ARTICLE II. CONNECTION FEES

Sec. 24-4. Fees for connection to sanitary sewers.

   (a)   Connection Fees Relating to Participating Property in Areas Under Development.

   (1)   Single-family residential. For service of residential subdivisions and residential improvement districts, the fee shall be charged at the rate of three hundred fifty dollars ($350.00) per residential lot payable in cash at the time of application or upon execution of a written agreement between the owner and city for the sewer service.

   (2)   Multifamily residential. For service of residential subdivisions and residential improvement districts, the fee shall be charged at the rate of two hundred seventeen dollars ($217.00) per residential unit payable in cash at the time of application or upon execution of a written agreement between the owner and the city for the sewer service.

   (3)   Commercial and industrial. For service of commercial and industrial property, the fee shall be charged at the rate of thirty-five dollars ($35.00) for each fixture unit so connected as determined from the Uniform Plumbing Code as adopted by the city [section 6-124], and according to the following tables:

TABLE 1
Kind of Fixture	Minimum Trap and Trap Arm Size (inches)	Units
Bathtubs	1 1/2	2
Bidets	1 1/2	2
Dental units or cuspidors	1 1/2	1
Drinking fountains	1 1/4	1
Floor drains	2	2
*Interceptors for grease, oil, solids, etc.	2	3
*Interceptors for sand, auto wash, etc.	3	6
Laundry tubs	1 1/2	2
Clothes washers	2	2
*Receptors (floor sinks) indirect waste receptors for refrigerators, coffee urns, water stations, etc.	1 1/2	1
*Receptors, indirect waste receptors for commercial sinks, dishwashers, airwashers, etc.	2	3
Showers, single stalls	2	2
Showers, gang, (one unit per head)	2
Sinks, bar, private (1 1/2" min. waste)	1 1/2	1
Sinks, bar, commercial (2" min. waste)	1 1/2	2
Sinks, commercial or industrial, schools etc., including dishwashers, wash up sinks and wash fountains (2" min. waste)	1 1/2	3
Sinks, flushing rim, clinic	3	6
Sinks, and/or dishwashers (residential) (2" min.waste)	1 1/2	2
Sinks, service	2	3
Trailer park traps (one for each trailer)	3	6
Urinals, pedestal	3	6
Urinals, stall	2	2
Urinals, wall (2" min. waste)	1 1/2	2
Urinals, wall trough (2" min. waste)	1 1/2	3
Wash basins (lavatories) single	1 1/2	1
Wash basins, in sets	1 1/2	2
Water closets	3	6

 

   *Note--The size and discharge rating of each indirect waste receptor and each interceptor shall be based on the total rated discharge capacity of all fixtures, equipment or appliances discharging thereinto in, accordance with table 2.

Drainage piping serving batteries of appliances capable of producing continuous flows shall be adequately sized to provide for peak loads. Clothes washers in groups of 3 or more shall be rated at 6 units each for the purpose of common waste pipe sizing.

Where trap sizes are increased over the minimums shown in table 1 or greater waste loadings are evident, the discharge rating shall be determined in accordance with table 2.

Trap sizes shall not be increased to a point where the fixture discharge may be inadequate to maintain their self- scouring properties.

TABLE 2

DISCHARGE CAPACITY

(in gals. per min.)

 

Up to 7 1/2	Equals	1 unit
8 to 15	Equals	2 units
16 to 30	Equals	4 units
31 to 50	Equals	6 units

 

Over 50 gals. shall be determined by the administrative authority.

   (b)   Connection Fees Relating to Nonparticipating Property in Areas Under Development.

   (1)   Single-family residential. For service of single-family residential property, the fee shall be charged at the rate of thirty-five dollars ($35.00) per fixture unit as determined from the Uniform Plumbing Code as adopted by the city [section 6-124].

   (2)   Multifamily residential. For service of multifamily residential property, the fee shall be charged at the rate of twenty-eight dollars ($28.00) per fixture as determined from the Uniform Plumbing Code as adopted by the city, but not less than two hundred seventeen dollars ($217.00) per residential unit.

   (3)   Commercial and industrial. For service of commercial and industrial property, the fee shall be charged at the rate of seventy dollars ($70.00) per fixture unit as determined from the Uniform Plumbing Code as adopted by the city.

