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(a) All subsequent installations of water lines within the Village shall be assessed for corner lots on the following basis: the front footage of said property shall be assessed for said installations at 100 percent of the front footage costs thereof, and the side lot assessment shall be assessed at 33-1/3% for the first 150 feet and the full assessment after 150 feet.
(b) The distinction between front footage and side footage shall be based upon a determination by the Village as to which street the primary structure on said premises faces. If the property is an unapproved lot, it shall be determined that the front footage shall be on the main street and the side footage on the secondary street.
(Ord. 566-91. Passed 7-11-91.)
Any water service tap as to which it can be proved that no flow or usage thereof results in direct or indirect discharge to the sanitary sewer collection system, and which has a separate water meter, will not be charged for sewer usage for that water service connection. The tap will be charged a monthly minimum for water, separate from any other water service to the same parcel.
(Ord. 622-94. Passed 9-8-94.)
There shall be established an administrative fee, which shall be a surcharge on all monthly water and sewer service fees collected from the outside customers. Said surcharge shall be in the amount of 60% of the service fees established in the Codified Ordinances of the Village, including Ordinance 801-01, being Section 1040.08, and Ordinance 802-01, being Section 1044.19, and such surcharge shall be added to the service fees established in said Sections.
(Ord. 807-02. Passed 3-12-01; Ord. 1016-11. Passed 5-9-11.)
(a) Generally.
(1) No person, business, corporation, public agency, partnership, or association whatsoever located in the South Bass Island Water Improvement Project Area, and served or to be served by a connection to the water system, shall connect, or cause to be connected, any building or other structure, either directly or indirectly, without first paying to the Village, or having assessed by Ottawa County, in addition to other charges provided for by the ordinances of the Village, a capital cost surcharge calculated by multiplying the base rate of one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two dollars ($1,872.00) by the equivalent dwelling units (E.D.U.s) the parcel/lot is assigned, or anticipated to be assigned, as of the date of assessment, or the date of application for connection to the water system.
(2) Commencing June 1, 2011, the base rate for the water system connection impact charge shall be three thousand dollars ($3,000) per residential equivalent dwelling unit, until December 31, 2011. Commencing January 1, 2012, the base rate for the water system connection impact charge shall be adjusted by the Engineering News Record (ENR) construction cost multiplier published for January of each year, and the base rate as so increased shall be the base rate per E.D.U. applicable for that year.
(b) Dwelling Unit Equivalency Factors. The equivalency factors set forth below shall form the basis for calculating the capital cost surcharge for a property. The equivalency factors are based upon the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency suggested flow guide and are computed on the basis of the probable demand a user places on the public water system. The probable flow rate demand is correlated to the demand expected by a single-family dwelling by the use of the equivalency factors shown below. The minimum equivalency factor that shall be met is one when computing fees and charges, unless one E.D.U. already exists on the property. Equivalency factors for types of uses not listed shall be determined by the Village Administrator, by the use of accepted engineering practices on the basis of anticipated flows for the property.
