The connection fee for any direct or indirect connections to the sanitary sewer system is as shown on Exhibit "A", attached to Ordinance No. 46-2005, passed November 14, 2005.
(A) The connection fee shall be charged for each connection to any sewer, public, or private, for each retail or wholesale customer whose sewer eventually connects with the sanitary sewer system.
(B) Except as provided in the sanitary sewer treatment agreement with the Valparaiso Lakes Area Conservancy District, for connections outside of the corporate limits of the city, there shall be a $350 non-resident fee charged over and above the connection fee listed herein, for each residential living unit or non-residential connection.
(C) When a building service sewer is permitted to be extended to additional structures the owner shall pay connection fees for the additional structures.
(D) The Utilities Board of Directors shall have the right to reduce the amount of the connection fee for unique circumstances such as, but not limited to, certain overlapping reimbursable districts, qualifying not-for profit organizations, etc.
(E) The internal distribution of the connection fee shall be 45% paid to the Water Reclamation Improvement Fund and 55% paid to the Cumulative Sewer Fund. The City Engineer shall determine the amount of each connection fee allocated to each fund.
(F) For single-family or duplex units that have 1,500 square feet or less of living space (not including garages or unfinished basements), the connection fee will be equal to the multi-family rate.
(G) For residential structures with more than one living unit and that are served with one water meter, the connection fee shall be the multi-family rate for the appropriate year, times the number of living units in the structure.
(H) For a structure with multiple tenants and each tenant served with a water meter, the connection fee shall be the sum of the individual fees for each meter.
(I) For a structure with mixed residential and commercial/industrial uses and one water meter, the connection fee shall be the sum of the multi-family rate times the number of living units and the single commercial/industrial fee based on the actual water meter size.
(J) In cases where the structure(s) will not be served with city water service and/or meter, the connection fee shall be based on the City Engineer's estimate of what the meter size would have been if water were provided. For residential users this shall be the three-quarter inch fee.
(K) If an existing water meter is replaced with a larger size the owner shall pay the difference in cost for the connection fee per the larger size meter. The determination of the fee shall be made as of the date of the change to the meter. No credit shall be given in the case of a decrease in meter size.
(Ord. 46-2005, passed 11-14-05)