Ordinance 86-762this Ordinance its most —.—bl. application, consistent with
state and 1-- law and other City t.g.1.1i.... Th. following 1
words and ph-- —11 have In. follow .... I— —..s the
context ti—t — —it -
a. Commission ., 'City" means the City C—i-1. of
—d, Florida, a political subdivision of It. State.
b. Collect von Eacvlvci es means the lines, pip—,
and pp.,--, i,— used t. —11— — from the building
sewer and --y it t. the --i-i— facilities.
c. City —1. resolut eons and —di.-- means all
---. and ordinances, -- currently in effect or t.
b, adopted in the —.— by the Commission or I-
,hi,h establish and fix —, f— and charges for the —d
Wastewater System.
d. 'Effluent disposal Eac.i l.ities" means chose wastewater
...... ly - detain, --it, store, and di-— of
---t previously --d at treatment facilities.
- -G— mean g.11— p., d.y on .. .—.1 average I,—.
f. —— W.—W.— System" — III facilities and
it--- in —1 and pt,.ttl property d, operated, —d
or 1—t—Ild by the City now and in the future and used t. P—id.
.—I or wastewater .—i— co existing and future —t-1s within
the service area of the City.
g. Se g or wastewater means a combination o£ the
water -carried —t— from —id—, business buildings,
industrial. —b--ts and other —t—l. of
the —d Wastewater Sy—, together with such ground, surface
and -.1. —t.t. as ..y be present.
h. — --- —Y" or wastewater --i" capacity"
means the 1--t of sewage, ---d in GPO, which can be
collected, transmitted, --d and disposed of.
C-1 those li—t, pi,,
force mains, P—P, .—t. and ,-- i- used co
se . from the col l.e ct.von facilitto the headworks -
ies
.f the treatment facilities as defined and determined by the City.
j. "Treatment facilrtr es —., I—. facilities I—
I treat and filter g, p for to --It disposal. ----t
facilities d. any portions If the collect ton
facilities, transmrssron facilities, or effluent dj
k. Wastewater facilities" means all wastewater collection,
--- treatment, and of di.psal facilities,
including all i——, li—, pip., --,
pumps, f.— I—, and appurtenant equipment necessary t. provide
sewer ."i— capacity or wastewater service..P..ity.
2. D—I.P.— Ass vstance — for Sewer. Th. CI—i—
does h.—Y adopt and establish, P—.— to .— —, .
--— A.—t.— — If fill —1— ($5. W per GPD of
sewer aerviee —p—ty.
B. Determination If S.— —i— C.P.—Y.
a. F., p— If ---i and imposing the d—.1.t
assistance — provided for i. Section 2 — the ..., service
capacity for any P—til-- connection —11 be ---d and
i-d i. the I-- provided as follows.
Establishment -it GPD
Res iaential
Single —ily H— I., Unit 300
Duplex �31 _ lIbldbllll�l_
.3 dI
M—i:,F—.ilY (1 2 b-III—)
.I,, i i ly
M bile home
o
(3 Unit 250
Commercial
Auditorium S— lo
Barber/Beauty Shop Oprt St a. 90
wling
y100
Retail
Food —i—
"It 31
Seat 20
Oth—
jnMt-t%'—di, —d I—i—) Room 150
I ndusevial Building
(not incl ua ing food service)
1
loyee 11
5
Process Water CaseobyeCase Sasis
dry
Self -Service "MIN, a411
u Slopping C 100 SF 10
e Station Bay 300
Add
Per W Say 3000
Frontons, Hall Parks 303
k (ovevnigh[) I. ,a
10
rehous esr I. S
IOC
t Office r Dentist 250
00
Of £i ce 250
ospit al Beat g Per Be 125 (1125o lud'ng
$e[ooaes cejr tnaenc 20
aoara sonooi Per student >5
b. For all est ablisivoents not Sisted above, the sewer
service capacity shall be determined by multiplying the number
If fixture units, as published in the Southern Plumbing Code,
by 25 GPD per Fixture unit.
c. The Development Assistance Fee shall be determined by
using the —lowing formula:
Total Sewer Ger— Capacity x $5.00=Development
In no event sM1all the Total Sewer Service Capacity us edeto
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calculate a Development Assistance Fee for any separate
tablishment be less than 300 GPD.
a. If an applicant for sewer capacity within y If the
categories set forth in Subsection 3(a) above can demonstrate,
I. the City Engineer, that actual sewage usage wi11 be less than
eighty percent (80%) of the Sewer Service Capacity assigned to
such establishment as set forth above, then the City Engineer
may determine, basod on actual u ge, anticipated usage, peak
Soad requirements, or any combination of the foregoing, using
ac pted engineering standards, that a different or lesser Sever
Service Capacity Value applies. If the City Engineer determines .�
that the actual se g u g will be greater than the Sewer Service
C.p..ily as. igh.d to an establishment, then the City g eer
applies.
