Section
54.01 Purpose and general fee structure
54.02 Water supply and distribution
54.03 Sanitary sewer collection and wastewater treatment
Appendix A: Metropolitan Council SAC criteria for commercial properties
(A) (1) The City of Harris provides a variety of public services to residents, businesses, and property owners in the community, including public utilities. Municipal water, wastewater services, stormwater management, and street lighting are basic public utilities and among the services provided by the city.
(2) The purpose of this chapter is to establish equitable fees for the provision of public utilities to properties.
(3) The City Council periodically reviews the costs for the provision of these services and adjusts the fees for services accordingly. Fee adjustments, that are not established in this chapter, will not occur without review and analysis by the City Council and will require amendments to this chapter.
(B) The fee structure for each utility is identified separately and includes provisions for the reimbursement of core facility expenditures and operating expenditures. The fee structure includes existing expenditures (including debt service) and planned expenditures (including anticipated debt service) within the public utility systems. Core facility expenditures include but are not limited to items such as water wells and related equipment, trunk water distribution lines, water treatment facilities, water storage facilities, wastewater treatment plant, sanitary sewer lift stations, trunk sanitary sewer lines, stormwater management facilities. Operating expenditures include but are not limited to labor and capital expenditures associated with the delivery, monitoring, maintenance, repair, replacement, upgrade, and administration of the public utility system.
(C) (1) The fee structure for core facilities is based upon a Residential Equivalent Unit (REU), and the fees collected are referred to as connection charges and area charges.
(2) Connection charges are collected at the time of building permit issuance and area charges are collected at the time of subdivision or development approval.
(3) The core facilities REU is established for all land uses as follows.
Single-family detached dwelling | 1.0 REU |
Single-family attached dwelling (< 11 units/building) | 1.0 REU |
Multiple-family dwelling (> ten units/building) | 0.8 REU |
Commercial/Industrial/Public/Institutional/Other | 1.0 REU for each Metropolitan Council Service Availability Charge (SAC) unit assigned to the use (see Appendix A) |
(D) The fee structure for operating expenditures is based upon utility usage and is collected through quarterly billings to utility users.
(Ord. 2006-6-1, passed 6-6-2006)
(A) Water core facility expenditures - connection charges.
(1) Beginning on the effective date of this chapter, the water connection charge per REU shall be $3,000.
(2) The water connection charge shall be collected with new construction building permits.
(B) Water core facility expenditures - area charges.
(1) Beginning on the effective date of this chapter, the water area charge per REU per acre shall be $1,000.
(2) The water area charge shall be collected at the time of subdivision approval or the petition for water service.
(C) Water operating expenditures - user fees.
(1) Water user fees include a quarterly service charge or base rate of $66 per REU plus a water consumption fee of $3.11 per 1000 gallons, based upon metered water usage.
(2) There is an additional conservation fee of $1 per 1000 gallons for water consumption after the first 40,000 gallons per REU in any quarter.
(D) Water meter charge.
(1) The fee for water meters is part of the water connection charge per REU and shall be collected with new construction building permits.
(2) The fee for single water meters required for multiple REUs shall be determined by the city.
(3) The city may also allow additional meters to be installed for sprinkling systems, swimming pools and similar uses at a fee determined by the city.
(Ord. 2006-6-1, passed 6-6-2006)
(A) Sanitary sewer use fees include a quarterly minimum charge, or basic sewer charge, and a quarterly sewer usage rate for residential property and commercial property (per residential equivalent unit), respectively, as set forth in the current city fee schedule.
(B) Sewer user fees will be waived in instances where separate meters are installed and used only for irrigation, or in similar non-sewered uses.
