A. The city users of the sewer system and property owners have borne the costs for the existing sewer system in the city which includes treatment plants, sewer pump stations, sewer ponds, manholes and mains and other related maintenance materials and equipment. New connections by owners of property or proposed users of the sewer system will involve use of the capacity of these existing sewerage facilities which were paid for, or have been constructed for, and are owned by the city.
B. Therefore, a sewer capacity fee must be paid to the city for any connection to the city sewerage system, which will result in an increase in sewer volumes or flows. The charge for sewer capacity fee, which is a one time charge collected with the building permit, shall be as specified in Section 13.08.055. These fees shall also be reflected in the Master Fee Schedule separately adopted by resolution of the city council.
C. The fees collected are to be placed in a fund to be used for capital improvements to the sewer system. The current fund and account to which this fee will be applied is 660-3641. The fund balance of this fund will be reserved for capital improvement projects.
D. After the initial rate modification, effective June 1, 2004, the capacity fee will be evaluated annually. Any cumulative increase in the Engineering News Record’s Construction Cost Index (CCI) from the CCI used for the existing fee amount resulting in a rate change of at least $25 shall be presented to the city council in a public hearing by the first regular council meeting in March of each year for review and possible adjustment by ordinance. Any adjustment shall be further reflected in the Master Fee Schedule as adopted by resolution of the city council effective April 1 of that year. The minimum fee change shall be $25 reflecting the cumulative CCI change from the CCI used for the currently published fee.
E. The CCI (or its successor) published in January for December of the previous year shall be the index used for determining any rate change. The initial CCI for the purposes of this fee is 6825 as published in the January 2004 Engineering News Record.
(Ord. 539 (part), 1988; Ord. 727, 2004).