(A) A plant investment fee shall be assessed for each new connection to the wastewater system of the town to partially defray the costs of capital improvement of such system. Such charge shall be collected prior to issuance of a building permit in amounts as follows:
(1) For each residential wastewater service:
(a) Inside corporate limits: $1,000; and
(b) Outside corporate limits: $2,000.
(2) For each dwelling unit of all common wall multi-family residential construction, which may be described as an apartment, condominium, townhouse, stacked housing or other name form for multi- family housing, permanent or transient, and for each dwelling unit in a mobile home park, which shall be collected prior to issuance of a building permit:
(a) Inside corporate limits: $1,000; and
(b) Outside corporate limits: $2,000.
(3) Each commercial, restaurant, or industrial wastewater service shall be charged at the effective rate for single-family wastewater service, as defined above, for each 15 fixture unit equivalents, as in § 53.029 of this chapter.
(4) Each service connection in a mobile home subdivision shall be charged at the effective rate for single-family wastewater service, as defined above.
(B) The charges provided herein shall only be increased by the same percentage as the charge for each single-family wastewater service is increased and shall be effective upon such increase.
(C) Payment of the wastewater system development charges provided herein shall be payable in full in good funds at the time the building permit is issued or as directed by the Town Manager. Such charges shall not be waived for any governmental, quasi-governmental, non-profit organization or any other user requesting connection to the wastewater supply system of the town without Board of Trustee approval.
(D) Requests for a refund of charges paid under this section shall be made in writing to the Town Manager within nine months of payment.
(Prior Code, § 137.6.5) (Ord. 171, passed 7-7-1958; Ord. 339, passed - -; Ord. 480, passed 3-6-2003; Ord. 577, passed 11-6-2014)