(Ord. 2006-6-1, passed 6-6-2006; Am. Ord. 2007-09-04, passed 4-9-2007)
Facility
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Parameter | SAC |
Facility
|
Parameter | SAC |
Animal Clinic (humane societies, animal research, boarding, and the like) | ||
Animal holding areas | 17 fixture units | 1 |
Animal runs (kennels) | 34 fixture units | 1 |
Archery (six feet/lane) | six lanes | 1 |
Arenas (bleachers 18 inches/person) | 110 seats | 1 |
Auditoriums (seven square feet/person) | 110 seats | 1 |
Automobile Service | ||
Fast service (less than four hours/car) | two service bays | 1 |
Major service (more than four hours/car) | 14 employees | 1 |
Car dealership (charges for office, retail, and the like are separate at established rates) | two service bays | 1 |
Fast service (number of service bays times 30%) | two service bays | 1 |
Major service (Number of service bays times 70% times one employee/bay) | 14 employees | 1 |
Ballroom ( exclude dance floor) | ||
Facility without liquor service | 825 square feet | 1 |
Facility with liquor service | 590 square feet | 1 |
Bank (exclude bank vault) | 2,400 square feet | 1 |
Banquet Room (15 square feet/person) | ||
Food catered | 2,060 square feet | 1 |
Food catered with dishwashing | 1,180 square feet | 1 |
Food catered with liquor | 1,028 square feet | 1 |
Food catered with dishwashing and liquor | 750 square feet | 1 |
Food preparation and dishwashing | 825 square feet | 1 |
Food preparation with dishwashing and liquor | 590 square feet | 1 |
Facility
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Parameter | SAC |
Facility
|
Parameter | SAC |
Barber | four chairs | 1 |
Batting Cages (six feet/lane) | six lanes | 1 |
Beauty Salon | four cutting salons | 1 |
Bingo Hall (used only for bingo) | 110 seats | 1 |
Boarding House (dorm rooms) | five beds | 1 |
Body Shop (major service - more than four hours/car, no vehicle washing) | 14 employees | 1 |
Bowling Alleys (does not include bar or dining area) | three alleys | 1 |
Camps (number of gallons times occupant or site) | ||
Children’s camps (central toilet and bath; overnight, primitive cabins; number of occupants times 50 gallons/occupant) | 274 gallons | 1 |
Day camps (no meals served; number of occupants times ten gallons/occupant) | 274 gallons | 1 |
Labor/construction camps (number of occupants times 50 gallons/occupant) | 274 gallons | 1 |
Resorts (housekeeping cabins; number of occupants times 60 gallons/occupant) | 274 gallons | 1 |
Travel trailer parks | ||
With water and sewer hookup (number sites times 100 gallons/site) | 274 gallons | 1 |
With central toilet and showers (number of sites times 75 gallons/site) | 274 gallons | 1 |
Sanitary dump (sites without hookup; number of sites times ten gallons/site) | 274 gallons | 1 |
Car Wash | Contact MCES for determination | |
Catering | Contact MCES for determination | |
Churches (for sanctuary, nave, chancel; seven square feet/person seating area; remainder use other criteria; sacristy and ambulatory at no charge) | 275 seats | 1 |
Cocktail lounge (no food service) | 23 seats | 1 |
Coffee Shop (no food service) | 23 seats | 1 |
Correction Facility (prison) | 2.5 inmates | 1 |
Court Rooms | 1,650 square feet | 1 |
Dorm Rooms (on and off campus; charge for classrooms is additional) | five students | 1 |
Facility
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Parameter | SAC |
Facility
|
Parameter | SAC |
Daycare | ||
Number of children for which facility is licensed | 14 children | 1 |
Child/adult play area (not licensed) | 490 square feet | 1 |
Dry Cleaners (retail) | 3,000 square feet | 1 |
Elder Housing (at 100% of current SAC rate; see formula below to determine the number of residents) | ||
No washer/dryer in each unit | three residents | 1 |
Washer/dryer in each unit | 2.5 residents | 1 |
Three bedroom unit with washer/dryer (separate from formula below) | ||
Calculate the number of residents as follows: | ||
Number of efficiency units times 1.0 residents/unit | ||
+ Number of one-bedroom units times 1.5 residents/unit) | ||
+ Number of two-bedroom units times 2.0 residents/unit) | ||
+ Number of three-bedroom units times 3.0 residents/unit) | ||
Total number of residents for SAC calculation | ||
Exercise Area/Gym (juice bars at no charge; sauna and whirlpool included) | 700 square feet | 1 |
No showers | 2,060 square feet | 1 |
Fire Station (charges for office, meeting rooms, and the like, are separate, at established rates) | ||
Washing (hose tower, truck) | 274 gallons | 1 |
Full time, overnight people (75 gallons/person) | 274 gallons | 1 |
Volunteer (occasional overnight stays) | 14 volunteers | 1 |
Funeral Home (charge for viewing areas only: i.e., chapel) | 770 square feet | 1 |
Apartment | one apartment | 1 |
Game Room (billiards, video and pinball games) | ||
With bar | 590 square feet | 1 |
Without bar | 2,060 square feet | 1 |
Facility
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Parameter | SAC |
Facility
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Parameter | SAC |
Golf Course (if facility has showers, use Locker Room criteria for those areas) | ||
