(A) For the purpose of this section the following definitions shall apply unless the context indicates or clearly requires a different meaning.
"APARTMENT CUSTOMER." A residential construction which contains more than one unit under single ownership. The term "APARTMENT CUSTOMER" shall not include condominiums, duplexes, multiplexes, and/or townhouses that have each unit platted on its own individual lot and/or under individual ownership.
"COMMERCIAL CUSTOMER." Those locations engaged in wholesale or retail trade, public business, processing, manufacturing, offering services, and any other trades or occupations. Further multiple unit dwellings where electricity is measured through one meter or a house meter shall be deemed commercial.
"INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMER." Those locations engaged in heavy industry, institutional, public, or large commercial power users which require primary metering.
"RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER." Those locations occupied and used principally as a single-family dwelling.
"HIGH VOLUME CUSTOMER." A commercial or industrial customer which projects water and/or wastewater use in excess of 40,000 gallons per month, said use being certified by a licensed engineer.
(B) Anyone applying for a building permit, or requesting water and/or wastewater service, or an upgrade and/or increase of water and wastewater services, that did not exist at the effective date of this section, within the city’s Water and Wastewater Utility jurisdiction shall pay to the city as a system development charge the following amounts:
(1) WATER
$100.00/per 1,000 gallons of usage (as estimated for assessment)
(2) SEWER
$150.00/per 1,000 gallons of usage (as estimated for assessment)
(3) HIGH VOLUME CUSTOMER
(Gallons per Month) | Charge per 1,000 gallons per month | |
Water | Sewer | |
First 40,000 or less | $100 | $150
|
Next 60,000 | $90 | $130 |
Next 100,000 | $80 | $110 |
All over 200,001 | $70 | $90
|
The maximum water and wastewater system development charges payable by a high volume customer shall be $20,800 for water and $29,200 for sewer, or $50,000 for both. High volume customers shall be granted a reduction of 1% of the above charge for each new industrial job created in the city as certified by the President of the Bardstown Industrial Development Corporation or its successor after the first 25 new jobs. The reduction shall not reduce the charge below $10,400 for water, $14,600 for sewer, or $25,000 for water and sewer combined.
(C) For the purpose of assessing the system development charge, the following estimates of usage will be utilized:
WATER SEWER
(1) Residential 4,000 gal/per mo. 4,000 gal/per mo.
Customer
(2) Apartment 2,000 gal/per mo. 2,000 gal/per mo.
Customer(per unit)
(3) Commercial and/or
(4) Industrial Estimated usage Estimated usage
Customer will be certified will be certified
by a licensed by a licensed
engineer engineer
(D) In addition to the system development charge for new water and/or wastewater connections set out in this section, all new connections shall continue to be subject to all applicable charges and fees existing at the time of adoption of this section unless otherwise modified by the city.
(E) No occupancy shall be permitted and no service shall be provided until all fees, including the system development charge, have been paid in full to the city.
(F) All system development charge’s collections shall have a separate accountability and expenditures therefrom shall be primarily related to, but not by way of limitation, either directly or indirectly to treatment plants, storage facilities, pump stations, and/or transmission lines.
(Ord. 800, passed 3-9-04; Am. Ord. B2005-35, passed 12-23-05; Am. Ord. B2006-11, passed 6-6-06; Am. Ord. B2006-24, passed 8-8-06; Am. Ord. B2022-01, passed 2-8-22)