UNIT EQUIVALENCY FACTORS
Types of Land Use | Unit Equivalent | |
Single-family dwelling | per dwelling | 1.000 |
Apartments | per apartment | 1.000 |
Condominiums | per unit | 1.000 |
Mobile homes (free standing) | per unit | 1.000 |
Mobile home parks | per home space/lot | 1.000 |
Rental cottages | minimum per cottage | 1.000 |
Efficiency rental | per unit | 0.625* |
Assembly halls | per seat | 0.005* |
Types of Land Use | Unit Equivalent | |
Boat docks | ||
Indiv. owned without dwelling | per dock space | 0.100 |
Indiv. owned with dwelling | per dock space/parcel-lot | 1.000 |
Bowling alleys (no food service) | per lane | 0.188 |
Car wash | per automatic bay | 1.500 |
per manual bay | 1.000 | |
Churches | ||
with no kitchen | per seat | 0.011* |
with kitchen | per seat | 0.017* |
County clubs | per person | 0.125* |
Dance halls | per person | 0.005* |
Dormitories/barracks | per bed | 0.0625 |
Drive-in theaters | per car space | 0.013* |
Factories | ||
with no showers | per employee | 0.063* |
with showers | per employee | 0.088* |
Food service operations | ||
restaurant (not 24 hours) without liquor license | per seat | 0.088* |
restaurant (not 24 hours) with liquor license | per seat | 0.176* |
restaurant (24-hour service) without liquor license | per seat | 0.125* |
restaurant (24-hour service) with liquor license | per seat | 0.250* |
banquet rooms | per seat | 0.013* |
tavern-without food service license | per seat | 0.088* |
tavern-with food service license | per seat | 0.176* |
drive-in service | per space | 0.125* |
restaurant (along freeway) | per seat | 0.250 |
Gas (fuel) station | first pump island | 2.500 |
per additional pump island | 1.250 | |
Types of Land Use | Unit Equivalent | |
Hospitals | per bed | 0.750 |
Institutions | per person | 0.250* |
Laundries (coin-operated) | per machine | 0.350 |
Marinas | per dock, rack and storage space | 0.100** |
Motels/sleeping cabin/guest room | per unit | 0.250* |
Nursing and rest homes | per patient | 0.375* |
per resident employee | 0.250* | |
per non-resident employee | 0.125* | |
Office buildings | per employee | 0.050* |
R.V. parks and camps (primitive) | per space | 0.125* |
R.V. park and camps (full service) | per space | 0.313* |
Recreation parks | per park capacity | 0.010* |
Retail store | per employee | 0.050* |
School (elementary) | per pupil | 0.038* |
School (junior and high) | per pupil | 0.050* |
Shopping center | per 100 square feet, no food/laundry | 0.050* |
Swimming pool (with no showers) | per swimmer (capacity) | 0.010* |
Swimming pool (with showers) | per swimmer (capacity) | 0.018* |
Youth and recreation camps | per person (capacity) | 0.125* |
* Total equivalent factor per establishment shall be a minimum of one. ** If a person owns a mobile home (trailer) or recreational vehicle (travel trailer) and a dock space simultaneously within the same subdivision or parcel of land, that person’s E.D.U. shall be based upon a mobile home or R.V. only. | ||
(c) Payment of capital cost surcharge. Where a connection is to be made to the water system within County Project Area, either directly or indirectly, and the lot or land to be serviced by the connection has not been specially assessed for the capital cost surcharge, or if specially assessed, if the use of the lot or land has changed by the date of actual connection and the E.D.U.s attributable to the lot or land have increased, the owner thereof shall pay, prior to making a connection, in addition to other charges established by the ordinances of the Village, a one-time, up-front capital cost surcharge calculated in accordance with division (a) of this section.
(d) The imposition of the capital cost surcharge provided for in this section shall not preclude the subsequent levy of special assessments against benefitted properties to provide funds for the construction, replacement, rehabilitation or other improvement of water mains required to provide water service to such properties, and the charges provided for in this section are in addition to any other permits and charges required by law or ordinance.
(e) In the event that any lot or land or building or other structure thereon is connected directly or indirectly to the water system in violation of any of the provisions of this section, and the owner, agent, lessee, tenant or occupant of such lot or land fails or refuses to disconnect the same upon being directed to do so by the Village Administrator, the Village Administrator is authorized to cause such lot or land to be disconnected from the water system, and the violator shall be liable to the Village for the cost of making such disconnection.
(f) Whoever violates any provision of this section shall upon conviction be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree and shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) nor less than fifty dollars ($50.00) for each offense, and a separate offense shall be deemed to have been committed for each day that such violation continues after a period of 30 days following the original conviction.
(Ord. 875-06. Passed 2-15-06; Ord. 1016-11. Passed 5-9-11.)
(a) In addition to other charges provided for in the Village ordinances, the Village Administrator is hereby authorized and directed to collect a water system connection impact charge in the amount established by division (b) of this section. The amount of the connection impact charge shall be based on the number of residential units assigned to a connection for a residential use, and a multiple of such amount for non-residential properties based upon the unit equivalency factors established by Section 1046.06(b) and based upon the same procedure established in Section 1042.06. The water system connection impact charge shall be paid at the time of application for a water connection permit.
