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HomeMy WebLinkAboutS-36 Interceptor Expansion ORDINANCE NO. S- ~ AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCES S-15, S-16, S-17, S-20, S-30 and S-31 AND AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING INTERCEPTOR CONNECTION COSTS, LATERAL CONNECTION COSTS, HOUSE CONNECTION COSTS and CREATING "INTERCEPTOR EXPANSION FUND", ~'~T EX~SION AND IMPROVEMENT FUND" and FIXING INITIAL E~UI~gL~%.USER TABLES AND CONNECTION COSTS FOR BOT~'~0PED AND UNDEVELOPED ACREAGE INSIDE and OUTSIDE THE CITY OF CA~iMEL BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARMEL, INDIANA: Sec. 1: REPEAL OF ORDINANCES S-15, S-16, S-17, S-20, S-3~ and S-31 Ordinances Nos. S-15, S-16, S-17, S-20, S-30 and S-31 Ordinances passed by the Common Council of the City of Carmel, Indiana are hereby repealed in their entirety. tO Sec. 2: ACREAGE COST From and after effective date of this ordinance, no connection any City-owned interceptor sanitary sewer or to any City-owned trunk sanitary sewer shall be allowed until a permit is obtained an~ payment or satisfactory surety for payment has been made into the City of Carmel "INTERCEPTOR EXPANSION FUND", which is a depository for interceptor expansion funds. This is a connection cost intended to provide funds for future extensions as contem- plated by Indiana Code 19-2-5-~. These costs, designated as "availability costs", shall be, from time to time, uodated and fixed by the City of Carmel but shall be and are hereby initially established in the sum of Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00) per acre of ground to be served by the interceptor and/or trunk sewer system developed by the City of Carmel. A developer which has an outstanding balance of reimburseable credit due him, as evidenced in the project ledgers of the City of Carmel, may be credited the availability costs for new subdivisions or sections up to the amount of such reimburseable balances, in lieu of any additional Commissioner for Clay Township as agent for the City of Carmel. The "availability cost" of $400.00 per acre will be allocated to and paid into the project cost of the specific interceptor extension (off-site interceptor and on-site oversizing) for which it is paid. Project costs, in all cases, shall expressly include construction costs, legal costs, engineering costs, construction inspection costs, project administrative costs and easement acquisition costs. Each developer's project costs may be disbursed by the City from the funds deposited as "availability costs" for that specific project. Easements in each case~ must be obtained by the owners of real estate prior to designing the project. If the entire connection cost at the rate of $400.00 per acre is not needed for interceptor extension~ the excess, if any, ~ill remain in the fund. Sec. 3: EXCLUSION Acreage "availability costs" for interceptor and/or trunk sewer construction may, at City's discretion, be excluded for areas platted such as cemeteries, golf courses~ and parks which are designated as such on approved plants. Sec. 4: Oversizin~ Refunding of costs for oversizing to meet City specifications shall be made only as to that portion of the oversizing which lies within the real estate owners' development. If oversizing of sewage lift stations and/or oversizing and extensions of local sewers constructed within their development by owners of real estate are necessary to deliver sewage from other areas to an interceptor or from one interceptor to another, such oversizing and/or extension costs will be considered as part of the interceptor costs and not part of the on-site local sewer within the North Treatment Plant Service Area, the following sewer users, listed by type of occupancy, shall pay a CONNECTION CHARGE based on an "average user" factor of (1) o The average or "equivalent" user connection cost for a single family residence is hereby initially fixed and established at One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00)~ The units listed below will presently pay for a connection cost based on the multiplication of the listed decimal times $150.00. The equivalent user cost of $150.00 as well as the connection costs listed below may, from time to time, be updated and changed by the City. Where as individual connection is sought for acreage or developed areas within the North Treatment Plant Service Area whether inside or outside the corporate limits of the City of Carmel, the following sewer users, listed by type of occupancy~ shall pay a CONNECTION CHARGE based on an "average user" factor of (1). The average or "equivalent" user connection cost for a single family residence is hereby initially fixed and established at Five Hundred Fifty-Two Dollars and Eighty-Seven Cents ($552~87). The units listed below will presently pay for a connection cost based on the multiplication of the listed decimal times $552.87. The equivalent user cost of $552.87 as well as the connection costs listed below may, from ti~e to time, be updated and changed by the City. CONNECTION CHARGES SEWER USER UNIT Airports Apartments Barber Shop Bars & Cocktail Lounges W/Restaurant Add: Beauty Shops Bowling Alley W/Bar Add: Car Washes Churches 0.03/Passenger 0,70/Apartment 0.30/Chair 0.05/Seat 0.10/Seat 0.90/Chair 0.40/Alley 2.0/Alley 0.008/sq° ft. 0.001/Member inside Motels Offices Physicians Office Restaurant Rooming Houses Service Stations Single Family Residence Swimming Pools Theater Town House Cluster Homes Condominiums Warehouse W/Restroom Facilities Connection of users not listed will be negotiated. Users listed above shall also be billed a monthly rate equivalent to the percent 0.70/Room 0.5 /1000 Sqo ft. 0.60/Examining Room 