[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Muskego 8-17-2000 by Ord. No.
1035 (Ch. 21 of the 1964 Code). Amendments noted
where applicable.]
[Amended 5-22-2003 by Ord. No. 1138]
The Common Council of the City of Muskego, pursuant to the provision
of § 66.0621(1)(b), Wis. Stats., does hereby declare the
City of Muskego owned sewerage system, collection system (as hereinafter
defined), waste collection and disposal operations, and all other
appurtenances and equipment for such purposes a public utility as
of the date of this chapter.
A.
The operation, management and control of the Utility is hereby vested
in the Common Council of the City of Muskego pursuant to the provisions
of § 66.0621(1), Wis. Stats., and hereinafter referred to
as the "approving authority." All records of the Utility shall be
kept by the Clerk-Treasurer and Public Works and Development Director
or designee in the City Hall or other officially designated place.
[Amended 5-22-2003 by Ord. No. 1138[1]]
B.
The rules, regulations and rates hereinafter set forth shall be considered
part of the contract with every individual or entity connected to
the sewerage system. Said rules, regulations and rates may be changed
from time to time as determined by the Common Council, and the right
is reserved to make special rates and contracts in all proper cases.
C.
The Common Council shall cause an annual audit of the books of the
Utility to be made by a private firm of certified public accountants
and shall make the books and records relating to the Utility available
for inspection during regular business hours.
This chapter, its rules, regulations and rates shall apply to
all individuals, firms, corporations and institutions residing within
the corporate limits of the City of Muskego or its sewer service area
and any person, firm or corporation by attachment or otherwise coming
in to locate within the City of Muskego subsequent to the effective
date hereof.
[Added 5-22-2003 by Ord. No. 1138]
The areas to be served by the City of Muskego Sewer Utility
shall include all areas within the corporate limits of the City of
Muskego within the sewer service area of the Milwaukee Metropolitan
Sewerage District (MMSD) or Norway Sanitary Sewer District, as that
may be amended from time to time, and such areas beyond the corporate
limits of the City as hereinafter identified. The Muskego Utility
shall have no obligation to serve any area outside the incorporated
limits of the City beyond the areas hereinafter identified, and by
this chapter the City of Muskego expressly affirms its policy that
it is unwilling to serve any areas beyond the corporate limits of
the City, other than those expressly identified herein:
A.
The areas identified in the amendment to the Agreement Creating the
Linnie Lac Sanitary Sewer District by and between the City of Muskego
and the City of New Berlin adopted by Resolution No. 237-2000 and
any subsequent amendments to said Agreement by resolution of the Common
Council.
The meaning of terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251
et seq.) as amended by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments
of 1972 (Pub. L. 92-500 and Pub. L. 93-243) or modified by Ch. 283,
Wis. Stats., or appropriate section of the Wisconsin Administrative
Code adopted pursuant to Ch. 283, Wis. Stats.
The Common Council of the City of Muskego or its duly authorized
deputy, agent or representative.
The quantity of oxygen, expressed in milligrams per liter
(mg/l), utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under
standard laboratory conditions for five days at a temperature of 20°
centigrade. The laboratory determination shall be made in accordance
with procedures set forth in Standard Methods.
A sewer that carries only sewage and industrial wastes from
the building plumbing to the public sanitary sewer. This pipe shall
also be defined as one connection per pipe.
The City of Muskego.
The system of sewers and appurtenances for the collection,
transportation and pumping of domestic wastewater and industrial waste.
Multifamily dwelling units consisting of three or more dwelling
units and all other uses not defined as residential, condominium or
industrial users.
A residential dwelling unit that may consist of a single-family
unit, duplex units or multifamily buildings of three or more units
with a sewer connection that may be used individually or in common
with other condominium units.
A charge levied on users for each lateral connected to the
sewerage system. The revenues generated from the connection charge
shall be used to cover the cost of infiltration and inflow.
A charge levied on users to recover the component of total
operation, maintenance and capital costs of the sewerage system that
relates to wastewater flow caused by users of the sewerage system.
The consumption charge shall consist of a charge in terms of dollars
per 1,000 gallons of flow.
All annual principal and interest requirements and obligations
of the City for the sewerage system, including capital charges.
A water meter installed on fixtures in a building that does
not discharge to the sanitary sewer and is used to determine a deduction
from the main water meter for sewer usage billing purposes.
[Added 8-22-2002 by Ord. No. 1113]
Waterborne waste normally being discharged from the sanitary
conveniences of dwellings, apartment houses, hotels, office buildings,
factories and institutions, free of industrial waste and in which
the average concentration of suspended solids is established at 320
mg/l and a BOD is established at 255 mg/l.
A sample consisting of portions of waste taken in proportion
to the volume of flow of said wastes.
Any nongovernmental, nonresidential user of the sewerage system
that discharges more than the equivalent of 1,000 gallons per day
(gpd) of sanitary wastes and whose activities are identified in the
Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1972, Office of Management
and Budget, as amended and supplemented, under the following divisions:
In determining if a user is in the industrial classification,
the City may exclude domestic wastes or discharges from sanitary conveniences.
After applying the sanitary waste exclusion, discharges in the above
divisions that have a volume exceeding 1,000 gpd or the weight of
biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) or suspended solids (SS) equivalent
to that weight found in 1,000 gpd of sanitary waste are considered
industrial users. Sanitary wastes, for purposes of this calculation
of equivalency, are the waste discharges from residential users. Any
nongovernmental user of the sewerage system that discharges wastewater
to the sewerage system that contains toxic pollutants or poisonous
solids, liquids or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or
by interaction with other waste, to contaminate the sludge of any
municipal system or to injure or to interfere with any sewage treatment
process, or that constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create
a public nuisance, or create any hazard in or have an adverse effect
on the waters receiving any discharge from the treatment works, shall
be an industrial user, even if it does not discharge the equivalent
of 1,000 gallons per day of sanitary waste.
Any waterborne solids, liquids or gaseous wastes, other than
domestic wastewater, resulting from, discharging from, flowing from
or escaping from any commercial, industrial, manufacturing or food
processing operation or process or from the development of any natural
resource, or any mixture of these with water or domestic wastewater.
