(A) There is established a retail service area for the City of Cincinnati Water Works inside the village described in the water agreement by and between the City of Cincinnati and the City of the Village of Indian Hill, dated December 21, 1984, as the area bounded on the west, north, and east by the Indian Hill corporation line and on the south generally bounded by the south line of Section Number 34 of Symmes Township, and the south line of Section Number 4 of Sycamore Township.
(B) A portion of that service area, comprised of parcels listed in the Appendix, is herewith defined as being the area benefited by the 12-inch trunk water distribution main constructed in Hopewell Road and Montgomery Road as shown on approved plan, Cincinnati Water Works Job No. 4- 1837, dated January 16, 1985, at village expense in the public interest for supplying water to that area in adequate quantities and pressures for domestic use and fire suppression.
(C) The benefited properties are identified on the Appendix to this chapter by a listing compiled from the Hamilton County Auditor's property records, showing book, page, parcel number, and gross acreage.
(D) Provision is made for owners of those properties within that benefited area to obtain water service from this 12-inch trunk water distribution main by a direct tap/connection or indirectly by a system of public water main extensions or loops with this distribution main.
(E) Owners or their agents desiring water service within the benefited area shall make application for such service jointly to the director of the Cincinnati Water Works and to the superintendent of Village Water Works. No service branch or service main shall be approved or installed until the owner of the benefited property, as set forth in the Appendix, shall have paid, in advance, to the village a tap-in fee, calculated on the district rate/acre in effect at the time of application, times the total number of acres being benefited or having the potential for being benefited as a result of the service line applied for.
(1) Tap-in fees for water main extensions intended to serve a subdivision shall be calculated on the basis of gross acreage of the entire subdivision receiving benefit.
(2) Tap-in fees for water service branches serving a single residential dwelling, not part of a subdivision, shall be calculated on the gross acreage of the parcel on which the dwelling is being constructed and receiving benefit.
(3) The tap-in fees shall be paid in addition to any other established permit fee or construction charges incurred for the installation of water main extensions or service branches.
(4) In the event that a large parcel, for which the tap-in fee has been paid, is later subdivided further, no additional tap-in fees will be applied for service branches required to serve the additional dwellings on the same tract of land; however, normal fees and costs for the service branch installation will be charged.
(5) The Superintendent of Village Water Works shall maintain accurate records of the parcels subject to paying tap-in fees and shall establish and administer the procedure for collecting those fees. The initial tap-in fee shall be calculated on the basis of total project cost, including engineering, inspection, construction, interest charge, if any, and total acres being benefited. Fees shall be adjusted no less than at least once every five calendar years to reflect an interest charge being paid on bond anticipation notes or other securities being used to finance the water main to serve this district, commencing at the date of completion of construction and placing in service of said water main. He shall arrange for the Appendix to be updated and amended as necessary to indicate payment of tap-in fees for individual parcels and to record any boundary line changes which might occur as a result of replatting.
(F) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, no tap/connection shall be made to the new 12-inch trunk water line serving the benefited area, as created in the Appendix, to serve any portion of a subdivision located in the benefited area, which subdivision's plat was approved prior to the effective date of this section, in anticipation of an adequate water supply being available by the construction of the 12-inch trunk water line, without
there first having been paid a tap-in fee, calculated in the manner set forth in this section.
('80 Code, § 52.11) (Ord. 11-86, passed 5-19-86; Am. Ord. 06-95, passed 4-24-95; Am. Ord. 6-96, passed 4-22-96; Am. Ord. 11-09, passed 4-20-09; Am. Ord. 04-11, passed 3-21-11; Am. Ord. 05-12, passed 5-21-12)