(A) Every customer, upon approval of his or her application for sewer service, shall pay to the Sewer Department a sewage processing capital facilities charge to compensate the city for the expense of providing the capital facilities needed to process and treat the sewage generated by the customer.
(B) The sewage processing capital facilities charges shall be in accordance with the following schedule.
For each acre of commercial or industrial property | $3,600 |
For each acre of park, common area or outlots* | $3,000 |
For each acre of residential multi-family property | $3,900 |
For each residential, duplex lot | $1,780 |
For each residential, single-family lot | $1,300 |
*Any outlot that is an existing lake will not pay sewer processing capital facilities charges. In the event that a new lake is intentionally created as part of a new development, the City Council shall determine if sewer treatment capital facilities charges will be due for the lake outlot. | |
(C) The sewage processing capital facilities fee shall be collected by the City Administrator/Clerk/Treasurer at the time of the application for sewer service, provided that:
(1) Credit shall be given for the amount of prepayment, if any, for the property being connected; and
(2) The applicant furnishes proof of the prepayment made on the property sought to be connected.
(D) The sewage processing capital facilities charges connection policy for new subdivisions and developments shall be as follows.
(1) The first one-half of the sewage processing capital facilities charges for all residential, commercial and industrial property shall be collected by the City Clerk/Treasurer from the developer of the subdivision’s owner prior to the signing of the subdivision’s final plat.
(2) The final one-half of the sewage processing capital facilities charges for all residential, commercial and industrial property shall be collected from the applicant at the time the application for water service is made.
(3) One hundred percent of the sewage processing capital facilities charges for park, common area or outlots shall be collected from the developer of the subdivision’s owner prior to the signing of the subdivision’s final plat.
(E) (1) The city may consider an alternate method of determining the sewage processing capital facilities charges for commercial and industrial properties which exceed five acres in size, and where the sewer demand and impact on the city’s infrastructure is not commensurate with large land areas needed for the commercial or industrial entity to function. Examples of large area requirements would include storage of raw and finished materials or staging of transportation loading and unloading activities. The alternate calculation would be based on water meter sizing and size of sewer main taps to serve the entity.
(2) The alternate charge system would be as follows:
(a) Capital facility charge.
Meter Size | Charge |
Meter Size | Charge |
5/8-inch | $1,300 |
3/4-inch | $1,950 |
1-inch | $3,250 |
1-1/2-inch | $6,500 |
2-inch disc | $10,400 |
2-inch turbo | $20,800 |
3-inch compound | $20,800 |
3-inch turbo | $45,500 |
(b) Connection tap charge.
Meter Size | Charge |
Up to 4-inch | $1,400 |
6-inch | $1,600 |
8-inch | $1,800 |
(c) Notes.
1. The above charges would apply to each building where sanitary sewer wastes are generated.
2. The minimum capital facility charge would be $19,000 (i.e., five acres at $3,600 per acre).
(d) Alternative method. The use of the alternative method of determining sewage processing facilities charges is not an elective of the commercial or industrial property and is reserved solely for the use by the city if needed. The implementation of the alternative method and the sizing of meters and connections to sewer mains will be determined by the City Engineer and City Council.
(Prior Code, § 6-316) (Ord. 567, passed 10-28-2008; Ord. 568, passed 10-28-2008; Ord. 659, passed 5-13-2014)