A sewer constructed to receive the dry weather flow of untreated
or inadequately treated wastewater from one or more existing sanitary
system terminals, other than from a dwelling or building that presently
discharges or formerly discharged flow directly into any waters of
the state, and convey the flow to a treatment works, or is to serve
in lieu of an existing or proposed treatment works.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface water or groundwater.
Wastewater in which BOD or suspended solids concentrations
do not exceed normal concentrations of:[1]
The actual sums spent by the Utility in the operation and
maintenance of its sewerage system, consisting of, but not limited
to, each and all of the following purposes:
Wages and salaries and employee-related expenses of operating,
maintenance, clerical, laboratory and supervisory personnel, together
with fringe benefits and premiums paid on such wages and salaries
for the State of Wisconsin workers' compensation coverage.
Electrical power.
Chemicals, fuel and other operating supplies.
Repairs to and maintenance of the equipment associated therewith.
Premiums for hazard insurance.
Premiums for insurance providing coverage against liability
for the injury to person and/or property.
Rents and leasing costs.
Operation, licensing and maintenance costs for trucks and heavy
equipment.
Consultant and legal fees.
Replacement.
Operation, maintenance and capital costs charged to the City
of Muskego by the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD)
or the Town of Norway Sanitary District No. 1.
Any and all persons, natural or artificial, including any
individual, firm, company, municipal or private corporation, association,
governmental agency or other entity and agents, servants or employees.
The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the hydrogen
ion concentration expressed in moles per liter. It shall be determined
by one of the procedures outlined in Standard Methods.
A sewer in which all owners or abutting properties have equal
rights and which is controlled or owned by public authority.
Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories
and appurtenances that are necessary during the useful life of the
treatment works to maintain the capacity and performance for which
such works were designed and constructed.
All condominiums, single-family or two-family (duplex) dwelling
units. Multifamily or multiunit buildings consisting of three or more
dwelling units shall be classified as commercial. Multifamily dwelling
buildings of three or more units that consist of condominiums shall
be classified as residential.
The amount of normal wastewater discharged (base flow) by
one average household. For user charge billings, the base flow associated
with one residential equivalent connection shall be computed by multiplying
the City occupancy factor, as described in the current volume of the
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) Cost Recovery Procedures
Manual, times the gallons per capita per day factor established yearly
by MMSD. Commercial lands shall be estimated at 4.81 RECs per acre
and industrial lands shall be estimated at 9.63 RECs per acre until
the lands are developed and actual flows can be established.
A sewer that conveys domestic wastewater or industrial waste
or a combination of both and into which stormwater, surface water
and groundwater or unpolluted industrial wastewater is not intentionally
passed.
All facilities for the collection, transporting, and pumping
of waste and wastewater. Also may be referred to as "sewer system."
Charges to users of the sewerage system. Sewer service charges
may include connection charges, consumption charges, ready to serve
charges, and other charges as deemed necessary by the approving authority
so as to assure that each user of the sewerage system pays its proportionate
share of the cost of such facilities.
Any discharge of water or wastewater which in concentration
of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds for any period
longer than 15 minutes more than five times the average twenty-four-hour
concentration or flows during normal operation and shall adversely
affect the collection system and/or performance of the wastewater
treatment works.
The methods and procedures set forth in the latest edition
of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater as
prepared, approved and published by the American Public Health Association,
American Water Works Association and the Water Environment Federation.
A sewer that carries storm and surface drainage but excludes
domestic wastewater and industrial wastes.[2]
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by a laboratory
filtration device. Quantitative determination of suspended solids
shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in Standard
Methods.
Water of quality equal to or better than the effluent criteria
in effect or water that would not cause violation of receiving water
quality standards and would not be benefited by discharge to the sanitary
sewers and wastewater treatment facilities provided.
Any person discharging domestic wastewater or industrial
wastes into the collection system.
The City of Muskego Sewer Utility established by this chapter.
Any solid, liquid or gaseous material or combination thereof
discharged from any residences, business buildings, institutions and
industrial establishments into the collection system or storm sewer.
A combination of the water-carried waste discharges into
the collection system from residences, business buildings, institutions
and industrial establishments, together with such groundwater, surface
water and stormwater as may be present.
A pumping facility utilized to pump wastewater within the
collection system.
Any facilities, devices and structures used for receiving
and treating wastewater from the Utility collection system.
A permit to discharge pollutants obtained under the Wisconsin
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (WPDES) pursuant to Ch. 283,
Wis. Stats.
A.
Declaration of policy. The Common Council of the City of Muskego
finds and declares that the public health, comfort and safety are
preserved and enhanced by the provisions of the sewerage system in
the promotion of a clean and healthful environment and that the failure
to connect to the sewerage system is contrary to minimum health standards.
B.
Connections.
(1)
To assure preservation of public health, comfort and safety, the
owner of any houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy,
employment, recreation, or other habitations, situated within the
City and adjacent to a public sewer or in a block through which a
public sewer extends, is hereby required at his expense to install
suitable toilet facilities therein and to connect such facilities
directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions
of this chapter within nine months after the public sewer first becomes
operational or, if an immediate health hazard exists, within 30 days
upon receipt of notice from the Health Officer or City Building Inspector.
(2)
Prior to any person or entity applying for a sanitary permit to allow
for a private sewerage system, all such persons or entities making
such application shall apply for a determination from the City that
public sewer is not available. Upon determination of sewer being unavailable,
application for permit will be allowed.
[Amended 12-7-2000 by Ord. No. 1049]
(3)
If a person fails to comply with said notice to connect within the
given period of time the City may, at its option:
(a)
Cause such connection to be made and bill the property owner
for such costs. If such costs are not paid within 30 days, such costs
shall be assessed as a special tax lien against the property, unless
the owner within 30 days after the completion of the work files a
written option with the City Clerk-Treasurer stating that he cannot
pay such amount in one sum and asking that it be levied in not to
exceed five equal annual installments, and the amount shall be so
collected with interest at the rate of 9% per annum from the completion
of the work, the unpaid balance to be a special tax lien; or
(b)
Impose a standby charge for the period that such failure continues after 10 days' written notice to any owner failing to make a connection to the sewerage system of an amount equal to 100% of the total charges calculated pursuant to § 290-7B and C, payable monthly for the period in which the failure to connect continues, and upon failure to make such a payment, said charge shall be levied as a tax against the lot or parcel to which sewer service was furnished.
