A fee shall be charged by the City at the time an applicant applies for a permit to tap in to a storm drainage sewer service connection or a storm drainage sewer. This fee shall be collected by the City Engineer’s Office. All new buildings are required to pay storm drainage system tap-in fees. Residential homes that have been razed and rebuilt with the same type of structure within a 2-year period shall have this fee waived. Such collected fees shall be deposited into the City District Area Storm Drainage Revenue Fund to be used for capital improvements in the respective district area storm drainage facilities.
(a) Single family dwelling - eight hundred dollars ($800.00).
(b) Two family (side by side) dwelling, one connection shall be required for each unit - eight hundred dollars ($800.00).
(c) Two family dwellings (up and down), one connection - one thousand dollars ($1,000.00); two connections (one for each unit) - eight hundred dollars ($800.00) for each unit.
(d) Multi-dwelling structures - each family unit shall be charged eight hundred dollars ($800.00).
(e) For any structure intended partially wholly for commercial purposes - one thousand five hundred dollars ($1500.00) for each commercial unit. Dwelling units in commercial structures shall be charged as provided in subsection (d) hereof. "Commercial" is defined as an establishment whose principal activity is to provide merchandise or services to those who need them. A commercial unit shall consist of a structure or part thereof having 15,000 square feet or less floor area. If the floor area of the commercial structure exceeds 15,000 square feet, it shall be charged as an additional commercial unit for each additional multiple of 15,000 square feet and any fractional part thereof remaining of floor area shall be charged at the rate of eighty dollars ($80.00) per thousand square feet.
(f) For any structure intended partially or wholly for industrial purposes for which a sewer permit is needed, the charge shall be two thousand dollars ($2000.00) for each industrial unit proposed for the structure. Commercial units in industrial structures will be charged as provided for in subsection (e) hereof. "Industry" is defined as any activity where materials are received, are altered by one or more internal operations and then dispatched in the altered form. An industrial unit shall consist of a structure or part thereof having 45,000 square feet or less in floor area. If the floor area of the industrial structure exceeds 45,000 square feet, it shall be charged as an additional industrial unit for each additional multiple of 45,000 square feet, and any fractional part thereof remaining, shall be charged at the rate of forty-five dollars ($45.00) per thousand square feet.
(g) All municipal, County and State activities shall be classed as commercial for the purpose of subsection (e) hereof.
(h) All churches, schools, hospitals and other service organizations shall be classed as commercial for the purposes of subsection (e) hereof.
(Ord. 161-09. Passed 11-16-09.)