   (c)   Special Facilities. If the property to be connected to the sanitary sewer system necessitates the construction of special facilities required to handle the waste, the director may require the applicant to provide these special facilities at his own expense.

(Ord. No. 4207, § 1, 7-8-74; Ord. No. 4594, § 4, 11-22-76; Ord. No. 4854, § 1, 7-3-78; Ord. No. 4860, § 1, 8-7-78)

Sec. 24-5. Construction of sewer systems under private contract authorized.

   (a)   Generally. Upon written application, the director may permit construction of permanent sanitary sewer systems for sewer service where no existing sewer is available. The sewer will be constructed at the sole expense and cost of the applicant within streets, avenues, alleys and rights-of-way pursuant to grants of easements and subject to approval of the director. The applicant will be required to construct all on-site and off-site facilities large enough to provide service to his development, and in no case shall a line be less than eight (8) inches in internal diameter.

   (b)   Permits for Construction; Inspections; Title to Sewer. Plans for construction will be provided by the applicant, certified by a registered professional engineer and the director. The construction of sewer facilities authorized by the permit will be inspected by the director or his authorized representative. An inspection fee shall be charged. The inspection fee will be computed to be two and five-tenths (2.5) percent of the value of the proposed construction. Upon completion of the sewers and acceptance by the director, title to such sewers shall be transferred to the city.

   (c)   Agreement for Construction. With each application for a permit for the construction of sewers authorized by this section, the applicant shall execute and deliver to the director, in duplicate, the agreement for the construction thereof by private contract. If the proposed construction is approved and the agreement otherwise conforms with the provisions of this chapter, it shall be the duty of the director to approve the agreement, for and on behalf of the city, and issue the permit in accordance therewith.

(Ord. No. 4207, § 1, 7-8-74; Ord. No. 4594, § 5, 11-22-76)

Sec. 24-6. Provision for refund of cost of sewers installed by private contract under certain conditions authorized.

   (a)   In cases of sewers installed by applicant for development by private contract, should the director require an applicant to install an on-site or off-site sewer system of a size and/or capacity larger than is required to collect the waste of the area under development, as determined by the director, an agreement for refund of the cost of the oversizing may be made with the applicant. In no case will the agreed refund amount exceed the total fees to be collected as authorized in section 24-4(a) above.

   (b)   Sewers installed by an applicant for service by private contract:

   (1)   Should a sewer system installed by an applicant for service be installed in such a manner as to provide service to a nonparticipating property, an agreement for refund of the cost of the sewer system may be made with the applicant. In no case will the agreed refund amount exceed the total fees to be collected as authorized in section 24-4(a) above, plus the fees when collected by the city, as authorized in section 24-4(b) in excess of the fees authorized in section 24-4(a). Such refunds shall be made until the full sum has been refunded, or for a maximum period of five (5) years from the date of the refund agreement, whichever shall first occur. In the event the full sum has not been refunded within the five-year period, any balances remaining unpaid shall be considered canceled, and the city shall be fully discharged from any further obligation under the agreement.

(Ord. No. 4207, § 1, 7-8-74)

Sec. 24-7. Permits for temporary installations for areas not contiguous to sewers.

Upon written application, the director may issue a permit authorizing an area not contiguous to any sewer to be temporarily connected to a nearby sewer.

All permits issued and installations made pursuant to this section shall be on a temporary basis only, and shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:

   (1)   The temporary line referred to in this section shall be only at such locations as shall be approved by the director.

   (2)   All such installations shall be made without cost or expense to the city.

   (3)   Upon the installation of permanent sewers contiguous to the area being serviced by such temporary installations, the temporary line shall be abandoned, and connection shall be made to the permanent sewers; and the area serviced shall be subject to the same charge set forth in section 24-4 above.

   (4)   All charges and expenditures, including rental charges incurred or paid by the applicant in installing and maintaining such temporary line, shall in no manner be considered as having been incurred or paid with respect to any permanent sewer improvement district, private contract authorized by this chapter, or any sewer installed by the city.

(Ord. No. 4207, § 1, 7-8-74; Ord. No. 4594, § 6, 11-22-76)