109.03 FEES IN THE STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE.
   (a)    Street Excavations. The deposit required incident to an application to make an opening in any street in the Village is $250.00 in cash, or more if, in the Village Administrator's opinion, more than that sum will be required to close the opening and to restore the street to its original condition.
   (b)    Driveway and Culvert Pipe. The cost to a property owner for a 12-inch pipe for driveway drainage is $12.00 per running foot of tile installed. For larger pipe, the cost will be added to the $12.00 per running foot cost.
(Ord. 1427. Passed 10-9-95.)
   (c)   Water Rates. Effective July 1, 2011, the rates will be per quarter:
 
Minimum charge for up to 7,000 gallons
$26.10
Next 8,000 gallons
3.95 per 1,000 gallons
Next 15,000 gallons
3.30 per 1,000 gallons
Next 30,000 gallons
2.85 per 1,000 gallons
Next 40,000 gallons
2.60 per 1,000 gallons
Over 100,000 gallons
2.50 per 1,000 gallons
(Ord. 2286. Passed 7-11-11.)
   (d)    Delinquency in Payment of Water Bills. The penalty for failure to pay a water bill by the fifteenth day of the month in which such bill becomes due is 10% of the actual outstanding balance.
   (e)   Restoration of Water Service. The fee for restoring water service after a cut-off for delinquency is $5.00 for the first restoration and $15.00 for any subsequent restoration.
   (f)   Water Tap-In Charges.
      (1)   The tap-in charge for connections to service residents of the Village is hereby established as follows:
 
1 inch meter and tap
$900.00
3/4 inch meter and tap
850.00
3/4 inch meter only
200.00
All other meters, costs plus 10%
 
All taps larger than 1 inch at cost plus 10%
 
3/4 sprinkler meter & pit
500.00
Sewer tap for single family residence
2,700.00
      (2)   The charge for tapping into a Village water line which was constructed and paid for by the levy of a special assessment on lots and lands determined to be benefited thereby, for a lot which was not assessable under the provisions of the statute at that time, or for which only a partial assessment was paid by the owner or his or her successors in title or predecessors in title, is hereby established as nine hundred dollars ($900.00) per tap-in. Such tap-in fee shall be paid into the Water Fund.
         (Ord. 1823. Passed 3-12-01.)
   (g)    Sewer Charges. The following schedule of sewer user charges is hereby adopted for the use by residents and others of local sewers and/or the interceptor sewers and disposal plant of the French Creek Waste Water Treatment Plant Facility:
(1)   
Base charge
.    
$ 1.62 per month
(2)   
Volume charge
.
A.   Domestic class
3.00 per 1000 gallons of water used
B.    Commercial class
3.00 per 1000 gallons of water used
C.    Industrial class
3.00 per 1000 gallons of water used
(3)   
Strength surcharge
.
A.   Biochemical oxygen    
40.65 per 100 pounds
B.   Suspended solids    
6.00 per 100 pounds
C.    Phosphorus
160.17 per 100 pounds
(4)    
Annual industrial waste
 
         Surveillance charge.
$1,200.00
(5)   
Administrative charge -
 
         Village.
0.50 per month
 
(Ord. 1776. Passed 7-10-00.)
   (h)   Use of Interceptor Sewer. Fees for permits to use the interceptor sewer are:
      (1)   Three hundred dollars ($300.00) as a readiness to serve fee which is to be levied by and paid to the Village; and
      (2)   One thousand four hundred dollars ($1,400.00) as a fee to be levied by the City of North Ridgeville and paid to the Village as agent for the City, to be remitted to the City; and
      (3)   Fifty cents ($0.50) per linear foot of sewer pipe inspection by a video camera as a fee to be levied by the Village and paid into the Village Sewer Fund. (Ord. 1807. Passed 10-23-00.)
   (i)   Use of Interceptor Sewer by Multiple and Individual Users.
      (1)    The fee for a tap into the interceptor sewer when such tap will be used by multiple users is $2,050.
      (2)   The fee for all other residences or units using the tap thereafter shall be $650.00, as provided in paragraphs (h)(2) and (3) hereof.
         (Ord. 1354. Passed 10-24-94.)
   (j)   Connections to the French Creek Sewer.
      (1)   Tap-in charge: See subsection (f) hereof.
      (2)   Connection charge for property not specially assessed:
         Number of acres in the parcel x $738.00, plus
         Number of feet of parcel fronting on a street x $19.67.
      (3)   Exclusions: An applicant may, in writing, request that the Clerk-Treasurer exclude from the calculation of the charge imposed on any portion of the acreage or frontage which cannot be used because of State or Federal environmental restrictions, or which has existing service from a sanitary sewer of the Village.
      (4)   In the case of any parcel, the frontage of which is more than twenty-five percent greater than the width of the lot at the midpoint of its depth, the frontage of the parcel shall be deemed to be one-half of the sum of its frontage and its width at the midpoint of its depth.
      (5)   The changes, as determined pursuant to paragraph (j)(2) hereof, shall be increased by an amount equal to four percent of the initial charge on January 1, 1997, and on January 1 of each year thereafter.
         (Ord. 1433. Passed 11-13-95.)
   (k)    Burials. The charges for opening and closing any and all graves in the Village shall be the actual cost to the Village, computed in accordance with the Burial Costs Fee Schedule, a copy of which shall be kept on file with the Village Clerk-Treasurer, and which may be updated and/or modified from time to time based on (i) applicable changes in Ohio standards for charges in connection with the use of a backhoe and/or truck or other equipment and (ii) legislative action by the Village Council that changes the rate of pay for Village employees working as a driver, operator or laborer in connection with a burial. The Burial Costs Fee Schedule shall be in the following form:
      (i)    Equipment:
(1)
Use of Backhoe:
$_____/hour
(2)
Use of truck:
$_____/hour
      (ii) Personnel:
         Weekdays
(1)
Wages of driver:
$_____/hour
(2)
Wages of operator:
$_____/hour
(3)
Wages of laborer
$_____/hour
Saturday and Sunday
(1)
Wages of driver:
$_____/hour
(2)
Wages of operator:
$_____/hour
(3)
Wages of laborer
$_____/hour
(Ord. 2080. Passed 10-23-06.)
 
   (l)   Lots in Garfield Cemetery. Lots in Garfield Cemetery shall be sold according to the following schedule of prices:
      (1)   Village residents: $250.00 each;
      (2)   Nonresidents: $300.00 each.
   (m)   Lot Title Transfers. The fee for changing and transferring the title of a cemetery lot is $10.00.
   (n)   Resale of Cemeterv Lots. The Village shall pay one-half of the purchase price of a cemetery lot paid by the purchaser thereof upon resale of such lot to the Village, or the original price of the lot, whichever is lower. (Ord. 1354. Passed 10-24-94.)