Belmont Municipal Code Art. II Connection Permits, Fees and Expansion Fund

(a) It is unlawful for any person to connect a fixture to a public sewer or sewer lateral without first obtaining a written sewer connection permit from the building official and paying the established fees for such connection.

(b) A permit shall not be issued to construct a sewer lateral within a public easement or right-of-way unless a temporary encroachment permit is approved in accordance with chapter 22.

(Code 1961, § 22.7.1; Ord. No. 505, § 1, 2-26-73; Ord. No. 952, § 1(Exh. A), 7-25-00; Ord. No. 1070, § 4, 4-23-13)

(a) Sewer service connection fees shall be as prescribed by resolution adopted by the city council.

No connection fee is required for the replacement of an existing fixture. Said fees shall be paid along with and in addition to all fees required by the plumbing code of the city for every installation of a plumbing fixture, including but not limited to those installed at schools, hospitals and churches. The payment of the connection fee shall be a prerequisite to the issuance of a building permit.

(b) Sewer service connection fees are established for each user class described as follows:

Residential use. Including but not limited to:

Single-family dwellings, duplex and multiple-family dwellings, apartments and multiple dwelling structures used for human habitation, per living unit.

Nonresidential use.

Occupancies where the calculated flow to the sanitary sewer is less than two hundred seventy (270) gallons per day, per connection

Occupancies where the calculated flow to the sanitary sewer is greater than two hundred seventy (270) gallons per day, per connection.

(Code 1961, § 22.7.1; Ord. No. 505, § 1, 2-26-73; Ord. No. 563, § 1, 6-23-75; Ord. No. 588, § 1, 12-13-76; Ord. No. 725, § 1, 11-27-84; Ord. No. 830, §§ 1, 2, 8-14-90; Ord. No. 884, § 1, 7-12-94; Ord. No. 894, § 1, 6-27-95; Ord. No. 952, § 1(Exh. A), 7-25-00)

Sewer connection permit fees shall be paid along with and in addition to all fees required by the plumbing code of the city for every installation of plumbing fixture, including but not limited to those installed at schools, hospitals and churches.

(Code 1961, § 22.7.1; Ord. No. 505, § 1, 2-26-73; Ord. No. 952, § 1(Exh. A), 7-25-00)

Cross reference— Plumbing permit fees, § 7-88.

The payment of a sewer connection permit fee shall be a prerequisite to the issuance of a building permit.

(Code 1961, § 22.7.1; Ord. No. 505, § 1, 2-26-73; Ord. No. 952, § 1(Exh. A), 7-25-00)

Cross reference— Building regulations generally, Ch. 7.

The building official shall be responsible for the collection of sewer connection charges. All officials, departments and employees of the city vested with the authority or duty to issue permits, certificates or licenses shall comply with the provisions of this article and shall issue no permits, certificates or licenses prior to compliance with this article or which conflict with these provisions.

(Code 1961, § 22.7.1; Ord. No. 505, § 1, 2-26-73; Ord. No. 952, § 1(Exh. A), 7-25-00)

There is hereby established a sewer expansion fund into which all sewer connection fees shall be deposited. The use of said funds shall be restricted to expanding and/or maintaining the sanitary sewer system of the city and/or the servicing of any bonded indebtedness of the city hereafter incurred for sanitary sewer purposes; provided, however, that such revenue shall not he used for the acquisition or construction of new local street sewers or laterals as distinguished from main trunk, interceptor and outfall sewers.

(Code 1961, § 22.7.1; Ord. No. 505, § 1, 2-26-73; Ord. No. 952, § 1(Exh. A), 7-25-00)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 952, § 1 (Exhibit A), adopted July 25, 2000, repealed § 21-26 in its entirety. Formerly, said section pertained to investment of expansion fund derived from the 1961 Code, § 22.7.1 and Ord. No. 505, § 1, adopted Feb. 26, 1973. See the Code Comparative Table.