(A) Generally. The owner of all premises required by §§ 51.020 et seq. to connect to the system shall pay a connection fee.
(B) Computation. The connection fee shall be computed in the following manner.
(1) (a) Each direct connection to a sewer main which was installed prior to 7-1-1999, shall be charged a fee of $1,500 per unit.
(b) For connection to a sewer main which is not installed as of 7-1-1999, the connection fee for the premises shall be determined by resolution of the Township Board from time to time, which shall be based upon the cost of extending the system to make it available to the premises to be connected, the number of properties to which the system is made available by the extension project, and other appropriate factors.
(2) (a) In order to defray the proportional share of the necessary oversizing of trunks and pumping stations, each indirect connection to a portion of the system installed as of 7-1-1999, shall be charged a fee of $400 per unit.
(b) For indirect connection to a portion of the system which was not installed as of 7-1-1999, the connection fee for the premises shall be determined by resolution of the Township Board from time to time and shall be based upon the cost of extending the system and make it available to premises to be connected, the number of properties to which the system is made available by the extension project, and other appropriate factors.
(3) The Township Board may impose, by resolution, separate connection fees for premises served by a grinder pump.
(C) Cost and expense of service connection. In addition to the connection fee as computed in division (B) above, the owner of the premises shall be liable for the costs and expenses of acquiring and installing the service connection pursuant to township specification on file at the township.
(D) Special assessments.
(1) Subject to the provisions of division (E) below, those parcels located in any special assessment district and subject to a full special assessment on a special assessment roll shall be deemed to have paid the connection fee for the number of units upon which the special assessment was based and, if applicable, the cost of acquiring and installing the service connection.
(2) The credit shall not result in a full or partial refund of the special assessment paid or payable pursuant to the special assessment roll, unless specifically established by the township at the time the special assessment roll was confirmed by the township.
(3) A partial special assessment (levied for example, on a vacant lot) shall be offset against the connection fee and, if applicable, the cost of acquiring a service connection.
(E) Multiple unit users.
(1) A single-family residential building which constitutes a dwelling unit will be charged a connection fee based on 1 unit.
(2) Other premises shall pay a connection fee based upon the number of units assigned to the premises by the Table of Unit Factors in Appendix B of this chapter.
(F) Cash payment. Except as otherwise provided, the connection fee shall be paid in cash, to the extent not offset by a credit, prior to the issuance by the township of a service connection permit to connect to the public sewer system pursuant to §§ 51.055 et seq.
(G) Payment of connection fee in installments.
(1) Connection charges as set forth above shall be due and payable upon application for connection to the system.
(2) The charges, however, may be payable in equal annual principal installments not to exceed 18 in number, beginning when the system became available for connection.
(3) The principal amount of each installment shall be determined by dividing the connection charge by 18 or the lesser number of annual installments as determined by resolution of the Township Board.
(4) For applications to connect filed with the township after the system extension is available for connection but prior to the next succeeding March 1, the initial principal installment shall be paid at the time of application for connection and the subsequent installments of principal plus interest computed in the manner provided by this division (G) shall be due and payable on the succeeding March 1 and/or each March 1 thereafter until paid in full.
(5) For applications to connect filed with the township on or after the March 1 which next succeeds the date the system extension is available for connection, the initial installment of principal plus additional installments of principal equal to the number of years (or partial years) which have elapsed after the last day of February which next succeeds the date the system extension is available for connection and the remaining installments of principal plus interest computed in the manner provided by this division (G) shall be due and payable on the succeeding March 1 and/or each March 1 thereafter until paid in full.
(6) A time price differential charge equal to interest at the rate of 7% per year on the unpaid balance of the connection charge shall be paid along with the annual principal installment.
(7) The Township Board, by resolution, shall establish the number of installments, qualifications for, and limitations on, payment in installments, and other appropriate features of the installment payments.
(8) The unpaid balance of connection fees may be paid in full at any time, with interest accrued through the end of the month in which payment is made.
(Ord. 12.00, passed 9-14-1999)