C.
Alternative disposal prohibited.
(1)
No person shall construct or maintain any privy vault, septic tank,
cesspool or other facility intended to be used for the disposal of
domestic wastewater, if a public sewer is available.
(2)
No person shall discharge to any natural outlet within the City or
in any area under the jurisdiction of the City wastewater or other
polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided
in accordance with subsequent provisions of this chapter.
D.
Plumbers. No plumber, pipe fitter, or other persons will be permitted
to do any plumbing or pipe fitting work in connection with the sewerage
system without first receiving a license from the State of Wisconsin.
If the work is performed by or under the direction of the City, and
is on property subject to easement for highway or street purposes
or public service right-of-way, this requirement is not applicable.
E.
Maintenance of services. All sewer services within the limits of
the City from the street main to the property line, and including
all controls between the same, shall be maintained and repaired without
expense to the property owner except when they are damaged as a result
of negligence or carelessness on the part of the property owner, in
which case they will be repaired at the expense of the property owner.
All building sewers and all facilities throughout the premises served
must be maintained free of defective conditions by and at the expense
of the owner or occupant of the property served. If any repairs are
made by the City, the City will issue a statement for the expenses
of the repairs to the property owner who shall pay said statement
within 30 days of receipt. Failure to pay shall result in the charges
being placed on the tax roll as a special charge under § 66.0627,
Wis. Stats.
F.
Users.
(1)
Application for service.
(a)
Every person requesting connection to the sewerage system shall
file an application in writing to the Utility, in such form as is
prescribed for that purpose. Blanks for such applications will be
furnished at the office of the City Clerk-Treasurer. The application
must state fully and truly all the use that will be presently made.
If any change in use from that set forth in this application is contemplated,
the user must obtain further application and permission from the Utility.
If the applicant is not the owner of the premises, the written consent
of the owner must accompany the application.
(b)
The application may be for service to more than one building,
or more than one unit of service through one service connection, and,
in such case, charges shall be made accordingly.
(c)
If it appears that the service applied for will not provide
adequate service for the contemplated use, the Utility may reject
the application. If the Utility approves the application, it shall
issue a permit for services as shown on the application.
(d)
All expenses relating to the connection to the sewerage system
shall be paid by the applicant or owner.
(2)
Tap permits. After sewer connections have been introduced into any
building or upon any premises, no plumber shall make any alterations,
extensions, or attachments, unless the party ordering such tapping
or other work shall obtain and exhibit the proper permit for the same
from the Utility.
(3)
User to keep in repair. All users shall keep their own service pipe
in good repair and protected from frost, at their own risk and expense,
and shall prevent any unnecessary overburdening of the sewerage system.
[Amended 3-20-2003 by Ord. No. 1135]
(4)
User use only. No user shall allow other persons to connect to, or
permit other uses to be made of, the sewerage system through its lateral.
(5)
User to permit inspection. Every user shall permit the City or its
duly authorized agent, at all reasonable hours of the day, to enter
its premises or building to examine the pipes and fixtures and the
manner in which the drains and sewer connections operate and must
at all times, frankly and without concealment, answer all questions
put to it relative to its use.
(6)
Responsibility. No claim shall be made against the City or its agents
or employees by reason of the breaking, clogging, stoppage or freezing
of any service pipe, nor from any damage arising from repairing mains,
making connections or extensions or any other work that may be deemed
necessary by the City, absent gross negligence of the City, its agents
or employees. The City may cut off the service at any time for the
purpose of repairs or any other necessary purpose, any permit granted
or regulation to the contrary notwithstanding. Whenever it shall become
necessary to shut off the sewer service within any areas of the City,
the City shall, if practicable, give notice to each affected user.
G.
Excavations.
(1)
In making excavations in streets or highways for laying service pipe
or making repairs, the paving and earth moved must be deposited in
a manner that will occasion the least inconvenience to the public.
(2)
No person shall leave any such excavation made in any street or highway
open at any time without barricades, and during the night warning
lights must be maintained at such excavations.
(3)
All services within the public right-of-way shall have their trenches
backfilled with materials as approved by the Public Works and Development
Director or designee, and this work, together with the replacing of
sidewalks and paving, must be done so as to make the street as good,
at least, as before it was disturbed, and satisfactory to the City.
H.
Laterals.
(1)
All laterals on private property will be installed in accordance
with Ch. SPS 382, Wis. Adm. Code, as from time to time amended.
(2)
The building sewer shall be inspected by the City Plumbing Inspector
or his designee upon completion of placement of the pipe and before
backfilling and tested before and after backfilling.
I.
Tapping the mains.
(1)
No persons, except those having special permission from the City
or persons in their service and approved by them, will be permitted
under any circumstances to tap the public sanitary sewers. The kind
and size of the connection with the public sanitary sewers shall be
that specified in the permit or order from the City.
(2)
Pipes should always be tapped at the top, and not within six inches
(15 centimeters) of the joint, or within 24 inches (60 centimeters)
of another lateral connection.
(3)
When any lateral is to be relaid and there are two or more parcels
connected to the lateral, all but one of the parcels shall be disconnected
from such lateral and new laterals shall be installed for the remaining
parcels.
J.
Metering.
(1)
All industrial, commercial and multifamily users (consisting of three or more units) shall be required to install metering devices as further described at § 290-14 of this chapter at the user's expense by December 31, 2000. This metering requirement shall apply to all water systems, including but not limited to private, community, and public water systems.
(2)
Metered users, as described in Subsection J(1), may install, at their expense, a deduct meter per § 290-14 to measure water not entering the sanitary sewer system. The total from this meter shall be subtracted from the main water meter for sewer usage billing purposes.
[Added 8-22-2002 by Ord. No. 1113]
A.
General.
(1)
It shall be the policy of the Utility to establish sewer service
charges in such amount as to obtain sufficient revenues to pay the
following costs:
(2)
Those aspects of sewer service charges relating to operation, maintenance
and replacement fund shall be in accord with any relevant and applicable
requirements imposed by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
or by federal law.
