(A) Owners of premises within the district in which water is used or who hereafter improve the same by the erection of a building thereon shall pay, at the time a connection permit or construction permit is issued, a connection or availability fee computed in the basis of unit factors as follows:
(1) Where the premises are connected directly to a public water main installed at the expense of the owner or by special assessment or at the expense of a subdivider or developer, the connection charge for each user shall be an amount set by resolution of the township Board of Trustees.
(2) In all other cases, the connection charge for connection to a public water main shall be an amount set by resolution of the township Board of Trustees.
(B) However, the owner of the premises in which water is used, as of the date when public water is made available to the premises, may elect to pay the connection fee on time payments by paying 25% of the total computed connection fee when the connection permit is issued by the county and the balance shall be paid in 10 equal annual payments together with interest at 6% per annum on the declining balance from the date when the connection permit is issued. The first installments and accrued interest shall be due and payable on the next December 1, which is more than 3 months after the date when the connection permit is issued, the subsequent installments with accrued interest shall be due and payable on December 1 annually thereafter, and all installments which accrued interest shall be subject to the same interest and penalties as the township taxes on the premises. The balance of any connection charge from time to time remaining unpaid may nevertheless be paid in cash at any time before due, together with accrued interest to the date of payment. The balance due on a connection charge for a given premises shall be paid in full at the time the premises changes ownership and shall be the responsibility of the record titleholder. The foregoing charges shall be in addition to any charges which may be due and payable at that time for the actual cost of making connection to the system and for transporting water from the facilities of the system to the point of use on the premises.
(Ord. 402, passed 4-24-2002)