(a) The Director of Public Service and Safety shall levy a capital improvement fee of seven hundred ninety-two dollars ($792.00) on each domestic, industrial or commercial tap at the time the applicant for such connection applies therefor, at the office of the City Engineer. All new buildings are required to pay a capital improvement fee. Residential homes that have been razed and rebuilt with the same type of structure within a 2-year period shall have this fee waived.
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) hereof shall be applied as an incremental cost to fees for sewage treatment plant expansions costs or improvements and pump station additions or improvements as established by the Director and in effect, or as an incremental cost to such fees when, as and if revised by the Director.
(c) For determination of the application of subsection (a) hereof, one fee shall be charged for each 3,600 square feet of total building floor area including the basement floor area and excluding the garage floor area to be served by the respective sanitary sewer connection and for each additional square foot, the fee shall increase at the rate of twenty-two cents ($0.22) per square foot.
(d) For sanitary service connections to serve building floor areas of 100,000 square feet and over and 0.5 million gallons of sewage per day, the applicant shall be given the option of paying the fee determined on the rate as heretofore stated, or shall enter into contract with the City for a rate of ten percent (10%) per year above the sewage service fee over the period of years agreed upon until the amount of the fee determined in the manner heretofore stated is paid.
The capital improvement fee shall be figured as follows:
$792.00 First 3,600 square feet of building floor area including basement area and excluding the garage floor areas
$0.22 For each additional square foot of floor area
A flat fee of $792.00 shall be charged for any area which is less than 3,600 square feet of total building floor area.
(Ord. 161-09. Passed 11-16-09.)