RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 19160 INCREASING LIQUID WASTE HAULER (LWH) DUMP FEES; AND REPEALING RESOLUTION NO. 20976.
WHEREAS, the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit issued to the City of Riverside requires that the City adopt an ordinance regulating the discharge of industrial wastes; and WHEREAS, in 1997, the Environmental Compliance Section of the Public Works Department/Sewer Division created a Liquid Waster Hauler (“LWH”) Permit program to comply with the Federal Clean Water Act, and established disposal fees for septic wastewater delivered to the Riverside Regional Water Quality Control Plant (“RWQCP”) for disposal and treatment; and WHEREAS, the current charge for disposal of domestic septic waste is $0.03/gallon and was established in 2005 by Resolution No. 20976; and WHEREAS, the rates were reviewed in 2008 and 2014 and the 2005 adopted rate of $0.03/gallon fee remained in effect; and WHEREAS, in June of 2024, the City retained Carollo Engineers (“Carollo”) to analyze the septic receiving station influent loading characteristic and disposal fees at the RWQCP and Carollo issued a report, dated September 2024, entitled “Septage and Commercial Waste Tipping Fees;” and WHEREAS, the recommended disposal fee rates are the sum of the treatment cost, receiving station capital and operation and maintenance costs, as well as the receiving station staffing costs; and WHEREAS, the City Council held a duly noticed public hearing on November 5, 2024, and has considered all oral and written evidence presented regarding the proposed service fees; and WHEREAS, all requirements of law regarding the notice and the provision of data are hereby found to have been met; and WHEREAS, the proposed fee revisions fall within the stated exceptions to the definition of “tax” established by Proposition 26, and are therefore not subject to the requirements of Article XIIIC of the California Constitution.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, as follows:
Section 1: The above recitals are hereby incorporated as if set forth herein in full.
Section 2: Section 2(c) of Resolution No 19160 is hereby amended, in its entirety, to read as follows:
(c) Liquid Waste Haulers Disposal Charges. The following fees are hereby established for use by Liquid Waste Haulers discharging liquid waste at the City of Riverside Water Quality Control Plant:
Material Fee: effective January 1, 2025 to June 30, 2025 Domestic/Septage $0.060/gallon
Commercial $0.081/gallon
Material Fee: effective July 1, 2025 and thereafter
Domestic/Septage $0.105/gallon
Commercial $0.084/gallon
Section 3. Resolution No. 20976 is hereby rescinded and repealed in its entirety.
Section 4. The provisions of this amendment shall be operative as of the date of adoption of this resolution.
ADOPTED by the City Council this ______ day of _____________, 2024. ___________________________
PATRICIA LOCK DAWSON
Mayor of the City of Riverside
Attest:
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DONESIA GAUSE
City Clerk of the City of Riverside
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I, Donesia Gause, City Clerk of the City of Riverside, California, hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a meeting of the City Council of said City at its meeting held on the _____day of _____________, 2024, by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes:
Noes:
Absent:
Abstain:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Riverside, California, this ____ day of ______________, 2024. _________________________________
DONESIA GAUSE
City Clerk of the City of Riverside
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MACROBUTTON None FirmName1_1 , MACROBUTTON None FirmLegalStatus1_1 CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
3900 MAIN STREET
RIVERSIDE, CA 92522
(951) 826-5567