APPENDIX A: METROPOLITAN COUNCIL SAC CRITERIA FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES
Facility
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
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
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
Parameter
SAC
Facility
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
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
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
Type of Fixture
Fixture Unit Value (f.u.)
Plumbing Waste Fixture Units
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)