(3)
The Utility may establish sewer service charges, including connection
charges, consumption charges, ready to serve charges and other charges,
as deemed necessary by the approving authority so as to assure that
each user of the sewerage system pays its proportionate share of the
cost of such facilities.
(4)
A review of the user charge system shall be conducted on an annual
basis. This review shall include an analysis of the total costs of
the system and of wastewater contribution of users and user classes.
(5)
The charges established hereunder will be developed using a utility
rate making method that includes recovery of operation and maintenance
costs plus depreciation, amortization and a return on investment.
The computation of revenue requirements for rate making purposes will
include reductions for City subsidies, other revenues and operating
reserves.
B.
Consumption charge. A consumption charge is hereby imposed upon all
users of the sewerage system. The consumption charge will recover
the component of total operation, maintenance and capital costs of
the sewerage system that relates to sewage flow attributable to users
of the system. The consumption charge shall consist of a charge in
terms of dollars per 1,000 gallons. The consumption charge shall be
based upon metered water usage or an assigned residential equivalent
connection (REC) value. All single-family residences or stand alone
or detached condominiums shall be assigned an REC value of one. For
all users other than single-family residences, stand alone or detached
condominiums, duplexes or duplex condominiums, the consumption charge
shall be based upon metered water usage. For all users that do not
have water meters installed, other than single-family residences or
stand alone or detached condominiums, the consumption charge shall
be based upon the assigned REC value determined as follows:
[Amended 4-4-2002 by Ord. No. 1098]
Property Type
|
REC
| |
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Residential Properties
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Duplex/condominium (3-bedroom unit, each side)
|
1.00
| |
Duplex/condominium (2-bedroom unit, each side)
|
0.75
| |
Duplex/condominium (1-bedroom or less unit, each side)
|
0.50
| |
Single-family with mother-in-law (3-bedroom attachment)
|
2.00
| |
Single-family with mother-in-law (2-bedroom attachment)
|
1.75
| |
Single-family with mother-in-law (1-bedroom attachment)
|
1.50
| |
Multifamily apartment/condominium (3-bedroom unit, each unit)
|
1.00
| |
Multifamily apartment/condominium (2-bedroom unit, each unit)
|
0.75
| |
Multifamily apartment/condominium (1-bedroom unit/less, each
unit)
|
0.50
| |
Commercial and Industrial Properties
|
See Note (1)
|
Note (1): Commercial and industrial properties:
| ||
REC values for all nonmetered properties shall be assigned based
upon the methodology set forth in the estimated volume of discharge
section of the current volume of the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage
District Cost Recovery and Procedures Manual as may be amended from
time to time.
| ||
All buildings shall be assigned a minimum value of one REC.
Exception: In the case of a business property with multiple buildings,
the property shall be assessed a minimum of one REC for the main building
and an additional minimum 0.5 REC for each additional building connected
to sewer, if the property meets all of the following criteria:
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1.
|
The property may not be able to be divided as determined by
the Public Works and Development Director or designee.
| |
2.
|
The property must be occupied by the same business for all of
the buildings.
|
C.
Connection charge. A connection charge is hereby imposed upon each
user connected to the sewerage system. The connection charge shall
recover the cost of infiltration and inflow in the sewerage system.
The connection charge shall be levied on each lateral connection to
the sewerage system and will consist of a flat fee per connection.
Laterals that have multiunit condominium dwellings connected to them
shall have the cost of the lateral connection divided proportionately
to each of the users of the lateral.
D.
Special rates. It is understood that the approving authority may
at any time hereafter set special rates for certain users. Any user
discharging wastewater other than domestic wastewater or any toxic
pollutants, wastewater or other wastes to the sewerage system shall
pay for the increased operation, maintenance and replacement costs
caused by its discharge.
E.
Industrial and commercial charges for other than domestic wastewater.
Charges made for wastewater and other than domestic wastewater shall
be based on flow, BOD, suspended solids, phosphorous and other such
constituents that affect the cost of collection and treatment. All
persons discharging waste into the sewerage system are subject to
a surcharge, in addition to any other sewer service charge, if their
wastewater has a concentration greater than domestic wastewater concentrations.
The volume of flow used for computing waste surcharges shall be the
metered water consumption or the actual volume of waste as determined
by an industrial waste metering installation. The amount of surcharge
shall reflect the cost incurred by the City, the Town of Norway Sanitary
District, and the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD)
in removing BOD, suspended solids, phosphorous, and other pertinent
constituents. The total commercial and industrial service charges
shall consist of the actual surcharge from the MMSD or the Town of
Norway Sanitary District No. 1 submitted to the City of Muskego plus
the connection charge and the consumption charge from the City.
F.
Initial construction fee. For each new lateral or service connection
there shall be charged a fee in an amount as may be established by
the Common Council from time to time by separate resolution. This
fee shall be paid to the City at the time of building permit or plumbing
permit issuance.
G.
Reserve capacity assessments. There is hereby levied and assessed
upon each lot or parcel of land currently within the City but not
having an existing connection to the sewerage system and upon land
subsequently attached to the City a reserve capacity assessment (RCA).
Such RCA charge shall be payable as herein provided and shall be on
the basis of one RCA charge for each residential equivalent connection
connected to the sewerage system. The number of residential equivalent
connections shall be calculated in accordance with Appendix A.[1]
(1)
For the purpose of this chapter, sewer reserve capacity assessments
in the City shall be classified as existing users and future users.
[Amended 5-28-2019 by Ord. No.
1429]
(a)
Existing users.
[1]
Property owners whose improved lot has been connected to City
sewer prior to January 1, 1985, will pay a reserve capacity assessment
of $250 per residential equivalency connection.
[2]
Properties being served prior to public sewer connection by
septic systems, mounds and holding tanks will pay this assessment
on or before November 1 in the year the plumbing permit is obtained
to connect to the sewer, except that if said permit is obtained after
November 1 in any calendar year, the assessment will be paid on or
before November 1 of the next calendar year. This assessment of $250
shall increase by $22.50 per residential equivalency connection per
year, commencing January 1, 1986.
(b)
Future users.
