Charges for the installation of, connection to and use of the POTW are hereby established for the purpose of recovering the cost of construction, reconstruction, maintenance, repair, operation and replacement of the system. Such charges shall be made in accordance with the provisions hereinafter set forth and shall be made against all users of the system.
A. 
Whenever a local collector sewer line is constructed either through a special assessment project or as may be ordered or required by law, the property owners for whom the line is designed to serve shall each pay their share of the cost of installation. Similarly, any property owner requesting service that has not previously paid his or her share of the cost of constructing the local collector sewer shall pay those costs before service is permitted.
B. 
The charge shall be known as the front foot rate and be determined by multiplying the rate per foot by the number of feet the property owner has fronting on the local collector sewer line from which he or she will receive service.
(1) 
The front foot rate shall be as follows:
(a) 
Domestic user: $60.
(b) 
Commercial or industrial user:
[1] 
The same as a domestic user if the connection is made to a local collector sewer line eight inches or less in diameter.
[2] 
For a line larger than eight inches diameter: $81.
(2) 
This charge will be annually reviewed and may change to reflect the current average cost of installation of local collector sewer lines.
C. 
If the City Commission shall determine that it is not advisable to collect the front foot rate at the time of construction or connection (if not previously paid at the time of construction), it may direct that the cost be borne initially by the system and subsequently be collected from the property owner in accordance with this section.
D. 
Upon completion of construction or at the time connection is requested (if this cost has not been paid at the time of construction), the City Engineer shall certify to the City Comptroller the cost to be charged to the property owner. The Comptroller shall in turn certify the amount thereof to the City Treasurer. The City Treasurer shall bill the owner of the premises affected advising him or her that unless the amount so billed is paid within 30 days from the date of mailing that the same shall be presented to the City Commission at the first meeting thereof after the expiration of 30 days for assessment against said premises as a special assessment. In the event the bill for such installation and connection is not paid within 30 days from the date said notice is mailed, the City Treasurer shall report the same to the City Commission which shall examine the same and if found by it to be correct shall confirm it as a special assessment against the premises affected, at which time the City Commission shall also direct the number of installments into which the same shall be divided, and shall direct the City Assessor to extend the same upon the tax roll as a special assessment in the manner provided in Chapter 10 of the City Code. All collection procedures for special assessments established in Chapter 10 of the City Code shall be applicable to assessments made hereunder.
E. 
In lieu of the procedure above described, such costs may be made at the expense of the system when the owner of the premises signs a written agreement agreeing to pay the cost upon terms agreeable to the City Manager and that the unpaid balance shall constitute a lien upon his or her property of the same character and subject to the same methods of collection as prescribed for special assessments in Chapter 10 of the City Code.
A. 
When a property owner or user is requested or required to connect to the system and has not previously paid or been assessed a connection fee, the following connection fee schedule shall apply:
2010 Integrated Sewer Connection Base Fee Schedule
Water Meter
(or equivalent) Size
(inches)
Base Fees
3/4 or less
$2,650
1
$4,400
1 1/2
$8,750
2
$14,050
3
$30,750
4
$55,300
6 and over
$122,950
B. 
Except as otherwise provided in the immediately succeeding subsection, the foregoing integrated sewer connection base fee schedule for single-family and multifamily residential dwelling units shall be adjusted upward and downward as follows: A single-family residential dwelling unit located on a parcel containing 20,000 square feet shall pay the applicable integrated connection fee in accordance with the forgoing schedule. When determining the square footage of a residential parcel for the purposes of determining the appropriate integrated connection fee, parcel size may be adjusted downward to take into consideration such things as wetlands, lakes, streams and other unusual characteristics of the parcel in accordance with policies approved from time to time by the Utility Advisory Board. To the extent the size of a parcel, as adjusted, is greater than or less than 20,000 square feet, 1/2 the applicable integrated connection fee will increase or decrease by the same percentage increase or decrease in the parcel above or below 20,000 square feet. In the case of multifamily residential dwellings, in order to determine the size of the parcel assigned to each dwelling unit for purposes of calculating the integrated connection fee to be paid by each multifamily residential dwelling unit, the total square footage of the parcel, as adjusted, on which the multifamily residential dwelling is located shall be divided by the total number of residential units. Notwithstanding any other provision in this subsection, the integrated connection fee for a single-family residential dwelling unit or multifamily residential dwelling unit shall not exceed 4 1/2 times the applicable base integrated connection fee set forth in foregoing schedule.
C. 
There shall be no upward adjustment in the integrated sewer service connection fee payable for a single-family residential dwelling unit connecting to the sewer system if: a) each of the following conditions are met; a building permit shall have been obtained; the dwelling unit shall have been constructed; and a certificate of occupancy shall have been issued prior to January 1, 2000; or b) local building permit fees have been paid to the local governmental unit prior to January 1, 2000, for a single-family residential dwelling unit to be constructed on or after January 1, 2000. When connecting to the sewer system, users living in or owning such single-family residential dwelling units shall pay the applicable base integrated connection fee set forth in the integrated connection base fee schedule adjusted downward, if applicable, in accordance with the immediate preceding subsection.
D. 
Effective January 1, 2005, and January 1 of every year thereafter, the integrated sewer connection base fees shall be adjusted by a percentage, which is determined by the annual change in the Consumer Price Index (the "index") calculated as follows:
(1) 
The Consumer Price Index shall be that Index referred to as the Consumer Price Index, US City Average, All Urban Consumers, published by the United States Department of Labor-Bureau of Statistics [(1982-84)=100]. In the event the method of determining the index is substantially altered, the basis for determining the annual change thereafter shall be the index which is most comparable to the index described above.
(2) 
For the purpose of computing the percentage change each calendar year, the index for the month of August for the prior calendar year shall be subtracted from the index for the immediately preceding August. The result so obtained (if positive) shall be divided by the index for the month of August for the prior calendar year to obtain the percentage increase which shall be applied to the then-current integrated sewer connection base fee schedule to determine the new calendar year schedule.
E. 
The foregoing integrated connection fee is due and payable at the time a user receives a permit to connect to the sewer system. A permit issued by the City to connect to the sewer system shall expire 180 days from the date the permit was issued.
F. 
The user receiving services who applies for a larger water meter than the one presently in service shall pay an integrated connection fee which is the difference in cost between the meter size in service and the one applied for in accordance with the integrated connection fee in effect at the time of application. No credit or rebate shall be made in the case of application for a smaller meter size.
Rates and charges for sewage disposal service furnished by the system shall be charged to all persons or entities within or without the City limits using the system. Such charges shall reflect the proportionate costs of providing the service within the City limits. For those users of the system outside the City limits, charges shall be based on the proportionate actually incurred costs to provide service to the users within the governmental unit in which they reside. Each unit of government customer class in which users receive treatment services from the system shall adopt a system of user charges in accordance with the EPA regulations and shall incorporate such user charge system in their appropriate ordinances or resolutions.
For the purposes of determining user charges, three user classes are established: domestic, commercial and industrial.
The charges herein established shall be based upon the water consumption of the user's premises, including water from public and private supplies, as determined by this Part 2 and the standards, rules and regulations promulgated pursuant hereto, or at the election of the user upon the actual amount of sewage discharge into the system. However, a monthly service charge shall be based upon the size of the water meter and as determined by this Part 2.