(a) Prior to every future tap-on or connection to any sewer pipe, main lateral, trunk line, interceptor or other installation or facility of the sanitary sewer system, there shall be paid to the director, division of revenue, a fee or charge, hereby established, which shall be solely for the privilege of connecting to the system and which shall be in addition to the requirement, as prescribed in section 16-38, that connections to the system be made at the sole expense of the connecting property owner. Such tap-on, connection or privilege fee is established and fixed as follows:
(1) Single-family residences, town homes, and duplexes (per unit) occupying lots:
Effective July 1, 2023 | |
Of ¼ acre or less | $ 1,548.15 |
From ¼ to ½ acre | 2,874.85 |
From ½ to ¾ acre | 4,205.22 |
From ¾ to 1 acre | 5,753.36 |
Larger than 1 acre | 7,301.49 |
(2) Apartments, condominiums, hospitals, and nursing homes:
Effective July 1, 2023 | |
Efficiency unit (each) | $ 619.97 |
One bedroom unit (each) | 1,149.53 |
Two bedroom unit (each) | 1,503.83 |
Three bedroom unit (each) | 1,859.94 |
Minimum for apartment building (each) | 3,096.24 |
(3) Hotels, motels:
Effective July 1, 2023 | |
Living unit (each) | $1,149.53 |
(4) Trailer parks:
Effective July 1, 2023 | |
Space (each) | $ 1,548.15 |
(5) Service stations (stand alone or as a quick mart location:
Effective July 1, 2023 | |
Station (each) | $ 8,849.61 |
(6) Townhomes/Duplexes:
Effective July 1, 2023 | |
Living Unit (each) | $ 1,5,548.15 |
(7) Reserved.
(8) Restaurant, business, professional, commercial and industrial building:
Effective July 1, 2023 | |
Fee based on usable sq. ft. of floor space | $ 1.772 |
Minimum fee for LFUCG connection (each) | $ 1,548.15 |
(9) Storage areas, warehouses, and distribution centers:
Effective July 1, 2023 | |
Fee based on usable sq. ft. of floor space | $ 0.369 |
Minimum fee for LFUCG connection (each) | $ 1,548.15 |
(10) Swimming pools:
Effective July 1, 2023 | |
Fee based on 100 cu. ft. for erection of swimming pool (each) (LxWxAvenue Depth/100) | $2.657 |
(11) School establishments:
Effective July 1, 2023 | |
Fee based on sq. ft. of floor space for LFUCG connection (each) | $0.884 |
(b) However, neighborhoods which are served by septic tanks and which are identified for sewer installation in the urban county government's 1976 201 Facilities Plan for Wastewater Treatment Works and were further identified in a capacity reservation resolution as at the previous rate, shall pay the tap-on fee rates in effect prior to July 1, 1986.
(Ord. No. 126-83, § 1, 7-21-83; Ord. No. 164-84, § 1, 9-20-84; Ord. No. 35-86, § 3, 3-18-86; Ord. No. 183-91, § 1, 8-29-91; Ord. No. 23-2001, § 3, 2-8-01; Ord. No. 87-2001, § 5, 4-19-01; Ord. No. 23-2001, § 3, 2-8-01; Ord. No. 87-2001, § 5, 4-19-01; Ord. No. 34-2008, § 5, 2-21-08; Ord. No. 35-2012, §§ 1—10, 3-22-2012; Ord. No. 22-2015, § 4, 3-17-15 ; Ord. No. 34-2019 , § 4, 6-6-19)
Editor's note(s)—Ord. No. 22-2015 , adopted March 17, 2015, provides that all rate and fees set forth in this section shall be adjusted annually each fiscal year beginning effective July 1, 2017, in accordance with the consumer price index for all urban consumers.
Note(s)—Formerly, § 16-58.