[Adopted by Ord. No. 94-222 (Sec. 20-11 of the 1996 Revised General Ordinances); amended in its entirety 6-14-2010 by Ord. No. 10-012]
[Amended 4-14-2014 by Ord. No. 14-007; 11-28-2016 by Ord. No. 16-037; 8-8-2022 by Ord. No. 22-23; 2-13-2023 by Ord. No. 23-02]
The Township's Department of Public Works, Water-East Utility and Water-West Utility, shall be authorized to charge application filing fees, engineering review fees, inspection fees and water service connection fees to applicants who desire to connect or are required pursuant to Article I of this chapter to connect to the Township's water system, or who desire to change their use associated with an existing water connection, in accordance with the fees set forth in Article VII, Water and Sewer Rates, of this chapter, or as amended and/or supplemented from time to time (the Schedule of Fees).
Copies of the Schedule of Fees then in place shall be available in the Township Clerk's office for public use and examination.
A. 
Application filing fees.
(1) 
Fees for filing the following applications are established in the Schedule of Fees:
(a) 
Service lateral.
(b) 
Service determination.
(c) 
Preliminary approval.
(d) 
Final approval.
(e) 
New utility permit and final inspection.
[Amended 4-14-2014 by Ord. No. 14-007]
(f) 
Utility permit modification.
[Added 4-14-2014 by Ord. No. 14-007]
(2) 
Applicable filing fees are due and payable at the time applications are submitted. Applications shall be deemed to be incomplete and will not be accepted without payment of application filing fees.
(3) 
Application filing fees are not refundable under any circumstances.
B. 
Review fees.
(1) 
The BOW Engineer will be authorized to conduct reviews only if the applicant has on deposit with the BOW an amount sufficient to cover the reasonably anticipated review fee for contemplated work. In no case shall the account balance be less than 10% of the initial deposit. Fees for reviewing applications shall be paid by the BOW at the same rate as all other work of the same nature performed by the BOW Engineer and shall be based on vouchers from the BOW Engineer stating the hours spent, the hourly rate, and the expenses incurred. Upon request, BOW will provide an accounting to the applicant regarding such payments and account balances.
(2) 
Solely for establishing the sufficiency of the initial deposit to be made by the applicant, the anticipated review fees for contemplated work are hereby established as follows:
Application
Initial Deposit
Preliminary approval
5% of BOW Engineer's estimate of construction cost
Final approval
3% of BOW Engineer's estimate of construction cost
(3) 
Whenever the initial deposit exceeds $5,000, the money shall remain the property of the applicant and be held by BOW in escrow for the applicant.
C. 
Inspection fees.
(1) 
The BOW Engineer will be authorized to conduct inspections of construction only if the applicant has on deposit with the BOW an amount sufficient to cover the reasonably anticipated inspection fee for contemplated work. In no case shall the account balance be less than 10% of the initial deposit. Fees for inspections shall be paid by the BOW at the same rate as all other work of the same nature by the BOW Engineer and shall be based on vouchers from the BOW Engineer stating the hours spent, the hourly rate, and the expenses incurred. Upon request, BOW will provide an accounting to the applicant regarding such payments and account balances.
(2) 
Solely for determining the sufficiency of the initial deposit to be made by the applicant, the reasonably anticipated inspection fees for initially contemplated work hereby are established at 5% of the BOW Engineer's estimate of the construction costs.
(3) 
Whenever the initial deposit otherwise would exceed $10,000, the applicant may elect to make deposits in installments. The minimum amount of each installment shall equal 25% of the total anticipated inspection fees. Additional installments are due whenever the account balance falls below 10% of the initial deposit.
(4) 
Whenever the initial deposit exceeds $5,000, the money shall remain the property of the applicant and be held by BOW in escrow for the applicant.
D. 
Connection fees.
(1) 
The connection fee to connect directly or indirectly to the Township's water system shall be as established in the Schedule of Fees.
(2) 
Connection fees shall be paid in full at the time of the utility permit application for the water connection, except homeowners in Class I who desire or are required to connect an existing single-family dwelling to the Township's water system may make installment payments in accordance with the Schedule of Fees.
(3) 
Developers who convey to the Township, at no cost to the Township, all water mains and services constructed by the developer are not exempt from paying the connection fee for each direct or indirect connection to the Township's water system.