1. Imposed. A tapping fee is hereby imposed upon the owner of an improved property for each EDU of sewage volume hereafter connected to the sewer system. The tapping fee based on the capital recovery study shall be in an amount to be established by resolution of the Township Board of Supervisors.
2. Payable for each distinct unit. Tapping fees are payable for each distinct or separate unit of use within any improved property. In the case of domestic use, a tapping fee shall be paid for each dwelling unit. In the case of a commercial use, industrial use or any other nonresidential use, a tapping fee shall be paid for each unit of use intended for separate and distinct occupancy whether or not so occupied.
3. Means of estimating tapping fee for nonresidential uses. The owner of any improved property proposing to make connection to the sewer system for an office use, commercial use, industrial use or any other nonresidential use shall estimate the average daily volume of sewage in gallons that each unit of use will discharge into the sewage system. The tapping fee for each unit shall be multiples of an EDU (fractions shall be rounded to the next highest number) as the estimated volume of sewage shall be based, where applicable, upon the most recent version of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's “Public Water Supply Manual 383-2125-108, Part II, Community System Design Standards”; or, in lieu thereof upon approval of the Township, any applicable national or regionally recognized engineering standards or manuals along with specifications from the manufacturers of equipment and plumbing fixtures installed or to be installed. However, no unit shall pay a tapping fee of less than the amount established for one EDU. An owner shall provide to the Township documentation to justify the estimated average daily usage. The average daily usage shall be based in the projected three- month maximum average.
4. Adjustment of fees for nonresidential uses. After four quarterly sewer service billings to the owner of an improved property with a commercial use, industrial use or any other nonresidential use for which sewage volume has been estimated for tapping fee purposes, the Township may adjust the tapping fee upwards to account for the average daily flow of sewage actually discharged from the improved property in excess of the amount estimated at the time application was made for the connection and the owner shall pay the difference to the Township within 30 days of the date of invoice.
5. Additional fees for nonresidential uses for additions and expansions. Where an improved property is connected to the sewage system on the effective date of this subpart and thereafter an expansion of, addition to or a change of use occurs which results in an increase in the number of units of use or in the volume of sewage discharged from such property, additional tapping fee shall be payable for each additional unit of use or for the increased volume of flow generated by such expansion, addition or change to the improved property.
(Ord. 2015-05, 4/13/2015, § 2)