(A) Definition.
BASE UNIT. The equivalent of a single-family house and each individual apartment, condominium or other single-family living unit in any multi-unit building, structure or complex, or any other facility, that supplies not in excess of 310 gallons per day to the sanitary sewer system in accordance with 327 I.A.C. Article 3 Construction Permit Sanitary Sewer Designed Summary Form, as amended from time to time, which is incorporated herein by reference.
(B) The following “sewer connection charge,” for treatment capacity allotted at the wastewater treatment plant for new users, and “sewer collection charge,” for sewer line capacity allotted new users, are hereby established pursuant to I.C. 36-9-23-25(b)(4) and (d)(1-6) and (e) per base unit for each sewer permit issued by the town of Lowell.
(1) Sewer connection charge: $2,015 per base unit.
(2) Sewer collection charge: $1,635 per base unit.
(C) All commercial, governmental, industrial, institutional or other facilities shall pay an equivalent sewer connection charge and sewer collection charge for each permit that is equal to the number of base units, plus any multiples or fractions thereof as determined by the Town Engineer, times the sewer connection charge and sewer collection charge per base unit.
(D) No sewer permit shall issue until all connection charges and collection charges per base unit, and any applicable multiples or fractions thereof and any applicable surcharges or other fees, have been paid in full. Said charges, plus any surcharges as hereinafter or otherwise provided, shall be paid to the Clerk/Treasurer by the person securing the permit at the time of the issuance of any sewer permit. The sewer connection fee and sewer collection fee should be reviewed on a bi-annual basis after their initial enactment and implementation to ensure the connection charge and collection charge are cost-based, fair and equitable to all users.
(E) The "Study of Wastewater Facility Connection Charge and Computation of Collection Charge per EDU" by Financial Solutions, Inc., dated November 22, 2002, is incorporated by reference as part of this ordinance and shall be on file at Clerk-Treasurer’s office.
(F) East Side Sewer Adjusted Collection Fee.
(1) Pursuant to the report of Financial Solutions Group, Inc., dated June 18, 2007, and the Commonwealth Engineers West Fork Spring Run Basin Sewer Master Plan of October 1998, which are incorporated herein by reference, the Council now finds it is just and equitable to adjust the sewer collection fee established under § 51.080(B)(2) from $1,635 per base unit to the amount of $2,060 per base unit for each base unit serviced by the East Side Interceptor Sewer.
(2) The sewer collection charge established under § 51.080(B)(2) is hereby adjusted to the amount of $2,060 per base unit for each base unit connecting to the East Side Interceptor Sewer.
('80 Code, § 13.40.070) (Ord. 12-1973, passed - -73; Am. Ord. 1995-10, passed 8-14-95; Am. Ord. 1998-22, passed 10-26-98; Am. Ord. 2003-02, passed 3-10-03; Am. Ord. 2004-11, passed 4-12-04; Am. Ord. 2007-15, passed 9-10-07) Penalty, see § 51.999
Cross-reference:
Fee schedule, see § 11.053