[Ord. No. 06-5 § 5]
The Authority shall possess all powers conferred by law to levy,
lien, foreclose and collect the Capital Connection Fee on and from
property, facilities, improvements, persons and entities subject to
or liable for the Connection Fee, whether located within the Town
of Brooklyn or outside of its geographic boundaries.
[Ord. No. 06-5 § 6]
The invalidity of any provision or section shall not affect
the validity of other provisions of this regulation.
[Ord. No. 06-5 § 7]
As used in this Article:
APPLICANT
Shall mean the person or entity that has filed an application
for a Sewer Authority Connection Permit, or is otherwise subject to
pay the Connection Fee.
AUTHORITY
Shall mean the Sewer Authority of the Town of Brooklyn Water
Pollution Control Authority (WPCA).
BUILDING PERMIT
Shall mean the first permit issued pursuant to Section 29-263
of the Connecticut General Statutes.
CAPITAL CONNECTION FEE
Shall mean the fee payable to the Water Pollution Control
Authority (WPCA) pursuant to this regulation, as result of connecting
and discharging wastewater to the Sewer System, or increasing such
discharge, or obtaining a permit authorizing the increase of such
discharge.
EDU
Shall mean each 200 gallon/day of discharge from a facility
as determined from the Capital Connection Fee Schedule shall constitute
one EDU.
EFFECTIVE DATE
Shall mean the date this regulation and the Capital Connection
Fee take effect, and shall be May 1, 2006.
FACILITY
Shall mean a building, structure, or property, or improvement
thereto.
IMPROVEMENT
Shall mean the renovation, repair, refurbishment, replacement,
expansion or addition to, or reuse of a facility connected to the
Sewer System, or the issuance of a DEP (general/industrial) discharge
permit, or modification of such permit authorizing an increase in
the maximum discharge.
MIXED USE FACILITY
Shall mean a facility, which combines one or more use types
(e.g. commercial lease and residential).
MULTI-UNIT RESIDENTIAL FACILITY
Shall mean a residential facility with two or more separate
units for rent, lease, use, or occupancy as a residence including
a two or more family home, rental apartments, condominiums (including
both attached and detached units), or boarding house.
NEW CONNECTION
Shall mean a) a connection to the system of a facility not
currently connected to the system or for which the connection must
be replaced.
REGULATION
Shall mean this Sewer Capital Connection Fee.
SEWER SYSTEM
Shall mean all of the facilities, services and operations
of the Town of Brooklyn sewage treatment facilities, including connections,
lateral sewers, force mains, pump stations, wastewater treatment plant,
operated to collect, treat and discharge wastewater.
The Capital Connection Fee Schedule can be found as an attachment
to this chapter.