[1]
Properties where public sewer connection takes place or additional
capacity is made available after January 1, 1985, and which are not
being served by a septic system, mounds or holding tank will pay a
reserve capacity assessment of $1,500 per residential equivalency
connection on or before November 1 of the year of connection or the
year when additional capacity is made available, except that if said
connection or additional capacity is made available after November
1 in any calendar year, the assessment will be paid on or before November
1 of the next calendar year. This reserve capacity assessment will
increase by $135 each January 1 commencing on January 1, 1986.
[2]
The number of residential equivalency units for all categories
of future users for reserve capacity assessment purposes shall be
determined upon final building inspection, as a result of possible
revisions made to the building by the developer from the time of the
issuance of the building permit to the time of final inspection, which
determination may be appealed to the City of Muskego Public Works
and Safety Committee within 60 days of said determination. All determinations
of the number of residential equivalency units shall take into consideration
potential future use and necessary capacity.
[3]
Upon request, the City Engineer can provide an estimate at the
time of issuance of a building permit on the number of residential
equivalency units for all categories of future users for reserve capacity
assessment purposes. This is an estimate only which is not binding
on the City and which developer shall rely on at its own risk.
(2)
Installment
payments.
(a)
The assessments for those connecting to the City of Muskego
sewerage system on or before September 7, 1984, may be paid in cash
in full on or before November 1, 1984, or in five equal annual installments
of principal together with 12 months' interest per installment at
the rate of 9% per annum on the unpaid balance commencing on November
1, 1984, and said first installment being due on the date when real
estate taxes are due and annually thereafter. All assessments or installments
which are not paid by the date specified shall be extended upon the
tax roll as a delinquent tax against the property, and all proceedings
in relation to the collection, return and sale of property for delinquent
real estate taxes shall apply to such special assessment, except as
otherwise provided by statute. Existing users as defined above who
are not connected will be given the five installment method; provided,
however, that the first installment shall be due and payable on or
before November 1 in the year the plumbing permit is issued, except
that if said permit is obtained after November 1 in any calendar year
the assessment will be paid on or before November 1 of the next calendar
year. All annual installments due on the first day of November 1996
and thereafter shall bear interest at the rate of 8% per annum on
the same basis as stated above until further action of the Common
Council.
(b)
Future users may pay their assessment in five equal annual installments
of principal together with 12 months' interest per installment at
the rate of 9% per annum commencing on November 1 in the year of connection
or in the year additional capacity is made available, except if said
connection or additional capacity is made available after November
1 in any calendar year, then commencing on November 1 of the next
calendar year and said first installment being due on the date when
real estate taxes are due and annually thereafter. All assessments
or installments which are not paid by the date specified shall be
extended upon the tax roll as a delinquent tax against the property,
and all proceedings in relation to the collection, return and sale
of property for delinquent real estate taxes shall apply to such special
assessment, except as otherwise provided by statute. All annual installments
due on the first day of November 1996 and thereafter shall bear interest
at the rate of 8% per annum on the same basis as stated above until
further action of the Common Council.
[1]
Editor's Note: Appendix A is included as an attachment to this chapter.
H.
Ready-to-serve charge. The owner of each premises to which sewer service has been provided by the City but not connected to the sewerage system for sewer service where no indoor plumbing is available shall pay for the availability thereof a ready-to-serve charge equal to the rate provided by Subsection C. A ready-to-serve charge is not a standby charge and applies only to existing structures without indoor plumbing. Any ready-to-serve charge becoming effective during any year shall be charged on a pro rata basis for that year in which such charge becomes effective.
I.
Vacant buildings.
(1)
Any previously connected industrial building which is now vacant,
or any commercial or industrial building which is vacant due to initial
construction, shall be assigned 1.0 REC for purposes of consumption
charges. Such REC assignment will become effective at the end of the
quarterly period in which such building becomes vacant if the owner,
or the owner's agent, notifies the City Clerk-Treasurer in writing
of such vacancy and upon inspection thereof by the City to determine
that such building is vacant. The owner or the owner's agent
shall pay a fee in such amount as will be determined from time to
time by resolution of the Common Council to the City for such an inspection.
The fee for said inspection shall be paid prior to the inspection
being made and is nonrefundable.
(2)
It shall be the duty of the owner of any vacant commercial or industrial
building to notify the City Clerk-Treasurer in writing within five
days from the date any such building, or any portion thereof, is reoccupied.
The sewer user charge for the quarter that any such building or any
portion thereof is reoccupied shall be prorated for such quarter.
(3)
If such owner fails to notify the City Clerk-Treasurer of reoccupancy
of said building or any portion thereof as herein provided, then 200%
of the sewer user charge shall be assessed against said building until
such notice is received. The notice to be given shall describe the
premises and uses involved and the date the premises is reoccupied.
A.
On an annual basis and prior to December 1 of each year, the Finance
and Administration Director shall prepare a Sewer Utility budget.
The budgeted expenditures shall be incorporated into the annual sewer
user rate review. The budgeted revenues shall be sufficient to cover
projected operation, maintenance and debt service costs of the Sewer
Utility and any contributions to replacement or reserve accounts as
may be deemed necessary.
B.
Sewer service charges may be billed monthly, bimonthly or quarterly
and will be billed in the period after which services are received.
Charges shall be payable at the City Clerk-Treasurer's office
or at any other officially designated location. Statements for such
charges and assessments levied and assessed in accordance with this
chapter shall become due and payable within 30 days from and after
the date of the statement. In the event that any such statement or
statements are not paid when due, a penalty of 1% per month will be
added thereto.
[Amended 7-5-2001 by Ord. No. 1072]
C.
Billing. The property owner is held responsible for all sewer bills
on premises that he owns. All sewer bills and notices of any nature,
relative to the sewer service, will be addressed to the owner and/or
occupant and delivered to the addressee by first-class mail.
D.
Failure to receive bill. Every reasonable care will be exercised
in the proper delivery of sewer bills. Failure to receive a sewer
bill, however, shall not relieve any person of the responsibility
for payment of sewer rates within the prescribed period, nor exempt
any person from any penalty imposed for delinquency in the payment
thereof.
E.
Delinquent accounts.
(1)
On or before October 1 of each year, the Sewer Utility shall furnish
the City Clerk-Treasurer with a listing of all lots or parcels for
which utility charges are still owed for service provided in the year
preceding October 1.
