 Use of Funds.
13.12.010 Charges Levied.
An annual sewer service charge is levied upon each parcel of real property in the City of
Hermosa Beach for the overall operation, maintenance and servicing of the City -owned sewer
system as well as the funds deemed appropriate and necessary to pay for capital improvements
and reserves. The charge was adopted in accordance with Article XIIID of the California
Constitution (Proposition 218). Beginning July 1, 2015, the amount of the charge for each parcel
shall be computed by multiplying $115.00 by the number of equivalent sewage units ("ESUs") for
the current land use of the parcel as shown in Section 13.12.030 below. Beginning July 1, 2016
and each July 1 through July 1, 2020, the sewer service charge shall be increased for inflation by
the annual increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers in
the Los Angeles -Riverside -Orange County, CA Area (CPI), including all items as published by
the US Bureau of Labor Statistics as of March 1 of each year, not to exceed two percent (2%) per
year.
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13.12.020 Collection of Charges.
The sewer service charge shall be collected for each fiscal year on the tax roll in the same
manner, by the same persons, and at the same time as, together with and not separately from, the
general taxes of the City. For any fiscal year that the sewer service charge is not collected on the
tax roll, the City may collect all or a portion of the sewer service charge for such year on the tax
roll in the following fiscal year or years.
13.12.030 ESUs for Various Land Uses.
For residential parcels, the ESU and charge is calculated as follows:
LAND USE ESU
Single Family 1.0
Condominiums 1.0
Multi Family 0.6
(Charge is per unit)
Vacant parcels 0.5
For non-residential parcels, the ESU is calculated by the following equation:
ESU= [Commercial Water Consumption GPD]/260 GPD (the same GPD as a single-family
residential lot).
13.12.040 Use of Funds.
The sewer service charge funds collected shall be used to cover the expenses for the
overall operation, maintenance and servicing of the City -owned sewer system as well as to pay for
capital improvements and reserves. The Hermosa Beach Finance Director, or designee, shall
deposit all moneys representing charges collected by the County to the credit of the City's Sewer
Fund.
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SECTION 2. Prior to the expiration of fifteen (15) days after the date of its adoption, the
City Clerk shall cause this Ordinance to be published in the Easy Reader, a weekly newspaper of
general circulation published and circulated, in the City of Hermosa Beach in the manner provided
by law.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance,
shall enter the same in the book of original Ordinances of said city, and shall make minutes of the
passage and adoption thereof in the records of the proceedings of the City Council at which the
same is passed and adopted.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 14th day of July, 2015 by the following vote:
AYES: DiVirgilio, Fangary, Petty, Tucker
NOES: Mayor Barragan
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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PRESIDENT of the City Council and MAVdbR of the City of Hermosa Beach, California
ATTEST:
City Clerk
APPROVED AS 'O FORM:
City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH )
I, Elaine Doerfling, City Clerk of the City of Hermosa Beach, California, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 15-1355 was duly and regularly passed,
approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Hermosa Beach at a regular
meeting held at the regular meeting place thereof on the 14th day of July, 2015, and said
Ordinance will be published in the Easy Reader newspaper on July 23, 2015.
The vote was as follows:
AYES: DiVirgilio, Fangary, Petty, Tucker
NOES: Mayor Barragan
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
DATED: July 14, 2015