13.32.060 Sewer general facilities charges.
A. The city shall impose a sewer general facilities charge of $9,640 per equivalent residential unit to connect to the sewer system. The sewer general facilities charge for connection to the Shorecrest community septic system is $13,300 per equivalent residential unit. The sewer general facilities charge for all other sewer connections outside the city limits shall be charged at one and one-half times the standard city rate. Each general facilities charge shall be paid to the city at the time of building permit issuance. Where capacity is increased as outlined in Chapter 19.10 GHMC but no building permit is required, each general facilities charge shall be paid at the time capacity is increased.1
B. The method/formula for determining the basic general facilities charge adjustment shall be: (basic GFC/ERU) (number of ERUs) = total GFC. The below assignment of equivalent residential units (ERUs) to classes of service shall be used. The ERU assignment shall be applied on a proportionate basis.
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Class of Service |
ERU Assignment |
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Residential |
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1. Single-family dwelling |
1 ERU |
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2. Multifamily dwelling |
1 ERU per dwelling |
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3. Trailer courts |
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a) permanent mobile home parks |
1 ERU per rental space provided sewer service |
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b) transient RV parks |
0.33 ERU per RV site provided sewer service |
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4. Bed and breakfast |
1 ERU, plus 1 ERU per 5 rental rooms |
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5. Home business (residential primary use) |
1 ERU |
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Nonresidential |
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6. High schools, junior high schools and community colleges |
1 ERU per 24 students |
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7. Elementary schools, preschools, day care |
1 ERU per 54 students |
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8. Churches |
1 ERU per 150 seats |
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– if parsonage |
1 ERU additional |
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– if weekday child care or church school |
1 ERU per 54 students additional |
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9. Hospitals – General |
1 ERU per bed |
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10. Convalescent/rest homes |
1 ERU per 2 beds |
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11. Hotels, motels |
1 ERU per 2 rooms |
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– if quality restaurant |
1 ERU per 8 seats additional |
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12. Quality restaurants |
1 ERU per 8 seats |
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13. Fast food |
1 ERU per 9 seats |
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14. Tavern |
1 ERU per 15 seats |
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15. Service stations (without car wash) |
2 ERUs |
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16. Car wash |
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– Wand |
1.5 ERUs per stall |
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– Rollover |
7.0 ERUs |
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– Tunnel |
7.5 ERUs |
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17. Laundromats |
1 ERU per machine or actual or projected flow calculations approved by the city engineer. See subsection D of this section for more information about actual and projected flows. |
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18. Commercial (commercial shall include all classes not otherwise included in this table) |
1 ERU per 1,600 sq. ft. or less of interior floor space. For commercial establishments in excess of 1,600 sq. ft. of interior floor space, the city may use actual or projected flow calculations approved by the city engineer. See subsection D of this section for more information about actual and projected flows. |
(Commercial shall include all classes not otherwise included on this table.)
For commercial establishments in excess of 1,600 square feet of interior floor space, the city may use actual or projected flow calculations approved by the city engineer; provided, however, the minimum general facilities charge shall not be less than one equivalent residential unit. If projected flow calculations are used, the general facilities charge shall be adjusted after the first year of operation of the establishment to reflect actual flow usage in the event the flows were underestimated.
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19. |
Light industrial waste with a) 30 lbs to 200 lbs of S.S. per day, or b) 30 lbs to 200 lbs of BOD per day, and c) less than 10,000 gallons per day |
Based on projected average monthly flows during peak season – 700 cu. ft. If projected flows are unknown then basis is same as Class 16. |
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20. |
Heavy industrial waste with more than a) 200 lbs of BOD per day, or b) 200 lbs of S.S. per day, or c) 10,000 gallons or more per day |
Same as Class 17 – 1 ERU per machine. |
C. Where seating is on benches or pews, the number of seats shall be computed on the basis of one seat for each 18 inches of bench or pew length.
D. Where actual or projected flows are used, the minimum general facilities charge shall not be less than one equivalent residential unit. If projected flow calculations are used, the general facilities charge shall be adjusted after the first year of operation of the establishment to reflect actual flow usage in the event the flows were underestimated. If projected flow calculations are proposed, it shall be the responsibility of the applicant to provide the engineered water consumption or other information necessary to determine the sewer flow, expressed in gallons per day (GPD). (Ord. 1320 § 4, 2015; Ord. 1235 § 2, 2012; Ord. 1230 § 3, 2012; Ord. 1124 § 1, 2008; Ord. 1012 § 1, 2005; Ord. 909 § 1, 2002; Ord. 681 § 1, 1994; Ord. 674 § 1, 1994; Ord. 560 § 1, 1989; Ord. 552 § 2, 1989; Ord. 538 § 1, 1988; Ord. 499 § 7, 1986).
1 Code reviser’s note: Section 8 of Ordinance 1320 provides, “For developments with a complete building permit submitted prior to August 1, 2015, the general facilities charge amendments in Section 4 of this ordinance shall not apply and instead the general facility charges required by Ordinance 1235 shall apply.”