19.10.015 Procedure for capacity reservation certificates.
A. After receipt of a complete application for a CRC, the director shall process the application in accordance with this chapter and issue the CRC or a denial letter.
B. The city made a prior determination that no sewer capacity is available until substantial improvements are completed at the city’s waste water treatment plant, and established an interim process for alternative project permit processing under GHMC 19.02.035.
1. If additional sewer capacity becomes available prior to completion of the improvements to the waste water treatment plant, the director shall process requests for such additional sewer capacity in the following priority:
a. First, to applicants with complete building permit applications where the project is comprised of tenant improvements or single-family residential construction and where the applicant has completed the alternative project permit process to the point where the project is ready for final decision and placed on the wait list referenced in GHMC 19.02.035(G), in the order placed on the wait list;
b. Second, to applicants with complete building permit applications where the project is comprised of tenant improvements or single-family residential construction and where no additional land use approval is required, in the order that the accompanying sewer CRC application became complete;
c. Third, to remaining applicants who have completed the alternative project permit process to the point where the project is ready for final decision and placed on the wait list referenced in GHMC 19.02.035(G), in the order placed on the wait list;
d. Fourth, to applicants with complete project permit applications not identified above in the order that the accompanying sewer CRC application became complete.
2. In the event that an applicant requires more sewer capacity than available, the director shall inform the applicant that the sewer CRCs cannot be issued at that time. If the project is already on the wait list referenced in GHMC 19.02.035(G), the project will retain its position on the wait list. If an applicant on the wait list is eligible to receive sewer CRCs under subsection (B)(1) of this section but declines the sewer CRCs when offered, the project will retain its position on the wait list. New projects undergoing the alternative project permit process set forth in GHMC 19.02.035 will be placed on the wait list in accordance with the provisions of GHMC 19.02.035.
3. Prior to the issuance of sewer CRCs under this section, the applicant shall pay a deposit for connection charges. The deposit shall be in the amount of the connection fee in effect on the date of issuance of the CRC. In the event the connection fee is greater at the time of connection, the applicant shall pay the difference prior to connection. If the applicant fails to connect to the system prior to expiration of the CRC, the applicant shall forfeit $500.00 of the deposit to cover the city’s administrative and related expenses. (Ord. 1187 § 2*, 2010; Ord. 1159 § 1*, 2009; Ord. 1044 § 1, 2006; Ord. 862 § 1, 2001; Ord. 818 § 1, 1999).
* Code reviser’s note: Section 2 of Ordinance 1159 provides as follows: “The provisions of GHMC 19.10.015(B)(3) shall automatically expire on October 1, 2009, unless extended by the city council. The provisions in GHMC 19.10.015(B) shall automatically expire on May 31, 2010, unless extended by the city council.”
Section 2 of Ordinance 1187 provides as follows: “The expiration date of the provisions in GHMC 19.10.015(B)(1) and (2), as established by Ord. 1159, shall be extended to November 30, 2010.”