[Amended 9-9-2002 by Res. No. 2-2002; 6-13-2005 by Res. No. 1-2005[1]]
Imposition of tapping fee:
A. 
There is hereby imposed upon the owner of every property making application (or who is required to connect), for a connection to the sanitary sewer system, (including owners changing the type of use of a property previously connected to the sewer system, connecting one or more new uses or properties though an existing connection, regardless of whether such property is connected separately through one or more existing or new lateral connections or mains installed by the Authority or any other party), the following fees and charges, in conformance with Pennsylvania Act 57 of 2003:
(1) 
Connection fee: see §165-3.
(2) 
Customer facilities fee: see §165-4.
(3) 
Tapping fee.
(a)
Capacity part:
$3,478
(b)
Collection part:
$968
Total:
$4,446
(c)
Special purpose part: An amount approved by resolution of the Authority from time to time in accordance Act 57 of 2003 based upon the cost of constructing such facilities that will provide capacity, including but not limited to pump stations, interceptors, force mains and treatment facilities.
(4) 
Other charges related to sewer connections and extensions: The Authority reserves the right to charge the property owner/developer for such expenses as it may incur in connection with the property owner’s or developer’s application for connection to or extension of sewer mains, including but not limited to review of plans, specifications, and permit applications; construction inspection and testing; Authority administrative expenses; legal services; engineering services; etc.
B. 
Payment of fees and charges.
(1) 
New connections. The connection, customer facilities and tapping fee are due and payable at the time the application is made to the Authority for connection to the sanitary sewer system, or upon the date when the Authority shall connect any property to the sanitary sewer system.
(2) 
Existing connections. Where there is a change or extension in use or in the number of structures or uses connected to the sanitary sewer system, the property owner must notify the Authority of those changes prior to making any change. The Authority will then issue an invoice based upon the new use or additional structures. The fees are due within 30 days after the date of the Authority’s bill.
[1]
Editor's Note: This resolution also provided an effective date of 7-1-2005.
[Amended 6-13-2005 by Res. No. 1-2005[1]]
A. 
Connections to existing sanitary sewer system. There is hereby imposed upon the owner of every individual property proposing to connect to the existing sanitary sewer system a connection fee comprised of the actual costs (if any) incurred by the Authority to extend a service lateral to physically connect the property plus an inspection and administrative fee of $820.
B. 
Connections to new main extensions. The Authority has established specific policies and procedures for extending mains. Please refer to Chapter 70 of the Authority’s rules and regulations.
C. 
It is the Authority’s policy to charge the property owner/developer for such expenses as may be incurred in connection with the property owner’s/developer’s extension of sewer mains, including but not limited to the review of plans and specifications and permit applications; construction inspection and testing; Authority administrative expenses; legal expenses; and engineering services, etc. The Authority requires the owner, owners or developers to enter into an agreement with the Authority. The cost of physically constructing a main and installing the service lateral to multiple properties along an extended main are the responsibility of the property owner or developer proposing the construction, subdivision or land development. In addition, the Authority will require the establishment of an escrow, the purpose of which will be to reimburse the Authority for inspection and administrative costs directly attributable to the main extension.
[1]
Editor's Note: This resolution also provided an effective date of 7-1-2005.
[Amended 6-13-2005 by Res. No. 1-2005[1]]
A. 
The Authority requires that the owner or owners of the property to be served be responsible for all aspects and costs associated with extending the building sewer from the service lateral to the structure to be served.
B. 
If the owner or owners fail to make that connection after notice from the Authority, the Authority will make the arrangements and construct the building sewer. All costs incurred by the Authority will then be billed to the owner or owners of the property.
C. 
In addition to the cost incurred by the Authority to physically connect the property (if any), there is an inspection and administrative fee of $434 per service lateral.
[1]
Editor's Note: This resolution also provided an effective date of 7-1-2005.
[Amended 6-13-2005 by Res. No. 1-2005[1]]
A. 
