Main extension projects include properties established by the Town Council as benefited, and owners are obliged to pay an assessment fee as ordained above. Except as may be required pursuant to §§ 13.1.6.2 and 13.1.6.3 as a result of changes to a benefited and assessed parcel, fees required by this article do not apply to connections to the municipal sewage collection system of any structure existing at the time of adoption of an assessment plan for such benefited and assessed properties.
An impact fee is assessed when there is a change in the use,
character, or size of any structure on a parcel or any other condition
that results in additional sewage flow from that parcel. Additional
sewage flow is any increase in the number of units of occupancy over
that existing at the time of adoption of an assessment plan resulting
in an increase in the wastewater discharge over that existing, or
reasonably estimated to have existed, as of the date of the benefit
assessment plan adoption.
Changes in use for benefited properties and all properties not included in a prior main extension assessment plan (not benefited or assessed) requiring a new sewer main entrance connection must pay a special sewer entrance connection fee, as reflected in § 13.1.6.6.
All properties not included in a prior sewer main extension assessment plan (not benefited or assessed) must pay an impact fee as reflected in § 13.1.6.5, except any which have an easement agreement granted to the Town in lieu of other compensation.
A.
Time payable. Sewer impact fees, payable by the property owner pursuant
to this section, must be paid prior to the connection of any sewer
line to the municipal sewage collection system; or upon the issuance
of any plumbing permit for additional plumbing fixtures; or change
in use of any property already connected to the municipal sewage collection
system.
C.
Categories of use and unit charge.
(1)
The following categories of property use carry the unit charge
set forth herein to be used in the computation of the sewer impact
fee as provided above:
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Category
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Unit Charge
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Minimum charge
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1/2 unit charge
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Single-family dwelling or condominium unit
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1 unit charge
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Multifamily dwelling or condominium per unit
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1 unit charge
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3 hotel units (double occupancy)
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1 unit charge
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5 motel units (double occupancy)
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1 unit charge
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4 boardinghouses (double occupancy)
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1 unit charge
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7 cabins
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1 unit charge
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15 school students (day school)
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1 unit charge
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4 school students (boarding school)
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1 unit charge
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2 hospital beds (medical)
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1 unit charge
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3 nursing home beds
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1 unit charge
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50 theater seats
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1 unit charge
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30 employees
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1 unit charge
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Retail store, per 1,500 gross square feet
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1 unit charge
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30 full-service restaurant or function room seats
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1 unit charge
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1 laundromat machine
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1 unit charge
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1 automobile service station
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3 unit charges
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Fast-food and/or drive-in service restaurant (15 seats)
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1 unit charge
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10 yacht or country club members
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1 unit charge
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50 church members
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1 unit charge
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Industrial and manufacturing use
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Base minimum on domestic use plus any process water usage
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Commercial and retail uses: 5 plumbing fixtures added to existing
structures and connected to wastewater collection system
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1 unit charge
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(2)
For any category of use or change in use not specifically set
forth above, the enforcing officer determines the total number of
unit charges based upon a per-unit load of 300 gallons per day.
D.
Proportional factors. When the number of units within a category
of use does not exactly correspond to that listed in the schedule
above, a proportional factor is to be utilized to calculate the total
sewer impact fee. For example, to compute the total sewer impact fee
for a seven-unit motel, the following calculation is used:
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7 motel units = 1 unit charge for 5 + 2/5 unit charge for 2
= $3,000 + [2/5 X $3,000 ($1,200)] = $4,200
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E.
Multiple category factors. If two or more categories of use may apply
to a particular proposed use, the sewer impact fee is the higher of
the two or more calculations. However, when there are multiple uses
within a structure, each such use is subject to a separate sewer impact
fee.
F.
Fee determination. The sewer impact fee due and payable by the property
owner is to be calculated and determined by the Code Enforcement Officer.
A.
A special sewer entrance connection fee as set out in Town Code Appendix
A is established on a per-dwelling-unit basis for residences and on
a per-unit-of-occupancy basis for nonresidential structures for each
new sewer entrance connection to a system main.
B.
The entrance connection fee is to be paid in full prior to the issuance
of a permit for the new connection.
All costs of extending sewage lines from the property to be
serviced to the municipal sewage collection system are to be assumed
solely by the owner or party having an interest in the property to
be so serviced. No such construction may commence until there is complete
compliance with all provisions of this chapter and all other relevant
governmental statutes, rules and regulations. Extension of the sewer
lines and pumping station must meet the standards of the Town, and
capacity must be such as to handle all anticipated sewage flows and
allow for flow from all possible future extension or development within
the immediate drainage area as determined by the Town.
This article does not apply to sewage disposal covered by any
agreement or contract between the Town and any governmental body,
or subdivision thereof, nor does it apply to the treatment of any
sewage flow from property owned by the Town.
This article is enforced by the Code Enforcement Officer.
