The following specified fees shall be in such amounts as established by the City Council:
A. Account Initiation Fee: A one-time fee assessed upon the initiation of a new account. If an additional service (e.g., solid waste service) is also started at the same time, the fee will be split equally between sewer and the second service.
B. Sewer Inspection Fees: The sewer inspection fee shall be per linear foot of sewer installed, excluding service lines. For inspections which are required during any time other than a normal working day, the contractor or developer shall reimburse the City at an hourly rate.
C. Administrative Fees:
1. Residential Deferral: There shall be charged an administrative fee, per agreement, for the processing of deferrals for trunk connection fees and treatment facilities connection fees.
2. Commercial/Fermented Beverage Producer/Restaurant Deferral: There shall be charged an administrative fee, per agreement, for the processing of deferrals for trunk connection fees and treatment facilities connection fees.
3. Equivalent Assessment Deferral: There shall be charged an administrative fee for the processing of each deferral for equivalent assessment fees.
4. Commercial Treatment Credit: There shall be charged an administrative fee for the processing of each commercial treatment plant connection credit application.
5. Waiver Application Fees: There shall be charged an administrative fee for the processing of each waiver application.
6. Prepayment Fees: There shall be charged an administrative fee for the processing of each prepayment agreement.
D. Commercial, Fermented Beverage Producer And Restaurant Down Payments Required: In the case of a deferral agreement between the City and a commercial, fermented beverage producer or restaurant user, an initial payment of a percentage of the imposed connection fees shall be required at the time the agreement is signed.
E. Tap-In Permit Fee: A permit fee shall be charged for each sewer tap.
F. Sewer Plug Permit Fee: A permit fee shall be charged for each structure, regardless of the number of service lines.
G. Disconnection And Reconnection Fees: There shall be a total fee for disconnecting and reconnecting sewer service.
H. Septage Dumping: There shall be a charge per thousand gallons of septage, sewage, or effluent dumped, but such charge shall never be less than the minimum established by the City Council for each use or act of dumping. There shall be a surcharge for after hours dumping.
I. Decant Facility Service: The fees for decant disposal service shall be a minimum for up to one cubic yard of material, plus an additional fee for each additional cubic yard rounded up to the nearest whole yard. This charge shall be based on the amount of materials deposited into the Decant Facility as determined from a physical measurement of the debris pile by a Boise City employee.
J. Door Tag Fee: A door tag fee shall be charged to the customer for the second and all subsequent times a door tag is hung on the property prior to sewer service termination.
K. Watershed Program Fee: An administrative fee may be charged for programs provided by the City at the Boise Watershed. (Ord. 23-17, 7-18-2017; amd. Ord. 35-18, 9-11-2018, eff. 10-1-2018; 2019 Code; Ord. 27-24, 9-24-2024)