§ 28-592. Payment of costs of extending sanitary sewer lines; connection fees.  


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  • The entire cost, including engineering and inspection costs, of constructing a sanitary sewer extension and connections within and without the corporate City limits shall be paid by the grantee subject to the following terms and conditions:

    (1)

    The responsibility for and the entire cost, including engineering and inspection costs, of maintaining or repairing a City-owned sanitary sewer extension within and without the corporate City limits shall be that of and shall be paid by the City.

    (2)

    Title to a sanitary sewer extension within the corporate City limits shall vest in the City upon completion of the construction of the extension, unless the Director of Public Utilities determines that the sewer extension shall remain private. Title to a sanitary sewer extension without the corporate City limits shall vest in the City upon completion of the construction of the extension if the Director agrees in writing that the City will accept the extension, and if the acceptance is lawful in light of other requirements of law regarding neighboring jurisdictions.

    (3)

    If the City's plans call for a pipe larger than that required to serve the needs of the grantee, the City will bear the additional cost for a sanitary sewer larger than that required to serve the grantee, provided funds are available therefor. There will be no combined sewer extensions permitted within or without the corporate City limits, however this requirement shall not prevent the connection of new sanitary sewers to existing combined sewers for the purpose of conveying sanitary sewage to the City's treatment plant.

    (4)

    The applicant shall secure from the governing body of the locality into which the sanitary sewer is to be extended a written statement to the effect that:

    a.

    The locality does not desire to make such extension;

    b.

    The locality authorizes the construction of such extension; and

    c.

    The locality authorizes the City or the grantee to maintain such extension.

    (5)

    If a grantee to be served by a City-owned sanitary sewer extension does not receive water service from the City, the grantee shall nonetheless be responsible for paying the appropriate rate for wastewater service.

    (6)

    The owner of property on which is or will be constructed a building or structure in which plumbing fixtures are or will be installed shall make application to the Director for each connection to discharge sewage. The fee for adding a sewer connection to a sanitary sewer main or a combined sewer main will be as provided in Appendix A to this Code except as provided in subsection (9) of this section. If making a stormwater connection, applicable fees shall apply. Construction of sanitary sewer facilities shall be the responsibility of the property owner or customer. The Director may approve the connection provided such sanitary or combined sewer facilities are available in sufficient capacity and grade to serve the property. No new connection shall be made to the combined sewers where the connection would cause overflows during dry weather conditions. The Director may reject any connection to a combined sewer main at the Director's discretion.

    (7)

    Whenever an existing sanitary or combined sewer connection is replaced at the request of the grantee, and the grantee increases the size of the water meter, the Director may require the owner or occupant to fay the full sewer connection charge set forth in Appendix A to this Code based upon the size of the new meter size. Whenever an existing sanitary or combined sewer service connection is replaced at the request of the owner with one of lesser capacity, the owner or occupant shall receive no refund for any connection charges originally paid.

    (8)

    Owners of buildings or structures who paid the County of Chesterfield a sewer connection fee prior to January 1, 1970, and who have not connected to the wastewater system may connect to the existing wastewater service line at their property line after obtaining the required plumbing permit without the payment of any additional wastewater service connection fee. If a new service line is required or desired, the provisions of this section, as applicable, shall apply.

    (9)

    With regard to commercial or industrial accounts for which the sewer flow differs from the metered water flow, the water meter size set forth in Appendix A to this Code used to determine the total connection charge set forth in Appendix A to this Code shall be adjusted as provided in this subsection (9) for the purpose of better reflecting the actual cost of service. To qualify for an adjustment of the water meter size used to determine the total connection charge, the owner or customer shall (i) submit an engineering analysis that, in compliance with the Department's regulations, projects by how much flows that will be discharged to the City's wastewater system will be less than the flows upon which the total connection charges set forth in Appendix A of this Code and (ii) thereafter measure its wastewater flows with a sewage flow meter, installed and paid for by the owner or customer, that complies with and is operated and maintained in compliance with the Department's regulations. Any adjustment to the water meter size shall be in direct proportion to the reduction in wastewater flows projected in the engineering analysis. The total connection charge shall be determined based on the adjusted water meter size instead of the actual water meter size. If after a total connection charge based on an adjusted water meter size has been paid, the Department determines, based on flow meter measurements or otherwise, that the adjusted water meter size used to determine the total connection charge does not properly reflect the wastewater flows projected in the engineering analysis, the Department shall assess the owner or customer an amount equal to the difference between the total connection charge based on the actual water meter size and the total connection charge actually paid by the owner or customer. The Director shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to section 28-26 to implement the provisions of this subsection (9).

    (Code 1993, § 29-153; Code 2004, § 106-546; Ord. No. 2007-245-204, § 1, 9-24-2007; Ord. No. 2008-98-126, § 2, 5-27-2008; Ord. No. 2016-256, § 1, 11-14-2016)

(Code 1993, § 29-153; Code 2004, § 106-546; Ord. No. 2007-245-204, § 1, 9-24-2007; Ord. No. 2008-98-126, § 2, 5-27-2008; Ord. No. 2016-256, § 1, 11-14-2016)