Sewer Capacity Fee - Southeast Shafter

“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.”

“The 'Conveyance' portion should continue to be based on pipeline infrastructure costs and values specific to identified service sub-areas within the City. Conveyance costs must either be assessed to reimburse the City's past investment in existing infrastructure capable of serving future connections or the City's projected costs for building future infrastructure.”

“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 (program); amounts on file are Year 5 of the five-year schedule recommended 2019-02-01

“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

“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 / sewer enterprise), 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”

“0 = No Fee Required; X = Fee Required" [Table IV-5 SEWER column: "New Unit" X; "Second Unit/Granny Flat" X; "Replacement Unit (no new connections)" 0; "Addition to Existing Unit" 0; "Remodel" 0; "Connect Existing Unit to Water and Sewer" X; "Annex Existing Unit to City" 0; "Move Unit into or within City" X]”

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