HomeMy Public PortalAbout1981_03_25_O006 TOWN OF LEESBURG
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LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA
ORDINANCE NO. 81-0-6
PRESENTED March 25, 1981
AMENDED
ADOPTED March25, 1981
AN ORDINANCE: AMENDING SECTIONS 15-14 and 19-23 OF THE TOWN CODE.
ORDAINED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as follows:
SECTION I. Sections 15-14 and 19-23 of the Town Code are amended to read
as follows:
Sec. 15-14. Availability charge for sewer service.
(a) Before any person connects with or discharges sewage into the town
sewer system or extends sewer use on any premises to any additional dwelling,
commercial or industrial use, a sewer service availability fee shall be paid in
amounts provided below in addition to fees prescribed in Sections 15-12 and 15-13.
(b) The sewer connection and sewer service availability fees shall be
paid prior to the issuance of a zoning permit or, where no zoning permit is re-
quired, before extension of sewer service to any new or additional use on the
premises. The manager shall discontinue sewer service to premises for which the
fees required in this Article remain unpaid for ten days from the date of notice
of the amount of such fees to the owner.
(c) The abandonment or discontinuance of a sewer system or the reduction
of sewer system use does not entitle any person to refund of fees paid.
(d) The fees provided in this section shall not apply to single family
dwellings existing within the town on June 10, 1970 and which are continued in
single family residential use after connection to the sewer system.
(e) The fees provided in this section shall be reduced by $1,750.00 for
lots of record for which a connection fee was paid prior to June 10, 1970.
follows:
(f) Sewer service availability fees for residential uses shall be as
Discharge Facility
One bedroom dwelling
Two bedroom dwelling
Three or more bedroom dwelling
MObile home
Fee
$1,155.00 each
$1,452.00 each
$1,750.00 each
$1,452.00 each
(g) Sewer service availability fees for non-residential uses shall be
$1,750.00 or more depending on the estimated sewage flow and required treatment
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characteristics fromthe user as compared to the sewage flow and required treat-
ment characteristics fromthe average Single family dwelling. Fees shall be
calculated as follows:
Discharge Facility
¥~ee-O~ee
Ail ~ehe~ non-industrial
uses
Ail industrial uses
Fee
~OvOO-e~eh
~O?O0-e~eh
~v~OvOO-emeh
$1,750.00 or $3.55 per gallon per day of
em~-e~-~e the estimated sewage flow
from the user,
~-mm~-m~e~p~ed-~y-$~v~gv~T whichever
is greater.
The greater of $1,750.00 or $3.55 per gallon
per day of em-emo~me-e~m~-ee the estimated
sewage flow from the user,
plus an additional charge in proportion to
the excess biochemical oxygen demand, suspend-
ed solids or other pollutant discharge of the
user above the average pollutant discharge of
residential users on the system.
(h) Fees shall be determined by the manager based on accepted engineering
standards for sewage discharge. The Council shall hear and decide appeals from
determinations of fees by the manager.
(i) If any person enlarges a structure or extends the use of the town sewer
system to any new or additional use on a premises, an availability fee as determined
in paragraph (g) above shall be paid for the additional use whether or not a new or
enlarged connection is required.
Sec. 19-23. Availability char~es for water service.
(a) Before any person connects with or withdraws water from the town water
system or extends water use on any premises to any additional dwelling, commercial
or industrial use, a water service availability fee shall be paid in amounts pro-
vided below in addition to fees prescribed in Sections 19-21 and 19-22.
(b) The water connection and water service availability fees shall be paid
prior to the issuance of a zoning permit, or where no zoning permit is required,
before extension of water service to any new or additional use on the premises. The
manager shall discontinue water service to premises for which the fees required in
this Article remain unpaid for ten days from the date of notice of the amount of
such fees to the owner.
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(c) The abandonment or discontinuance of a water system or the reduction
of water system use does not entitle any person to refUnd of fees paid.
(d) The fees provided in this section shall not apply to single family
dwellings existing within the town on June 10, 1970 and which are continued in
single family residential use after connection to the water system.
(e) The fees provided in this section shall be reduced by $1,750.00 for
lots of record for which a connection fee was paid prior to June 10, 1970.
follows:
(f) Water system availability fees for residential uses shall be as
Use
One bedroom dwelling
Two bedroom dwelling
Three or more bedroom dwelling
Mobile home
Fee
$1,155.00 each.
$1,452.00 each
$1,750.00 each
$1,452.00 each
(g) Water service availability fees for non-residential uses shall be
$1,750.00 or more depending on the estimated water flow to the user as compared
Fees shall be calculated
to the water flow to the average single family dwelling.
as follows:
Use
~os~-O~ee
Ail oehe~ uses
Fee
~v~§OvOO-e~e~
$1,750.00 or $2.86 per gallon per day of
amo~m~-eg~½-~e the estimated water
flow to the user,
~0700, whichever is greater
(h) Fees shall be determined by the manager based on accepted engineering
standards for water supply. The Council shall hear and decide appeals from determi-
nations of fees by the manager.
(i) If any person enlarges a structure or extends the use of the town
water system to any new or additional use on a premises, an availability fee as
determined in paragraph (g) above shall be paid for the additional use whether or
not a new or enlarged connection is required.
SECTION II. This ordinance shall be in effect upon its passage.
PASSED this 25th day of March , 1981.
Clerk of Counc