(b) The base rate charge for the water system connection impact charge shall be one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two dollars ($1,872.00) per residential unit equivalent, until December 31, 2006. Commencing January 1, 2007, the base rate for the water system connection impact charge shall be two thousand four hundred and thirty-six dollars ($2,436.00) per residential equivalent unit, until December 31, 2007. Commencing January 1, 2008, the base rate for the water system connection impact charge shall be three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) per residential unit equivalent, adjusted by the Engineering News Record (ENR) construction multiplier published for January of each year, commencing January 1, 2009.
(c) Water connection impact charges. Water connection impact charges collected shall be placed in the Water Improvement Fund, and shall be used for capital improvements that will benefit the entire utility, that will have a life expectancy of at least five years, and that will have a cost greater than two thousand dollars ($2,000.00). The Water Improvement Fund shall also be used to pay a portion of the cost of the expansion of the water treatment plant and/or water distribution system, including, but not limited to, engineering fees, legal fees, debt service, and water impact charge survey costs.
(Ord. 888-06. Passed 7-10-06; Ord. 1016-11. Passed 5-9-11.)
(a) Authorization of Survey. The Village Administrator is hereby authorized and directed to publish notice requesting bids for the purpose of conducting a re-evaluation survey as needed, but no more than three years from the previous survey, for establishing the unit equivalent of each business connected to the Village water system. The Village Administrator is directed to take competitive bids and to enter into a contract with the lowest and best bidder pursuant to Ohio R.C. 731.141. Pursuant to such section, the Village Administrator will proceed only with the advice and consent of Council by way of separate ordinance if the total cost of said contract is in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00). Said contract shall be prepared by the Village Solicitor and shall contain such necessary provisions as determined by him or her.
(b) Determination of Charges. Pursuant to the survey authorized by division (a) hereof, any property connected to the water distribution system and any business which has expanded, or will expand in the future, will be charged an additional water connection impact charge for the increase in unit equivalents at the applicable base rate as determined in Sections 1042.06 and 1042.07 for the year of the survey. If any user of the Village water distribution system increases their use on the water system or increases the consumption of water from the connected property by changing or increasing the use of the property as previously connected to the water system, the user of the water system, or the property owner shall pay to the Village an additional water connection impact fee equal to the impact fee for the use as reestablished by the Village equivalency unit factors as set forth in Section 1046.04(d), minus any water impact fee previously paid. The additional impact fee shall be paid to the Village by the property owner prior to the use of the water system by the new increased use from the property. If the additional impact fee is not timely paid by the user or property owner, the Village may disconnect the user or property from the water system, or may bring an appropriate action in a court of competent jurisdiction to collect the amount for the impact fee, or it may file a lien on the property. The owner of any lot subject to a water impact fee shall be primarily liable to the Village for any charge levied by this section. The Village shall collect and enforce, by way of lien or any legal means necessary, any amount owed in water impact fees.
(c) Appeal Procedure. An owner of a property subject to a water system connection impact fee shall have the right to appeal the application and/or the interpretation of the water impact fee to Council. The owner, subject to the water system connection impact fee, within 30 days from the date that the water impact bill is sent, shall file a request for a hearing, in writing, with the Fiscal Officer. The hearing shall be scheduled within 30 days from the receipt of the request by the Fiscal Officer and may be at a regularly scheduled Council meeting or a special meeting called for that purpose. Council may affirm or modify the water system connection impact fee. Such decision shall be rendered within 30 days of the hearing.
(Ord. 888-06. Passed 7-10-06; Ord. 1016-11. Passed 5-9-11.)
There is hereby established an additional surcharge on all water impact charges collected from water service customers located outside of the boundaries of the Village. The surcharge shall be in the amount of 50% above the water impact charge as established by Section 1042.07. The surcharge shall be added to and collected with the water impact charge imposed for the connection to the Village water system.
(Ord. 888-06. Passed 7-10-06.)
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