A charge of $625 shall be made for each additional unit created or erected
upon property previously assessed prior to the date of this article, which
charge shall be made for the privilege of connecting to or imposing an additional
burden upon any sewer line in the Town of Branford for any structure situated
upon premises against which an assessment could have been levied, had such
additional units existed at the time of construction of such sewer line, but
as to which the assessment levied did not include the additional units because
they did not exist at the time of assessment.
A charge shall be made for each additional unit created or erected upon
property in any new sewer district established by the Sewer Authority after
the date of this article and subsequent to any sewer assessment levy, which
charge shall be the amount established by the Sewer Authority as the unit
assessment within said new sewer district, and said charge shall be made for
the privilege of connecting to or imposing an additional burden upon any sewer
line in the Town of Branford for any structure situated upon premises against
which an assessment could be levied if such additional units exist at the
time of construction of such sewer line, but as to which the assessment to
be levied does not include the additional units because they do not exist
at the time of assessment.
[Added 8-21-1996]
All residential units which involve the installation of a new sewer
trunk, line, extended lateral or main by any entity other than the Branford
Sewer Authority ("Authority") in which the Authority assumes responsibilities
for maintenance will be charged for each residential unit a sewer access charge
of the district price or $6,000 whichever amount is greater. Unless the access
charge is the district price, in which case it will be payable under terms
set by the assessments in that district, the access charge shall be paid over
15 years with level payments of principal and interest as it accrues on the
unpaid balance at an interest rate set by the Authority. Payments shall accrue
upon the issuance of a certificate of occupancy and be billed pro rata from
April 1. All entities effected by this sewer access charge may petition the
Authority for a suspension or deferral of the payments due hereunder.
[Added 8-21-1996]
Section
204-2.1 is fully incorporated into this section, §
204-2.2, except that all commercial units, as determined by the Town of Branford Assessor using the commercial formula, shall have a sewer access charge as follows:
A. For each of the first 6.25 commercial units: $4,000.
B. Any and all additional commercial units: $2,000 per unit.
[Added 8-21-1996]
The Branford Sewer Authority, upon due consideration, may allow appropriate
and reasonable credits against either the residential unit access charge or
the commercial unit access charge for easements provided or infrastructure
supplied by any entity which may benefit property owned by others.
Nothing in this article shall be construed to impose any charge for
connection for structures upon property not embraced within a sewer district
nor to exempt such property from such an assessment in the event that such
property shall at any future time become subject to such an assessment.
Any person desiring to erect, create, change any structure or connect to any sewer line shall make application to the Town Engineer for permission for such purpose. Upon receipt of such application, the Town Engineer shall inspect the premises for which such application is made. If it shall appear that said premises are subject to the charge provided in §
204-1 or
204-2 of this article, the applicant shall be notified thereof, and the permit for such purpose shall not be issued until the charge provided in §
204-1 or
204-2 has been paid to the Town of Branford.
The provisions of this article shall not apply to any premises outside
of a sewer district as to which a sewer assessment has not as yet been levied,
nor shall the provisions of this article be deemed to affect the rules and
regulations from time to time in force and effect concerning the connection
of such premises to sewers, nor shall the provisions of this article apply
to less than one additional unit erected, created or changed upon affected
property.
The purpose of this article is to permit the Town of Branford to make
a reasonable charge for each additional unit created or erected after a sewer
assessment has been levied in a sewer district and which additional units
create an additional burden upon the sewer system.