935.10 SANITARY SEWER TAP-IN FEES.

   (a)   No person, corporation, partnership or association shall connect any building or any other structure, directly or indirectly, or expand or alter buildings with pre-existing connections in such a manner as to discharge more waste into the sanitary sewer unless they have obtained a sewer tap-in permit from the City Water/Sewer Office.

   (b)   Persons wishing to obtain a sewer tap-in permit required in subsection (a) hereof shall complete a written application on a form prescribed by the Superintendent. The owner of the premises to be served shall sign the application. Applications for such permits may be obtained from the Water/Sewer Collection Office.

   (c)   The Water/Sewer Office shall issue sewer tap-in permits required in subsection (a) hereof, upon the completion of all of the following: satisfactory completion of subsection (b) hereof, payment of the tap-in fee required in subsection (d) hereof, or surcharge required by subsection (e) hereof, and proof of liability insurance for the contractor performing the connection in the amount of $300,000. Such permit shall require installation and inspection within ninety (90) days from the date the permit is issued, and may be revoked by the Superintendent for noncompliance.
(Ord. 49-93. Passed 5-10-93.)

   (d)   Notwithstanding assessments which may be charged, the following tap-in fees shall be charged throughout the City:

 

City residents or businesses   One thousand dollars ($1,000.00), which is the base rate for a single- family dwelling with an average flow of 400 gallons per day.

   All tap-in fees shall be based upon the “Suggested Sewage Flow Guide” as set forth in the publication entitled “Water Supply, Sewerage, Sewage Treatment for Public Buildings in Ohio”, published by the Ohio EPA in 1993, and as revised in 2006:

Table A-1 for Design Flow Requirements g
Place	Notes	Design Flow (gallons per day)	Waste Strength Range BOD5 (mg/l)
Airport	b, i, j, p, r, t	15 per employee plus 4 per parking space	200 to 280 r, s, t
Apartment	b, l	120 per bedroom	200 to 280 r, s, t
Assembly hall	a, i, j	3 per seat without kitchen facilities 7 per seat with kitchen facilities 15 per employee	200 to 280 r, s, t
Banquet hall	b, i, j	3 per seat without kitchen facilities 7 per seat with kitchen facilities 15 per employee	400 ppm BOD
Barber shop	i, j	80 per basin	200 to 280 s
Beauty shop, styling salon	i, j	200 per basin	200 to 280 s
Bowling alley	a, i, j, p	75 per lane	200 to 280 r, s, t
Car wash	i, q	Sewer Connection Required/Contact District Office
Campground or recreational park	a, i, j, m, n, p	30 per primitive camp site (w/o showers) 60 per primitive camp site (w/showers) 60 per site without water hook-up 90 per site with water hook-up	200 to 280 r, s, t
Church (less than 200 sanctuary seats)	a, h, j, k, o, p	3 per sanctuary seat without kitchen 5 per sanctuary seat with kitchen	200 to 280 r, s, t
Church (greater than 200 sanctuary seats)	b, h, j, k, o, p	5 per sanctuary seat without kitchen 7 per sanctuary seat with kitchen	200 to 280 r, s
Coffee shop	a, i, j	5 per seat plus 15 per employee	200 to 280 r, s, t
Convenience store (A convenience store with gas sales must be designed for a minimum of 500 gpd)	a, d, i, j, p, q	15 per employee 5 per parking space if gas sales, 500 per pump island	200 to 280 r, s, t
Country club, sportsman club or gun club	b, i, j, m, n, o, p	50 per member	200 to 280 r, s, t
Dance hall	a, i, j, p	3 per patron without kitchen facilities 7 per patron with kitchen facilities 15 per employee	200 to 280 r, s, t

 

Table A-1 for Design Flow Requirements g
Place	Notes	Design Flow (gallons per day)	Waste Strength Range BOD5 (mg/l)
Daycare facility	a, i, j, p	35 per employee plus 10 per student	200 to 280 r, s, t
Dentist office	i	35 per employee plus 10 per patient plus 75 per dentist	200 to 280 s
Doctor office	i	35 per employee plus 10 per patient plus 75 per doctor	200 to 280 s
Dry cleaner	i	Consult Local District Office 1	200 to 280 s
Factory	i, q	25 per employee without showers 35 per employee with showers	200 to 280 r, s, t
Food-Service Operation/Restaurant 1. ordinary restaurant (not 24 hours) 2. 24-hour restaurant 3. restaurant along freeway 4. tavern (very little food service) or bar (full food service) 5. curb service (drive-in) 6. vending machine	c, i, j, p c, i, j, p c, i, j, p c, i, j, p c, i, j, p c, i, j, p	1) 35 per seat 2) 60 per seat 3) 100 per seat 4) 35 per seat 5) 40 per car space 6) 100 per machine	400 to 600
Homes in subdivision	b, l	120 per bedroom	200 to 280 r, s
Hospital	b, i, j, p	300 per bed plus 35 per employee	200 to 280 r, s, t
Hotel or motel	a, i, j, p	100 per room	200 to 280 r, s, t
Institution (such as psychiatric hospitals or prisons)	b, i, j, p	100 per bed plus 35 per employee	300
Laundromat	i, q	15 per employee plus 400 per machine	200 to 280 s
Marina (restrooms and showers only)	a, i	20 per boat mooring or slip	200 to 280 r, s, t
Migrant labor camp	e, i, j, p	50 per employee	200 to 280 r, s, t

 

