(1) Sewer Connection Fees. All applicants for connection to the sewer system which seek to connect to the system where a Sewer District, Sewer Extension District, or combined Sewer and Water District have not been created and whose property shall not have been charged by way of special assessments for said sewer service, shall pay, in addition to the deposit required by the Code of the City of Springfield, a sewer connection fee to the City Clerk- Treasurer, which sewer connection fee shall be based upon the following formula:
After any sewer line is constructed by the City, and all or part of the sewer line is outside of a Sewer District, Sewer Extension District, or combined Sewer and Water District, the City Engineer shall prepare an estimate of the cost of an installed eight (8) inch sewer main. In addition to the estimated cost of the eight (8) inch main, the City Engineer shall add a factor to cover engineering fees, bonding fees, legal fees, and other miscellaneous expenses. Based on these estimates, the City Engineer shall then calculate a "per foot" estimated cost for the sewer main. The per foot cost shall then be kept on file in the City Clerk's office. The sewer connection fee shall be calculated by multiplying the number of linear feet of frontage of the applicant's lot parallel to the sewer line times the Engineer's estimate of the per foot sewer line cost.
(2) Provided that no connection shall be made to the sewer system until such deposit and appropriate sewer connection fee shall have been paid in full; and provided further that such sewer connection shall, when collected, be handled by the City Clerk-Treasurer as follows:
(a) The City Clerk-Treasurer shall apply all funds to the City Sewer Fund. (Ord. No. 470, 9/1/98)