A. Before connecting to the city water or sewer system, city sewer and water connection charges based on the number of units shall be paid. If, after the initial connection charges are paid, additional building permits or new sewer and water connections are made, the charges shall be recalculated and any additional charges shall be paid. The city connection charge per unit and area charge shall be established by city council resolution.
B. The number of units shall be computed as follows:
1. The following types of residential housing each comprise one unit per dwelling unit:
a. Single-family houses: A single-dwelling unit.
b. Townhouses: A multidwelling with potential for laundry facilities included in each unit.
c. Duplex units, apartments and condominiums: A multidwelling with potential for laundry facilities included in each unit.
2. Apartments and condominiums shall each comprise eighty percent (80%) of a unit if there is no plumbing for laundry facilities within each dwelling unit.
3. Mobile homes shall each comprise one hundred percent (100%) of a unit.
4. Other buildings and structures shall be assigned one water unit for each five hundred forty eight (548) gallons per day of water usage and one sewer unit for each two hundred seventy four (274) gallons per day of sewage flow which it is estimated they will discharge. Commercial and industrial building units shall be assigned a minimum of one unit. The most recent "Standard Criteria" published by the metropolitan waste control commission will be used as a guideline for determining the number of units for various commercial, industrial, and institutional facilities.
5. Multidwelling public housing units and multidwelling housing units subsidized under any government program for low and moderate income housing shall be counted as seventy five percent (75%) of the unit equivalent for that type of housing if there is no garbage disposal and dishwasher. The seventy five percent (75%) rate applies to the townhouse's rate when laundry facilities or hookups are included in each unit, or the eighty percent (80%) apartment rate if laundry hookups are not included in each unit.
C. The city connection charges shall be paid to the city before a building permit or sewer or water connection permit is issued. The city council may approve the assessment of city connection charges on new or enlarged multiple residential, commercial, or industrial buildings when the number of residential equivalent units is ten (10) or more. The council may assess the city connection charges on any dwelling or building when the installation of the city utility system is made after the construction of the dwelling or building. The rate of interest shall be set by the city council.
D. In addition to the city connection charge, the user shall also pay the sewer availability charge as determined by the metropolitan waste control commission. The metropolitan waste control commission sewer availability charge shall be applied to the city before a building permit, or permit for sewer and water connections is issued.
E. City water connection charges shall be deposited in the water trunk fund and city sanitary sewer connection charges and sanitary sewer area charges shall be deposited in the sanitary sewer trunk fund. (Ord. 796, sec. 1, 12-19-2005, eff. 1-1-2006)