(A) The City Council has determined that the city has expended substantial city resources developing a water distribution system including, but not limited to, the construction of wells, pumps, a municipal water tower and trunk lines to deliver water. The City Council has further determined that the water distribution system provides a definite benefit to undeveloped property within the corporate limits of the city, which undeveloped property has not paid its fair share of the cost of creating the water distribution system.
(B) At the time of the application for a building permit for any construction which requires a connection to the city’s water distribution system a water trunk availability charge of an amount as set forth in the annual fee schedule shall be paid for each equivalent residential unit (“ERU”). Equivalent residential units shall be assigned by the city consistent with the assignment table set forth in division (C) below. If a particular use is not categorized in the table, the city, in its reasonable discretion will make the ERU assignment. A request for determination should be made by the landowner prior to the application for the building permit.
(C) ERU assignment:
Use | Number of ERUs |
Use | Number of ERUs |
Agricultural retail | 1 ERU/10 employees |
Apartment complexes (common laundry area) | 1 ERU/1.25 dwelling units |
Apartment complexes (individual laundry hookups) | 1 ERU/dwelling unit |
Automobile service | 1 ERU/2 service bays |
Bank | 1 ERU/10 employees |
Barber shop | 1 ERU/4 chairs |
Beauty salon | 1 ERU/4 cutting stations |
Body repair shop | 1 ERU/2 bays |
Bowling alley | 1 ERU/3 alleys |
Car wash (self-service) | 3 ERUs/stall |
Car wash (automatic) | 6 ERUs/stall |
Churches | 1 ERU/275 seats |
Clinic (medical) | 1 ERU/17 fixture units |
Cocktail lounge (bar, no food service) | 1 ERU/23 seats |
Daycare (based on number of children licensed for) | 1 ERU/14 children |
Dry cleaners | 1 ERU/each |
Elderly apartment housing | 1 ERU/1.25 dwelling units |
Elderly assisted living facility | 1 ERU/1.25 dwelling units |
Elderly board and lodging facility with special services | 1 ERU/1.50 dwelling units |
Funeral home (with allowed dwelling unit) | 2 ERUs/each |
Funeral home (no allowed dwelling unit) | 1 ERU/each |
Fire station (volunteer department force) | 1 ERU/14 volunteers |
General commercial and retail (facilities not explicitly named herein) | 1 ERU/10 employees, plus 1 ERU/allowed dwelling unit |
Government buildings | 1 ERU/each |
Grocery stores/butcher shops | 1 ERU/10 employees |
Laundromats | 1 ERU/2 washing machines |
Library | 1 ERU/each |
Manufactured housing | 1 ERU/each |
Manufacturers | 1 ERU/8 employees |
Motels and hotels | 1 ERU/2 rooms |
Multiple-family housing units | 1 ERU/dwelling unit |
Nursing home | 1 ERU/3 beds |
Restaurants (fast food, disposable paper plates, glasses and silverware) | 1 ERU/22 seats |
Restaurants (full service, washable silverware, glasses and dishes) | 1 ERU/16 seats |
Schools (nursery to grade 7) | 1 ERU/18 students |
Schools (grade 8 to grade 12) | 1 ERU/14 students |
Service station (convenience center and gas pumping only) | 1 ERU/each |
Service station (with service center and pumps) | 1 ERU/each, plus 1 ERU/2 service bays |
Single-family residence | 1 ERU/each |
Theater | 1 ERU/64 seats |
Veterinary clinic | 1 ERU/exam station |
Warehouse | 1 ERU/10 employees |
NOTES TO TABLE: All fractional ERUs obtained by using the determination methods outlined herein shall be charged on a fractional method; rounding shall be excluded. | |
(D) For lots of record (as defined in § 157.003 of this code of ordinances) which exist as of the effective date of this section, the water trunk availability charge will only be imposed for building permits applied for on or after 6-1-1997. For all other lots, the water trunk availability charge will be imposed for building permits applied for on or after the effective date of the section.
(Ord. 15, passed 6-13-1996; Ord. 96, passed 8-15-2007; Ord. 100, passed 11-9-2007; Ord. 101, passed 11-14-2007; Ord. 101A, passed 12-5-2012; Ord. 101B, passed 3-5-2014)