§ 209-5. Rates for various users of commercial and industrial buildings., Chapter 209. Sewage Disposal Systems, Code of Ordinances, Grosse Ile

Readiness to serve.

[Added 11-26-1990 by Ord. No. 180]

(1)

Users of multifamily residential buildings connecting directly to lateral sewers of the Township system or the bond sewer project shall pay a readiness-to-serve charge of $600 per residential unit. Commercial and industrial buildings or parcels of property connecting directly to lateral sewers of the Township system or the bond sewer project shall pay a readiness-to-serve charge of $600 per 1,000 square feet of building (or any lesser portion of 1,000 square feet); $600 for each 1,000 additional square feet (or any lesser portion of 1,000 additional square feet).

(2)

In cases of expansion of existing buildings, additional readiness-to-serve charge shall be levied in the amounts set forth in this paragraph based upon the additional square footage.

The unit factor shall be applicable only to the readiness-to-serve charge of $300 to all types of users of commercial and industrial buildings used for other than a single-family purpose. All users of types of commercial and industrial buildings or parcels of property used for other than a single-family purpose connecting directly to lateral sewers of the Township system or the bond sewer project shall pay a unit readiness-to-serve charge of $300 at the time of application for the sewer permit according to the following schedule:

	Usage	Schedule of Factors
	Auto dealers	0.304 per stall
	Barbershops	0.14 per chair
	Bars	0.044 per seat
	Beauty salons	0.223 per booth
	Board houses	0.16 per person
	Boarding schools	0.27 per person
	Bowling alleys	0.16 per alley
	Car wash	10.00 single production line
	Churches	0.008 per seat
	Cleaners (pickup only)	0.048 per employee
	Cleaners (pressing facilities)	1.25 per press
	Clinics	0.50 per doctor
	Convalescent homes	0.22 per bed
	Convents	0.20 per person
	Country clubs, yacht clubs and boat clubs	0.08 per member
	Drug stores (with fountain services)	0.08 per seat
	Factories (exclusive of industrial waste)	0.08 per person, per shift
	Fraternal organization (member only)	1.0 per hall
	Fraternal organizations (members and rentals)	2.10 per hall
	Grocery stores and supermarkets	0.48 per employee
	Hotels (private baths, 2 persons per room)	0.25 per bed
	Laundry (self-service)	0.54 per washer
	Multiple-family residence	0.56 per unit
	Office building	0.048 per employee
	Restaurants (dinner and/or drinks)	0.13 per seat
	Rooming house (no seals)	0.13 per person
	Schools (without showers and/or pool)	0.010 per student
	Schools (showers and/or pool)	0.052 per student
	Service station (automobile)	0.24 per pump
	Single-family residence	2.0 per dwelling
	Snack bars, drive-ins, etc.	0.08 per seat and/or stall
	Store (other than specifically listed)	0.16 per employee
	Swimming pool	2.85 per 1,000 square feet
	Theaters (drive-ins)	0.008 per car space
	Theaters (inside with air conditioning)	0.000093 x weekly hours of operations x seats
	Tourist courts (individual bath units)	0.27 per cubicle
	Trailer parks (central bath houses)	0.35 per trailer

In no case shall the readiness-to-serve unit charge be less than for one unit. In addition thereto, the cost of such connection, as determined by the Township Board, shall be paid by the person, firm or corporation to whom the permit is issued in such manner and upon such terms as the Township Board may from time to time provide by duly adopted rules and regulations, the total amount of the unit connection readiness-to-serve charge may be paid by the owner on June 27, 1966, or over a period not exceeding 10 years. In the event that the owner of such premises elects to make payment over a period of 10 years he shall give the Township a lien on such premises for the amount of said charges and pay 1/10 of said charge plus the fee required for recording the lien to the Treasurer of the Township. On the next successive December 1 and annually thereafter, the Treasurer shall bill the owner 1/10 of the said charge plus interest of 8% on the unpaid balance. If such annual billings are unpaid by the following January 20 of any year, the yearly charge shall be subject to penalty as provided by law for unpaid taxes, and if said charges remain unpaid as of the following February 28, they shall be returned delinquent, with interest and penalty added to the County Treasurer for collection in the same manner in which the Township, county and school taxes are returned delinquent. Any owner of premises may elect to prepay said amount with interest at 8% per annum on the unpaid balance at any time so long as he is not delinquent hereunder. For any connections to schools and churches, public buildings and public nonprofit organizations and yacht, boat and country clubs, such connection charge and the method of payment thereof, shall be fixed and not covered by the unit factor and readiness-to-serve charge of $300 shall be fixed and determined by resolution of the Township Board at the time of application for any such sewer connection.

Editor's Note: Original Section 38.3, Subsections 5 and 6, regarding commercial and industrial properties, which immediately followed this subsection, were repealed 11-26-1990 by Ord. No. 180.