Sewer Capacity Fee - City Core

“A sewer capacity fee is generally a one-time fee to mitigate impacts of increased connections on the sewer system, which are imposed on new service connections and developed using the connection's proportional share of the full current value of the infrastructure. Long-term cost impacts of depreciation and replacement of the infrastructure are addressed and recovered through service billing to all customers.”

“CIP – City's Wastewater Capital Improvement Program funded, mostly funded by capacity fees, that is responsible for funding infrastructure to meet projected sewer demand.”

“The following table lists the proposed capacity fee structure that should be assessed based on a new connection's location within a certain service sub-area:”

2007 (original fee structure); current amount is Year 5 of a schedule beginning 2019

“In 2007, the City Council approved a sewer impact ("capacity") fee schedule to properly fund the sewer enterprise's Capital Improvement Program (CIP) for future projects and infrastructure.”

at building permit

“The City of Shafter charges two types of fees: development impact fees and planning processing fees. Planning-related fees are collected at time of project application submittal; development impact fees are collected at the time of building permit issuance and are primarily assessed based upon a per unit/lot basis.”

City of Shafter (Public Works Department), the agency that levies it

“An approved site plan is sent to the Building Division after corrections are submitted and approved, fees are collected and verification of payment of school fees, development impact fees per Ordinance, utility connections; the Building Division then issues construction permit upon payment of permit fees”

“Table IV-5 Development Impact Fee Applicability for Residential Projects — column headings "DWELLING UNIT | PARK | SCHOOL | SEWER | STORM DRAIN | TRAFFIC | WATER"; rows "Replacement Unit (no new connections) ... SEWER 0", "Addition to Existing Unit ... SEWER 0", "Remodel ... SEWER 0", "Annex Existing Unit to City ... SEWER 0"; key "0 = No Fee Required; X = Fee Required”

“This study also includes a five-year fee structure with annual increases that will enable the fees to account for inflation.”