(A) Any owner, lessee, or occupant of a premises desiring sewer service from the City sewer system shall make written application therefor to the Superintendent. Any person who is not the owner of record of the premises and who applies for sewer service to said premises shall be required to pay a cash deposit as heretofore provided within § 50.027.
(B) The connection charge for tapping or connecting to a sewer mains shall be $500.00 per dwelling unit, which sum includes a $25.00 inspection fee referred to in § 50.086 plus each applicant for a new sewer service which taps or connects to a sewer main extension constructed hereunder shall also pay an extension connection charge computed by multiplying the charge per lineal foot times the lineal front feet of the applicant’s real estate upon the extension; the charge per lineal foot shall be determined by dividing the total cost of construction for the extension by the total lineal footage of the extension (or by twice the lineal footage if the extension may serve property on either side). Relocation of an existing service shall not constitute a new sewer service, and no connection charge shall be payable; although the inspection fee shall be payable.
(C) The City may extend sewer mains adjacent to previously unserved property and may collect the above extension connection charge from the owner of the previously unserved property upon said owner’s requesting sewer service for the property. The City of Mt. Vernon may also enter into written agreements with landowners for the extension by the landowner of sewer mains adjacent to previously unserved land owned by a third party in order to serve the landowner’s property; said agreements may provide that the City will collect the above described lineal foot extension connection charge upon the third party’s requesting water service for his property fronting on the privately developed main extension and provided that the City will pay the lineal foot extension connection charge collected to the landowner, provided however that no agreement shall be executed unless the landowner provides a verified and itemized statement of the construction costs, a plat or description of the extension constructed, and an accurate record of the ownership of each property adjacent to the extension.
(D) The term, DWELLING UNIT shall be defined to mean each premises served by a service main from a single tap, plus each separate living unit within an apartment, duplex, or other multiple occupancy building, but as to hotels and motels only, the term DWELLING UNIT shall be defined to mean each three motel or hotel rooms. The same connection charges shall be made for each other tap or connection to a sewer for separate office, commercial, or industrial uses. The same connection charges shall be made for each restaurant, lounge, or other separate commercial use at any hotel or motel. Before any new connection is made, the customer shall deposit with the Department a sum equal to the connection charges plus any customer deposit which may now or hereafter be required by any Ordinance of the City. After the deposit of any such sum, the services may then be installed.
(Prior Code, Art. 16, § 16.7(r))