9.10.060A Sewer connection charge.
(a) Purpose. The purpose of this sewer connection fee is to collect funds to pay for capacity improvements to the existing sewer collection system needed as a result of connection of new customers. The proposed fee is two thousand five hundred dollars per equivalent residential unit (ERU) with a 2.5 percent annual increase beginning January 1, 2021. This fee is payable prior to the connection being made.
(b) Connection Charge Imposed. A connection charge is imposed on the owner of any facility to be connected to the wastewater system when the owner of the facility to be so connected has not paid a wastewater connection charge for connecting such facility to the wastewater system, subject to the provisions below. Payment of the connection charge does not convey any ownership interest in the wastewater system. Payment of the connection charge authorizes connection only to the designated lot and is not transferable to any other lot.
(c) Calculation of the Wastewater Connection Charge and ERU Classifications. The wastewater connection charge for "inside city" and "outside city" shall be calculated based on information and rates existing at the time when payment will be made. The connection charge for "inside city" and "outside city" shall be based on the following:
(1) Single-family dwelling and multifamily dwellings (four or less units on a single parcel with average sewer discharge of one ERU): two thousand five hundred dollars.
(2) Multiresidential dwellings (four or more units on one parcel of land, including, but not limited to, multiplexes, apartments, and multiunit residential complexes are considered 0.7 ERUs per unit): one thousand seven hundred fifty dollars.
(3) Multiresidential developments (manufactured housing parks, condominiums and townhouse developments, and residential development complexes served collectively or independently are considered one ERU per dwelling unit): two thousand five hundred dollars.
(4) Other ERU uses (ERUs for other types of discharges are based on the average flow for typical usage data from the Washington State Department of Ecology and approved by the public works director. An ERU shall be assigned to each three hundred gallons per day or portion thereof rounded to the nearest one-tenth): two thousand five hundred dollars times percent of ERU based on Washington State Department of Ecology usage data.
(5) Inflation. Beginning January 1, 2021, and each year thereafter the connection fee shall automatically increase by 2.5 percent per year to account for increases in inflation.
(d) Charges to Be Published. The city public works director shall maintain a schedule of current charges and shall post such schedule conspicuously and shall make copies available to interested persons. (Ord. 2079, § 2, 2019.)