(A) No connection to the utility's sewage works system shall be allowed until a permit is obtained and payment of availability fees and connection/inspection fees have been made to the utility, or if applicable, payments have been arranged in accordance with this subchapter and the general terms and conditions (Ordinance 2015-09), or as may be recodified or amended.
(1) AVAILABILITY FEE. The charge to a user for a new connection to or additional wastewater discharge from an existing connection to the utility's sewage works system and is charged as a pro rata cost of construction of all interceptor sewer lines and appurtenances to serve the property of the connecting user and is charged in return for the utility making available to the user the utility's sewage treatment system consisting of all facilities and operations necessary to treat sewage of the user.
(a) The amount of the availability fee shall be as follows:
Residential User | All Other Users |
$1,700 per EDU | $1,700 per EDU |
(b) Where a project charge or recoupment agreement charge has been established prior to the date of this section, the project charge or recoupment agreement charge shall apply. The cost of conveyance systems constructed after the date of this section by someone other than the utility under a written agreement with the utility may be credited against the availability fee. The decision to allow the credit and the amount of the credit shall be made solely at the discretion of the utility.
(2) CONNECTION/INSPECTION FEE. The charge to a user for a new or additional connection to the utility's sewage works system and is charged as a part of the pro rata cost of construction of all local and/or lateral sewer lines adequate to serve the property of the connecting user and for the cost of inspecting the connection to the sewage works. The connection/inspection fee shall be as follows:
Residential User | All Other Users |
$50 | $100 |
(3) REPAIR INSPECTION FEE. The charge to a user for inspecting a needed repair or replacement of an existing lateral sewer line. The repair inspection fee shall be as follows:
Residential User | All Other Users |
$50 | $100 |
(B) Payment of the availability fee and the connection/inspection fee shall be made at the following times:
(1) For new construction connections or additional wastewater discharge from existing sewage connections requiring plat or plan approval, the availability fee shall be paid in full at the time of signing the record plat or detail plan approval, or conditional use approval. The entire connection/inspection fee shall be paid before the issuance of a building permit;
(2) For all existing sewage connections with additional wastewater usage not requiring plat or plan approval, the availability fee and the connection/inspection fee shall be paid in full before the additional discharge is made to the utility's sewage system;
(3) For new industrial user connections or additional wastewater discharge from existing industrial sewage connections requiring plat or plan approval, the availability fee and the connection/inspection fee may be paid through a payment plan approved by the Board; and
(4) For all users repairing or replacing a lateral sewer line or existing water connections with no additional wastewater discharge, the repair inspection fee shall be paid in full before issuance of a repair permit.
(Ord. 2017-06, passed 6-12-2017)