0.10/Seat 0.30/Rentor 0.70/Island 1.0 1.60/1000 sq. ft. 0.0i/Seat 0.80/Unit 0.80/Unit 0.80/Unit 0.10/1000 sq° ft. listed as it applies to the established sewer rate for single family dwelling. However, if facilities are available for determining the quantities of wastes discharged, such as by meter, users will be billed according to established rates. Except for residential users, where a user has consumed metered water for a continuous 12 month period, beginning six months after time of connection, the City will review its unit cots set forth for the preceding 12 month metered period and will adjust the unit cost in accordance with actual usage, either upward or downward as the metered usage reflects, which adjustment will fix the unit cost for the particular user and no further adjustment will thereafter be made. For the purpose of reviewing the unit cost, the usage of a single family residence will be considered as 6,000 gallons per month. Sec. 6: OFF-SITE INTERCEPTOR OR TRUNK SEWERS All plans for interceptor and trunk sewers to be installed outside the area being developed by the applicant for sewer service (i.e. off-site sewers) shall be prepared to City of Carmel speci- fications and approved by the City. All easements shall be granted to the City of Carmel and shall be obtained by and, if necessary, paid for by the owners of real estate. Easements shall also be ~n ~ form aooroved by the City. Sec. 8: APPROVAL AND INSPECTION OF ON-SITE SEWERS The owners of real estate obtaining a permit for interceptor or trunk sewers shall submit plans for on-site sewers~ including interceptors and trunk sewers to be constructed within his develop- ment. Said plan shall be submitted to the City of Carmel for their review and approval before start of construction. Upon completion of construction of said on-site sewers the owners of real estate shall provide certified "as-built" construction drawings to the City. If "as-built" drawings are not provided, as above required, the City may prepare these drawings at the expense of the said owners of real estate. No potential reimbursable expenses for oversizing and/or off-site interceptor construction will be allowed until "as-built" drawings are provided and approved. Sec. 9: INDIVIDUAL CONNECTIONS IN DEVELOPED AREAS If individual applicants for sewage service in already- developed acreage and/or platted subdivisions wish to be served by an interceptor or trunk sewer and local sewers~ they shall obtain a permit and deposit adequate funds with the City to pay engineering any appurtenant costs prior to the authorization of such design by the City and the receipt of bids. If the project does not proceed to completion after project costs are established, the money so deposited by individual applicants shall be non-refundable and used to pay incurred expenses. If monies are in excess of expenses, the excess will be returned to the individual making the deposit. If the project proceeds, the City will be responsible for awarding construction contracts and will provide construction inspection. If the project~ on the other hand, is completed, the deposits of individual applicants shall be credited to the individual's costs outlined in Sec. 10 hereinafter set forth. If a connection is made to any interceptor, trunk or local sewer without obtaining Sec. 10: INDIVIDUAL CONNECTIONS COST (DEVELOPED AREAS) If already-developed acreage and/or platted subdivisions to be served by an interceptor and/or trunk sewer and local sewers~ in addition to the connection cost designated in Sec. 6 above there shall be paid by each owner of real estate to be served an amount which shall be computed as follows: (a) "Availability Cost" (b) (c) are $9.00 per 1000 sq. ft. of lot area or fraction thereof, which amount is not refundable. plus~ "Local Sewer Costs" - Each lot shall pay a pro-rated share of the project costs computed on the basis of dividing the project cost by the total number of sewer connections desirous of service. Project costs shall include construction costs, determined by public bids and non-construction costs. Non-construction costs shall include but not necessarily be limited to legal costs, engineering costs, inspection costs, preparation of assessment rolls, and project administrative costs. "Reimbursement" - Repayment for future connections made to the local sewer shall be reimbursed on the basis of the "Fifteen Year Law" (Indiana Code 19-2-7-1 through Indiana Code 19-2-7-20). Sec. 11: INTERCEPTOR COSTS DEFINED "Interceptor" or "trunk" sewer costs, as used in this ordinance shall be defined as follows: Sewer costs external to a development of interest will be classed as interceptor costs. Sewer costs within a development required to service it will be classed as local sewer costs. Oversizing costs as outlined in Section ~ will be considered inter- ceptor costs and shall qualify for refunding. Sec. 12: ALLOCATION OF RECEIPTS The individual connection charges provided in Sec. 5 shall be collected by the City of Carmel and deposited as follows: (a) To user service line inspection fee: $20.00 (b) Remainder to the Plant Expansion and Improvement Fund. Sec. 13: "OWNERS OF REAL ESTATE" DEFINED or assigns who shall connect to any sewer main built pursuant to this Ordinance shall agree in writing prior to said connection, to waive their or its rights to remonstrate against annexation by the City of Carmel. Sec. 15: EFFECTIVE DATE OF ORDINANCE This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage a~_R pnblica~ion. ADOPTED AND PASSED THIS ./~-DAY OF _ ~~tJ BY THE C0~{ON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAP. EL, INDIANA , 1979 CLEK~c TREA~IIRER Approved: ' '~flb~ert Bq Pidketff, Mayor Dated: ~~/.~ /~ / ~ ~