(a) No connection to any City owned trunk sanitary sewer shall be allowed until a permit is obtained and payment, or satisfactory surety for payment as a contribution to aid in construction has been made into the City of Carmel "Interceptor Improvement and Betterment Fund," which is a depository for such contributions and designated funds. These contributions shall be regarded as a benefit as defined by the Board of Public Works and Safety. This is a benefit cost intended to provide funds for sewage collection and improvements projects by the City of Carmel or owners of real estate and provide owners of real estate such protection as is afforded by the provisions of statutes of the State of Indiana for sanitary sewerage facilities constructed by said owners of real estate under contact with the City.
(b) These costs, designated as "availability costs" shall be fixed by the City of Carmel as hereinafter provided. Such "availability costs" shall be and are hereby established in the sum of $1,365 per acre of ground to be served and shall be from time to time updated and fixed by the City of Carmel.
(c) Project costs, in all cases, shall expressly include construction costs, legal costs, engineering costs, construction inspection costs, project administrative costs, and easement acquisition costs as shall be administered and defined by the Board of Public Works and Safety for the City of Carmel. Easements in each case, as may be required by the Board of Public Works and Safety, must be obtained by the owner of real estate prior to designing the project. Projects which shall be funded from the Interceptor Improvement and Betterment Fund shall include new trunk and interceptor sewers, improvements to existing trunk or interceptor sewers and such sewage collection improvements projects as determined by the Board of Public Works and Safety for the City of Carmel.
(d) The "availability costs" of $1,365 per acre will be allocated to and paid into the project costs of the specific interceptor extension (off-site interceptor and on-site oversizing) for which it is paid. If the entire "availability cost" is not needed for the specific interceptor extension, the excess, if any, will remain in the fund.
(e) The application-owners of real estate applying for sewerage extensions shall make payments to the City Wastewater Utility or provide surety for such a payment in accordance with costs set forth, by platted sections before they are signed per Ordinance Z-289, as amended, and recorded. However, in no event, shall any subdivision or final plats be signed per Ordinance Z-289, as amended, and recorded until satisfactory proof of surety of full payment is on file with the Department of Community Development.
(f) Trunk sewerage extension projects, shall be developed by the City of Carmel and designed by competent engineers retained or approved by said City of Carmel. Plans and specifications for specific trunk sewerage extensions, and for all local, lateral, and sub-trunk sewers, shall be submitted to, and receive approval from the said City of Carmel and all applicable regulatory agencies prior to actual start of construction.
(`91 Code, § 9-196) (Ord. S-41 (2), § 7.01, 9-4-82; Ord. S-55, 3-15-93; Ord. S-57, 5-2-94; Ord. S-58, 6-20-94; Ord. S-73-11, 2-20-12)