Capacity allocations for the purpose of determining the tapping fee shall be determined on the basis of wastewater flow (including water use and reasonable infiltration/inflow allowance) of 238 gallons per day (GPD) per residential unit and the following schedule:
Classifications
Gallons Per Day
Residential
All types, per unit or use
238
Nonresidential
Retail store, office or business
Without bathroom facilities or kitchen facilities
5 or fewer FTEs (full-time employees)
For each additional 5 FTEs or fraction thereof employed by the same business add
238
59.5
With only bathroom facilities or only kitchen facilities
5 or fewer FTEs
297.5
Each additional 5 FTEs or fraction thereof employed by the same business add
59.5
With both bathroom and kitchen facilities
5 or fewer FTEs
357
Each additional 5 FTEs or fraction thereof employed by the same business add
119
Restaurant, club, or tavern
15 or fewer seats
238
Each additional 15 seats or fraction thereof employed by the same business add
119
Funeral home
714
Public swimming pools, clubs, spas and bathhouses
Gyms, health clubs, recreation centers
474
Each additional 35 person capacity including FTEs or fraction thereof employed by the same business add
238
Automobile repair garage, gas station or car wash
2 bays or fewer
476
Each additional bay over 2 or fraction thereof
238
With food preparation and sales add
238
Theaters
100 seats or fewer
238
Each additional 50 seats or fraction thereof add
119
Hotel or motel (short-term rental, no kitchen facilities)
6 or fewer rooms
238
Each additional 6 rooms or fraction thereof add
238
Boarding house, bed-and-breakfast
2 or fewer rooms
238
Each additional 4 rooms or fraction thereof add
238
If owner occupies add
238
Laundromat or commercial cleaner
5 or fewer washers
238
Each additional 2 washers or fraction thereof add
119
Barber or hair salons
4 chairs or less
238
Each additional chair or fraction thereof add
59.5
If shop is attached to owner's residence add
238
Medical office and/or dental office (excludes hospitals)
238
Municipal, county, state or federal government offices
5 or fewer FTEs
238
Each additional 5 FTEs or fraction thereof add
59.5
Hospitals
238
Each bed
59.5
Church or religious place of worship (no rectory or convent)
238
With rectory or convent add
238
With rectory and convent add
238
Fire company or ambulance
Without kitchen facilities or social club
238
With kitchen facilities or social club add
238
Schools, public or private, including day cares
238
For each 20 people, including staff and pupils, if kitchen or bath facilities are provided add
238
Industry, no-industrial wastewater, no-bath facilities
5 or fewer FTEs
297.5
Each additional 5 FTEs or fraction thereof add
59.5
Industry, no-industrial wastewater, with bath facilities
5 or fewer FTEs
357
Each additional 5 FTEs or fraction thereof add
119
B. 
Industries discharging industrial wastewater.
(1) 
The Authority, in its discretion, will utilize the above schedule and/or metered flows to determine the appropriate tapping fees.
(2) 
If the Authority decides that metering is the appropriate methodology, the Authority will estimate the volume of industrial wastewater to be generated prior to connection. One year after the industrial user or facility begins full operation, the Authority shall recalculate the tapping fees based upon the actual wastewater or water meter readings during the past year. The original tapping fees paid shall be credited against the fees calculated from the actual usage during full operations. Any overpayment will be returned to the customer; any amount due must be paid within 30 days of the Authority’s billing date.
(3) 
The flows from industrial wastewater discharges shall be in addition to the fees calculated above for sanitary wastewater discharge.
(4) 
The minimum charge is one tapping fee.
[1]
Editor's Note: This resolution also provided an effective date of 7-1-2005.
A. 
A minimum of one EDU shall be charged for each separate business or use regardless of the number of square feet contained in each business or use.
B. 
Tapping fees for business or anticipated industrial units payable under the foregoing schedule shall be computed on the basis of the estimated number of FTEs.
C. 
The amount of the tapping fee shall be based on the number of square feet in the proposed structure divided by 200 square feet times 12 gallons/day divided by 250 = EDUs x current tapping charges.
D. 
In the event that the Authority is not provided, upon request, with accurate information including supporting documentation to determine the anticipated number of FTEs, pupils, or proposed uses of property, or such other data as may be necessary to determine a user classification or rate the Authority, shall compute the amount due based on the best available information. The Authority's estimate or determination thereof shall be final.
