Finance Rates and Fees

Sewer service charges are collected annually on the property tax bill and reflect the cost of operations and maintenance.

Rate Increase

The Goleta Sanitary District Board of Directors held a public meeting on June 15, 2009 and voted unaminously to approve the proposed $3 per month increase in sewer service charges. For More Information

Annual Sewer Service Charges Fiscal Year 2009-2010

USER CATEGORY	RATE
Single family residence	$442.32 per residence per year
Condominiums, mobile home spaces	$358.36 per unit per year
Apartments, trailers, duplexes, triplexes, (multiple family residences)	$358.36 per unit per year
Motels	$254.67 per unit per year
Commercial establishments (grocery,service, and other retail stores, theaters)	$358.36 per unit per year
Markets	$805.76 per 74,095 gallons of water used
Office Suites	$304.29 per unit per year
Doctors and dental offices, Churches	$442.32 per 74,095 gallons of water used
Bars, cocktail lounges, taverns	$70.82 per seat per year
Restaurants, food service facilities	$835.65 per 74,095 gallons of water used
Take-out or drive-in	$835.65 per 74,095 gallons of water used
Beauty, barber shops	$358.36 per unit per year
Laundromats, cleaners	$390.59 per 74,095 gallons of water used
Service Stations	$453.55 per unit per year
Car wash	$349.88 per 74,095 gallons of water used
Factories, industrial plants, water bottling or water treatment plant	$375.73 per 74,095 gallons of water used
Mortuaries	$2,223.90 per unit per year
Hospitals	$421.96 per 74,095 gallons of water used
Schools (nursery, elementary, secondary)	$22.48 per average daily attendance
Boys & Girls Clubs	$11.23 per average daily attendance
Animal shelters (kennels, veterinary clinics)	$442.32 per 74,095 gallons of water used
Banks, Machine shops, auto repair	$402.03 per unit per year
Photographic processing plant	$804.07 per unit per year
Auditoriums, dance halls, recreation buildings	$375.73 per 74,095 gallons of water used
Private clubs with recreational facilities	$442.32 per 74,095 gallons of water used
Service Stations with trailer dump facilities	$1,483.24 per unit per year

Permit and Inspection Fees are collected for issuing permits to connect to District facilities. Inspection fees are charges for the District’s inspection of the construction of new developments connecting to the District’s facilities.

Annexation Fees Annexation to the District is the process of entering a land parcel into the service area of the District. The District’s annexation fees were developed based on equity in maintenance of the District’s facilities over a period of several years. These fees are clearly separate from connection fees in that there is no overlap of both fee structures.

Currently the annexation charge revenue is based on a fee of $1,905 per acre to be annexed and a $200 per application charge for processing applications for annexations submitted to the District.

Connection Fees The cost of buying a unit of capacity in the District’s facilities based on the capacity normally utilized by a single family residence. A capacity unit is expressed as one equivalent residential unit (ERU). The connection fee is the cost of buying capacity units expressed in ERUs. The value of the connection fee is normally the price of one ERU. The current District connection fee is $2,058 per ERU.