(a) Sewer System Capacity Rates: A sewer system capacity charge shall be made for each new service connection on any property within or outside Canal Winchester and shall be paid at the time a connection permit is issued for service. This charge shall be in addition to any other fees and charges for sewer connections and shall be payable to the attention of the Finance Director.
(b) Prohibition: No person, firm or corporation shall make a service connection, or any part thereof, to the sewer system of Canal Winchester unless he or they have been issued a permit therefore by the City.
(c) Rates: A sewer system capacity charge shall be paid whenever an application is made for the issuance of a sewer connection permit to provide service to a new structure, or whenever an existing structure is enlarged or its use changed which necessitates a larger water tap, either inside or outside of the corporate limits of the City. The charge shall be determined as specified in this section. All water supply line and sanitary sewer connection line sizes, other than for single family dwellings, must first be approved by the Director of Public Works. The minimum sanitary sewer connection line must be six (6) inches in diameter.
(Ord. 13-41. Passed 12-16-13.)
(d) Charges and Rates Within the City and Specific Areas.
(1) For each residential detached dwelling or structure and for each nonresidential structure the charge shall be determined by the nominal diameter size of the water service line(s), with a minimum size to be not less than three-quarter (3/4) inch, and based on the relative capacity of the water service line(s). In the event a water service line or tap is enlarged within 120 days of the payment of capacity fees, the charge difference between the two diameter sizes shall be paid. In the event a water service line or tap is enlarged after 120 days of the payment of capacity fees, the full capacity fee shall be paid.
The sewer system capacity charges and rates to be made within the City of Canal Winchester sanitary sewer system shall be as follows:
Size of Tap or Service Line | Relative Capacity | Sewer System Capacity Fee |
3/4" | 1.0 | $6,550 |
1" | 1.8 | $11,644 |
1 ½" | 4.0 | $26,200 |
2" | 7.1 | $46,577 |
3" | 16.0 | $104,798 |
4" | 28.4 | $186,308 |
6" | 64.0 | $419,194 |
8" | 113.8 | $745,233 |
Any connection size larger than set forth above shall be calculated using the formula $6,550 (or current fee for three-quarter (¾) inch size of tap or service line) multiplied by the relative capacity of the water service line (radius squared divided by 0.140625) and rounded to the nearest whole dollar.
(2) For each dwelling unit other than a single-family, detached dwelling or structure, the sewer system capacity charge shall be based upon the daily usage in gallons per day (gpd) in comparison to single-family, detached dwellings (“SFDD”) and determined in accordance with the following:
The sewer system capacity charges and rates for other than single-family, detached dwelling to be made to the City of Canal Winchester sanitary sewer system shall be as follows:
Number of Bedrooms in Dwelling Unit | Average Usage (gpd) | Usage Relative to SFDD (avg. 400 gpd) | Sewer System Capacity Charge |
1 Bedroom | 150 gpd | 0.375 | $2,456 |
2 Bedroom | 225 gpd | 0.563 | $3,688 |
3 Bedroom | 300 gpd | 0.750 | $4,913 |
(Ord. 22-062. Passed 1-17-23.)
(e) Charges and Rates Outside The City and Specific Areas: All charges and rates imposed in subsections (d)(1) and (2) hereof shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) for any connection to be made to the sewer system of the City when the connection is located and to be made outside the corporate limits of the City or outside of the specifically listed areas above in accordance with standards and specifications as adopted by the City.
(f) Prepayment Of Sanitary System Capacity Charges: The owner, developer or subdivider of any lands in the City or to which a sewer system connection will be made may, if he so selects, prepay the capacity charges at any time. However, if charges provided for by this section have been increased between the time of prepayment and the time the service connection is made, the owner, developer or subdivider shall pay the difference between any new rates and the prepaid charges at the time the connection is actually made.
(g) Disposition Of Fees: The fees received by the City of the proceeds of the sewer system capacity charge levied under the provisions of this section as passed or as later amended shall be paid into the sewer system capacity revenue fund and shall be encumbered along with interest earned for the purposes of financing construction of new facilities and/or the rehabilitation of current facilities of the sanitary sewer system to treat, transport and process wastewater or due to changes in regulations.
(h) Modifications. The Mayor and the Director of Public Works have the authority to modify sanitary sewer system capacity charges if special circumstances exist. This may include, but is not limited to, if additional expenses were caused by factors beyond the control of the owner, developer, or subdivider. (Ord. 13-41. Passed 12-16-13.)