(a) Council is hereby authorized to issue permits to tap into the interceptor sewer of the North Ridgeville French Creek Waste Water Treatment Plant Facility, an agency of the State Water Development Authority, located on Abbe Road between a point at the southerly corporate limits, northerly along Abbe Road to its intersection with French Creek and then easterly along French Creek to the easterly corporate limits, upon application for a tap-in by the property owner or his or her authorized agent, the payment of a fee provided for herein, and approval of the Authority to tap into the interceptor sewer. Evidence that approval will be given by the Authority, simultaneously with approval by the Village, will be acceptable, conditioned upon compliance with all the provisions of this chapter. No person shall make such a tap-in without first obtaining a permit therefor as provided in this chapter. (Ord. 730. Passed 10-11-76.)
(b) Before any building in the Village can be connected, directly or indirectly, to any sewer tributary to the French Creek Waste Water Treatment Plant, payment of a tap-in fee must be made to the Village. This tap-in fee will be charged in addition to those fees and charges required to be paid to the City of North Ridgeville as the owner/operator of the French Creek Waste Water Treatment Plant. (Ord. 2361. Passed 12-10-12.)
(c) Sanitary Sewer Tap-In Fees Generally. There is hereby levied a sewer tap-in charge for each tap-in made to the sanitary sewerage system paid into the Sewer Fund, the funds from which shall be used for sewer operation and maintenance, debt reduction, and/or capital outlay.
Water Meter Size | System Tap-In Charge for Connections to the Sewer Improvements |
3/4" | $2,256.00 |
1" | $2,256.00 |
1 ½" | $3,610.00 |
2" | $3,610.00 |
3" | $11,182.00 |
4" | $11,182.00 |
6" | $22,365.00 |
(1) Applicants shall present calculations for meter size prepared by a professional engineer which shall conform to prevailing industry standards.
(2) Detached single-family residential users shall be charged for a 3/4" tap minimum.
(3) For the purposes of this section, “connection” means a unit of property from which there emanates the quantity of sanitary sewage ordinarily arising from the occupancy of a residential building by a single family of ordinary size. The following percentages shall be used to determine the cost of sanitary sewer connections of property other than single-family residential property. The Village Administrator shall determine the proper Sanitary Sewer tap-in charges for other than a common “connection” using the following chart. Where multi-tenant or special use occurs, the following calculations shall be used to determine the fee for those connections. The following list is not intended to be inclusive and may be changed from time to time to reflect special uses and current costs to the Village of Sheffield.
Nursing/Convalescent Homes | 25% of 3/4" tap fee per unit |
Laundries (Self-Service) | 12% of 3/4" tap fee per washer |
Multi-family residences | 58% of 3/4" tap fee per unit |
Hotels | 12% of 3/4" tap fee per unit |
Hospitals |
(4) At no time shall the fee for sanitary sewer tap-in be less than the full charge for one “connection”.
(5) Nothing herein shall be construed to eliminate the separate tap-in fees due directly to the City of North Ridgeville (French Creek Wastewater District).
(6) The Mayor, along with Village Council with affirmation by simple majority, may reduce the tap-in fee required above when requested by a governmental user in connection with governmental-owned facilities, but in no event shall any tap-in fees so reduced be lower than 50% of the fees required by this section.
(7) Annual Adjustment of Fees. The sanitary sewer tap-in fees referred to in this section for 3/4", 1", 1 ½" and 2" inch taps shall be adjusted by the Clerk-Treasurer and the Village Administrator yearly using the Cleveland Construction Cost index figure published in July. All other tap-in fees are subject to annual adjustment based on a yearly review conducted by the Village Administrator and the Clerk-Treasurer.
(Ord. 2522. Passed 1-25-16.)
(d) The fees listed in the table above shall be increased at the beginning of each calendar year based upon the Engineering New Record - 20 Cities Construction Cost Percent Increase for the previous year.
(e) The Mayor, with Council approval of a simple majority of the Village Council, may reduce the tap-in fee required above when requested by a governmental user in connection with governmentally-owned facilities, but in no event shall any tap-in fees so reduced be lower than 35% of the schedule fee. (Ord. 2361. Passed 12-10-12.)