10865-22 Amending System Development Charges within Various Sections of Chapter 17, Article 10 of the South Bend Municipal Code

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(5) Residential unit is any single-metered free-standing independent structure primarily used as a dwelling unit for one household. (6) System Development Charge("SDC") is the cost charged by the City to ensure that its water and sewer facilities are able to support development and to meet future capacity demand. An SDC C is charged upon the connection of new customers to the City's water or sewer utilities and new uses by existing customers that would materially change the demands on the water and/or sewer utility. Sec. 17-7.9 79.1. System Development Charge for Wastewater inside and outside City limits. - - - • gallons-per-day. No customer will be less than one (1) ERU. There will be no partial ERU's. The City shall round down to the closest applicable ERU calculation at all times. (2) - - . - : •- _ . . - •. - .-,fer For every new connection to the South Bend Municipal Sewer Works, a system development charge of one thousand one hundred forty-five dollars ($1,145.00) shall be collected per ERU All charges shall be billed by the City at the time the application for service is filed. (3} _ - . . -- - • - - . - ' _ • . . . . - -- - - ' , - .. f43 (3) - . . ' . . . . _., . .. .. • , . .. • . . - , - ..• . -- . .. ' -. For all ether non-residential types of structures, the ERU calculation shall be based upon the water and sewer use values provided in 327 IAC 3-6-11 ii relationship to divided by three hundred ten(310) gallons per day. For structures not listed in 327 IAC 3-6-11, the ERU shall be calculated as the relationship between the Average Daily Flow reported in the sewer capacity certification for the structure and three hundred ,M1~(310)gallons per day. described in the Board of Works Resolution No. 20-2017. For mixed use structures, which include residential and non-residential units, the ERU calculation shall be based on the addition of the number of residential units and the water and sewer use values provided in 327 IAC 3-6-11 for the non-residential units. (4) For parcels with an existing connection to City sewer seeking to redevelop the property, a System Development Charge will be collected if the redevelopment necessitates a larger water meter size to accommodate increased flow. The System Development Charge will be calculated using meter size equivalency factors shown below. The difference between the existing meter size equivalency factor and new meter size equivalency factor will be collected. For example, if the existing development on a parcel has a 5/8 in meter, and the new development will require a 1 in meter, the SDC will be $2,863 (SDC for 1 in) - $1,145 (SDC for 5/8 in) = $1,718. There will not be a credit given if the meter size is reduced. Existing water tap size will be used if the meter is not available. Upon application for connection, the new meter size will need to be determined.