Fees and charges.
Riverside Municipal Code § 14.12.475
in effect14.12.475 - Fees and charges.
The City is authorized to impose fees and charges to recover the costs of its pretreatment program. These fees and charges are exclusive to this chapter and are separate from all other fees or costs. The amount of these fees and charges and method of implementation may be established by resolution of the City Council. The City may assess fees and charges to recover the costs for:
A. Developing, implementing, and operating the City's pretreatment program and this chapter;
B. Monitoring, inspection, surveillance procedures and laboratory costs;
C. Reviewing plans and construction inspections;
D. Industrial user permit application review;
E Industrial user permit, industrial user group permit, and WDAC issuance;
F. Enforcement actions;
G. Liquid waste hauler's permit issuance;
H. Temporary user permit issuance;
I. Exceeding conventional pollutant limitations in the industrial user permit or other applicable pollutant limitations. These fees shall be based on the POTW costs of operations, maintenance and treatment for the conveyance of gallons of wastewater, pounds of COD and total suspended solids;
J. Nonresidential user sewer service fees shall be assessed considering the following conditions:
1. In order to accurately recovery the cost of conveying and treating the facility's industrial discharge, Industrial users shall be charged special billing if commercial sewer use rates are deemed inadequate by the Director. Special billing customers shall pay monthly sewer service fees based upon rates established periodically by City Council resolution. The industrial user sewer rates shall be based upon the City's costs for providing services and treatment for the total volume of wastewater discharged and for the pounds of COD and TSS contained in the wastewater discharged.
2. Commercial users shall pay monthly sewer service fees based upon the commercial sewer use rates established periodically by resolution. The commercial sewer use rates shall be based on the costs for providing services and treatment for the amounts of COD, TSS and gallons of wastewater discharged.
(Ord. 7551 §45, 2021; Ord. 7032 §2, 2009; Ord. 6377 §2 (part), 2002; Ord. 6232 §2 (part), 1995)
Source: City of Riverside, California, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ca/riverside/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_TIT14PUUT_CH14.12DIWAINPUSEPOINSTDRSY_DIVIIIINWA_14.12.475FECHFetched: 11/1/2026