(a) The City Engineer is hereby authorized and directed to collect a sanitary sewer system capacity charge whenever application is made for the issuance of a sewer permit to provide sanitary sewer to a structure, whenever such property is or will be tributary, directly or indirectly to any trunk sanitary sewer built by the City, either inside or outside the corporate limits of the City and as provided elsewhere in the Lancaster Codified Ordinances.
(b) The charge shall be determined in accordance with the following:
(1) PROPERTY INSIDE CORPORATE LIMITS
TABLE 1
WATER METER SIZE | CAPACITY FEE |
5/8 or 3/4 inch | $4,844.00 |
1 inch | 9,452.00 |
1 ½ inch | 22,920.00 |
2 inch | 39,933.00 |
4 inch | 86,010.00 |
6 inch | 144,611.00 |
8 inch | 325,374.00 |
Fees for meters larger than 8 inch will be determined on an individual basis.
(2) PROPERTY OUTSIDE CORPORATE LIMITS
TABLE 2
WATER METER SIZE | CAPACITY FEE |
5/8 or 3/4 inch | $7,266.00 |
1 inch | 14,178.00 |
1 ½ inch | 34,381.00 |
2 inch | 59,900.00 |
4 inch | 129,016.00 |
6 inch | 216,916.00 |
8 inch | 488,062.00 |
Fees for meters larger than eight (8) inch will be determined on an individual basis.
Effective January 1, 2023
(1) PROPERTY INSIDE CORPORATE LIMITS
TABLE 1
WATER METER SIZE | CAPACITY FEE |
5/8 or 3/4 inch | $5,789.00 |
1 inch | 9,842.00 |
1 ½ inch | 19,104.00 |
2 inch | 30,683.00 |
4 inch | 96,680.00 |
6 inch | 192,782.00 |
8 inch | 308,566.00 |
10 inch | 810,493.00 |
12 inch | 1,022,958.00 |
Fees for meters larger than twelve (12) inch will be determined on an individual basis.
(2) PROPERTY OUTSIDE CORPORATE LIMITS
TABLE 2
WATER METER SIZE | CAPACITY FEE |
5/8 or 3/4 inch | $8,684.00 |
1 inch | 14,763.00 |
1 ½ inch | 28,657.00 |
2 inch | 46,024.00 |
4 inch | 145,020.00 |
6 inch | 289,172.00 |
8 inch | 462,849.00 |
10 inch | 1,215,740.00 |
12 inch | 1,534,437.00 |
Fees for meters larger than twelve (12) inch will be determined on an individual basis.
(c) A deduction may be made from the trunk sewer capacity charge herein imposed whenever, and to the extent that, the owner of the property concerned can show that a special assessment has been paid for such or similar trunk sewer benefit, provided that such deduction shall be limited to the amount of such original payment.
(d) Capacity Charge for Trunk Sewer Benefit. An exemption of the capacity charge shall be made where a structure of a classified use is replaced by a structure of a higher use, the capacity charge fee shall be the difference of the lower use fee from the higher use fee. The City Engineer or his designee shall have the final discretion to approve or reject the existing lateral.
(e) The capacity charge due for existing residential structures required to connect to the City's sanitary system by Lancaster Codified Ordinance Section 912.02
may be paid through the following methods:
(1) A ten-year assessment to the real property tax without interest so long as the payments are received within thirty (30) days of the due date.
(2) A five-year assessment to the real property tax without interest so long as the payments are received within thirty (30) days of the due date.
(3) Payment in full.
(Ord. 30-22. Passed 10-24-22.)