(A) Definitions:
BASE COUNTY CONNECTION FEE: | That fee as determined by the department of environmental concerns of the county of DuPage for connection to the county sanitary sewer system pursuant to the water/wastewater use ordinance, article XI, wastewater connection and permits and fees. |
DOMESTIC STRENGTH SEWAGE: | Sewage having a concentration of no more than two hundred twenty milligrams per liter (220 mg/l) of five (5) day biochemical oxygen demand and two hundred sixty milligrams per liter (260 mg/l) of suspended solids. |
RESIDENTIAL EQUIVALENT: | A commercial, institutional, industrial or, multi-family housing unit which has an estimated average discharge of three hundred fifty (350) gallons of domestic strength sewage per day or a single-family residential dwelling unit. |
SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING UNIT: | A single-family residence for each apartment unit or each condominium unit in a multiple-unit building. |
(B) Connection fees: The fees for connection of the sanitary sewer drain of a single-family dwelling unit or a residential equivalent located inside the corporate limits of the village to the sewer mains of the village shall be as established by Title 1, Chapter 20, "Fees, Fines, Insurance, Guarantees, and Regulatory Measures".
The fees for connection of the sanitary sewer drain of a single-family residential dwelling unit or a residential equivalent located outside of the corporate limits of the village to the sewer mains of the village shall be as established by Title 1, Chapter 20, "Fees, Fines, Insurance, Guarantees, and Regulatory Measures".
(C) Calculation Of Residential Equivalents For Nonresidential Dwelling Units: The connection fees for all users located inside the village making connection to the sewer mains of the village, other than single-family residential dwelling units, shall be the sum determined by multiplying the estimated average daily flow of the intended use as set forth in the projected sewage generation by type of use as is set forth below, by the connection fee in effect, and dividing the resulting product by three hundred fifty (350). The above shall be the basis of an interim connection fee and shall be payable at the time of the issuance of the building permit. The connection fee for a commercial, industrial, or institutional building allowed to discharge liquid waste other than domestic strength sewage shall be determined by the director of DuPage County public works on a residential equivalent basis as established by Title 1, Chapter 20, "Fees, Fines, Insurance, Guarantees, and Regulatory Measures" per residential equivalent flow, plus costs determined by Title 1, Chapter 20, "Fees, Fines, Insurance, Guarantees, and Regulatory Measures" per residential equivalent flow.
SEWAGE FLOW GUIDE
Apartments/ condominiums | 150 | GPD for 1 bedroom |
300 | GPD for 2 bedrooms | |
350 | GPD for 3 bedrooms | |
Assembly halls | 2 | GPD per seat |
Bar/tavern | 25 | GPD per employee |
15 | GPD per customer | |
Bowling alley | 75 | GPD per bowling lane |
100 | GPD per bowling lane with food service | |
Churches | 3 | GPD per seat (under 100 seats) |
5 | GPD per seat (over 100 seats) | |
Country clubs | 50 | GPD per member |
Factories | 25 | GPD per employee (no shower) |
35 | GPD per employee (with shower) | |
Food service operations | 35 | GPD per seat (not 24 hour restaurant) |
50 | GPD per seat (24 hour restaurant) | |
70 | GPD per seat (24 hour along freeway) | |
50 | GPD per car (curb service drive-in) | |
50 | GPD per seat (vending machine restaurants) | |
Hospitals | 250 | GPD per bed |
Housing | 350 | GPD per single-family dwelling unit |
Institutions | 125 | GPD per resident |
Laundries | 400 | GPD per machine (coin operated) |
Motels and hotels | 60 | GPD per room |
100 | GPD per suite | |
Nursing homes/rest homes | 125 | GPD per person |
Office buildings | 25 | GPD per employee (minimum) |
10 | gallons per square foot (usable space) | |
Plaza | 350 | GPD per unit within the plaza (minimum) |
0.05 | gallons per square foot per open mall space | |
Schools | 15 | GPD per student (elementary and childcare) |
25 | GPD per student (junior high and high) | |
25 | GPD per staff (in addition to students) | |
Service stations | 1,000 | GPD for first service bay |
500 | GPD for each additional bay | |
3 | GPD per car user (self- service) | |
Shopping centers | 0.05 | gallons per square foot (without food service or laundries) |
0.15 | gallons per square foot (with food service or laundries) | |
Swimming pools | 5 | GPD per user (average) |
10 | GPD per user (with hot water shower) | |
Theaters | 5 | GPD per car (drive-in) |
5 | GPD per seat (movie house) | |
Vacation cottages | 100 | GPD per cottage |
Warehouses | 0.05 | gallons per square foot per day |
Youth and recreation camps | 50 | GPD per user |
The actual, final connection fee shall be computed by multiplying the actual average daily flow, based on three hundred sixty (360) days per year in the first year during which the use is at an occupancy rate of eighty five percent (85%) (base year) by the connection fee in effect at the end of the base year, for single-family residential dwelling units, and dividing the resulting product by three hundred fifty (350). If the actual fee is more than the estimated fee previously advanced, the user and/or owner of the building shall immediately pay the difference to the village.
If the estimated connection fee is greater than the actual fee, the village shall return the overpayment to the user and/or owner upon return of the overpayment from the county. The village shall not be held liable for payment to the user and/or owner until and unless the village receives payment from the county.
(D) Additional Fees: All connections of village sewer lines, which lines were constructed by or for the village, excepting those sewer lines constructed pursuant to the subdivision regulations of the village as on site improvements, shall, in addition to all other connection fees and charges, be subject to a fee as established by Title 1, Chapter 20, "Fees, Fines, Insurance, Guarantees, and Regulatory Measures" per foot of lot frontage.
(E) Additions To Previous Connections: Any and all additions, remodelings, or change of use to buildings, previously connected to the village sanitary sewer mains shall be treated as new connections for purposes of this section, and connection fees paid in accordance with the provisions of this section, less any previously paid fees.
(F) Building Permits: The connection fees shall be paid at the time of issuance of applicable building permits and no permit shall be issued without said fees having been paid.
(G) Maximum Connection Fee: The maximum current connection fee charged by the county of DuPage, per agreement with the village, is as established by Title 1, Chapter 20, "Fees, Fines, Insurance, Guarantees, and Regulatory Measures" per residential equivalent. In the event the county shall raise its charges, all such additional charges shall be paid by the users making connection into the sewer system and not by the village. In case of notice from the county to the village of an increase in county charges, the user shall, prior to acceptance by the village of said increase, deposit a sum equal to said increase in county charges or deposit with the village an irrevocable binding letter of credit in a form acceptable to the village and from a financial institution acceptable to the village attorney in said amount. Said sum or letter of credit shall be released when, if, and to the extent that the county agrees to reduce its increase in charges.
(Ord. 2024-5097, 10-7-2024)