(A) Purpose. To levy a surcharge capacity fee based on residential units and square footage fees for areas zoned commercial or industrial to recover some portion of the cost of sewer or water projects constructed via municipal contracts, wherein either of these utilities was constructed partially in unincorporated areas where the property owners could not be assessed or a sewer or water utility constructed by private enterprise wherein the municipality has entered into payback agreements but no assessments were levied, or a sewer or water utility constructed by the municipality within its corporate limits where no assessments were levied, the following fees are established.
(B) Direct benefit. Wherein a sewer or water line is immediately accessible to existing residences, each new residential unit proposed or nonresidential use where the property line is within 300 feet of a water line or a sewer line, the surcharge capacity fee shall be $2,500 for existing residences, payable upon application for a sewer tap permit, and $11 per front foot upon application for a water tap permit. The fee shall be $2,500 for each unit proposed for new residential developments, payable upon application for a sewer tap permit. The sewer tap fee for nonresidential (commercial-industrial) shall be based on a proportionate calculation equivalent to residential users, which usage shall be determined from information provided on the building plans as submitted by the applicant and as computed by the Municipal Building Department. For example, a residential use equals 600 gallons per day; a nonresidential use contributing 3,000 gallons per day would be five times the residential fee, etc. The water tap benefit surcharge fee for nonresidential shall be $11 for each lineal front foot.
(C) Indirect benefit. For nonresidential users not directly accessible to the sewer or water line, but wherein the imminent discharge source for sewerage disposal or source of water availability is into a sewer line or onto a water line constructed under the conditions defined in this section, a surcharge capacity fee of $.10 for both utilities per square foot of each facility constructed shall be due and payable upon application for a sewer or water tap permit, such $.10 per foot fee being allocated proportionately as follows: $.06 for sewer, $.04 for water. If only one facility will be tapped, then the fee shall be either $.06 per square foot if a sewer tap, or $.04 per square foot if a water tap.
(D) Fees to be supplemental. All surcharge capacity fees defined in this section shall be in addition to other required sewer and water tap fees, unless specifically excepted.
(E) Exemptions. Council may, by a majority vote, in such cases where unusual circumstances and an imminent hardship warrant it, waive all or part of the surcharge capacity fees herein.
('80 Code, § 925.04) (Ord. 57-84, passed 11-5-85)