[Adopted 6-9-2005 by Res. No. 06-09-05-01]
No person, firm, or corporation shall connect any improved property
with any part of the sewer system without first making application
for and securing a permit, in writing, from the Authority, as provided
for in applicable connection ordinances of the Township of Collier
and the rules and regulations of the Authority. Such applications
shall be on a form to be provided by the Authority.
The Authority does hereby impose a tapping fee, in the amount
set forth in this resolution, against the owner of any improved property
in the area served by the sewer system which is required to be connected
pursuant to the applicable connection ordinances and rules and regulations
of the Authority then in effect requiring such connection, or which
otherwise is connected to the sewer system.
A.
The tapping fee payable by the owner of an improved property, described in § SD45-11, shall be the product of the capacity part and the collection part times the number of equivalent dwelling units plus any other applicable component, utilized by such improved property, with such fees consisting of the following:
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Customer facility fee
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$0 (to be supplied by owner or at the actual cost incurred by
the Authority if installed by the Authority)
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Connection facilities fee:
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Currently installed
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$1,400
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Installed in the future
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Actual cost to Authority
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Tapping fee:
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Capacity part
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$860
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Collection part
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$1,550
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Special purposes part
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$0
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Reimbursement part
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$0
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B.
The connection fee for all previously installed laterals has been
determined to be in the amount of $1,400, and said amount is to be
added to the tapping fee as determined above. All future required
laterals shall be installed by the property owner or at the actual
cost to the Authority, and said amount shall be added to the tapping
fee as determined above.
C.
"Equivalent dwelling unit" shall mean the unit of measure by which
the tapping fee shall be imposed upon each improved property served
by the sewer system, as determined in the resolution or resolutions
establishing periodic user charges against users of the sewer system,
or in any subsequent rate resolutions of this Authority adopted from
time to time.
D.
The minimum tapping fee applicable to any improved property served
by the sewer system shall be the applicable amount times one equivalent
dwelling unit. To this minimum tapping fee shall be added the applicable
charge for each additional equivalent dwelling unit that is determined
to be applicable to such improved property.
A.
The Authority is required to provide for and process applications
for connections into the sewer system and arrange for inspection by
its independent consultants. Based on historical review of costs,
the Authority establishes an administrative processing and inspection
fee in the amount of $145, representing the actual cost to the Authority
for processing connection applications and inspecting the application.
B.
This administrative inspection fee is an amount to be added to the
tapping fee established in this resolution. The administrative inspection
fee is the amount to be charged for the application and inspection
of a single lateral connection.
C.
Multiple connections or commercial connections are to be charged
at the actual cost incurred by the Authority. The commercial administrative
inspection charge is to be secured by a deposit made payable to the
Authority to secure and provide for reimbursement to the Authority
of actual costs.
The tapping fee shall be due and payable the earlier of:
A.
The time application is made to the Authority to make any such connection to the sewer system, as provided in § SD45-10, or, if applicable, the date when the Authority shall connect any such improved property to the sewer system, at the cost and expense of the owner, when such owner shall have failed to make such connection as required pursuant to the provisions of the connection ordinance then in effect requiring such connection; or
B.
In the
case of properties initially to be connected to the completed sewer
system, the date which is 90 days after the date of issuance by the
Township or the Authority, as applicable, of the notice to connect.
The study containing calculations and itemizations of the maximum
tapping fee, pursuant to the "tapping fee" study and the Municipal
Authorities Act, contained in the June 2005 study prepared by NIRA
Consulting Engineers, Inc., and which may be amended from time to
time, is kept on file for public inspection in the offices of the
Authority.
All tapping fees shall be payable to the Office Administrator
of the Authority or to such other officer or representative of the
Authority as shall be authorized, from time to time, by resolution
of the Authority, to accept payment thereof.
Payment of tapping fees imposed by the Authority pursuant to
this resolution shall be enforced by the Authority in any manner appropriate
under laws at the time in effect.
The Authority may, from time to time, adopt modifications of,
supplements to, or amendments of this resolution.
All notices and acts requiring connection to the Authority sewer
system shall be made in accordance with the Authority's rules, regulations,
and/or resolutions, and, to the degree relevant, Collier Township
ordinances or regulations of the Allegheny County Health Department.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this resolution shall,
upon conviction thereof before any magistrate, be sentenced to pay
a fine of not more than $1,000 and not less than $100 for each and
every offense and costs of prosecution. Whenever such person shall
have been notified, in writing, by the Authority or its duly appointed
agent for such purpose, that such person is violating this resolution,
each full day that he/she shall continue such violation after receipt
of such notification shall constitute a separate offense punishable
by a like fine hereunder upon conviction thereof.
