(a) All users in the Summit County Metropolitan Sewer District shall pay a tap-in fee prior to connection to a County waterline.
(b) The tap-in fee shall be three hundred dollars ($300.00) per benefit determined in accordance with the flow estimation procedures contained in Section 923.02(d). Water consumption shall not be used to estimate benefits for the purpose of calculating the tap-in fee unless no other method is available and provided that such water consumption is augmented to account for normal infiltration and inflow.
(c) The Director may establish procedures for two (2) tap-in fee extended payment programs enabling (1) financially-disadvantaged residents and (2) charitable agencies and public institutions the option of placing the tap-in fee on their property tax duplicate, without interest, for a period not to exceed five (5) years. All tap-in fees approved for the extended payment programs shall be certified to the County Auditor as provided by law and placed on the tax list and duplicate, without interest, and collected as other taxes are collected for no more than five (5) years, payable in equal semiannual installments.
(d) The Director may establish procedures for a tap-in fee extended payment program enabling multiple residential, commercial and industrial users the option of placing part of their tap-in fee on their property tax duplicate, without interest, for a period not to exceed two (2) years. The tap-in fee extended payment program shall apply to users who are charged a tap-in fee in excess of four (4) benefits, and shall require payment of one-third (1/3) of the amount at the time of application with the outstanding balance being placed on the property tax duplicate. That part of the tap-in fee placed on the tax duplicate shall be certified to the County Fiscal Officer as provided by law and placed on the tax list and duplicate, without interest, and collected as other taxes are collected for no more than two (2) years, payable in equal semiannual installments.
(Res. 92-824. Approved 12-29-92.)