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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980-22ORDINANCE NO. 80-22 AN ORDINANCE OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY PROMULGATING A UNIFOP14 SET OF CHARGES FOR NEW CONNECTIONS TO THE 14ATER AND SE14ER UTILITY SYSTEMS, THEIR COLLECTION, APPLICATION, REQUIREMENTS, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE WHEREAS, Indian River County, Florida owns, operates and maintains water treatment and distribution and sewage collection, treatment and disposal systems; and WHEREAS, new customers who are property owners, builders or developers ("Developer") within the service area should defray or partially defray the costs for that portion of the plants capacity required to service their requirements; that each new connection shall pay a proportional part of the added burden which such new expansion or addition places upon the water and sewer systems. Indian River County has as its goal, the establishment of a uniform method of determining a Plant Capacity Fee so that all such charges shall be non-discriminatory amongst consumers in the area and shall be applied as nearly as possible with uniformity to all consumers within the service area; and WHEREAS, it is the intent of Indian River County in adopting this Ordinance not to duplicate or add charges where they have been previously paid, specified or committed; however, it is the intention of the County to require the payment of the Plant Capacity Fee as formulated in this Ordinance by all new consumers, but not to be confused with any fee for hydraulic Share of Mains, nor for water and sewer service, as covered in other Ordinances as applicable. It is further the intent of the County that all such cash payments as received for the Plant Capacity Fee are to be deposited to a fund which is reserved for plant expansion to relieve the amount to be borrowed or pay its debt service. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that the following methods of assess- ing the cost for the Plant Capacity Fee will be used for service within any water and sewer system owned and operated by Indian River County and their usage. All connections are subject to economic feasibility pertaining to any proposed connection and the utility ability of the County to service. s SECTION 1. PLANT CAPACITY FEE For each new water connection and each new sewer connection, a charge shall be assessed at the time of completion of the permit to Department of Environmental Regulation, (DER). The applicable fee is the one prevailing by Ordinance at the time of applying to DER. The developer or builder must have paid to the County, a Plant Capacity Fee for service through a standard 5/8 x 3/4 inch meter as follows: WATER OR SEWER: (IF APPLICATION IS FOR BOTH, FORMULA IS DOUBLE) (1) The fee for a single-family residential lot shall be $250.00 (2) The fee for a multiple -dwelling residential lot shall be an amount determined as follows: (a) The number of efficiencies and one bedroom units times $200.00 plus (b) The number of two bedroom units times $225.00 plus (c) The number of three bedroom or more units tines $250.00 The total of the above shall be the amount of the fee for that multiple -dwelling lot. (3) The fee for a business lot, or commercial service shall be an amount in direct ratio to Paragraph (4) below based upon use. The ratio for use shall be determined by comparing the projected use of water and seder that said business lot will use in relation to the amount of water and sewer use of a single-family residence. The Utilities Director shall determine said connection fee. (4) For any service (residential or commercial) requiring larger than a 5/8 x 3/4 inch meter or for any charge increasing the flow requirements, the fee will be a multiple of the ERC (Equivalent Residential Connection which term shall be abbreviated throughout this Ordinance) shown in the following table for Q times $250.00. Meter Flow Q Meter Size Gallons/Minute (ERC) 5/8 x 3/4" 20 1 1" 60 3 1 1/2" 100 5 2" 200 10 3" Turbine 450 23 Larger Meters Per Flow Requirements Established by Developers Engineer The Utility Director shall use this criteria in calculating a commercial or industrial connection charge: (5) Water Meter size fot the proposed use should be determined by the Design Engineer with approval by the Utilities Director. Notwithstanding the foregoing meter size/ERC table, where State or County Health Department attributes a higher volume water use on certain commercial accounts -2- (as set forth in their regulations, then such higher use will be charged to such non-residential users (as example for coin laundries, restaurants, beauty salons, dental offices and laboratories, etc.) (6) The ratio of water which can pass the selected meter at a head loss of 8 psi to that water which will pass a 5/8 x 3/4" meter at the same head loss shall be multiplied by the factor of $250.00 per residential equivalent. (7) The resultant charge from (4) or (5) above should, in addition, be multiplied by a factor accounting for the relative composition of that waste proposed to be discharged to the composition of the waste discharged from an average