4. Connection Charge.
a. Residential. Each residential ..it will be charged
a sewer connection fee of five hundred fifty dollars ($550.00).
b. Nonresidential. Each nonresidential ..it will be ch g
a sewer connect.ron fee of seven bundled fifty dollars ($750.00).
5. Development Assistance Fee and Connection -
--Applicability. The Development Assistance Fee as set forth in
Section 2 hereof and the Connection Charge as se[ torch in Section
4 hereof shall be paid by those new customers who connect to the
L gw od Wastewater System, except as follows:
a. Those customers who connect to interim, temporary
"package" facilities or septic tanks for wh r ch, as determined
by the City, there is no exist , pl.. or --pl to disconnect
the interim faci.l.ities and transmit. such £lows to treatment
facilities owned, operated, or participated in by the City sha11
be exempt from the Development Assistance Fee and the Connection
Charge.
b. Those customers who connect to interim wastewater
facilities or interim septic tanks for whicfi, as determined by
the City, there is an existing plan or concept to disconnect such
interim facilities and connect the customers thereof to aria wide
treatment facilities owned, op ated, bt p iticipated in by the
City, sha11 pay all appl.i.cable Development Assistance - and
Connection Charges. If, after payment is received, the City should
determine that the interim faci.tit.iee wall not be disconnected
and the customers thereof will not be connected to area -wide
treatment facilities, then upon making such determination, the
payment sha11 be released and returned to the customer.
c. The City may ezempt any customer from the payment of
any portion of the Deve p nt Assistance Fee to the extent that.
the City accepts a Contribution in Aid of Construction havi g
a value of not less than the portion of the Development Assistance
Fee being exempted. 1
6. Payment of Development Assistance Fees and Connection
Charges. Beginning on the effective date of this Ordinance, all
Deve p nt Assistance Fees and Connection Charges sha11 be paid
prior to the issuance of a building permit for a —.It— or
structures to be served by — Longwood Wastewater System, or
such other time as may be specifically provided by City resolution,
1. Capital Improvements Funds; Establishment; Expenditure
Guidelines; Application and Pledging.
a. The Development Assistance Fees collected pursuant to
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this Ordinance sha 11 be deposited into a fund called tM1e "Longwood
Wastewater System Capital Improvement Fund". The fees deposited
rn the above -mentioned fund shall be used only for the construction
and acquisic ion of additions and extensions to the Longwood
Wastewater System and all c p sots thereof, including collection
facilities, transmission facil It ies, treatment facilities, effluent
disposal facilities, land, easements, planning and engineering,
in order to provide additional wastewater service capacity to
those new customers who connect to the Longwood Wastewater System.
b. The Commission may by ordinance provide for the
application of some or ali of the Development Assistance Fees 1
and Connection Charges to the payment or security for the ply nt
If debt service incurred in whole or rn part for the purposes
set out zn Subsection ](a) hereof, provided that the amount of
Development Assr sf ance Fees applied to th p ym nt of such debt
service sha11 not exceed the amount of monies actually expended
for such purpose with inc Brest at the race charged. Such
application or pledge may be made directly in the proceedings
authorizinq such debt or in an agreement with a lender to assure
such sender of addili onai security thereof.
8. Responsibility for Collection and Transmission --
In dditi— to the Development A-i.11— I.— and Connection
Charges, the ---t —11 hilh— --id, or pay all —pi—
t.— (including I.bd --) of, the required ..pi— improvements
for both the collection of — —9.within the boundaries of
the P—P—ty owned by the --- to —h the City intends to
provide --tll service capacity, and 11h transmission of —.d.
from those b—d—hs t. the City'. transmission maor
ins
--ti— lib— pr.i.or t. connection t. treatment
Th. City —11 .1— the --- to --t t. the ---
— or collection lines at the ---t feasible point as
d.t.l.ihld by the City.
