As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
CAPITAL COSTS
The capital costs to construct, expand or improve wastewater
treatment facilities, including the cost of land, and including legal,
engineering and design costs to construct, expand or improve wastewater
treatment facilities.
CITY
The City of Watertown.
EXCESS CAPACITY SEWER SERVICE CHARGE
A monetary fee collected from an owner of record or assessed
against a land development, as the parties may agree by mutual consent,
which has been reduced to writing in a developer's agreement, pursuant
to § 66.0821, Wis. Stats., to defray all or part of the
requirements for construction, reconstruction, improvement, extension,
operation, maintenance, repair and depreciation of the wastewater
treatment facilities of the City of Watertown or any indebtedness
incurred for that purpose in order to provide services on a pro rata
basis to the land development upon which the excess capacity sewer
service charge is levied.
FULL BUILDING PERMIT
The written approval issued by the City Building Inspector's office, in accordance with the provisions of § SPS 320.09, Wis. Adm. Code, and §
253-11 of the Watertown Code, for any construction, repair, enlargement, improvement or alteration of any building or structure within the City. It does not include the "early start" permit or preliminary permit issued at the time of excavation or installation of footings for any such building or structure.
LAND DEVELOPMENT
The construction or modification of improvements to real
property that creates additional residential equivalent units within
the City or its service areas or that results in nonresidential uses
that create a need for new, expanded or improved wastewater treatment
facilities within the City or its service areas.
OWNER OF RECORD
A person or entity that owns, builds, constructs or creates
a land development.
RESIDENTIAL EQUIVALENT UNIT (REU)
A unit of measure for the excess capacity sewer service charge
equivalent to one residential dwelling unit. For purposes of this
article, one residential equivalent unit is considered equal to the
basic residential water meter size of 5/8 inch or 3/4 inch. The residential
equivalent unit is used as a single unit of measurement for all residential,
nonresidential, commercial, industrial and institutional land developments
because of the relationship between size of the water meter and generation
of sewage by the user or owner of record.
SERVICE AREA
A geographic area delineated by the Common Council within
which the City provides wastewater treatment facilities.
SERVICE STANDARD
A certain quantity or quality of wastewater treatment relative
to a certain number of persons, parcels of land, or other appropriate
measure as specified by the Common Council.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES
Facilities for collection, storage, disposal and treatment
of sewage and facilities for collection, storage and disposal of stormwater
and surface water, as well as a system of collecting sewers and pump
stations within the City.
WWTP
The Wastewater Treatment Plant Utility of the City of Watertown.
[Amended 7-5-2022 by Ord. No. 22-63]
The payment of an excess capacity sewer service charge imposed
under this article as a condition of a permit for new construction
or issuance of a permit for a change in water meter size may be contested
as to the amount, collection or use of the excess capacity sewer service
charge to the Public Works Commission, provided that the applicant
files a written notice of appeal in the office of the City Clerk within
15 days of the approval of the full building permit by the office
of the Building Inspector of an application for new construction or
issuance of a permit for a change in water meter size upon which the
excess capacity sewer service charge is imposed. Such notice of appeal
shall be titled "Notice of Appeal of Excess Capacity Sewer Service
Charge" and shall state the applicant's name, address, telephone number,
address (if available) and legal description of the land development
upon which the excess capacity sewer service charge is imposed, and
a statement of the nature of and reasons for the appeal. Said "Notice
of Appeal of Excess Capacity Sewer Service Charge" shall be immediately
forwarded to the Water Systems Manager. The City Clerk shall schedule
the appeal for consideration by the Public Works Commission at a regular
meeting as soon as reasonably practicable under the circumstances
and shall notify the applicant of the time, date and place of such
meeting in writing by regular mail, deposited in the mail no later
than at least three days before the date of such meeting. Upon review
of such appeal, the Public Works Commission may adjust the amount,
collection or use of the excess capacity sewer service charge upon
just and reasonable cause shown.
The excess capacity sewer service charge contained in this article
shall be reviewed by the Public Works Commission and approved by the
Common Council of the City in September of 2002 and every two years
thereafter. Until changed by this process, the current fees shall
stay in full force and effect.