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Chapter 7 - Water and Sewer
Division 22 - Tap-On Charges for Various Trunk Line Sanitary Sewers and Storm Sewers

SEC. 7.22-1 REQUIREMENTS. Any person, firm, corporation, or agency whatsoever who shall be allowed to tap into any of the following listed trunk line sanitary sewers shall pay, separate and apart from any other charge, the tap-on or hook-up charge at the rate established in this Code for the particular trunk line sewer on a per acre or fraction thereof basis for each acre or fraction thereof which will drain its sanitary sewerage and/or storm drainage into said sewer. Said tap-on rate for sanitary sewers herein established shall apply only to users for residence purposes, school or church uses, and commercial purposes where the use of the individual commercial purpose shall not exceed 2,000 gallons per day of sewerage discharge per acre. It being understood that nothing shall preclude both residence and school, church or commercial purposes to occupy one acre of ground so long as the combined use of sewerage discharge will not exceed the 2,000 gallons per day. Under no circumstances shall sanitary sewerage be discharged into any storm sewer.

SEC. 7.22-2 DESIGNATED AREAS. General trunk line sanitary sewer or storm sewer areas are designated and described as follows:

  1. WEST SANITARY SEWER
     
  2. NORTH GROVE STORM SEWER
     
  3. NORTH SANITARY SEWER
     
  4. NORTH LINDEN SANITARY SEWER
     
  5. FIRESTONE SANITARY SEWER
     
  6. VERNON-GRANDVIEW STORM SEWER
     
  7. SOUTHEAST SANITARY SEWER
     
  8. ASH PARK SANITARY SEWER
     
  9. FAR WEST SANITARY SEWER (Added 2/6/84)
     
  10. NORTH LINDEN STREET EXTENSION SANITARY SEWER (Added 2/6/84)
     
  11. VETERANS PARKWAY SANITARY SEWER (Added 2/6/84)
     
  12. LANDINGS SANITARY SEWER (Added 11/18/86)
     
  13. UNI-PAR SANITARY SEWER (Added 12/21/87)
     
  14. NORTHTOWN PUMP STATION (Added 5/21/90)
     
  15. WAREHOUSE ROAD SANITARY SEWER (Added 5/21/90)
     
  16. HENRY STREET SANITARY SEWER (Added 2/19/01)
     
  17. NORTH HENRY STREET SANITARY SEWER (Added 2/19/01)
     
  18. FIRESTONE SANITARY SEWER EXTENSION (Added 2/19/01)
     
  19. NORTHEAST SANITARY SEWER - AREA A (Added 8/7/01)

That the tap-on fee would apply to the following sewers and any extensions thereto, which are again listed under the categories above set forth and are described as follows:

  1. WEST SANITARY SEWER - contract with Jack Finley Co., completed April 30, 1970;
     
  2. NORTH GROVE STORM SEWER - contract with West Construction Company, dated August, 1966;
     
  3. NORTH SANITARY SEWER - contract with Elton A. Wagner Co., completed May 11, 1971;
     
  4. NORTH LINDEN STREET SANITARY SEWER - contract with Ralph W. Cassidy, dated April 18, 1967;
     
  5. FIRESTONE SANITARY SEWER - contract with Bluffview Contracting and Equipment Rental Leasing Company, dated July 2, 1965, and extension thereto under contract with Rowe Construction Company, dated April 10, 1968;
     
  6. VERNON-GRANDVIEW STORM SEWER - contract with Rowe Construction Company, dated July 30, 1965;
     
  7. SOUTHEAST SANITARY SEWER - contract with Wiegand and Storrer, dated March 23, 1971 and with Bloomington/Normal Sanitary District, dated May 24, 1971;
     
  8. ASH PARK SANITARY SEWER - contract with Rowe Construction Company, dated March 19, 1973;
     
  9. FAR WEST SANITARY SEWER - the sewer constructed by Wiegand and Storrer, Inc., under contract dated January 4, 1982. (Added 2/6/84)
     
  10. NORTH LINDEN STREET EXTENSION SANITARY SEWERS - the sewers constructed by West Construction Company under contract dated May 20, 1982, and by Walker Excavating, Inc. under contract dated May 18, 1983. (Added 2/6/84)
     
  11. VETERANS PARKWAY SANITARY SEWER - the sewer constructed by Walker Excavating, Inc., under contract dated May 18, 1983. (Added 2/6/84)
     
  12. LANDINGS SANITARY SEWER - the sewer constructed by Snyder Development Company under contract dated 1986. (Added 11/18/86)
     
