A. General. Every customer requesting a connection to the city sewer system shall be subject to a sewer development fee charged to recover an appropriate share of the capital costs of the city's existing and/or new sewer system facilities. No new sewer service shall be furnished by the city sewer system unless the sewer development fee has been paid. This requirement shall not apply: (1) to the extent that the fee established by this section, or the equivalent thereof, previously has been paid by the owner of the premises to which the sewer service is provided or by a predecessor of the owner; nor (2) to a customer subject to the combined sewer development fee pursuant to Section 13.08.490(A) of this code. Payment of the sewer development fee shall be in addition to payment of all other applicable fees and charges.
B. Amount of Fee. The fee established by this section shall be determined by reference to a schedule of fees adopted from time to time by resolution of the city council, subject to the annual adjustments required by Section 13.08.500 of this code.
C. Replacement Services. If an existing sewer service is replaced by one of a larger size, the sewer development fee shall be equal to the difference between the current fee for the existing service size and the current fee for the replacement service size.
D. Credit for Major Facilities. Nothing in this article shall prohibit the city council from authorizing appropriate credit toward sewer development fees for customers who were assessed or in some manner paid all or a portion of the cost of major city sewer system facilities. (Ord. 2005-020 § 2)