(2)
On October 15 in each year, the City Clerk-Treasurer shall give notice
to the owner or occupant of all lots or parcels of real estate for
which payment is owed and in arrears at the time that the notice is
given. Such notice shall be in writing and shall state the amount
of such arrears, including any penalty assessed pursuant to the rules
of the City. The notice shall also state that unless such arrears,
with any such added penalty, are paid by November 1, thereafter a
penalty of 10% of the amount of such arrears will be added thereto,
and that unless such arrears, with any such added penalty, shall be
paid by November 15 thereafter, the same will be levied as a tax against
the lot or parcel of real estate to which utility service was furnished
and for which payment is delinquent. Such notice may be served by
delivery to either such owner or occupant personally or by letter
addressed to such owner or occupant at the post office address of
such lot or parcel of real estate. Failure to serve or receive such
notice, however, shall not relieve any person of the responsibility
for payment for services that have been furnished, nor exempt any
person from any penalty imposed for delinquency in the payment thereof,
nor exempt the property from imposition of a lien as provided herein.
(3)
On November 16, the City Clerk-Treasurer shall certify and file a
list of all lots or parcels of real estate, giving the legal descriptions
thereof, for which the owners or occupants were given notice of arrears
in payment as above specified and for which arrears still remain unpaid.
The list shall state the amount of such arrears together with the
added penalty thereon as herein provided. Each delinquent amount,
including penalty, shall thereupon become a lien upon the lot or parcel
of real estate to which the service was furnished and payment is delinquent.
The City Clerk-Treasurer shall insert the same as a tax against such
lot or parcel of real estate. All proceedings in relation to the collection
of general property taxes shall apply to said delinquent tax if the
same is not paid within the time required by law for payment of taxes
upon real estate.
F.
Charges for sewer usage shall begin on the date a residential, commercial,
industrial or institutional parcel or building is connected to the
sanitary sewer.
A.
Income and revenues derived by the Utility shall be accounted for
separately and distinctly from the City general fund.
B.
A replacement reserve fund shall be maintained with the purpose of
providing for the replacement of mechanical equipment in order to
maintain the capacity and performance for which the sewer system facilities
were designed. Other segregated funds (e.g., debt reserve, capital
improvement fund) may be established and maintained as necessary.
A.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater,
groundwater, roof runoff, yard drainage, yard fountain, swimming pool
or pond overflow into the collection system. Unpolluted water or waste
shall be discharged only to storm sewers or to a natural outlet.
B.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged to the collection
system either directly or indirectly any of the following described
wastes or wastewater:
(1)
Any liquid having a temperature higher than 150° F. (65°
C.).
(2)
Any wax, grease or oil, plastic or any other substance that will
solidify or become discernibly viscous at temperatures between 32°
and 150° F. (0° and 65° C.).
(3)
Any solids, liquids or gases which by themselves or by interaction
with other substances may cause fire, explosion, or hazards, create
toxic fumes or in any other way be injurious to persons or property
involved in the operation or maintenance of the sewerage system.
(4)
Solid or viscous substances in quantities or of such size capable
of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference
with the proper operation of the sewerage system, such as, but not
limited to, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass,
rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, unground garbage, whole blood,
paunch manure, hair and fleshings, entrails, paper dishes, cups, milk
containers, etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
(5)
Any garbage that has not been properly comminuted or shredded to
such a degree that all particles will be carried freely in suspension
in the municipal sewers (100% passing a one-half-inch screen; 90%
passing a one-fourth-inch screen).
(6)
Any noxious or malodorous substance which either singly or by interaction
with other substances is capable of causing odors objectionable to
persons of ordinary sensitivity.
(7)
Any wastes or wastewater having a pH lower than 5.5 or higher than
9.0 or having any corrosive property capable of causing damage or
hazards to the sewerage system or personnel.
(8)
Any wastes or wastewater of such character and quantity that unusual
attention or expense is required to handle it in the sewerage system.
(9)
Any wastewater or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous substance,
such as plating or heat treating wastes, in sufficient quantity to
injure or interfere with wastewater treatment process, to constitute
a hazard to humans or animals, to create any hazard in the sewerage
system, or which would cause the wastewater treatment facilities to
discharge any of the following pollutants in quantities in excess
of the limitation as established in the Wisconsin Administrative Code
or WPDES permit: cyanide, hexavalent chromium, trivalent chromium,
copper, nickel, cadmium, phenols, iron and tin.
(11)
Free or emulsified oil and grease exceeding on analysis an average
of 100 mg/l of either or both or combinations of free or emulsified
oil and grease if, in the opinion of the Public Works and Development
Director or designee, it appears probable that such wastes or wastewater:
(a)
Can deposit grease or oil in the collection system in such manner
to cause it to clog.
(b)
Is not amenable to bacterial action and will therefore pass
to the receiving waters without being affected by normal wastewater
treatment processes.
(c)
Can have deleterious effects on the wastewater treatment process
due to the excessive quantities.
(12)
Any cyanides or cyanogen compounds capable of liberating hydrocyanic
gas or acidification in excess of 0.5 mg/l by weight as cyanide in
the wastes.
(13)
Wastes or wastewater that:
(a)
Causes unusual concentrations of solids or composition, as,
for example, in total suspended solids of inert nature (such as fuller's
earth) and/or in total dissolved solids (such as sodium chloride or
sodium sulfate).
(b)
Causes excessive discoloration in the wastewater treatment facility's
discharge.
(c)
Has BOD in excess of 900 mg/l based upon a twenty-four-hour
composite sample.
(d)
Has a total BOD or suspended solids loading in excess of any wastewater discharge permit described in § 290-16.
(e)
Is discharged without application for a wastewater discharge permit or contractual agreement as required under § 290-16.
(f)
Causes damage to the collection system or impairs the treatment
process.
C.
No person shall allow the discharge of slugs of water or wastes to
the collection system that may be harmful to the operation of the
sewerage system. Where, in the opinion of the Public Works and Development
Director or designee, slugging does occur, each person producing such
a discharge into the collection system shall construct and maintain,
at its own expense, a storage reservoir of sufficient capacity with
flow control equipment to ensure an equalized discharge over a twenty-four-hour
period.
D.
No person shall discharge any waste or wastewater that would cause
the wastewater treatment facility to be in violation of any of the
requirements of its WPDES permit.
