(a) Permit Required For Use Of Sanitary Sewer; Fee.
(1) No owner, agent, lessee, tenant, or occupant of any lot or land within the Municipality, hereinafter referred to as the applicant, shall connect with a sanitary sewer owned or maintained by this Municipality, or connect with any sewer connection which is connected to such a sewer unless the applicant shall have first secured a permit from the Manager.
(2) The Manager shall not issue a permit for the purpose described in subsection (a)(1) above until the applicant therefor shall have paid a charge of fifty dollars ($50.00), which is intended to reimburse the Municipality for the reasonable expenses of inspection and other administrative costs related to the making of connections to the system.
(b) Application for Permit. Each applicant for permit as set forth in subsection (a) hereof shall be required to execute an application for each permit, and such application shall include in it an acknowledgment of the applicant that it is understood that improvements and extensions to the system to which the direct or indirect connection is sought, may be necessary and that if such improvements and extensions are made, the property which is the subject of the application, together with other properties, may be required to pay a portion of the cost thereof either in the form of increased sewer rentals or by the levy and collection of special assessments.
(c) Deposit, Bond, or Insurance Policy. The permit and charge referred to in subsection (a) hereof shall be in addition to other requirements established or authorized by ordinance or regulation of the Municipality or other authority having lawful jurisdiction, and shall not preclude any deposit, bond, or insurance policy required by any other ordinance or regulation to insure that all connections with such sewerage system are made in a manner as will not injure the system which is the subject of the permit, and will insure that all roads, sidewalks, and other property will be restored to the same state as before such connection was made.
(d) Sewer Tap Permit; Connection Charges. A charge for the permit required by subsection (a)(1) hereof shall be calculated as follows:
(1) A Class I sewer tap permit shall be required for all taps into sanitary sewer lines except those taps requiring another class sewer tap permit as established by this subsection or any other ordinances of the Municipality. The connection charge for a Class I sewer tap permit shall be based upon that of a standard residence having an assumed flow factor of 400 gallons per day. The rate for a standard residence shall be two hundred dollars ($200.00). For other than a residence, the charge shall be prorated with subsection (i); but shall not be less than two hundred dollars ($200.00) per connection. The fee for a Class I permit shall be as follows:
A. Inspection fee per subsection (a)(2): fifty dollars ($50.00).
B. Rate per connection prorated with subsection (i) hereof; None.
(2) A Class II sewer tap permit shall be required for all property fronting on a sanitary sewer line improvement for which an assessment has been levied. The term full assessment as used herein shall mean the original basic assessment factor for improved property for that particular assessment project times the front footage of the property to be served by such connection. The fee for a Class II permit shall be as follows:
A. Inspection fee per subsection (a)(1): fifty dollars ($50.00)
B. For property against which a full assessment has been made; ten dollars ($10.00).
C. For property against which less than full assessment has been made, the fee shall be determined by first computing a full assessment for the said property, and then deducting the assessment actually levied against the property to be connected, and adding to that difference the sum of ten dollars ($10.00) plus interest on such difference at the rate at which the Municipality financed that particular original assessment project, or in the event that particular assessment project was not financed, then at the rate of six percent (6%) from the date interest was computed on the original assessment (or would have been computed on the original assessment if the project was not financed) to the date the sewer tap permit charge is paid. For property which was not subdivided at the time of the original assessment and is subdivided at the time of application for the sewer tap permit, the assessment actually levied against the property to be connected shall be the amount actually levied against the undivided property divided by the front footage used in calculating the assessment actually levied and the resulting quotient multiplied by the front footage of the property to be connected abutting on the sewer improvement.
(3) A Class III sewer tap permit shall be required where a direct connection is made to the system and the parcel to be served by such connection has not heretofore been assessed, or is not to be assessed, for the construction of the sewer to which the connection is to be made and such sewer was constructed by the Village after January 1, 1980. The connection charge for a Class III sewer tap permit shall be:
A. Inspection fee per subsection (a)(2): fifty dollars ($50.00); plus
B. House lead (trunk to property line); four hundred fifty dollars ($450.00); plus
C. Rate per connection, prorated with subsection (i) hereof:
Units x $650 = $ ; plus.
D. Interest (if applicable) on division (C)(2) and (3) of this section at the rate of thirteen percent (13%) per annum or interest rate on bonds sold to finance the project whichever is lowest: months x rate = $ . Interest shall commence on the date of the sale of bonds to finance the project (or, if notes are issued in lieu of sale of bonds, on the date of the sale of the first note).
(4) A Class IV Sewer Tap Permit shall be required where a direct connection is made to the system and the parcel to be served by such connection has not heretofore been assessed, or is not to be assessed, for the construction of the sewer to which the connection is to be made and such sewer was constructed by a private developer after January 1, 1991 and at the time of construction the sewer was not owned or controlled by the private developer. The connection charge for a Class IV Sewer Tap Permit shall be:
A. Inspection fee: fifty dollars ($50.00).
B. House lead (trunk to property line); four hundred fifty dollars ($450.00); plus
C. Rate per connection, prorated with sewage flow guide:
Units x $650 = $ ; plus.
