[Added 8-12-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-4]
A hook-on fee is enacted herein that is composed of a connection fee, a customer facilities fee and a tapping fee as described below.
A "connection fee" is defined as the charges assessed the user for connection from main to property line or curb stop. The charges to be assessed for connection fees shall be actual costs, if available, or estimated average cost of previously installed connections. Costs shall include:
A. 
Construction costs:
(1) 
Contracted construction costs not paid by grants or contributions; or
(2) 
MWSA's construction costs if it constructed the water service = materials and labor for excavation/boring + piping + surface restoration; also contracted costs to tap the main, if applicable;
B. 
MWSA costs for design/consulting + admin + legal + permits + inspection.
"Customer facilities fee" is defined as the charges assessed the user for connection from curb stop across the user's property to the user's structure, if paid by the Authority. Costs shall include:
A. 
Construction costs: contracted or MWSA's costs for materials and labor;
B. 
MWSA costs for design/consulting + admin + legal + permits + inspection; and
C. 
Water meters, purchase, installation and/or inspection. MWSA presently will not charge for materials cost of water meters up to one inch.
[Amended 10-11-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-4; 1-3-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-1]
A tapping fee of $2,500 per sewer rental unit shall be assessed to the owner that is intended, consistent with PA Act 57,[1] to reimburse the Borough for the following:
A. 
Capacity part.
(1) 
Cost of supply, treatment, and main pumping and transmission facilities. It shall be calculated as:
(a) 
Historical costs if available; or
(b) 
If historical costs are not available, then an engineer may be used to calculate such costs.
(2) 
For the purposes of the tapping fee calculation, a "sewer rental unit" shall be defined as 90 gallons per capita, per day, times the average number of people per household within the service area, as determined by the most recent United States Census. Based on the most recent United States Census, a sewer rental unit is equal to 233 gpd per household.
(3) 
Therefore, if a business discharges 50,000 gallons per day, the tapping fee is equal to: (215 EDU) x ($2,500/EDU)=$537,000.
(4) 
If it is determined after the tapping fee is charged that the discharge of the industry/commercial entity is higher, the Borough may adjust the tapping fee upward, at its discretion, using the above formula.
B. 
Collection part. Cost of sewer collection system per sewer rental unit to be calculated as set forth in Subsection A above.
C. 
Special purpose part. The costs of special facilities, such as booster pump stations, fire service facilities, industrial wastewater treatment facilities providing service to just a particular group of users, particular purpose or specific area to be calculated per sewer rental unit as set forth in Subsection A above.
D. 
Reimbursement part. The cost necessary to reimburse property owner who originally paid for the cost of the facilities to be calculated per sewer rental unit as set forth in Subsection A above.
E. 
Other charges. Any other costs and/or charges that may be lawfully assessed by the Borough, as set forth in PA Act 57.
F. 
Owner. "Owner" shall be defined as any person or entity with a vested interest in the property. All other definitions are as defined in Act 57 under Chapter 355. Any ambiguity shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with Act 57. Any definition above that is inconsistent with Act 57 shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with Act 57, and Act 57 shall be controlling.
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Editor's Note: See 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5607.