NOTE: West Sacramento has no utility
use taxes
The City of West Sacramento provides comprehensive utility and
municipal services to its business residents. These services include
high quality water, wastewater treatment facilities, contract refuse
collection and curbside recycling. The city maintains its own police
and fire departments and provides building permitting, land use
and real estate development services. This section contains information
about private utility services including gas and electric, telephone
and telecommunications service providers operating in the city limits.
Businesses realize considerable savings because West Sacramento
does not levy any utility use taxes. A summary of the each provider's
services and contact information is listed below.
BUILDING PERMITTING
SERVICES
West Sacramento Building Division (916) 617-4645
- Guaranteed 14 day plan review response
time
- Project Review Committee
- A “One-stop” development review
meeting with your project team and all city development services
professionals in which technical assistance is offered prior to
formal plan submittal
- Individual meetings scheduled weekly
- Advance reservations available
LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
West Sacramento Community Development Department (916) 617-4645
- Planning Division
- General Plan Administration
and amendments
- Zoning district verifications,
rezoning, conditional use permits
TRAFFIC SERVICES (916) 617-4645
- Traffic Counts
- Transportation Improvement
Projects
- Transportation Project Management
UTILITY SERVICES (NOTE: WEST SACRAMENTO
HAS NO UTILITY USE TAX)
West Sacramento Public Works Department (916) 617-4850
WATER SERVICE
Bryte Bend Water Treatment Plant
400 N. Harbor Blvd.
West Sacramento, CA 95605
Bryte Bend WTP Capacity: 60 million gallons per day
In addition to the plant, the city operates several water tanks to provide additional storage for fire and emergency needs.
For more information, including water quality documentation and average and peak demands, please visit the City of West Sacramento Water Treatment webpage. SANITARY SEWER SERVICE
Wastewater Treatment Plant
1991 South River Road
West Sacramento, CA 95691
- South River Rd WWTP Capacity: 7.5 million gallons per day
The City is currently upgrading and modifying its sewage pump stations and plans to decommission its wastewater treatment plant in late 2007 when the system is connected to the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District (SRCSD) regional plant. The city will continue to operate the sewer collection and pumping system with a total of 13 sewer lift stations pumping wastewater to the regional plant, via the Lower Northwest Interceptor Line.
For more information, please visit the City of West Sacramento Wastewater Treatment webpage.
ELECTRICITY AND GAS
Pacific Gas & Electric Company (800) 743-5000
www.pge.com
Economic Development Representative (916)
386-5008
- Specific, competitive service
proposal available upon request
- PG&E Enterprise Zone
Electric Power Discount Program
- Discount must be requested
and approved prior to relocation
- Financing and Rebates for
Energy Efficiency Improvements
- Economic Development staff
will work with businesses and PG&E to obtain a competitive,
tailored proposal for electric and gas service
- Discounts on new California
demand of 200 Kw and more; must be requested prior to decision
to locate
- 15% discount Year 1
- 10% discount Year 2
- 5% discount Year 3
TELEPHONE AND INTERNET SERVICE
- SBC Business Customer Service
(800) 750-2355
- Pacific Bell Internet Business
Services (888) 724-7253
- MCI Business Service (888)
624-9266
- Electric Lightwave Inc (916)
231-5700
- XO Communications (877) 617-2111
- Pacific Bell provides local
voice and data transmission service
- Controlled environment vault
and fiber optic service
- ISDN service and DS3 bandwidth
- MCI/WorldCom Sacramento point
of presence (POP) in West Sacramento
- All major long distance companies’
POP adjacent to West Sacramento
- Fiber optic sonnet ring in
Riverside Commerce Center
WASTE DISPOSAL SERVICE
Contract Refuse Collection (916) 617-4575
City Recycling Coordinator (916) 617-4590
FLOOD PROTECTION (916) 617-4645
- West Sacramento Engineering
Division
- New levee system improvements
completed in 2000
- Maintained by the State of
California, the US Army Corps of Engineers (USCOE) and West Sacramento
Reclamation Districts 537 and 900
- Zone X FEMA designations;
protected from a 100-year storm by levees
SEISMIC STABILITY
- December 1991 UC Davis Study
ranked area earthquake probability lowest in the state
- One of the most geologically
stable regions in the western United States
PUBLIC SAFETY
POLICE SERVICES
- West Sacramento Police Department
(916) 372-2461
- 65 sworn officers
- 36 full time civilian positions
- 3 full time patrol shifts
- Code Enforcement
- K-9 / SWAT
- Marine Patrol
- Investigation Unit
- Crime prevention community
policing
FIRE PROTECTION
- West Sacramento Fire Department
(916) 617-4600
- 4 Fire stations
- 59 firefighters and emergency service
personnel
- Fire Prevention Division
- Hazardous materials section
- Favorable ISO 2 Rating (held by
less than 10 California cities)
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