§ 86-277. Regional sewer availability charge.

(a)

Established. Pursuant to the authority granted under Wis. Stats. § 66.0821, a regional sewer availability charge ("RSAC") is hereby established to provide for the recovery of construction, reconstruction, improvement, and/or extension costs and expenses that have been, or will be, incurred by the village or advanced to the village by contract, for purposes of facilitating extension(s) of the village's sanitary sewer system to service to a specific geographic area.

(b)

Assessed. Each new sanitary sewer user, or existing user who increases its use to require additional capacity in the treatment facility, shall be charged a regional sewer availability charge ("RSAC"). For purposes of this section a "new sanitary sewer user" shall mean any person paying a sanitary sewer connection charge to the village for a property after October 1, 2003 and an "existing user" shall mean any person having an existing connection to the village sanitary sewer system as of October 1, 2003. The RSAC charge shall be assessed as follows:

(1)

For property located within the geographic area depicted as North Side Area A in Exhibit A , the charge per DUE, in addition to the charge assessed under subsections 86-276(c) and (d), shall be as follows:

Year	2015	2016	2017
Amount	$3,130.00	$3,130.00	$3,130.00

 

(2)

For property located within the geographical area depicted as North Side Area B in Exhibit A*, the charge per DUE, in addition to the charge assessed under subsections 86-276(c) and (d), shall be as follows:

Year	2015	2016	2017
Amount	$1,690.00	$1,690.00	$1,690.00

 

(c)

Payment due.

(1)

Payment of the RSAC. The building inspector shall collect the RSAC required under this section at the time of application for a building permit unless:

a.

A prior payment of the initially applicable RSAC has been made to the village for the applicable property as part of a development agreement with the village; or

b.

The village board, in is sole discretion, permits payments to be made in installments over a period of years established by the village board, but not to exceed 15 years, together with interest on the unpaid balance at a rate determined by the village board. The applicant for such an installment plan shall be deemed to agree that if such installment payments are not made when due, the same shall be assessed against the real estate served by the sanitary sewer and collected in the same manner as other taxes are collected by the village.

(d)

Payment of RSACs associated with any subdivision created after April 1, 2005, shall be paid by the developer at the time of entry into the development agreement with the village.

(e)

Payment of any RSAC resulting from assessment of additional DUEs against an existing user due to an increase in use of sewer capability shall be made within 30 days of the date of notice of reassessment.

(f)

Each RSAC assessed by or pursuant to this section is hereby made a lien upon the corresponding lot, land or premises served by a connection to the sanitary sewer system of the village and if the same is not paid within the period allotted for such payment, such charge shall constitute a lien on the property served and be inserted in the village tax roll as provided in Wis. Stats. § 66.0809.

(g)

The wastewater service charges taxed or levied pursuant to this section shall be payable to the village at the municipal building.

(Ord. No. 786-10, § 1, 12-13-2010; Ord. No. 833-15, § 3, 3-23-2015)