[Adopted 11-12-1975 as Ch. XXVI, Part 2, of the 1975 Code]
[Amended 10-11-1976 by Ord. No. 468-A; 12-10-2002 by Ord. No.
863]
A.
Every property owner desiring or required to make
a connection with the water supply and distribution system of the
Borough of Monaca shall make an application with the Borough Manager
for a permit. The Manager, upon being satisfied that the proposed
water connection shall be in conformity with this article and all
other rules, regulations and requirements of the Borough of Monaca
applicable thereto, shall issue to the applicant a water tapping permit,
upon payment by the applicant of all applicable and prevailing fees,
which shall be for use of the Borough.
B.
Customer facilities.
(1)
A customer facilities fee is hereby imposed against
each residential, commercial and industrial unit connected or required
to be connected to the Borough's water supply and distribution system
to cover the costs associated with the installation of customer-owned
facilities from the property line to the unit or structure to be served.
The facilities referred to herein shall not include the water service
line on the customer's property, which line shall be installed and
maintained by and be the responsibility of the customer. The facilities
envisioned herein include the costs of the inside water meter, the
outside remote meter and the labor costs incurred by the Borough to
install them.
(2)
The amount of the customer facilities fee shall be
set from time to time by resolution of the Monaca Borough Council.
C.
Connection fee.
(1)
A connection fee is hereby imposed against each residential,
commercial and industrial unit connected or required to be connected
to the Borough's water distribution system to cover the cost of the
facilities installed by the Borough from the system's main distribution
line to the property line of the property or unit to be served. A
typical installation would include a corporation at the distribution
line and all necessary piping and fittings to bring the line to the
property line or edge of the waterline right-of-way line.
(2)
The Borough may choose to waive the imposition of
any connection fees imposable against any person or property owner
who installs and dedicates the facilities connecting the Borough's
main water distribution line to the property line of the property
or unit to be served. The Borough shall be entitled to be reimbursed
for the actual costs of inspecting the facilities.
(3)
The amount of the connection fee shall be set from
time to time by resolution of the Monaca Borough Council.
D.
Tapping fee.
(1)
A tapping fee is hereby imposed against each residential,
commercial and industrial unit connected or required to be connected
to the Borough's water distribution system. The purpose of the tapping
fee is to recover the capital cost of the capacity of the water distribution
facilities required to serve each new customer. It shall have four
component parts: capacity component, distribution component, special
purpose component and reimbursement component. The tapping fee authorized
by this article and promulgated by any resolution adopted pursuant
hereto shall not include the cost of operation and maintenance.
(a)
Capacity component. The capacity component shall
provide for cost sharing of general water distribution system facilities
built to supply both existing and future service needs. Such facilities
would include but not be limited to treatment plants, holding tanks,
booster stations, transmission lines and related appurtenances. This
component is restricted to the cost of such facilities, less any outstanding
debt and contributions-in-aid-of construction.
(b)
Distribution component. The distribution component
shall be the amount charged for the cost of distribution facilities
such as waterlines and appurtenances. This component is restricted
to the cost of such facilities, less any contributions-in-aid-of construction.
(c)
Special purpose component. The special purpose
component shall serve as a reimbursement of costs applicable to a
particular group of customers, or serving a particular purpose or
servicing a particular area.
(d)
Reimbursement component. The reimbursement component
shall serve to collect tapping fees from new connections to facilities
constructed by parties other than the Borough (i.e., developers).
This component shall apply to waterline extensions made by a developer,
which serve or can serve homes outside the development. Therefore,
where a property owner or developer constructs or causes to be constructed
at his expense any extension of the water distribution system of the
Borough, the Borough shall provide for the reimbursement to the property
owner or developer when the owner of another property not in the development
for which the extension was constructed connects a service line directly
to the extension within 10 years of the date of the dedication of
the extension to the Borough in accordance with the following provisions:
[1]
Such reimbursement shall be equal to the distribution
or collection part of each tapping fee collected as a result of subsequent
connections. The Borough shall be entitled to deduct from each reimbursement
payment an amount equal to 5% which shall be deemed to represent the
appropriate charge for administrative expenses and services rendered
in calculating, collecting, monitoring and disbursing the reimbursement
payments to the property owner or developer entitled thereto.
[2]
Reimbursement shall be limited to those lines
which have not previously been paid for by the Borough.
[3]
The Borough shall, in the preparation of the
necessary reimbursement agreement with the property owner or owners
or developer(s) for whose benefit reimbursement will be provided,
attach as an exhibit an itemized listing of all sewer facilities for
which reimbursement shall be provided.
[4]
The total reimbursement to which a property
owner or owners or developer(s) shall be entitled shall not exceed
the cost of all labor and material, engineering design charges, the
cost of performance and maintenance bonds, Borough review and inspection
charges, as well as flushing and televising charges and any and all
charges involved in the acceptance and dedication of such facilities
by the Borough, less the amount which would be chargeable to such
property owner or developer based upon the Borough's collection and
distribution tapping fees which would be applicable to all lands of
the property owner or developer served directly or indirectly through
such extension if the property owner or developer did not fund the
extension.
[5]
The Borough shall be required to notify by certified
mail, to their last known address, the property owner or owners or
developer(s) for whose benefit such reimbursement shall apply within
30 days of the Borough's receipt of any such reimbursement payment.
In the event that the property owner(s) or developer(s) have not claimed
a reimbursement payment within 120 days of the mailing of the notice,
the payment shall revert to and become the sole property of the Borough
with no further obligation on the part of the Borough to refund the
payment to the property owner(s) or developer(s).
(2)
The amount of the tapping fee as comprised by its
four component parts shall be set from time to time by resolution
of the Monaca Borough Council.
No permit shall be issued by the Borough Secretary
and no connection shall be made into or with any of said water mains
until the license fee has been paid. All connections made with any
of said public water mains shall be under the supervision and direction
of the Street Commission.
No person or persons who have obtained a permit
and/or made connection with a Borough water main shall permit any
other person to make an attachment or connection with his, her or
their waterline leading into said water main.
All connections made to any water main shall
be by three-fourths-inch taps except by special permission of the
Council.
[Amended 11-12-1975 by Ord. No. 662; 9-10-1996 by Ord. No.
822]
Any person or persons, partnership, firm or corporation connecting a line to any water main of the Borough of Monaca or to any line leading to a water main of the Borough of Monaca without having received a permit and paid the license fee therefor or permitting any other person or persons, partnership, firm or corporation to make such attachment or connection, shall be guilty of a violation of this article and, for each and every such violation, shall be punishable as provided in Chapter 1, Article II, Code Enforcement.
