§ 30-70. Fees for use of main sewer system.

Applicants for new connections to the municipal sewer system shall pay a fee for the use of main sanitary sewer, interceptor, pumping station or wastewater treatment plant that are operated and maintained by the unified government. Properties that are part of a main sewer district shall be exempt from this fee only when the ordinance forming the district establishes the exemption. The county administrator shall establish and have the authority to change from time to time fees for the following categories of connections to the municipal sewer system and the municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4):

(1)

Residential including houses, apartments, mobile homes, etc. (to be assessed per each dwelling unit).

(2)

Hotels, motels:

a.

First unit;

b.

Each additional unit.

(3)

Planned nonretail business district CP-0, per each connection (no lot size restriction, four-inch connection only).

(4)

Limited business C-1, planned limited business CP-1, commercial C-3, central business C-0 (except for areas on east side of 6th Street which are C-2 general business), planned light industrial MP-1, for the first and each additional 3,000 square feet of floor space (four-inch and six-inch connections only).

(5)

Industrial districts (SIC), M-2 general industrial, MP-1 planned light industrial, M-3 heavy industrial for the following size connections: four, six, eight, ten, 12, and 15 inches. Larger connections will be reviewed and appropriate fees determined by the county administrator on an individual connection basis.

(6)

Churches, schools and similar institutions:

a.

First 3,000 square feet of building floor space;

b.

Each additional 3,000 square feet of building space.

The county administrator shall have the authority to establish and to set and change fees for additional categories and subcategories of connection fees based on land usage and size of dwelling, building or property.

(Code 1988, § 30-92; Ord. No. O-46-05, § 1, 6-2-2005)