(A) Collection charge. The owner of any lot, parcel of real estate, or building connecting to the sewage works shall, prior to being permitted to make a connection, pay a connection charge in the amount of $850 per each equivalent dwelling unit (EDU) served by the connection. The connection fee for industrial and commercial users shall be determined on the basis of the EDUs served by the connection, as based on the area ratio of the water service meter serving the industrial or commercial user. An equivalent dwelling unit (EDU) shall be based upon a three-quarter-inch water service meter.
(B) Availability charge.
(1) There is hereby established a sewer availability charge for any lot, parcel of real estate, or building connecting onto any local sewer, sewer interceptor or sewer main hereafter constructed by the city. The amount of the sewer availability charge shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Public Works and Safety, and shall be based on the pro rata cost (per each equivalent dwelling unit) of constructing the local sewer, sewer interceptor, or sewer main sufficient to serve the lot, parcel of real estate, or building. The owner of any lot, parcel of real estate, or building connecting to the sewage works shall, prior to being permitted to make a connection, pay the applicable sewer availability charge.
(2) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Public Works and Safety may, from time to time, enter into contracts with the owners of real property for the construction of sewer main extensions within the municipality, or within four miles outside of its corporate boundaries, in order to provide service to an area pursuant to the provisions of I.C. 36-9-22 et seq. In such event, the Board of Public Works and Safety may establish and collect from any owner of real property who did not contribute to the original cost of the sanitary sewer main extension, and who subsequently taps onto, uses or deposits sewage into the sewage main extension or any lateral sewers connected thereto, a sewer availability charge, based upon a fair pro rata share of the cost of the construction of the sewer main extension.
(C) Installment payments. The Board of Public Works and Safety may establish and place into effect, from time to time, as a matter of policy, a method of payment and collection of the connection charges and availability charges on an installment basis, with or without interest, subject to the penalties and remedies for nonpayment and collection when due, all as provided by this chapter or by law.
(`90 Code, § 13.12.160) (Ord. 690, passed - -; Am. Ord. 93-28, passed - -; Am. Ord. 95-18, passed-- ; Am. Ord. 98-35, passed 10-8-1998; Am. Ord. 2004-18, passed 5-20-2004)