Sec. 9-148 Tap-In Fees. 20

   Each and every person and property owner of any lot, parcel, building or other connection to the sanitary sewer system that shall connect to the sanitary sewer system of the Town of Schererville from the date this rate ordinance is adopted and published shall pay, in place of the tap-in fee previously established and as might hereafter be amended, capital buy in charge and tap in fee combined as follow:

   Single family dwelling unit            1.0               $1,362.00

   Duplex - 2 family units            2.0                2,724.00

   Multiple Family dwelling units

      one bedroom               0.55               749.10

      two bedrooms               0.80               1,089.60

      three or more bedrooms         1.0               1,362.00

   Gasoline service stations

      per island               0.70               953.40

   Nursing homes and hospitals

      per bay                  0.50               681.00

   Car wash, manual - per bay            1.0               1,362.00

   Car wash, automatic - per bay            8.0               10,896.00

   Hotels and motels - per bed            0.60               817.20

   Rooming houses-per room for rent         0.30               408.60

   Churches, lodges, veterans

      organizations and similar

      groups without eating or

      drinking facilities - per member      0.005               6.81

   Bars, cocktail lounges and/or

      restaurants-per seat            0.10               136.20

   Barber shops - per chair            0.30               408.60

   Beauty shops - per chair            0.90               1,225.80

   Bowling alley - per alley            0.40               544.80

   Dentist offices - per chair            1.40               1,906.80

   Drive-in eating and drinking

      establishments-per car space         0.40               544.80

   Restaurants - per seat               0.10               136.20

   Drive-in theaters - per car space         0.05               68.10

   Theaters - per seat               0.01               13.62

   Retail establishments

      per 1,000 sq. ft.            1.0               1,362.00

   Washeterias and laundromats

      per washer               1.0               1,362.00

   Office buildings-per 1,000 sq.ft.         0.5               681.00

   Condominiums               1.0               1,362.00

   Mobile homes                  1.0               1,362.00

   Townhouses                  1.0               1,362.00

   Physicians offices-per examining

      room                  0.6               817.20

   Schools - per pupil               0.05               68.10

   Industries (exclusive of industrial

      discharge) - per employee         0.2               272.40

   Industrial Strip Malls - per use

      warehousing - per 1,000 sq.ft.         1.00               1,362.00

      service shops -per employee         0.20               272.40

      processing - per industrial         0.20               272.40

   Funeral homes -

      per preparation facility         0.60               817.20

      per 1,000 sq.ft. viewing chapel      0.50               681.00

   Veterinarians offices -

      per examining room            0.60               817.20

      per grooming room            0.30               408.60

      Warehouse               0.10               136.20

   Multi-unit retail strip malls

      per unit use.

   In the event a single user shall have the usage falling in more than one category, the total of the categories shall apply. The following is set forth as an example only.

   Example:

      Lodge with 200 members   =   1.0

      With 20 seat cocktail lounge   =   2.0

                  Total   3.0”

   These charges are based upon determination of the average user equity in the existing system by dividing the value of the system carried on the books by the number of existing users. This determination shall be annually reviewed and amended.

   This provision and charge excludes only that class of customers which is the class of customers for which the Schererville utility provides only treatment, but not collection, of waste under terms of written contract.

(Ord. No. 1239, 6-9-93; Ord. No. 1595, § 1, 11-21-03)

 

Notes

20	Editor's Note: Ord. No. 1085 passed October 12, 1988 established a minimum charge of $545.00. Said Ordinance is on file in the Office of the Clerk-Treasurer and is available for public inspection during regular business hours. Ord. No. 1239 amended Ord. Nos. 648 (b), 1084 and 1131.