If two or more dwellings, apartments, stores, offices, industrial units, flex building etc., are proposed to be connected through a single lateral, or if two or more households using separate kitchen and/or bathroom facilities in a single structure, or if two or more types of use are made of the same property, the fees payable shall be computed as though each such dwelling, apartment, store, office, industrial unit, flex building etc., and each such household and each such type of use were a separate property or user with a separate connection to the sewer.
Industrial wastewater must be metered. The Authority must approve the type and location of the meter. If the owner proposes and the Authority approves the use of water and/or sewer meters, tapping fees shall be estimated by the Authority. One year after the improved property is fully occupied tapping fees shall be adjusted to reflect actual meter readings during that year. The minimum charge is one tapping fee.
If the use or classification of any improved property should change, the owner must notify the Authority within 15 days of that change and describe the new or additional use. The Authority reserves the right to change classifications or equivalent dwelling-unit ratings from time to time, to add or delete classifications and, in cases of dispute, to determine the proper classification of a given property.
A. 
The Authority may issue a credit to reduce any new or additional tapping fees due when the existing improvements on a property are completely demolished and replaced with a new structure and or use within five years of the date of demolition. The amount credited shall be the current tapping fee less the tapping fee previously paid.
B. 
There shall be no refund of fees for connection imposed by this chapter for the subsequent disconnection of the structure from the sewer system.
A. 
The special purpose part of the connection fees charged by the Authority is based upon the cost of constructing such facilities as will provide capacity, including but not limited to pump stations, interceptors, force mains and treatment facilities.
B. 
Imposition of special purpose part tapping fee. There is hereby imposed upon the owner of every property within the Charlestown Southside Sewer Area making application (or who are required to connect) for a connection to the sanitary sewer system (including owners changing the type of use of a property previously connected to the sewer system, connecting one or more new uses or properties through an existing connection, regardless of whether such property is connected separately through one or more existing or new lateral connections or mains installed by the Authority or any other party), a special purpose part tapping fee of $2,364. The special purpose part tapping fee shall be in addition to the connection fee, customer facilities fee and tapping fee set forth in § 165-2A. The payment of the special purpose part tapping fee shall be as set forth in § 165-2B. Capacity allocations for the purpose of determining the special purpose part tapping fee shall be determined on the basis of wastewater flow (including water use and reasonable infiltration/inflow allowance) of 275 gallons per day (GPD) per equivalent dwelling unit. Except with respect to the capacity allocation of 275 GPD for the imposition of the special purpose part tapping fee, the user classification schedule set forth in § 165-5 shall apply.
[Added 8-12-2013 by Res. No. 2-2013]
Whenever it appears that the connection of an improved property to the public sanitary sewer system has been improperly made or whenever it appears there has been a violation of the rules and regulations of the Authority, the Authority will charge a fine of $200 for each day the improved property that is improperly connected to the sewer system. The Authority will pursue all remedies available to it under the law.
A. 
The Authority reserves the right to come upon and enter the improved property of any person connecting to the system for the purpose of inspecting the sewer facilities located thereon and for the purpose of determining compliance with the rules and regulations of the Authority. In the event that the Authority's duly authorized representatives are denied access to any customer's premises for these purposes, the Authority reserves the right to prevent the proposed connection of the improved property until inspection is permitted and compliance with requirements of the Authority has been determined.
B. 
Any duly authorized employee or agent of the Authority bearing credentials which identify him or her as an agent or employee of the Authority shall be permitted at any reasonable time to enter upon all properties served by the Authority for the purpose of inspecting, observing, measuring, sampling and testing, as may be required in pursuance of the implementation and enforcement of the terms and provisions of this chapter.
A. 
The Authority may permit the owner of residential property to pay the tapping fees over a period of time. The owner shall enter into an agreement with the Authority to pay 1/5 of the total amount due as a down payment and then the balance plus interest over the next five years.
B. 
The property owner shall permit the Authority to place a municipal lien on the property as a condition for the Authority agreeing to defer full payment of the tapping fee. Any costs associated with placing the lien for removing the lien on the property shall be added the balance owed.
C. 
Interest shall be computed at the rate of 10% per annum and added to the principle amount of connection fees due.