(A) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CUSTOMER and USER. The owner or his or her agent in charge of the development.
DEVELOPMENT. Subdivisions, either residential, business or combinations thereof. It shall also mean apartment houses, townhouses, garden houses and business complexes as well as other multi-use structures. In no event shall the term DEVELOPMENT include one or more lots or tracts owned by one or more individuals within a subdivision.
(B) Calculation of user’s share of cost. Upon the extension of water and sewer utilities to each customer to be served, the city shall recover from the customer a part of the cost of the extension through the application of the following formula:
(1) Formula. The formula for determining a user’s share of water and sewer extension cost is as follows:
User’s Fee = (Use3 × Acres4 × Distance8 × $0.70) + (Use7 × $4.00)
Use = Average expected water consumption in gallons per day.
Acres = Total area in acres of the customer’s development.
Distance = Total distance in feet from the nearest available water and sewer line in existence prior to October 15, 1982, to the new customer’s property line.
(2) Usage chart. Use as an element in the formula shown in division (B)(1) above is annual average use developed from city records of various customers. Consumption by consumers is shown in the following chart:
Average Water Consumption |
Average Water Consumption | |
Apartment | 140 gpd per unit |
Apartment development* | 4,200 gpd per acre |
Car dealership | 1,743 gpd per each |
Convenience store | 117 gpd per each |
Gas station | 806 gpd per each |
Grocery | 1,500 gpd per each |
House | 303 gpd per house |
Office | 48 gpd per 1,000 s.f. floor space |
Residential development* | 1,364 gpd per acre |
Restaurant | 1,205 gpd per 1,000 s.f. floor space |
Retail | 21 gpd per 1,000 s.f. floor space |
Shopping mall* | 140 gpd per 1,000 s.f. floor space |
Townhouse | 147 gpd per unit |
Unspecified combination development* | 1,500 gpd per acre |
Washateria | 2,537 gpd per 1,000 s.f. floor space |
NOTES TO TABLE: *Lines will be constructed by the city to the nearest exterior property line of a development. | |
(3) Illustration.
(a) To illustrate the formula, assume a 20-acre, 300-unit apartment development located 2,000 feet from the nearest water and sewer line.
(b) The developer’s share of the cost of the extension is calculated as follows:
Use = Apartments at 140 gpd per apartment = 42,000 gallons per day
User’s fee = (42,000 gpd)3 × (20 acres)4 × (2,000 feet)8 × $0.70 + (42,000 gpd7 × $4.00)
User’s fee = $24.38 × 3.31 × 437.34 × $0.70 + (1,722.96 × $4.00)
User’s fee = $31,596.50
(C) Payment required prior to tap. It shall be unlawful for any person to tap onto any water or sewer line so extended without paying the required fee as calculated from the formula.
(1998 Code, § 122-155) Penalty, see § 50.999