Table A-1 for Design Flow Requirements g
Place	Notes	Design Flow (gallons per day)	Waste Strength Range BOD5 (mg/l)
Mobile home park	b, i, j, p	300 per mobile home spaces	200 to 280 r, s, t
Nursing and rest homes	b, i, j, p	200 per bed plus 100 per resident employee plus 50 per non-resident employee	300
Office building	a, i, j, k	20 per employee	200 to 280 r, s, t
Playground or day park	a, i, k, p	15 per employee plus 12 per parking space	200 to 280 s
Retail store	a, i, j, p	15 per employee plus 12 per parking space	200 to 280 r, s, t
School	b, i, j, k, p, t	15 per employee plus 15 per pupil for elementary schools 20 per pupil for junior & high schools 85 per pupil for boarding schools	200 to 280 r, s, t
Service station or gas station	a, d, i, q	500 per pump island 500 per service bay minimum of 750	200 to 280 r, s, t
Shopping center	a, f, l, p, q	15 per employee plus 2 per parking space without food service 5 per parking with food service	200 to 280 r, s, t
Swimming pool	a, i, m, n	5 per swimmer without hot showers 10 per swimmer with hot showers	200 to 280 r, s, t
Theater	a, i, j, p	5 per seat for indoor auditorium 10 per car for drive-in	200 to 280 r, s, t
Vacation cottage	b, i, j, p	50 per person without kitchen 75 per person with kitchen	200 to 280 r, s, t
Veterinarian office and animal hospital	f, i, j	20 per run & cage plus 15 per employee plus 100 per doctor	200 to 280 r, s, t
Youth and recreation camps	b, i, j, p	15 per employee for day camp plus 50 per employee for overnight camp 50 per camper for overnight stay 15 per camper for day camp w/food service 10 per person for day camp w/o food service	200 to 280 r, s, t

Notes for Table A-1

   Note a;   Food service waste not included.

   Note b:   Food service waste included, but without garbage grinders.

   Note c:   Aeration tanks for these require forty-eight hour detention periods. Garbage grinders not permitted.

   Note d:   Truck parking areas will require consideration for treatment of runoff at large truck stops.

   Note e:   Twenty g.p.d. if a vault latrine is used for toilet wastes.

   Note f:   Assume manual hosing of dog runs and solids (food droppings, etc) removal prior to hosing.

   Note g:   Year around disinfection of all wastewater may be required before discharge to waters of the state or to any other surface or subsurface disposal systems.

   Note h:   Lower per-seat estimate assumes a maximum of one church service per day, higher per-seat estimate assumes a maximum of three church services per day. Weddings and funerals shall be counted as services.

   Note i:   Non-domestic or industrial wastes are prohibited from being discharged to soil based treatment systems.

   Note j:   Total capacity for number of persons should be confirmed by occupancy license or total occupancy capacity.

   Note k:   Higher flows shall be estimated when showers are available.

   Note l:   Deviating from this estimated design flow will require the director’s approval, prior to applicant submitting the permit to install.

   Note m: Pools cannot discharge pool filter backwash into soil based treatment systems.

   Note n:   Pool de-watering is prohibited from discharging to soil based treatment systems.

   Note o:   Flow estimates do not consider daycare facilities. If a daycare is present, the flow requirements for a daycare facility must be included.

   Note p:   An external grease trap is required for facilities with food service for soil based treatment systems.

   Note q:   Assume one working shift of not more than eight hours. Assume higher flows for two or three-shift operations.

   Note r:   Assumes no garbage grinders and normal domestic waste. If garbage grinders are present, the waste strength should be increased from twenty to sixty-five percent.

   Note s:   Data for regular strength waste range of 200 to 280 mg/l obtained from U.S. EPA (EPA Manual EPA/625/R-00/008). This manual, title “Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems Manual, February 2002" is available on the U.S. EPA website (http://www.epa.gov/ncepihom/). and can be ordered by calling [phone].

   Note t:   Waste strength should be twenty to sixty-five percent higher for facilities that include food service operations, such as cafeterias, facilities that may handle pet wastes.

      (Ord. 49-10. Passed 6-28-10.)

   (e)   Any person wishing to expand a multi-family residence to include additional units shall pay a surcharge of $1,000.00 per unit, even though there may be a pre-existing tap-in.

(Ord. 29-05. Passed 2-14-05.)

   (f)   The Superintendent of the Wastewater Treatment Plant or his designee, shall visually inspect every tap-in connection to a City sanitary sewer to insure that the connection meets all State and professional standards. The person to whom the tap-in permit was issued shall be responsible for contacting the Superintendent of the Wastewater Treatment Plant or his designee.

   (g)   Any person who fails to tap in to the sanitary sewer within twelve (12) months or within a specified time period, whichever is less, from the date ordered by the City or the Board of Health shall pay double the tap-in fee.

   (h)   Nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect tap-in fees paid by landowners under previous legislation.

   (i)   The tap-in charges and surcharges provided for in this chapter shall be paid to the Water/Sewer Collection Office and shall be deposited in the Sewer Construction fund and shall be used for the purposes of such fund.

   (j)   The permits and tap-in charges provided for in this chapter shall not be deemed to preclude the subsequent levy of assessments against benefitted properties to provide funds for the construction of sanitary sewers required to provide local sewer service to such property and shall be in addition to any other permit and charges required by law.

   (k)   In the event that the City shall determine that any property has been connected, either directly or indirectly, to a sanitary sewer in violation of the provisions of this chapter, or the rules and regulations prescribed hereunder, then the City Manager is directed to disconnect such property until such violation shall cease. The City shall be reimbursed by the violator for expenses incurred by the City in making such disconnection.

(Ord. 49-93. Passed 5-10-93.)