ARTICLE V. PUBLIC SEWER CONNECTIONS AND CONNECTION FEES

Sec. 18.1-64. Connection fees established.

(a) Any person required or desiring to connect to the facilities of the county shall, unless otherwise provided in this chapter, pay the connection fees set forth in the schedule which follows as a part of this section. Such fees shall be paid at such time as required by this chapter. The connection fee to be paid shall be the indicated total initial fee or total regular fee as required. The connection fee shall not include the actual cost of connection which shall be borne by the applicant. Existing commercial or industrial connections may upgrade the connection size by paying the initial connection fee applicable to the larger size connection. A credit will be given for connection fees previously paid. Columns entitled "Local Facility Charge" and "System Facility Charge" are used only for the purposes referred to in other sections of this chapter:

CONNECTION FEE SCHEDULE [18.1.64(a)]

 

Initial Connection Fee

Regular Connection Fee

Type of Connection

(a)

Local Facility
Charge

(b)

System Facility
Charge

(c)

Total
Initial
Fee

(d)

Local
Facility
Charge

(e)

System Facility
Charge

(f)

Total
Regular
Fee

A. Single-family Detached Dwelling

$1,000

$2,700

$3,700

$3,025

$5,600

$8,625

B. Single or Multi-Family Attached and Mobile Home Park:

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. First Ten (10) Units (each)

1,000

2,700

3,700

3,025

5,600

8,625

2. Additional Units Connected with
     First Ten

500

1,120

1,620

1,375

2,600

3,975

C. All Other Facilities:
     Water Meter Size 1 (Inches)

Larger Than    But not
                    Larger Than

 

 

 

 

 

 

     0                  5/8

1,000

2,700

3,700

3,025

5,600

8,625

     5/8               3/4

1,350

4,250

5,600

3,450

6,625

10,075

     3/4                  1

1,700

7,600

9,300

3,750

12,075

15,825

     1                  1 1/2   

3,250

15,150

18,500

4,600

18,400

23,000

     1  1/2              2

5,500

24,200

29,700

6,900

27,600

34,500

2 (Including Compound  Meters)

(c)
5

4(c)
5

$150 for each gallon per minute of water meter capacity as determined by American Water Works Association Standards

(f)
5

4(f)
5

(c)+17,250

(b) If any facility whose connection fee is based on a water meter size is not connected to a metered water system, the county administrator may require the installation of a meter or may make a reasonable estimate of the meter requirements for the facility for the purpose of establishing the appropriate connection fee.

(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to premises which have paid the applicable connection fee or arranged to pay the applicable connection fee through agreement with the county prior to the date of adoption of this section.

(d) A credit of $500 shall be allowed against the above fees when a grinder pump is installed to service an existing premise as part of a County financed sewer extension project in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to Section 18.1-3.

(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this section, the connection fees established by the governing body in 1998 with the adoption of chapter 18.1 shall apply to any development or site plan having final approval from the county prior to September 1, 2002. In addition to these developments, the connection fees adopted in 1998 shall also apply for any project being financed by the county for which the preliminary design has started by September 1, 2002. For such projects, the regular connection fee shall be that fee which is in effect at the time of connection.

(f) Property owners may prepay the initial sanitary sewer connection fee for those properties that are included in a service area defined in the Utilities Strategic Capital Plan. Upon payment of the initial connection fee the provisions of Section 18.1-72 (a) will apply.

(Ord. No. O97-35, 12/17/97; Ord. No. 098-9, 7/15/98; Ord. No. 02-6(R-1), 7/16/02; Ord. No. 07-22, 12/18/07)

  1Those facilities where a large portion of the flow through the water meter is to be used in a process, other than in an agricultural process, which does not return that portion of the flow to the facilities of the county shall have their tap fee based on the meter size determined by AWWA Manual M-22, 1975 (Sizing Meter Service Lines and Meters) necessary to handle those flows which are returned to the facilities of the county. Fire services meter size shall not be considered in determining the connection fee.

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