E.
No person shall connect to and discharge to the collection system
unless there is capacity available in all downstream components of
the sewerage system as determined by the City Engineer.
Any person who accidentally discharges wastes or wastewater prohibited under § 290-10 shall immediately report such discharge to the Public Works and Development Director or designee.
A.
The approving authority may require pretreatment facilities of any
person discharging or planning to discharge industrial waste, if the
waste or wastewater:
(1)
Could cause damage to the collection system.
(2)
Impairs the treatment process.
(3)
Causes the City to incur treatment costs exceeding those of domestic
wastewater.
(4)
Has any of the characteristics of the prohibited discharges described in § 290-10 of this chapter.
(5)
Causes the wastewater treatment facilities to exceed their total
design loading for volume, BOD, suspended solids or any pollutant.
B.
Construction, operation and maintenance of pretreatment facilities
shall be at the expense of the person discharging the industrial waste.
C.
Plans, specifications and any other pertinent information relating
to proposed pretreatment facilities shall be submitted for review
of the Public Works and Development Director or designee and City
Engineer prior to the start of construction.
D.
In accordance with Ch. NR 114, Wis. Adm. Code, all pretreatment facilities
shall be operated by qualified personnel holding a license of the
proper class issued by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided at repair
garages, gasoline stations, car washes and other industrial or commercial
establishments for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing
grease in excessive amounts, oil, flammable wastes, sand and other
harmful ingredients. All interceptors shall be constructed in accordance
with the Wisconsin Plumbing Code and shall be located as to be readily
and easily accessible for easy cleaning and inspection. All grease,
oil and sand interceptors shall be maintained by the owner, at its
expense, in continuous, efficient operation at all times.
A.
Wastewater flows shall be assigned in accordance with the methodology
set forth in the estimated volume of discharge section of the current
volume of the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District Cost Recovery
and Procedures Manual as may be amended from time to time, unless
the City requires or the owner of any lot, parcel of land, building
or premises discharging domestic wastewater or industrial waste into
the sewerage system requests that the necessary metering equipment
be installed as approved by the Public Works and Development Director
or designee to measure the quantity of water pumped or discharged
to the sewerage system.
B.
Initial costs for metering equipment and installation shall be paid
by the user if the user is not on municipal water or if a deduct meter
is installed. Municipal Water Utility customers will utilize the reading
from the meter provided by the Water Utility. The user charge shall
be based on the quantity of water so measured. Whenever the person
fails to install such metering equipment, or where it is not practicable
to measure the water consumed on any premises by a meter or meters,
the Public Works and Development Director or designee shall determine
the estimated volume of water discharged into the sewerage system.
[Amended 8-22-2002 by Ord. No. 1113]
C.
The user shall be required to verify the accuracy of the water metering
equipment at the following minimum intervals: (Note: For those on
municipal water, the Water Utility tests the metering equipment per
the below schedule at no charge to the user.)
Water Meter Size
(inches)
|
Test Interval
(years)
| |
---|---|---|
5/8, 3/4 and 1
|
10
| |
1 1/2 and 2
|
4
| |
3 and 4
|
2
| |
6 and over
|
1
|
D.
Sewer discharge meters shall be tested and certified yearly.
[Amended 8-22-2002 by Ord. No. 1113]
E.
Meter testing shall be performed by the Utility.
[Amended 8-22-2002 by Ord. No. 1113]
F.
The Utility shall establish a yearly charge for testing, maintenance,
repairs, and replacement, when necessary, of meters. This charge will
apply to all users not on municipal water or those that have deduct
meters.
[Amended 8-22-2002 by Ord. No. 1113]
G.
The Public Works and Development Director or designee may require
the installation of devices for metering the volume of waste discharged
if those volumes cannot otherwise be determined. The metering devices
shall be owned and maintained by the person and may not be removed
without consent of the Public Works and Development Director or designee.
H.
Control manholes. All persons discharging industrial wastes into
the sewerage system shall construct and maintain control manholes
in suitable and accessible positions on public property or easement
to facilitate the observation, measurement and sampling of all their
wastes or wastewater. Control manholes shall be located and constructed
in a manner approved by the Public Works and Development Director
or designee. Plans shall be submitted and approved by the Public Works
and Development Director or designee prior to construction.
I.
The Public Works and Development Director or designee shall determine
the type of meter to be used.
When Chs. NR 101 and NR 202, Wis. Adm. Code, and/or the MMSD
or the Town of Norway Sanitary District No. 1 requires the submittal
of the character and concentration of wastes, waste volume, and production
information to the MMSD or the Town of Norway Sanitary District No.
1 and/or Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the user
shall have the waste character and concentration determined by an
independent testing laboratory. A copy of the test results and DNR
reports shall be submitted to the Public Works and Development Director
or designee.
A.
Wastewater discharge permit. The requirement for wastewater discharge
permits is regulated by the MMSD or the Town of Norway Sanitary District
No. 1. A copy of the permit application and any issued permit shall
be submitted to the Public Works and Development Director or designee.
B.
Revocation of permit. Any user which violates any of the conditions
of its permit, contractual agreement, or this chapter or applicable
state and federal regulation is subject to having its permit revoked.
The City shall be permitted to gain access to such properties
as may be necessary for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement,
sampling and testing, in accordance with provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 6-26-2018 by Ord. No. 1418]
When requested by the user furnishing a report or permit application
or questionnaire, the portions of the report or other document which
might disclose trade secrets or secret processes shall not be made
available for inspection by the public but shall be available for
use by the City or any state agency in judicial review or enforcement
proceedings involving the person furnishing the report.
A.
Any person who fails to comply with any of the provisions of this
chapter or with an order of the approving authority issued in pursuance
of this chapter, or shall tamper with metering or sampling, shall
be liable to the City for any expense, loss or damage occasioned by
such violation, including reasonable attorney fees and other expenses
of litigation, and upon conviction of any violation of this chapter
shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $5,000 per violation,
plus damages. Each day a condition is allowed to exist which is contrary
to all or any part of this chapter shall constitute a new violation.
Change of ownership or occupancy of premises delinquent under the
provisions of this chapter shall not be cause for reducing or eliminating
charges due and penalties for violations.