D. The apportioned certified costs of the water line and, if applicable, roadway improvement = $
Upon completion of the construction of sanitary sewer lines, water lines, and roadway improvements, the private developer shall certify a fair apportionment of the total cost of the water line and roadway (including curbs and sidewalk) and, stating separately, a fair apportionment of the total cost of the sanitary sewer line, to the Manager for each lot benefited by the improvement but, not owned nor controller by the private developer. The Manager, using the apportionment furnished by the private developer and adjusting such sums by such other considerations as the Manager in his discretion deems appropriate to carry out the purpose of this section, shall then establish the apportioned certified costs. The Manager may also establish a declining value scale reducing all or part of the apportioned certified costs based upon the reasonable life of the particular improvement; for example, the roadway cost may be phased out over a period of five years.
(e) Term; Additional Period of Time. Any permit issued under this section shall be valid for a period of 180 days following the date of issuance, and then shall expire, and it shall be necessary to make a new application; however, if the work for such connection shall have begun prior to such expiration, then the permit shall be valid for an additional sixty days so that the connection may be completed.
(f) Deferred Payment Plan. In areas where existing housing or buildings will be required to connect into a newly installed sanitary sewer, and where a connection fee is required per subsection (d)(3), any connection completed within ninety days from the date of notice to connect will be eligible for deferred payment of the connection charge. To be eligible for this deferred payment plan, the owner must execute a note and mortgage with the Municipality (forms to be supplied by Municipality) in the amount of connection fee plus interest plus the legal costs of document preparation and recording. The mortgage shall be a lien against the said property to guarantee payment. Interest shall be based upon the then prevailing rate for municipal bond interest as determined by the Manager. The deferred payments shall be made in equal monthly installments and collected on a monthly basis with the other utility payments. The length of the deferred payment plan shall not exceed five years.
(g) Disposition of Proceeds From Charges. Subject to the provisions of any indenture authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds for the purposes of improving and extending the sewerage system of the Municipality, the proceeds of the charges hereby established shall be paid to the Finance Director and kept in separate and distinct accounts to the credit of the sewerage system. Moneys so paid into such an account shall be used to pay: first, the cost of the management, maintenance, and operation of the sewerage system and any improvements or extensions thereto; second, the payment of interest on or principal of any outstanding debt heretofore or hereafter incurred for the construction of sewers or sewerage treatment and disposal works improvements; and third, the enlargement, extension, or replacement within the Municipality of sewer and sewage treatment and disposal works.
(h) Disconnection from Sewer and Water Distribution System upon Violation. In the event the Manager shall ascertain that any property has been connected directly or indirectly to any sanitary sewer which is a part of the sanitary sewerage system of the Municipality in violation of this section or of any other lawful rules or regulations covering such connection, or in an improper manner, the Municipality is hereby authorized to disconnect such property from such sewer, and to disconnect such property from the Municipality water distribution system until such violation shall have ceased.
(i) Sewage Flow Guide. There is hereby established a sewage flow guide:
Facility | Estimated Sewage Flow in Gallons Per Day |
Apartments | 250 per apartment (one bedroom) plus 50 for each additional bedroom per apartment |
Assembly halls | Two per seat |
Bowling alleys (no food service) | 75 per lane |
Car washes | 1,000 first bay, 500 each additional bay |
Churches (small) | Four per sanctuary seat |
Churches (large) with kitchen | Six per sanctuary seat |
Country club | 50 per member |
Dance halls | Two per person |
Drive-in theater | Five per car space |
Factories, industries | Consult Manager |
Food service operations | |
Ordinary restaurant (not 24 hour) | 35 per seat |
24-hour restaurant | 50 per seat |
Banquet rooms | Five per seat |
Tavern | 35 per seat |
Drive-in (curb service) | 300 per car space |
Hospitals | 300 per bed |
Institutions (residents) | 100 per person |
Laundries (self-service) | 400 per machine |
Motels | 100 per unit |
Nursing and rest homes | 150 per patient plus 100 per resident employee, 50 per nonresident employee |
Office buildings | 20 per employee |
Schools | Elementary - 15 per pupil |
High and junior high - 20 per pupil | |
Service stations | 1,000 for one bay plus 500 for each additional bay |
Shopping centers | 0.2 per square foot of floor space |
Swimming pools | Average - Four per swimmer |
With hot water shower - Six per swimmer | |
Trailer parks | 200 per trailer space |
Travel trailer dumping station | Consult Manager |
Travel trailer parks and camps | 125 per trailer or tent space |
(Ord. 619. Passed 11-23-81.)
(j) Contract with Governmental Entity for Sewer Tap Permit. In the event under the terms of this section, the applicant for a sewer tap permit is a governmental entity, the Manager may determine the appropriate fee and may enter into a contract with the governmental entity for the payment of the said fee together with appropriate interest and costs over a period not to exceed twenty years. (Ord. 638. Passed 4-26-82.)