East Stockton Sanitary Sewer Project Assessment and Hookup Information

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EAST STOCKTON SANITARY SEWER PROJECT ASSESSMENT AND HOOKUP INFORMATION A. Introduction The typical homeowner is being assessed $1,163.70. This cost covers the homeowner's share to build the system, the service lateral, and includes a —�_ _reduced City hookup fee of $425. Homeowners are responsible for all work`"-`' required to hook up their property to the project —provided lateral and to properly dispose of their septic system. Commercial and industrial properties were assessed on an equivalent flow contribution basis. For similar areas, they were assessed proportionately more than residential properties due to higher design flows. Their assessments also include City hookup fees. B. Homeowner's Responsibility By ordinance, property owners are required to cease use of their septic system when the project is completed and they have the ability to hook up. The Health District is the enforcin _a ency. Homeowners have been told they will be given a reasonable amount of time (usually one year) to hook up, providing their septic system is functioning correctly. Those properties with poorly functioning systems will be asked to immediately hook up. The County is responsible to hake 25% of the property owners hooked up the first year after project completion and 95% at 5 years after completion. 1 Property owners are responsible to have their septic tanks pumped out and either filled in with soil or removed. They will also have to provide a new plumbing drain line from their homes to the project -provided hookup point at the property line. A plumbing permit ($25+) and a Local Health District permit ($10), to inspect the new plumbing and septic system disposal, will be required. They may do the work themselves or hire the work done. C. Building Moratorium A building moratorium exists for the project area. It prohibits construction of anything that would increase the use of or require construction of new septic facilities. The moratorium will be removed when the new public system is provided. All new construction will be required to hook up to the public system. There will be no exceptions to the moratorium other than those associated with public necessity (hospitals, fire stations, etc.). D. Hookup Policy (Additional Laterals) The facts concerning hookup are: Ys a. Homeowners were afforded the opportunity to add, delete or move lateral locations prior to the time of setting final assessments (November 1984). At that time, the project subsidized cost to homeowners for an additional 4" lateral was $132.