single family residential connection. For this purpose a single family residential connection can be assumed to have a composition of 200 parts per million BOD. Specifically, the connection fee for a business lot shall be: $250.00 X Q X R where Q is function of the meter size in the previous table and R is ratio of sewage BOD load to residential. (8) The fee assessed for engineering plan review and utility inspections will be payable at the time the Plant Capacity Fees are paid. (9) The plant capacity fee is comprised of two separate services; water and sewer, each fee based on ERC. In areas where only one of these services is available, the fee for the other service may being deferred until that DER application is submitted. If paid in advance, the only right is the reservation of the plants capacity for the time when the service is scheduled with the utility. The total for both services shall be determined by computation as set forth above. The equivalent unit figure (ERC) is for the capacity equivalence and does not establish the number of units being served by a particular meter size; nor does it include charges for tapping, meter installation, deposits, or hydraulic share of mains, or service charges which nay be assessed or required by other Ordinances or Contracts of the County. (10) Industrial Sewage must not contain any matter in violation of Federal, State or County regulations. Prior to connec- tions, suitable pre-treatment and proof of satisfactory content of all objectionable matter such as heavy metals or excessive BOD load will be required. SECTION 2. PLANT CAPACITY CHARGE ADJUSMENT FOnRJLA - ESCALATION PROVISION. The basis for the schedule set forth above has been structured by the County with regard to two major but variable factors. First, the present level of construction costs of water distribution, sewage collection, water treatment plant and waste water treatment plant facilities. Second, the theory of treatment facilities and their degree of treatment sophistication as prescribed by the Department of Health, and Rehabilitative Services and the Department of Environ- mental Regulation. The County hereby declares that the schedule of -3- Plant Capacity Charges set forth herein may be automatically escalated based upon increases in utility construction index published in Engineering News Record Magazine (ENR), If ENR goes out of business an equivalent index will be determined and used by the County, entitled "20 cities construction cost index", using as a base, the published index for the quarter ending June 30, 1980. The County shall auto- matcially adjust the plant capacity construction charges set forth herein semi-annually, with the first such adjustment to be not earlier than December 31, 1980. Any automatic escalation shall not exceed the percentage difference between said construction cost index for the base period as compared with the period of comparison. SECTION 3. ESCALATION BY THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS. Separate and apart from the automatic escalation provisions set forth above, the Utilities Department of the County may file with the Commission a higher or lower assessment schedule, and in support of that schedule, detail the reasons requiring such increased assessments. Such reasons may include and be related in increasing standards of service; inadequate or incorrect estimates of the total anticipated assessments versus the actual investment levels required by the County for water or sewer plant treatment facilities; actual experience with regard to matters of service area density having a direct bearing upon assessments received versus the cost of construction of the facilities; matters of net investment bearing upon rates and charges required of consumers and/or such other matters which may reasonably bear upon the needs, necessities or consideration requiring such change. SECTION 4. USE OF PLANT CAPACITY FUNDS All Plant Capacity Fees paid to the County shall be deposited in the appropriate fund to be held and used only for the purposes of expansion of Idian River County's water supply system and waste water treatment system or for the payment of the debt service on loans issued for the acquisition or expansion of such systems (either as the original bond issue or any refunding thereof). Any funds or deposit in said funds which are not immediately necessary for expendi- ture may be invested as permitted by Florida Statutes and all income -4- 4 aC�.. �{ �hE derived therefrom shall be deposited to the applicable Funds as herein established. Funds may be disbursed from these accounts in the customary manner in accordance with appropriate law. SECTION 5. SEVERABILITY If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independant , provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions thereof. SECTION 6, EFFECTIVE DATE This Ordinance shall be in full force and become effective upon adopting. This ORdinance shall take effect May 12, 1980. STATE OF FLORIDA INDIAN RIVER COUNTY THIII, TC CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE A':. CCFRECT COPY OF "H:. „ ,;:',A- ON FILE IN THIS OFFICE FREDA WRIGHT, CLERK BY a4je6 D.C. DATE _ e -S-