A.
This article covers the third-party developer use of available, County-funded
sewer collection and/or transmission capacity within the Unified Sanitary
Sewer District.
B.
Utilization of County-funded spare sewer collection and/or transmission
capacity shall require a financial catch-up contribution towards the
overall debt reduction of the Unified Sanitary Sewer District and/or
future capital improvements in the Unified Sanitary Sewer District.
A.
If a developer and/or an individual property owner request to utilize
available, existing sewer system capacity within the Unified Sanitary
Sewer District, a financial catch-up contribution shall be required
based on the percentage of flow, as defined in a sewer service concept
evaluation (SSCE) associated with said request and agreed upon in
an infrastructure use agreement.
B.
If one or more person or entity requests to design, construct and
jointly utilize future sewer infrastructure capacity of the Unified
Sanitary Sewer District at different times, financial catch-up contributions
shall be required based on the respective percentages of flow, as
defined in the SCCE associated with said requests. Percentages of
the catch-up contributions shall be based on existing zoning at the
time of initial development agreed upon in individual infrastructure
use agreements.
C.
If the County initiates and pays for all, or participates financially
in part, of the construction of future sewer infrastructure, then
the associated cost for the capacity expansion shall be subject to
developer reimbursement in addition to catch up contribution for already
existing downstream infrastructure as agreed upon in an individual
infrastructure use agreement. Costs allocated to future developers
shall be reimbursed to the County as a condition of plot plan recordation
or site plan approval, whichever applies.
D.
The sewer infrastructure constructed in this process, whether publicly
or privately funded, shall be legally and technically available to
all property owners in said area of the Unified Sanitary Sewer District.
Availability of sewer service shall be as defined in the DNREC regulations
governing the design, installation, and operation of on-site wastewater
treatment and disposal systems.