  13. UNI-PAR SANITARY SEWER - Contract with Colclasure, Inc. dated September 8, 1986. (Added 12/21/87)
     
  14. NORTHTOWN PUMP STATION constructed by West Construction on September 23, 1987. (Added 5/21/90)
     
  15. WAREHOUSE ROAD SANITARY SEWER constructed by Willoughby & Dupree, Inc., under contract dated November 5, 1987. (Added 5/21/90)
     
  16. HENRY STREET SANITARY SEWER - contract with Stark Excavating, Inc. dated October 4, 1993.
     
  17. NORTH HENRY STREET SANITARY SEWER - contract with Stark Excavating, Inc. dated October 19, 1998.
     
  18. FIRESTONE SANITARY SEWER EXTENSION - contract with Stark Excavating, Inc. dated September 7, 1999.
     
  19. NORTHEAST SANITARY SEWER AREA A - Contract with Stark Excavating, Inc. and G.A. Rich & Sons, Inc. dated January 11, 2001. (Added 8/7/01)

SEC. 7.22-3 MAP. The areas that the tap-on charges would apply to as above-designated by name are shown on a certain map entitled Town of Normal Sewer Tap-On Map, revised on February 1, 2001, and approved by the City Engineer, which map is designated as Exhibit A and is attached by reference as though specifically set forth herein. This map may in the future be revised as the Town of Normal extends additional trunk line sewers to other areas. (Amended 3/15/82)

SEC. 7.22-4 FEES. The tap-on fee per acre for the above listed areas shall be as follows:

A. WEST SANITARY SEWER $450 per acre or fraction thereof
B. NORTH GROVE STORM SEWER $400 per acre or fraction thereof
C. NORTH SANITARY SEWER $600 per acre or fraction thereof
D. NORTH LINDEN SANITARY SEWER $450 per acre or fraction thereof
E. FIRESTONE SANITARY SEWER AND EXTENSIONS $408 per acre or fraction thereof
F. VERNON-GRANDVIEW STORM SEWER $450 per acre or fraction thereof
G. SOUTHEAST SANITARY SEWER *$160 per acre or fraction thereof
H. ASH PARK SANITARY SEWER $5,000 per acre or portion thereof
I. FAR WEST SANITARY SEWER $744 per acre or fraction thereof
(Added 2/6/84)
.J. NORTH LINDEN STREET EXTENSION SANITARY SEWERS $774 per acre or fraction thereof
(Added 2/6/84)(Amended 1/7/85)
K. VETERANS PARKWAY SANITARY SEWER (Added 2/6/84) $1,265 per acre or fraction thereof
L. LANDINGS SANITARY SEWER $1,658 per acre or fraction thereof
(Added 11/18/86)
M. UNI-PAR SANITARY SEWER $310 per acre or fraction thereof
(Added 12/21/87)
N. NORTHTOWN ROAD SANITARY SEWER PUMP STATION $2,195.00 per acre or fraction thereof
(Added 5/21/90)
O. WAREHOUSE RD. SANITARY SEWER $6,795.00 per acre or fraction thereof
(Added 5/21/90)
P. HENRY STREET SANITARY SEWER $1,335 per acre or fraction thereof
Q. NORTH HENRY STREET SANITARY SEWER $1,378 per acre or fraction thereof plus 6% compounded annually from October 19, 1998
R. FIRESTONE SANITARY SEWER EXTENSION $477 per acre or fraction thereof plus 6% compounded annually from September 7, 1999
S. NORTHEAST SANITARY SEWER AREA A $1,685 per acre or fraction thereof plus 6% compounded annually from January 11, 2001 (Added 8/7/01)

*rate for single family residential use of property which shall be presumed to use 5,000 gallons per acre per day. Multi-family, commercial and manufacturing property or uses will be charged proportionately greater tap-on fee, according to the amount of sewage discharged into said sewer. (Amended 6/3/74)(Amended 8/7/78)

SEC. 7.22-5 APPLICATION. Any residence or business which presently is served by the Town of Normal's sewer system will not be charged the tap-on fee as stated above.

SEC. 7.22-6 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS. It is a condition precedent to the allowance of any tap that said tap-on charge as herein established be paid to the Town of Normal, and it is further a requirement that anyone making such tap-on abide by all other ordinances and regulations of the Town, and that the above payment does not in any way eliminate the obedience to the requirement of other ordinances of said Town, most particularly the Land Subdivision Ordinance.

(ENTIRE DIVISION 22 RENUMBERED BY ORDINANCE NO. 3029, 9/21/81)