§ 4.48.110. Availability (standby) charges, water and sewer—Exceptions.

A.

In addition to or in lieu of charges for service authorized hereunder, on or before the first day of July in each calendar year, the board of supervisors may fix a water or sewer availability charge, or both, of not to exceed five dollars ($5.00) per acre per year for each whole acre of land, or five dollars ($5.00) per year for each parcel of land less than an acre within a service area to which sewer or water service is made available for any purpose by the service area, whether the sewer or water is actually used or not. The board may establish by resolution, upon hearing as provided in this chapter, schedules varying such charge according, but not limited, to the land uses and the degree of availability or quantity of use of such water to the affected lands, the cost of transporting water or sewage and may restrict such charge to lands lying within one or more zones within such service area.

Funds derived from charges levied pursuant to this section shall be used within the service area, or zone thereof, from which they were collected to pay any or all of the costs and expenses of maintaining, operating, extending and repairing the waterworks or sewers of the service area and for the payment of interest and principal due on any bonds therefor for the ensuing fiscal year.

B.

Notwithstanding any provision contained herein to the contrary, no availability charge shall apply to:

1.

Land permanently dedicated exclusively to the public transportation of persons or property;

2.

Any parcel or contiguous parcels of land occupied by a person who for more than one year obtains substantially all of his water requirements for the parcel or contiguous parcels of land from rainfall, springs, streams, lakes, rivers or wells; or

3.

Any parcel that would qualify for exemption from charges for service under Section 4.48.050, subject to the provisions of that section.

(Ord. 573 § 11, 1978)