18-hole | 3 | |
nine-hole (par three) | 2 | |
Miniature | 3 | |
Country club (private) | ||
Dining room (used only on evenings and weekends) | 15 seats | 1 |
Golf Course (if facility has showers, use Locker Room criteria for those areas) (cont’d) | ||
Bar and grill (with bar and grill separate) | ||
Bar only | 23 seats | 1 |
Grill | 15 seats | 1 |
Golf Dome or Driving Range | six driving stations | 1 |
Greenhouse | ||
Area not open to the public | 15,000 square feet | 1 |
Area open to the public | 5,000 square feet | 1 |
General retail area | 3,000 square feet | 1 |
Group Home | ||
Secondary treatment (residents leave during the day) | five beds | 1 |
Primary treatment (residents stay all day) | three beds | 1 |
Guest Rooms (in an apartment or condominium complex; charge SAC as apartment) | ||
Washer/dryer | 100% of current SAC rate | |
No washer/dryer | 80% of current SAC rate | |
No kitchen | 50% of current SAC rate | |
Handball and Racquetball Courts | one court | 2 |
Museum | 2,400 square feet | 1 |
Nursing Home | ||
Office | ||
General office (deduct mechanical rooms, elevator shafts, stairwells, restroom and storage areas) | 2,400 square feet | 1 |
Dental and Doctor’s offices, see Hospital, Outpatient Clinic | ||
Facility
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Parameter | SAC |
Facility
|
Parameter | SAC |
Police Station (charge as Office) | ||
Cells (overnight - jail) | three people | 1 |
Cells (holding area with no overnight stays) | 14 people | 1 |
Recording/Film Studios | 7,000 square feet | 1 |
Restaurant | ||
Drive-in | nine parking spaces | 1 |
Fast food (with disposable plates, drink cups, and table utensils) | 22 seats | 1 |
Restaurant (cont’d) | ||
Take-out (no seating) | 3,000 square feet | 1 |
Full service (with washable plates, drink cups, and table utensils) | eight seats | 1 |
Retail Stores (deduct mechanical rooms, elevator shafts, stairwells, escalators, restrooms and unfinished storage areas) | 3,000 square feet | 1 |
Roller Rink (skating area only) | 825 square feet | 1 |
Rooming Houses (no food service) | seven beds | 1 |
RV Dumping Station (not in association with camp grounds) | 1 | |
Schools | ||
Elementary schools (15 gallons/student; 30 square feet/student) | 18 students | 1 |
Colleges/technical/vocational (30 square feet/student) | 18 students | 1 |
Lecture halls (15 square feet/student) | 18 students | 1 |
Labs (50 square feet/student) | 18 students | 1 |
Dorm rooms (on and off campus students) | five students | 1 |
Nursery schools (number of children for which facility is licensed) | 14 students | 1 |
House of worship nurseries (used during worship service only; 30 square feet/child) | 55 children | 1 |
Nursery (health clubs, bowling alleys, and the like) | 2,400 square feet | 1 |
Secondary schools (30 square feet/student, at 20 gallons/student) | 14 students | 1 |
Labs (50 square feet/student) | 14 students | 1 |
Weekly worship schools (i.e., not daily parochial schools; 30 square feet/student) | 55 students | 1 |
Facility
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Parameter | SAC |
Facility
|
Parameter | SAC |
Service Station | ||
Gas pumping | 1 | |
Convenience center | 3,000 square feet | 1 |
Service bays | two bays | 1 |
Car wash (see Car Wash) | ||
Shooting Ranges (rifle and handgun ranges, @ six feet per lane) | six lanes | 1 |
Swimming Pools (public, swimming pool area only; no charge for private residential, townhouse, apartments, condominiums, hotels, or motels) | 900 square feet | 1 |
Tanning Rooms | 3,000 square feet | 1 |
Tennis Courts (public; shower facilities available) | one court | 2 |
Theater | 64 seats | 1 |
Drive-in (parking spaces) | 55 spaces | 1 |
Vehicle Garage | ||
Employees stationed in garage | 14 employees | 1 |
Vehicle drivers (per day) | 28 drivers | 1 |
Vehicle washing (number of vehicles per day times gallons per minute times minutes/vehicle) | 274 gallons | 1 |
Warehouses | ||
Assembly areas | 7,000 square feet | 1 |
Office/warehouse | ||
Minimum 30% office | 2,400 square feet | 1 |
Maximum 70% warehouse | 7,000 square | 1 |
Whirlpools, therapy (at doctor’s office or clinic; number of gallons to fill tank times eight fills/day) | 2,400 square feet | 1 |
Yard Storage Buildings (i.e., lumber storage; customer pickup; no permanent employees) | 15,000 square feet | 1 |
(Ord. 2006-6-1, passed 6-6-2006)
Plumbing Waste Fixture Units
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Type of Fixture | Fixture Unit Value (f.u.)
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Plumbing Waste Fixture Units
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Type of Fixture | Fixture Unit Value (f.u.)
|
Note: 17 Fixture Units (f.u.) = 1 SAC | |
Drinking Fountain | 1 |
Floor Drain | |
two inch waste (only if hose bib included) | 2 |
three inch waste (only if hose bib included) | 3 |
four inch waste (only if hose bib included) | 4 |
Trench drain: per six-foot section | 2 |
Sinks | |
Lab in exam room, bathroom | 1 |
Kitchen and others | 2 |
Surgeon | 3 |
Janitor | 4 |
Water closet | 6 |
(Ord. 2006-6-1, passed 6-6-2006)