(A) It is the policy of the District, that as to public sewage facilities (PSF) designed and installed at the expense of the owner of the property first served, to provide wastewater utility service to the District treatment plant. The costs for such facilities shall be fairly and equitably distributed among those customers who will use the facilities.
(B) The Board of Directors finds:
(1) That it is in the public interest for the District to require installers to design and construct PSF having capacity that exceeds the need attributable to and reasonably related to development of property; as to avoid replacement or construction of additional parallel PSF to serve properties not provided capacity when the PSFs are first constructed, as such replacement or additional construction results in:
(a) Increased District capital, additional expense for operations and maintenance staff;
(b) Public inconvenience;
(c) Reduction in the efficiency of collection system operations; and
(d) Potential public health hazards.
(2) That construction of PSF sized and designed to provide wastewater utility service to properties other than those owned or to be developed by the installer is necessary for orderly and proper extension of wastewater utility service to all such properties which could reasonably be served;
(3) That it is therefore necessary to require installers to design and construct PSFs having capacity that exceed the need attributable to and reasonably related to development of a property; and
(4) That the cost of PSF should be fairly and equitably distributed among those properties that will ultimately use the facilities, so that the incremental costs to size and design properly such facilities do not prevent the installation of proper PSF consistent with the policies, findings and purposes stated in this section.
(C) The purpose of this subchapter is to require that PSF have adequate capacity and are configured to handle the sewage flow from the property that could reasonably be served by the facilities, and to provide for fair and equitable distribution of the costs of such facilities through a reimbursement program to the District. The rules and procedures for establishment of reimbursements, and the collection and disbursement of reimbursement funds are governed by this subchapter and §§ 32.040 through 32.052 and 32.999.
(D) For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
(1) INSTALLER. A property owner or developer that is financially responsible for installation of PSF, the capacity of which exceeds the need attributable to and reasonably related to development of his or her property.
(2) PUBLIC SEWAGE FACILITY. Public main, local street and collector sewers, public trunk sewers, interceptor sewers, pumping stations, that require ordinary, special and/or unconventional installation techniques and/or appurtenances, such as manholes and rodding inlets, tunnels, creek or channel crossings requiring bridges, trestles, culverts and/or channel modifications.
(Ord. 2021-01, passed 3-25-2021)