Before making a connection with the sewer system, each property owner shall make a written application therefor in the manner prescribed by the authority and pay the permit fees, such as a connection fee, customer facilities fee and/or a tapping fee, established pursuant to a resolution of the authority. The connection fee shall not exceed an amount based upon the actual cost of the connection of the property extending from the authority’s main to the property line or curb stop of the property so connected. The authority may also base such fee upon an average cost for previously installed connections of similar type and size. In lieu of the payment of the fees, the authority may require the construction and dedication of those facilities by the property owner or owners requesting such connection. A customer facilities fee shall not exceed an amount based upon the actual cost of facilities serving the connected property from the property line or curb stop to the proposed dwelling or building to be served. The fee shall be chargeable only in the event that the authority and not the property owner or owners installs the customer facilities. In lieu of payment of the customer facilities fee, the authority may require the construction of those facilities by the property owner or owners requesting customer facilities. In any situation where the property owner or owners performs the construction, the authority is authorized to charge an inspection fee to inspect the construction and test the connections before they are covered over. Any tapping fee shall be established pursuant to the law of the commonwealth.
(Ord. 159, passed 2-9-2005)