(a) No new installation of sewer service by the City Sewer System or an extension or alteration of existing sewer service shall be permitted unless and until application for such new installation of service or extension or alteration of existing sewer service is filed by the person employed to perform the work with the City Manager or his authorized agent prior to the performance of any work on such installation, extension, or alteration of sewer service. A permit for such installation, extension, or alteration of sewer service shall be issued by the City Manager or his authorized agent on the approval of such application as herein provided, and payment of the applicable sewer system impact fee, if any, herein established.
(b) Form and Contents of Application. The application shall be countersigned by the owner of the property for which the installation, extension, or alteration of sewer service is requested, or an authorized agent thereof. Such application shall contain the legal description of the property, the street location, the officially dedicated building number, the size and character of the service pipe, and the fixtures or appliances to be serviced by the sewer service, as well as a complete and full description of the proposed use of the premises on which such new installation, extension, or alteration of service is requested. Any additional information required for a full knowledge of the purpose of such service shall be clearly and fully set forth in the application. The City Manager or his authorized agent is empowered to withhold approval of any application wherein such required information is not fully set forth.
(c) There is established a sewer system impact fee, which shall be paid to the City by an applicant for sewer service, as herein provided.
(1) The impact fee established shall be paid in all cases wherein a new installation of sewer service is applied for. “New installation of sewer service”, as used in this section, means an installation of City sewer service at a location at which no City sewer service has been previously installed; or a resumption of sewer service at a location at which City sewer service has been previously installed, but by reason of the destruction or demolition of a structure on the premises, has not been used for a continuous period of eight years prior to resumption of sewer service. However, any resumption of sewer service which, at any location and following any period of nonuse of sewer service at such location, will increase sewer usage so as to increase the number of equivalent dwelling units (EDU), as that term is used herein, at such location shall be considered a new installation of sewer service, and shall require the payment of the full sewer service impact fee established, notwithstanding any other provision of this section.
(2) The impact fee established shall be five hundred sixty-five dollars ($565.00) per equivalent dwelling unit, in accordance with the formula set forth in Section 3 of the engineering study and report titled "Engineering Study and Water and Sewer User Impact Fees for Loveland, Ohio," prepared by Clyde E. Williams and Associates, Inc. and dated April, 1983, or in equivalent provisions of any subsequent such report adopted by resolution of the Council as an amendment or supplement to such report, which such report and any such subsequent reports are incorporated by reference in this section. However, in the case of a resumption of City sewer service at a location at which, because of the destruction or demolition of any structure on the premises, existing sewer service has not been used for a period of eight years prior to the application for resumption of such sewer service, a credit of four hundred fifty dollars ($450.00) against the sewer system impact fee which would otherwise be payable for a new installation of sewer service at that location shall be allowed.
(3) The impact fee established shall be paid to the City in cases in which a new installation of sewer service is requested for new building construction, at the time compliance with zoning and site requirements is certified by the City. The impact fee shall be paid at the time that an application for a new installation for sewer service is filed with the City Manager as provided in (a) above.
(4) All income and revenue derived from or obtained from the impact fees herein established shall be placed in a Sewer System Improvement Fund, from which shall be appropriated, by proper resolution or ordinance of Council, moneys needed for the payment of costs and expenses for sewer system improvements, major maintenance and repair, and for payments on the principal and interest of sewer system revenue bonds, if necessary.
(5) The impact fee for sanitary sewer service is based on an engineering study of typical uses. Should a specific use be shown to be more or less than the typical use, the sanitary sewer impact fee shall be determined by negotiation between the applicant and the City, and shall be approved by resolution of City Council. At the end of one year the impact fee will be reviewed and adjusted upward or downward based on the amount of water used based on metered water usage.
(d) The applicant shall also be responsible for the payment of all costs for materials and labor necessitated by the installation, extension, or alteration of the sewer service applied for.
(e) Additional Regulations Regarding Tap-in or Entry into the City Sewer System. All tap-ins or entries to the sewer system shall be made during the City's regular work week. No tap- in or entry to the sewer system shall be made unless at least 24 hours' notice of the date and time of such tap-in or entry shall have been given to the Sewer Department.
(Ord. 1983-27. Passed 6-28-83; Ord. 1983-61. Passed 1-10-84.)