§ 61.24. Water line and wastewater line capital charges; adoption; applicability; time of payment.

(a)

Adoption. The city hereby adopts and establishes pursuant to general law, a water line capital charge and a wastewater line capital charge, the purpose of which shall be to finance capital expenditures and the payment of city indebtedness associated with the expansion of the city's water transmission and wastewater collection systems. Unless otherwise designated below, the water line and wastewater line capital charge per ERC imposed by the city shall be:

Line Capital Charges	Amount per ERC
Water	$722.00
Wastewater	$360.00

 

(b)

Applicability. Water line and wastewater line capital charges shall not apply to any property located within the boundaries of the following special assessment districts or utility service areas:

Special Assessment Districts (SAD) and Utility Service Areas (USA)
SAD 1-Phase 1	East Lake Village SAD
SAD 1-Phase 2	Glassman SAD / aka Portofino Isles
USA 3 & 4	River Point SAD / aka Tesoro Preserve
USA 5, 6, & 7-A	Tesoro SAD
USA 9 Units 4, 6, and 8 (exempt from wastewater only)	USA 9 Viking's Lookout and Bay St. Lucie (exempt from water only)
St. Lucie Land Holdings SAD (only the first 5,300 ERCs are exempt)

 

With the approval of the city's council, the city may add to or delete SADs or USAs from the above table.

(c)

Exemptions. The city may exempt any customer from the payment of all or a portion of the water line capital charges and wastewater line capital charges to the extent that the city accepts a permanent contribution in aid of construction related to the water transmission facilities or the wastewater transmission facilities having a value of not less than the portion of the water line or wastewater line capital charges being exempted.

(d)

Time of payment. All water line and wastewater line capital charges shall be paid prior to connection of a structure or structures to be served by the city, or such other time as may be specifically provided by city resolution, ordinance, agreement, or permit.

(e)

Line capacity reserved to real property. All water and wastewater line capacity purchased for a real property in accordance with this section shall be reserved only to that specific real property

(f)

Non-refundable reserved line capacity. Any water or wastewater line capacities purchased or reserved in accordance with this section shall be non-refundable; provided however that the utility director may, at his/her sole discretion, authorize exceptions to this section to allow for the refunding of water and/or wastewater line charges on a case-by-case basis. The manner and timeframe by which the city refunds such line charges shall be at the utility director's sole discretion.

(Ord. 04-77, passed 7-26-04; Am. Ord. 05-130, § 2, passed 9-26-05; Am. Ord. 06-103, § 2, passed 9-25-06; Am. Ord. 07-132, § 5, 9-24-07; Am. Ord. 08-87, § 6, passed 9-22-08; Am. Ord. 10-45, § 2, passed 7-12-10; Am. Ord. 11-66, § 7, passed 9-12-11; Am. Ord. 12-48, § 11, 9-24-12; Ord. No. 13-51, § 6, 9-23-13; Ord. No. 16-62, § 3, 9-26-16; Ord. No. 17-63, § 5, 9-25-17; Ord. No. 18-39, § 5, 9-24-18)