The extension of public sewer mains to serve new customers/users
is subject to the prior review and approval of the Village Board and
any other governmental agency having appropriate jurisdiction thereof.
Any person seeking to develop real property and requiring sewer service
in connection with such development, shall make application to the
Village for a public sewer main extension, if so required in order
to serve such development. Such application shall be in writing and
shall set forth the following information:
A.
Name of development and the legal description of the property involved.
B.
Plat map or certified survey map or other map showing street layout
and lot sizes.
C.
Zoning of the property.
D.
Proposed plans and specifications for the sewers.
E.
Name and address of consulting engineer.
F.
Number of housing units and/or other units to be constructed.
G.
Such additional information as the Village may require.
The Village shall have the sole discretion to approve or disapprove
the requested public sewer main extensions. In granting such approval,
the Village Board may condition its approval upon compliance with:
A.
Any applicable ordinances of the Village, GBMSD or Brown County.
B.
Any applicable statute, rules, orders or codes of the State of Wisconsin.
C.
The preparation of plans and specifications for the sewer main extension,
subject to the approval of the Village and its consulting engineer.
D.
The applicant making and installing the public sewer main extension
at his/her/its/sole cost and expense or otherwise providing surety
bond or other security to ensure that the main will be so constructed
within a reasonable period of time.
E.
The dedication of such rights-of-way, easements and sewerage facilities
as the Village may reasonably require.
F.
The payment of all costs and expenses incurred or to be incurred
by the Village in connection with the review and approval of such
sewer extension, including but not limited to engineers' fees, attorneys'
fees, inspection fees and other similar costs and expenses.
G.
The payment of any applicable connection fees due or to become due
pursuant to this chapter.
H.
Any other condition determined by the Village to be fair and reasonable
in order to protect the interest of the Village in connection with
the proposed development.
The Village Board may require the person filing an application pursuant to § 237-30 hereof, to enter into a written development agreement with the Village, as a condition of the approval of the sewer main extension. Such agreement shall define the scope of the work, the obligations of the applicant to construct the sewer facilities, the requirement of security for performance of the applicant's obligations set forth therein, and such other matters as the Village may reasonably determine, the applicant shall reimburse the Village for all attorney's fees incurred hereunder.
The Village may, on its own, cause any public sewer main to
be extended at such time and under such conditions as the Village
deems appropriate in its sole discretion.
The following terms shall have the following meaning under this
chapter:
Includes all costs associated with repayment of debt incurred
for the construction and/or rehabilitation of the wastewater collection
system and treatment facility.
Wastewater with concentrations of CBOD, suspended solids,
nitrogen and phosphorus greater than 200, 200, 50 and 12 milligrams
per liter (mg/l), respectively.
A user whose contributions to the sewerage system consist
only of normal domestic strength wastewater originating from a house,
apartment, flat, or other living quarters occupied by a person or
persons constituting a distinct household, business or commercial
enterprise.
Includes all costs associated with the operation and maintenance
of the sewerage system, including but not limited to administrative
costs and expenses.
Includes all costs necessary to replace equipment as required
to maintain capacity and performance during the design life of the
sewerage facilities. When required by appropriate authority having
jurisdiction thereof, a separate, segregated, distinct replacement
fund shall be established and used only for replacement of equipment.
All restaurants within the Village shall be charged at the
residential rate beginning with the first quarter of 2000.
The unit of volume measurement for wastewater or other wastes
discharged into the Village's sewerage system shall be 1,000
gallons, United States Liquid Measure. The unit for assessing costs
with respect to strength wastewater parameters shall be avoirdupois
pounds.
It shall be the policy of the Village to obtain sufficient revenues
to pay the costs of the operation and maintenance of the sewerage
system including debt service and replacement fund (i.e., a cash account
to be used for future, expenditures for obtaining or installing replacement
equipment accessories or appurtenances which are necessary to maintain
the capacity and performance of the sewerage system during the service
life for which such facilities were designed and constructed), through
a system of sewer service charges as defined in this chapter. The
system shall assure that each user of the sewerage system pays their
fair and proportionate share of the cost of such facilities.
Charges to each user shall be based on wastewater parameters
established from time to time by the Village Board. The sewer service
charges shall consist of the sum of the annual debt service charges,
all annual operation and maintenance costs, all replacement costs,
and all sewer service charges levied or assessed to the Village by
GBMSD.
