A.
Each customer requesting a new service connection to the sewerage system shall pay a plant equity fee prior to connection as part of the approval process for new service connections.
B.
Such plant equity fees shall be determined on the basis of the equity existing system customers have accumulated in the system as determined on the basis of a detailed analysis of plant assets and shall constitute a system buy in fee assessed to new connections. The meter size on which the fee schedule is based shall be in reference to the associated water meter size. Applications for sewer connections for which there is no associated water service application shall be calculated on the basis of projected flows from other sources which would approximate flows derived from a particular water service size.
C.
Beginning July 1, 2010, sewer system equity fees shall be as follows:
Meter Size | Fee |
|---|---|
1&Prime or less | $868.00 |
1 ½″ | $1,543.00 |
2&Prime | $2,469.00 |
3&Prime | $4,629.00 |
4&Prime | $7,715.00 |
The sewer system equity fees identified above shall increase by three percent each year beginning January 1, 2011.
D.
At the discretion of the city council, the above fees may be waived and/or modified in relation to economic development projects which, due to their unusual nature or magnitude, offer extraordinary benefits to the community.
(Ord. 902 § 1, 1998; Ord. 1203, § 1, 5-18-2010)