(A) Except in the case of property owned by the village, no person, corporation, public agency, partnership or association whatsoever shall connect, or cause to be connected, any building or other structure, or industrial waste system either directly or indirectly with the municipal sanitary sewer system, or storm water drainage, to a municipal storm sewer system and/or a water service to the municipal waterworks system without first securing from the Village Administrator a permit for such purpose in a form prescribed by said Village Administrator, and, in addition, prior to the issuance of such permit, the applicant therefor shall first pay the charge provided for in division (B) below, and any applicable additional charges determined in accordance with any other provision of this section.
(B) The Village Administrator shall not issue a permit for the purpose described in division (A) above until the applicant therefor shall have paid a charge which is intended to reimburse the village for reasonable costs of inspection and other associated costs related to the making of connections to the municipal sanitary sewerage system, storm sewer system, and/or waterworks system including the excavation and street opening if required; the tapping of the main in addition to the materials and labor to bring the service to just outside of the public right-of-way and/or the easements controlled by the village including the cost of the water meters, all related to the making of the connection to the municipal water and sewerage systems.
(C) Where the connection is made to that portion of the sewerage system served by trunk or interceptor sewers constructed and available for use, the Village Administrator shall not issue a permit for the purpose described in division (A) above until the applicant therefor shall have paid, in addition to the charge specified in division (B) above, a tap-in charge to be determined in accordance with Exhibit 3 in Chapter 40.
(1) Such incremental charges following are designed to offset the interest costs incurred by the village in issuing notes and bonds to pay the village’s share of the cost of constructing improvements and extensions to the sanitary sewerage, storm sewer and/or waterworks systems.
(2) In the event that more than one metered tap is required for potable water, the applicant will be charged the appropriate benefitted unit cost for each tap.
(3) Unmetered water tap fees for fire protection shall be one-half of the benefitted unit cost above plus costs for time and material if the village actually makes the tap.
(D) Charges for connections made outside the boundaries of the village shall be 200% of the applicable charge for a connection made within the village.
(E) The permits and charges provided for in this section shall not be deemed to preclude the subsequent levy of assessments against benefitted properties to provide funds for the construction of sanitary sewers, storm sewers and/or water lines required to provide local service to such properties, and the permit and charges provided for by this section shall be in addition to any other permits and charges required by any other legislation and regulations of the village.
(F) Tap fees shall be collected when applicable at the time of application for building permit or development permit and prior to making taps. Where fees are based on time and material costs, fees will be estimated and an adjustment will be made upon completion if necessary. All fees will be reimbursed if taps are not made. All shall be deposited in the appropriate sewer and waterworks revenue funds.
(G) Replacement permits will be applied for at the time of construction and prior to making the reconnection.
(H) Any and all extenuating circumstances not covered in the above provisions may be negotiated and/or waived by the Village Administrator with Council approval. This includes, but not limited to, zoning changes and/or property classifications not previously considered.
(I) In the event that the Village Administrator shall ascertain that any property has been connected directly or indirectly to the municipal sewerage system in violation of the provisions of this section, the Village Administrator is authorized to disconnect such property or have the same disconnected until such violation shall cease. The village shall be reimbursed by the violator for expenses incurred by the village in making such disconnection.
(Ord. 5-96, passed 3-11-1996; Ord. 34-96, passed 10-7-1996; Ord. 11-97, passed 6-9-1997; Ord. 9-98, passed 6-22-1998; Ord. 13-01, passed 7-25-2001; Ord. 02-05, passed 4-25-2005) Penalty, see § 51.99