A. The city shall collect a sewer connection charge from any applicant seeking to connect to the sanitary sewer system.

B. Upon request for a new or modified sewer service connection from any development, the city shall make an initial determination of the ERU applicable to the property. The applicant shall for nonresidential properties, based on number and type of fixtures, calculate the daily sewer flow rate of the connection. The director shall consider the documentation submitted by the applicant, but is not required to accept such documentation or analysis which the director reasonably deems to be inapplicable, inaccurate or not reliable. The director may require the applicant to submit additional or different documentation for consideration. The director is authorized to adjust the sewer connection charge on a case-by-case basis based on the flow calculation, the specific characteristics of the development and/or principles of fairness. The flow rate shall then determine the number of ERUs as defined below.

C. A residential single unit property shall be assigned one ERU per unit as a sewer connection charge. A residential multiple unit property shall be assigned 0.75 ERU per unit. A nonresidential property shall have a calculated ERU pursuant to the flow calculation described above, but in no case shall the ERU be less than 0.75 ERU for any connection.

D. For purposes of this determination, an ERU for service shall consist of a projected usage of 125 gallons per day of sewage flow.

E. The sewer connection charge for each ERU of sewer service shall be $4,000.

F. The sewer connection charge shall be due and payable prior to issuance of the building permit.

G. Determinations made by the director pursuant to this section may be appealed as set forth in LMC 14.51.090. (Ord. 3426 § 6, 2022; Ord. 3286 § 2, 2018)