584-22 Admin Code Remove References to Quarterly Service Charge Billing ORDINANCE NO. 584-22
AN ORDINANCE OF THE SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY
DISTRICT AMENDING ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SECTIONS 3.1.55(c)AND 4.8.3 TO
REMOVE REFERENCES TO QUARTERLY SERVICE CHARGE BILLING
Be it enacted by the Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District, County
of El Dorado, State of California, as follows:
SECTION I- POLICY AND PURPOSE
The purpose of this Ordinance is to adopt certain changes to the Administrative Code
regarding the billing of water and sewer service charges.
SECTION II—DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of this Ordinance, the terms used herein are defined as follows:
A. The District—The South Tahoe Public Utility District.
B. The Board—The Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District.
C. Administrative Code—The compilation and codification of all of the
Administrative, Water and Sewer Ordinances of the District, which establish the
authority and the principles for the decisions of the District, and provide the
public with guidelines applicable to District operations.
SECTION III—FINDINGS
The Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District, El Dorado County,
State of California,makes the following findings:
1. The Board authorized and directed District staff to convert from quarterly to
monthly billing for all water and sewer service charges.
2. The Administrative Code contains some sections which reference quarterly
service charge billing periods.
3. The Board has determined that the Administrative Code should be amended to
remove references to quarterly service charge billing.
SECTION IV—SUSPENSION OF WATER SERVICE CHARGES FOR VACANT
PROPERTIES
Administrative Code Section 3.1.55(c) shall be amended in its entirety as follows:
3.1.55(c) During any period in which the parcel qualifies as a vacant property, as
described in this section 3.1.55, the District shall impose no water service charges upon the
parcel. The suspension of such water service charges shall apply to the entire billing period in
which the parcel is deemed to qualify as a vacant property.
SECTION V—RATE RELIEF FOR EXCESS SEWER UNITS
Administrative Code Section 4.8.3 is amended in its entirety as follows:
4.8.3 On a form provided by the District, the owner of a parcel with Excess Sewer Units
may apply to the District to participate in the Excess Sewer Capacity Program for the relief of
service charges for Excess Sewer Units. The applicant requesting such rate relief shall allow the
District full and adequate inspection of the parcel, including any improvements, and the sewer
lines and related connection to enable the District to determine if the parcel has any Excess
Sewer Units. The applicant may be required to test or remove underground piping, draining lines
or the sewer lateral for verification of the sewer capacity required on the parcel and that all
fixtures on the parcel are low water-use fixtures. Upon a property owner's application to the
District for participation in the Excess Sewer Capacity Program, the billing of sewer service
charges will be suspended on any Excess Sewer Units until such time as they are transferred,
pursuant to Administrative Code Section 4.8.14, or put into use on the same parcel. The adjusted
service charge, reflecting the suspension of charges on any Excess Sewer Units, shall be
effective for the first complete billing cycle after the date of the District's approval of the
application and verification of any Excess Sewer Units on the same parcel. A property owner
with verified Excess Sewer Capacity will receive a credit for any service charges associated with
the verified Excess Sewer Capacity in an amount equal to any suspended sewer service charges
for Excess Sewer Capacity. Excess Sewer Units may be transferred to another parcel, pursuant to
Administrative Code Section 4.8.14, or may be later used on the same parcel. The owner of a
parcel with Excess Sewer Units may acquire sewer capacity, in addition to those units but only in
the same manner, with the same priority, and subject to payment of the same fees, as any other
parcel which might need to obtain additional sewer capacity, and only if the District has
available sewer capacity at the time the owner requests the additional sewer service.
SECTION VII—SEVERABILITY
If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this
Ordinance and its implementing rules and regulations is for any reason held to be
unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of
this Ordinance or the Administrative Code. The Board of Directors declares and determines that
it would have passed section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase
thereof of this Ordinance and its implementing rules and regulations and the Administrative
Code irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions,
paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases may be determined to be unconstitutional or invalid.
SECTION VIII—EFFECTIVE DATE
This Ordinance amending the above referenced section of the Administrative Code shall
take effect thirty days after its passage.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility
District at its duly held regular meeting on the 17th day of November, 2022, by the following
vote:
AYES: Sheehan, Romsos, Peterson, Exline
NOESI?Ione
ABSENT: Cefalu
Kell eehan, President
South Tahoe Public Utility District
ATTEST:7 be,ai„
Melonie Guttry, Clerk of the Board
South Tahoe Public Utility District