The sewer service charges of the Village shall be reviewed not
less than biennially. Sewer service charges shall be adjusted as required,
to reflect actual number and size of users and actual costs. Users
will be notified annually on the portion of such sewer service charges
attributable to operation and maintenance, debt service, and replacement
costs. For purposes hereof, the Village may satisfy this notice requirement
by including in the budget summary required to be published under
§ 65.90, Wis. Stats., a statement of the aforesaid components
of the sewer service charges, based on the results of operations for
the preceding fiscal year.
A sewer service charge is hereby imposed upon each lot, parcel
of land, building, or premises served by the public sewer or otherwise
discharging sewage, including industrial wastes, into the public sewerage
system. Such sewer service charge shall be payable as hereinafter
provided and an amount determined as follows:
A.
Category A. Service charges shall be imposed on each user whose water
use is metered and whose sewer discharges are normal domestic strength
wastewater. The Category A service charge is of the following form:
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Service charge
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Customer charge + volume charge
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Customer charge
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A flat rate based on the size of the water meter
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Volume charge
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The volume of metered water in thousands of gallons multiplied
by the volume rate
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Volume rate
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The volume unit price for sewer service expressed in dollars
per 1,000 gallons, as determined by the Village
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B.
Category B.
(1)
Service charges shall be imposed on each user whose water use is
not metered and whose sewage discharges are normal domestic strength
wastewater. The Category B sewer service charge shall be of the form
as follows:
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Service charge
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Equivalent Residential Units (ERUs) multiplied by the Equivalent
Residential Unit Rate (ERU rate)
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A single ERU
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Shall mean a single-family residential dwelling unit that discharges
normal domestic strength wastewater
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RU rate
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The average cost of providing wastewater service to a residential
customer for all calendar quarter, plus proportional share of the
administrative and billing costs of the Village.
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(2)
No user shall be assigned less than one ERU. The number of residential
unit equivalents for nonresidential users shall be as determined by
the Village Board from time to time.
C.
Category C. Service charges shall be imposed on users whose sewage
discharges are high-strength wastewater having organic concentrations
of carbonaceous biochemical oxygen demand (CBOD) greater than 200
milligrams per liter (mg/l) and/or suspended solids greater than 200
milligrams per liter (mg/l) and/or suspended solids (TKN) greater
than 50 milligrams per liter (mg/l) and/or phosphorus greater than
12 milligrams per liter (mg/l). The minimum Category C service charge
shall be based on a concentration of 20 mg/l CBOD, 200 mg/l suspended
solids, 50 mg/l TKN and 12 mg/l phosphorus. The form of the Category
C service charge is as follows:
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Service charge
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Customer charge + volume charge + high strength surcharge
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Customer charge
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A flat rate based on the size of the water meter
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Volume charge
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The volume of metered water in thousands of gallons multiplied
by the volume rate
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Volume rate
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The volume unit price for sewer service expressed in dollars
per 1,000 gallons, as determined by the Village
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High strength surcharge
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The excessive CBOD, suspended solids, TKN and phosphorus multiplied
by the respective CBOD, suspended solids, TKN and phosphorus rates.
The excessive CBOD, suspended solids, TKN and phosphorus are the portions
of each of these constituents that are in excess of normal domestic
strength wastewater. The excessive amounts of CBOD, suspended solids,
TKN and phosphorus are expressed in pounds and their respective rates
are expressed in dollars per pound.
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D.
Reassignment of categories of sewer users. The Village may reassign
sewer users into appropriate sewer service charge categories if wastewater
sampling programs and other related information indicate a change
of categories is necessary or otherwise required.
The Village Board shall determine each year the rates referred to in § 237-39 hereof, and the Village Board shall have the right to amend, modify, adjust or change the rates at any time and from time to time.
In the event any user who is required to pay Category A service
charges can demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the Village
Board that such user does not discharge significant amounts of the
water consumed by such user into the public sewers, the Village Board
may authorize a reduction of the volume of wastewater that would otherwise
be assigned to such user by application of this chapter. In authorizing
a reduction, the Village Board may require the user, at its own expense,
to make necessary changes in the water piping and install couplings
so that a water meter can be set that will read only water that is
ultimately discharged into the public sewers.
