HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-05-05-Ordinance 2345C_University Avenue Trunk Sewer Connection Fee DistrictORDINANCE NO.2345C
AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH A CONNECTION FEE DISTRICT AND FEES FOR
CONNECTION OF PROPERTY IN SAID DISTRICT TO THE UNIVERSITY AVENUE TRUNK SEWER
TO RECOVER THE EQUITABLE PORTION OF THE COSTS THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Waukee:
Section I.Connection Fee District and Fees For Connection of Property Therein to the
University Trunk Sewer.There is hereby established Connection Fee District No.5 for connection ofthe
property described herein to the University Avenue Trunk Sewer and providing for fees therefore.
A.The following described real estate is hereby designated as Connection Fee District No.5
of the University Avenue Trunk Sewer:
[Attached hereto as a part of hereof,is description of the tract within Connection Fee District
No.5 identified as Tract J.]
B.A connection fee is hereby established and imposed upon the owners of property within
Connection Fee District No.5 ofthe University Avenue Trunk Sewer who shall hereafter make
application to connect their property to the University Avenue Trunk Sewer or sewer lines
connected thereto.The connection fee shall be computed as follows:
All land use shall have a connection fee base fee in 1999 of$145.00 per acre of gross land within
the development,streets and common spaces inclusive,provided the flows tributary to the
University Avenue Trunk Sewer originate from a remote publicly owned wastewater pumping
station located in said connection fee district.
Single family residential connection fees for lands which are directly tributary by gravity or non-
publicly owned pumping facilities to the gravity sewers connected to sewer systems tributary
to the University Avenue Trunk Sewer shall have a base fee in 1999 of$628.70 per acre of gross
land within the development,streets and common spaces inclusive.
Land use other than single family residential which are directly tributary by gravity or non-
publicly owned pumping facilities to the gravity sewers connected to sewer systems tributary to
the University Avenue Trunk Sewer shall have a connection fee base in 1999 as the higher of the
following two methods of computation:
1.$628.70 per acre of gross land within the development,streets and common spaces
inclusive,or
2.$740 per 1,000 gallons per day of average water usage.The initial conditional fee will be
based on projected water use.The actual fee will be determined by the highest monthly
water use (exclusive of irrigation water separately metered)during the 12-month period
after the site is fully developed and operational at the base fee of $740 per 1,000 gallons
per day.
The base year 1999 connection fee will be escalated at the rate of 9%per year,compounded
annually on January 1.
C.The following provisions for connection of property within the connection fee district,in
existence or under construction upon the effective date of this ordinance,and the following
procedures for future division of property within the benefited district shall be applicable:
All property located within the corporate limits of the City of Waukee and within
Connection Fee District No.S ofthe University Avenue Trunk Sewer shall be eligible for
connection to the University Avenue Trunk Sewer upon approval of an application for
connection by the owner thereof,as hereafter provided,and payment of the connection fee for
such property,provided that capacity in said sewer is then available;provided such property has
been appropriately subdivided for development;and further provided that all sanitary sewer
improvements necessary to serve said property have been constructed and approved by the City.
Section 2.Repealer.All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this
ordinance are hereby repealed.
Section 3.Severability Clause.If any section,provision or part of this ordinance shall be adjudged
invalid or unconstitutional,such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole or any
section,provision,or part thereof not adjudged invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 4.Effective Date.This ordinance shall be in effect upon its final passage,approval and
publication as provided by law.
Passed by the City Council ofthe City of Waukee,Iowa,this Sth day of May,2001,and approved this Sth day of
May,2001.
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Mark J.Arentsen(JIty Administrator/Clerk
CONNECTION FEE DISTRICT "J"
An area in Section 3,Section 4,Section 9 and Section 10,T78N,R26W,of the 5'"Principal Meridian,Dallas
County,Iowa more particularly described as follows:
Commencing at the northeast comer of Government Lot 5 of said Section 3,thence
southerly along the east line of said Government Lot 5 two hundred (200.00)feet to
the point of beginning;thence southerly along the east line of Government Lots 5
and 12,and the east line ofthe W Y2 of SW Yo of said Section 3,said line also being
the centerline of Waco Place;to a point on the centerline of320th Street (Ashworth
Road);thence easterly along the centerline of 320th Street to the northerly right-of-
way line ofInterstate 80;thence southwesterly along the northerly right-of-way line
of Interstate 80 to the centerline of Vermillion Court,a county road;thence northerly
along the centerline of Vermillion Court to centerline of 320th Street;thence westerly
along 320th Street to a point on the west line of Do Image Estates,an official plat;
included in Dallas County,Iowa;thence along the west line of Dolmage Estates to
the northwest comer of Dol mage Estates;thence westerly along an extended north
line of Do Image Estates to a point on the west line of the East Y2 ofthe East liz of the
SW Yo of said Section 4;thence north along said west line to the south line of
Government Lot 14 of said Section 4;thence westerly along the south line of
Government Lots 14 and 13 to a point on the west line of the E liz of said
Government Lot 13;thence north to the north line of said Government Lot 13;
thence easterly along said north line of Government Lots 13 and 14 of Section 4
to the east line ofthe W liz of Government Lot 11 of Section 4;thence northerly
to the center of said Government Lot 11;thence easterly to the center of said
Government Lot 5 of said Section 3;thence northerly to a line that is 200 feet south
and parallel to the north line of Government Lot 5;thence easterly to the point of
beginning;except for public rights-of-way and streets;said area containing 721 acres,
more or less.