31-3-9 CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDING SEWERS.

   The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of building sewer, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing the pipe, jointing, testing, and backfilling the trench, shall all conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulations of the Village. In the absence of code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the American Society of Testing Materials, Water Pollution Control Federation Manual of Practice No. 9, and Standard Specification for Water and Sewer Main Construction in Illinois shall apply.

   Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted by a means which is approved in accordance with Section 31-3-7 and discharge to the building sewer.

31-3-10 PERMITS, APPLICATION, FEES.

   It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership or corporation to connect any sewer line serving any premises or construct any main disposal, lateral or private sewer line within the Village without the first securing a permit and paying the fee herein provided.

   Before any sewer line is laid or any sewer connections to any premises are made or extended in said Village, a permit for same shall be applied for at the Office of the Village Clerk. There shall be two (2) classes for building sewer permits:

   (A)   for residential and commercial service, and

   (B)   for service to establishments producing industrial wastes.

   In either case, the owner or his agent shall make application to the Village. Any application shall be supplemented by plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Committee. A permit an inspection fee for a residential or commercial building sewer permit shall be paid the Village at the time the application is filed. The fees payable at time of filing the application are:

   Inspection fee:   $100.00

   The industry, as a condition of permit authorization, must provide information describing its wastewater constituents, characteristics, and type of activity. If appropriate, the application shall be approved by the Committee, and when so approved the Clerk shall issue a permit therefore. No such permit shall issue until same is approved and the permit fee is paid as provided.

   The applicant for sewer service shall pay for all costs of labor and materials, including the cost of tapping to the regular sewer mains, and for installing sewer service to the premises to be served. The owner shall indemnify the Village from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly by occasioned by the installation of the sewer serving owners’ premises.

   The fee for connection (tap-ons) shall be:

   For single family residence         $2,750.00

   Duplex Units - Residential         $2,750.00 per unit

   Multi-Family - Residential         $2,500.00 per unit

   Commercial               $2,000.00 plus $200.00 per P.E. as approved by the Village Water   *Residential and **Commercial   ¾” Meter      $2,500.00

                     1” Meter      $3,000.00

*Each dwelling unit will have a separate tap-on fee and meter.

** Each individual unit will have a separate tap-on fee and meter.

31-3-11 PERMIT ISSUANCE.

   A building sewer permit will only be issued and a sewer connection shall only be allowed if it can be demonstrated that the downstream sewage facilities, including sewers, pump stations, and wastewater treatment facilities, have sufficient reserve capacity to adequately and efficiently handle the additional anticipated waste load.

ARTICLE IV – SERVICE CHARGES

31-4-1 BASIS FOR FEES.

   The wastewater service charge for the use of and for service supplied by the wastewater facilities of the Village shall consist of a minimum monthly charge and a basic user rate.

   The Wastewater Service Charge shall be based on water usage as recorded by water meters for wastes having the following normal concentrations:

   (A)   A five (5) day, 20 degree Centigrade (20°C) bi-chemical oxygen demand (BOD) of 200 mg/l.

   (B)   A suspended solids (SS) content of 250 mg/l.

   It shall consist of operation and maintenance costs plus replacement and shall be computed as follows:

   Estimate the projected annual revenue required to operate and maintain the wastewater facilities including a replacement fund for the year for all works categories.

   (A)   Estimate wastewater volume to be treated.

   (B)   Compute costs per 1000 gallons for normal sewage strength.

   A surcharge will be levied to all users whose waters exceed the normal concentration for BOD (200 mg/1) and SS (250 mg/1). The surcharge will be based on water usage as recorded by water meters and/or sewage meters for all wastes which exceed the 200 mg/l and 250 mg/1 concentration for BOD and SS respectively. Section 31-4-6 and 31-4-7 specify the procedure to compute surcharge.

   The adequacy of the wastewater service charge shall be reviewed annually by certified public accountants for the Village in their annual audit report. The wastewater service charge shall be revised periodically to reflect a change in operation and maintenance costs including replacement costs.

31-4-2 MEASUREMENT OF FLOW.

   The volume of flow used for computing basic user charges shall be the metered water consumption read to the lowest even 100 increment of 1000 gallons.

31-4-3 MINIMUM MONTHLY CHARGE.

    There shall be and there is hereby established a minimum charge for the use of and for service supplied by the wastewater facilities of the Village. A minimum basic charge of Fifteen Dollars and Seventy Five Cents ($15.75) per month shall be applied to all users whose water consumption does not exceed two thousand (2,000) gallons per month.

(Ord. No. 24-009; 5-14-24)