[Amended 5-28-2019 by Ord. No.
1429]
B.
In addition to the court proceedings and penalties described in the
foregoing sections of this chapter, whenever a person violates any
provision of this chapter or fails to comply with any order of the
approving authority, the approving authority may order that an action
be commenced on behalf of the City in the Circuit Court for Waukesha
County for the purpose of obtaining an injunction restraining the
person violating this chapter or failing to comply with the order
from making any further discharges into the sewerage system of the
City.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 21.19, State regulations,
which immediately followed this section, was repealed 6-26-2018 by
Ord. No. 1418.
[Amended 6-26-2018 by Ord. No. 1418]
The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewer District (MMSD) Rules and Regulations,
Chapter 17, promulgated by MMSD, as now in effect and as the same
may be amended from time to time hereafter, is hereby incorporated
by reference and shall be of full force and effect as though set forth
in its entirety herein.
A.
Intent. The City of Muskego has contracted with the Milwaukee Metropolitan
Sewerage District (MMSD) to provide sewer service within a certain
area of the City pursuant to the terms and conditions of said contract.
Pursuant to the terms and conditions of said contract, there is a
limitation on the amount of base flow which the City may utilize and
certain procedures after which certain amounts of base flow will be
considered to have been utilized by the City and thereafter removed
from the amount of base flow which can be utilized in the future by
the City. In adopting this section, the City is attempting to prevent
the allocation of portions of the base flow to sewer extensions that
will not be constructed within a defined time period.
B.
Application for sewer extension permits. Any person who wishes to
obtain a sewer extension permit within the MMSD contract area of the
City must file with the City an application for a sewer extension
permit in a manner as designated by the City. Said application will
be considered by the Public Works and Safety Committee of the City
of Muskego and shall only be granted if the Committee determines that
the amount of capacity allocated by the granting of said permit will
not jeopardize the ability of the City to comply with the terms and
conditions of said MMSD contract and it is reasonably anticipated
that the extensions will be constructed and utilized within the time
period stated in this section.
C.
Termination of permit.
(1)
Except as provided herein, all sewer extension permits granted under
this section shall automatically terminate and the allocation of said
capacity shall cease to the extent that said sewer extension is not
certified, by a representative appointed by the City to make said
certification, to be completely constructed and approved within one
year of the granting of said permit.
(2)
Any sewer extension permits granted under this section may be extended beyond the one-year period specified in Subsection C(1) above if, prior to the end of said one-year period, the period is extended by a subdivider's/developer's agreement entered into between the holder of said permit and the City. Said extension shall only be granted if installation of the sewer extensions is secured by either a letter of credit or, when not prohibited by other ordinances or resolutions of the City, other security deemed appropriate by the City. Said letter of credit or security shall be sufficient to ensure the installation of the sewer extension under terms and conditions satisfactory to the City for that phase of the development covered by the subdivider's/developer's agreement.
(3)
Any subdivider's/developer's agreement entered into pursuant to Subsection C(2) above shall also contain a provision, satisfactory to the City, indicating that all other sewer extension permits granted under this section and not secured as required in Subsection C(2) above shall automatically terminate and the allocation of said capacity shall cease to the extent that said sewer extension is not certified, by a representative appointed by the City to make said certification, to be completely constructed and approved within four years of the execution of the subdivider's/developer's agreement.
(4)
If the development noted above is being developed in phases, then the developer may, within the four-year period referred to in Subsection C(3) above, request that the City enter into an additional subdivider's/developer's agreement for the next phase of said development. Any such developer's agreement shall contain provisions as required in Subsection C(2) above to secure and ensure installation of sewers for that phase and shall also contain a provision as provided in Subsection C(3) above for the remaining extension permits.
D.
Permission for use of sewer extensions previously granted.
(1)
As to all sewer extensions that would now be under this section but
were approved prior to the initial adoption of this section on July
3, 1991, all of the persons or entities granted such permission shall
be given notice of the passage of this section and shall be considered
to have been granted a sewer extension permit as of the date they
are mailed notice of the adoption of this section. No permit fee will
be required under this subsection. The sewer extension permit granted
under this subsection shall terminate and the allocation of said capacity
shall cease to the extent that said sewer extension is not certified,
by a representative appointed by the City to make certification, to
be completely constructed and approved within one year of the mailing
of the notice of the adoption of this section.
(2)
Any sewer extension permits granted under this section may be extended beyond the one-year period specified in Subsection D(1) above if, prior to the end of said one-year period, the period is extended by a subdivider's/developer's agreement entered into between the holder of said permit and the City. Said extension shall only be granted if installation of the sewer extensions is secured by either a letter of credit or, when not prohibited by other ordinances or resolutions of the City, other security deemed appropriate by the City. Said letter of credit or security shall be sufficient to ensure the installation of the sewer extension under terms and conditions satisfactory to the City for that phase of the development covered by the subdivider's/developer's agreement.
(3)
Any subdivider's/developer's agreement entered into pursuant to Subsection D(2) above shall also contain a provision, satisfactory to the City, indicating that all other sewer extension permits granted under this section and not secured as required in Subsection D(2) above shall automatically terminate and the allocation of said capacity shall cease to the extent that said sewer extension is not certified, by a representative appointed by the City to make said certification, to be completely constructed and approved within four years of the execution of the subdivider's/developer's agreement.
(4)
If the development noted above is being developed in phases, then the developer may, within the four-year period referred to in Subsection D(3) above, request that the City enter into an additional subdivider's/developer's agreement for the next phase of said development. Any such developer's agreement shall contain provisions as required in Subsection D(2) above to secure and ensure installation of sewers for that phase and shall also contain a provision as provided in Subsection D(3) above for the remaining extension permits.
E.
Permit fees. Upon filing of an application, the applicant shall pay
a permit fee as may be determined by resolution of the Common Council
from time to time per application per type of development (residential,
multifamily, commercial, or industrial).
F.
Permit not a guarantee. Any applicant who has obtained a sewer extension
permit pursuant to the provisions of this section shall also be subject
to applicable rules and regulations of the Milwaukee Metropolitan
Sewerage District as well as all applicable state and federal laws.
The issuance of a sewer extension permit under this section is not
a guarantee that an applicant will be allowed to connect to the sewerage
system.