14.04.010 Wastewater monthly service charge—Purpose.

(A) It shall be city policy to at all times collect wastewater rates and charges that meet but do not exceed the cost of service of the wastewater enterprise.

(B) It shall be city policy to set wastewater rates and charges that are fair and equitable to all customer classes and recover each customer's share of the total cost of service in proportion to their use of the system.

(C) It shall be city policy to have a wastewater rate study performed, by a qualified independent rate consultant, every three to five years, to ensure that wastewater rates charges, and connection fees are set to an appropriate level. Rate studies will be based on AWWA rate setting principles and shall recommend rates that meet the cost of service of the wastewater enterprise.

(D) The city may exercise its discretion consistent with Hansen v. City of San Buenaventura, 42 Cal.3d 1172 (1986) to enact a rate for property owners outside the city which is forty percent greater than the rate for property owners within the city.