09.03 - Exhibit 5 - Draft Final Water Ordinance

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(1) Payment Required Prior to Connection: Before connecting to the City's water system, a City water availability charge as hereinafter provided shall be paid. (2) Additional Land Use Permit: If, after the initial availability charge is paid, an additional land use permit is issued, the use of the property changes, or new water connection is made, the availability charge shall be recalculated and any additional charges shall be paid. (3) Change by Ordinance: Any change in the City water availability charge amount, as hereinafter set forth shall be by Ordinance Amendment. B. Determination of Charge. The amount of the availability charge shall be determined by the City by first determining the number of Equivalent Residential Connections (ERC's) applicable to the particular property. The number of ERC's shall be calculated in accordance with the Sewer Availability Charge (SAC) Procedural Manual (using the most current edition) from the Environmental Services Division of the Metropolitan Council (located in St. Paul). The number of ERC's shall equal the number of SAC units from this document. All residential units are 1 ERC or 1 WAC, except for apartments with a minimum of 4 units. For apartments with a minimum of 4 units, with no plumbing for individual laundry facilities in any of the units, each unit is counted as 0.8 ERC, or 0.8 WAC. For various non - residential types of establishments, this document includes an Appendix A: SAC Criteria for Commercial Properties. Once the appropriate number of ERC's are determined in this manner, the availability charge shall be calculated using the most recent ordinance establishing the availability charge. C. Determination of ERC's. The City shall determine the number of ERC's. D. Transfer of ERC's. Once established, the number of ERC's shall remain the same on the property. An ERC can be transferred on the property from a structure being removed to a structure being constructed. E. Uses Not in the Reference Document. Any use not represented in the above SAC Reference Document shall be subject to determination of the appropriate number of ERC's by the City based on estimated flows.