[Amended 8-4-1992 by Ord. No. 92-18]
The legislative intent of this article is to
raise sewer connection fees for all new connections for commercial,
industrial and residential properties and for residential property
conversions to a realistic cost amount consistent with the past capital
and future capital expenditures for the construction and improvement
of the Norristown wastewater treatment plant and the sewage transportation
system.
[Amended 8-4-1992 by Ord. No. 92-18]
A tapping fee is hereby imposed on each equivalent
dwelling unit (EDU), as such term is defined herein, which connects
to the sewer system. An EDU shall generally be equal to a water usage
of three hundred fifty (350) gallons per day. The tapping fee shall
be comprised of a collection component and a capacity component in
accordance with Pennsylvania Act 209 of 1990 and shall be equal to two thousand five hundred twenty-seven
dollars ($2,527.) for each EDU. The tapping fee of two thousand five
hundred twenty-seven dollars ($2,527.) per EDU shall consist of a
capacity part of one thousand two hundred ninety dollars ($1,290.)
per EDU and a collection part of one thousand two hundred thirty-seven
dollars ($1,237.) per EDU. All EDU's calculated for this article shall
be rounded to the next higher number.
A. Residential uses.
(1) Single-family dwellings. Single-family dwellings shall
have a sewer tapping fee of one (1) EDU.
(2) Multiple-family dwellings. Duplexes, apartment buildings,
garden apartments and other multiple-dwelling properties shall require
sewer tapping fees of one (1) EDU per dwelling unit.
(3) Conversions. There is an additional fee for properties
already connected to the sewer system where there are alterations,
renovations, changes of use and/or expansion of an existing structure
or property.
(a)
Any single-family dwelling which is converted
to two (2) or more dwelling units shall require a sewer tapping fee
of one (1) EDU for each additional dwelling unit.
(b)
Any duplex, apartment building, garden apartment
or other multiple-dwelling property which is expanded and/or enlarged
to provide for additional dwelling units shall require a sewer tapping
fee of one (1) EDU for each additional dwelling unit.
B. Commercial and industrial uses. Sewer tapping fees
for commercial and industrial uses shall be calculated as follows:
(1) Space calculation:
|
Use
|
Area of Unit
(square feet)
|
Number of EDU's
|
---|
|
Warehouse
|
20,000
|
1.00
|
|
Light industrial
(sanitary waste only)
|
5,000
|
1.00
|
|
Retail store
|
5,000
|
1.00
|
|
Commercial and/or office
|
5,000
|
1.00
|
|
Motel/hotel room
|
1 unit
|
0.25
|
|
Auto service station
|
1 pumping island
|
2.00
|
|
Nursing home room
|
1 unit
|
0.25
|
|
Hospital room
|
1 unit
|
0.50
|
(2) Volume calculation [one (1) EDU equals three hundred
fifty (350) gallons per day]:
|
Use
|
Gallons Per Day
|
---|
|
Restaurant
|
15 per seat
|
|
Bar/cocktail area (additional)
|
5 per seat
|
|
Hairdresser
|
50 per chair
|
|
Self-service laundry
|
500 per washer
|
|
Movie theater (no food)
|
3 per seat
|
|
Doctor's office
|
175 per examining room
|
|
Dentist's office
|
175 per chair
|
|
Bowling alley
|
175 per alley
|
|
Public/private school
|
15 per person
|
|
Day-care school
|
15 per person
|
|
Funeral home
|
350 per viewing room
|