13.16.027 General facilities charge.
A. There is levied a general facilities charge on all properties proposed to be connected for service by the Lacey sewerage system. The amount of the sewerage general facilities charge levied on a particular piece of property shall be equal to the number of equivalent residential units estimated to be used by said property multiplied by the rate per equivalent residential unit determined as set forth in LMC 13.16.027(B). The term “equivalent residential unit” or “ERU” for purposes of this section shall be as follows:
1. Single-family residence, including mobile homes: one ERU per living unit;
2. Duplex (two-family residence): two ERUs;
3. Residential buildings containing more than two living units: 7/10 of an ERU per living unit;
4. Commercial, industrial or other customers not readily identified as a residential customer, including, but not limited to, hotels, motels, boarding or rooming houses, nursing homes and transient (overnight) trailer parks: one ERU for each estimated 900 cubic feet of water to be consumed per month.
B. The general facilities charge for each equivalent residential unit during 2014 shall be $3,218.00. The rate of said charge shall be increased annually on January 1st of each calendar year by an amount equal to the increase in the Engineering News Record Construction Cost Index.
C. The general facilities charge levied herein shall be due and payable for each individual service prior to the connection of such service to the Lacey sewerage system unless such general facilities charge is included as part of the assessment levied against a parcel of property as part of a local improvement district or utility local improvement district.
D. If the land use of a property is proposed to be changed to a use which will increase the equivalent residential unit use of sewerage capacity and said proposed change in use is after charges levied herein have been computed and paid, a condition of allowing said increased use shall be that the owner of said property will pay to the city an additional general facilities charge in accordance with this section equal to the increase in the contemplated equivalent residential unit use.
E. The charges established and levied by this section shall be in addition to any and all charges for reserve capacity or capacity development of joint sewerage facilities under LMC 13.16.025 and any and all charges for sewerage collection system or other sewerage facilities not covered by the reserve capacity charge or capacity development or the general facilities charge whether such charges are by latecomers agreement or otherwise.
F. The payment of such connection charges shall be in accordance with Chapter 13.02 LMC. (Ord. 1450 §2, 2014; Ord. 1106 §3, 1999; Ord. 1094 §4, 1998; Ord. 923 §2, 1991; Ord. 854 §3, 1989).