CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE OF PROPOSED CHARGES FOR FY 2023-2024 CITY OF SOUTH SAN
FRANCISCO STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SERVICE CHARGES
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of South San Francisco will hold a Public Hearing at a Regular Meeting on Wednesday, June 14, 2023, commencing at 6:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, in the Council Chambers, at the Municipal Services Building, 33 Arroyo Drive, South San Francisco, California, to consider the adoption of charges to be collected on the tax roll for the local portion of the San Mateo Stormwater Management Program pursuant to Chapter 14.04 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code, at which time and place any and all persons interested may appear and be heard thereon. The Council may continue the hearing from time to time without further written notice. Written correspondence may be submitted to the attention of the City Council, at the address below.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the written report containing a description of each parcel receiving stormwater management services and the proposed charge for each parcel has been filed with the City Clerk and is available for public review.
The following formula, proposed for adoption, shall be used to calculate stormwater service fees for each parcel:
PARCEL SIZE ÷ BASE THRESHOLD x EDU RATE = ANNUAL
SERVICE FEE
(sq. footage) (average sq. ft. of (per class)
single family dwelling)
[number of EDU’s]
Sample Fees per Classification:
Type of Parcels Annual Rate
1. Single Family Residential
5,352 sq. ft. ÷ 5,352 sq. ft. (base) x $8.72 = $ 8.72
[1 EDU]
2. Multi-Family Residential
10,704 sq. ft. ÷ 5,352 sq. ft. (base) x $17.42 = $ 34.84 [2 EDU]
3. Commercial/Industrial
(a) 16,056 sq. ft. ÷ 5,352 sq. ft. (base) x $17.86 = $ 53.58 [3 EDU’s]
(b) 43,560 sq. ft. ÷ 5,352 sq. ft. (base) x $17.86 = $ 145.36 ( 1 acre) [8.139 EDU’s]
4. Vacant
13,380 sq. ft. ÷ 5,352 sq. ft. (base) x $1.74 = $ 4.35
[2.5 EDU]
5. Parking Lots
10,704 sq. ft. ÷ 5,352 sq. ft. (base) x $26.14 = $ 52.28 [2 EDU]
No rate increases or changes are proposed at this public hearing. The actual per parcel Stormwater Program Fees scheduled for adoption will be available for review in the City Clerk’s Office. Questions concerning the Stormwater Program Fees should be directed to the Environmental Compliance Supervisor, Water Quality Control Division, Department of Public Works, (650) 877-8555.
If you challenge in court the action taken by the City Council regarding the item described above, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice of in written correspondence delivered to the City Council at, or prior to, the public hearings.
Any person wishing to provide comments to the City Council on this matter is invited to attend the meeting in-person or by teleconference.
Teleconference participation is offered in the meeting via Zoom as a courtesy to the public. If no members of the City Council are attending the meeting via teleconference, and a technical error or outage occurs on the teleconference feed, the City Council will continue the meeting in public in the Council Chambers.
Instructions on how to observe the meeting and provide Public Comment in-person or by teleconference can be found on the Agenda located at https://ci-ssf-ca.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx.
Comments may be submitted electronically by using the eComment portal.
If you have any questions or wish to submit written correspondence regarding this matter, contact the City Clerk, at 400 Grand Avenue, South San Francisco, CA 94080 or (650) 877-8518.
Rosa Acosta, City Clerk
City of South San Francisco
May 25, 2023
Published in the Examiner – South San Francisco
(Wednesday, May 31, 2023 and Wednesday June 7, 2023)