1. —, Permits. The Commission hereby establishes
Sewer P—it connection to the —9—d --- System.
Sewer connect ions t. the L-9—d Wastewater Sy.— may b. C.d.
only pursuant 11 a —11—t and valid Sewer Permit issued by the
City, and payment of all ..., dh—.t .—t— fees and
connection charges applicable at the time of issuance of . building
permit i. ---- with City '.- resolutions bd ordinances.
The City may i—Ibdb such pi--h, — and conditions in
any such Sewer Permit as it may dd—bi— reasonable and necessary
from time t. time.
10. Sewer Permit F.— and Charges. Sewer Permits may b.
issued only after acceptance by the City of a —b application
and upon p— of all —t f— and charges applicable at the
ti.e of issuance of such permit, including Connection Ch—g—
and DbI.I.P.—I Assistance F— i. accordance with City rate
resolutions and —di--.. P— of sewer — and bh—q-
-11 b. —h or certified check dl—b on a --t I,— located
in Seminole or Orange County, Florida. U i—.— of a Sewer
Permit, all. fees and —19. Pdad b.1—ht b.I.— —11 b.
---I—blb and the -—it. for which all — and charges
are paid as provided herein —11 Chn with the I,Cd for wbich
11. S-- Permit Application. All persons It entities —ki.g
application for . 1-1 —it shall I—il said application i.
writing. The Iily ..y i— all information in said application
thIt it d— reasonable and --Y, and .,y reject applications
it d--i—t are i—.. Any application ft, I Sewer Permit
shall —,in the 11 description If the 1—d I—Iti—i.g he
service area for —h a --t ",.i, i. to b. issued. Th. 11
consideration or fins Deen -—Id. An applicafor service
tion
co a —91. family Sot may b, submitted submission If an
application for . building permit for said —
12. Allocation If Capacity. When 1— —i— capacity
is determined t. be available said capacity .—I be 111—Id
P.—It t. —t,tt applications in It— If I.1, If application
— . S-1 Permit. pp cants —11 be offered said allocation
If capacity. Applicants — — pi— If ,.— of
preliminary subdivision pl., final subdivision pl.., site plan
or building permit application within 180 d.y. If the d.- If
If— of allocation and —11 submit -1 or proof If payment
of all development assistance fees and connection charges ithin
tbitty d.y, If the d— of said app—,— or the d— If offer
of allocation, whichever shall 1—t -- —It Permits —11
be issued upon receipt 11 said payment. Sewer Permit applications
—1 i— should the pp cant —1 to meet the above —ili—
and 1h. If— If capacity —11 be withdrawn.
— 1—tf- of -- Service I assignment,
It --y— of a —ittWI allocated . service
-
-P—ty t. any .1-1 P.-Y for use .. any .1h., P—p—ly of
identified or —Iti— i. the Sewer Permit I-1 be —lid. The
sewer l-- capacity —11 i—, to the benefit. If only the
futurecurrent and -- of the P—P.Ity described i. said S-1
P—t and the Permit— ..y of transfer —.1 capacity
t. any property not identified in the Sewer Permit. y ---
.by assign or transfer -- —ice capacity .111--d by a S—
C —it to d—h—tA If —d for which lb. -—it was issued I.
d—, and pdpp cation therefor the City -11 reissue S-1
Permits for any P.,ti.b If sewer --. I.P—ty ---d
or assigned in connection wvch su..h transfer If owners If land.
14. — of Ab.bt P—t.
A. Each d— --it —11 be —id for b period If 1-1.
(12) months from the —I If issuance and the validity thereof
may be extended for -- (7) additional successive p—d- of
t-11. (12) -- by ... I If a reserve capacity f—" (..
established in Section 16 --) each 1-- (12) bb—
extension p—id.d that the ft, must b. paid b.fd1A said Sewer
expires.
b. if I S—It P—it —Pit- the ribbt t. any — —ice
capacity — the use If —th a building permit has not been issued
(11 if issued, has expired) —11 terminate. The P11.itt.. may
re pp — said --d .— —ild capacity and receive . credit
for any ---bt A—i-.... -.. It C.—Itidb Charges
previously p.id issuance If a new —, —il. Th.
permit— —1 have the I— —Ibi, as I new --, to
be granted capacity in —d— If the reapplication —b.
1. A, S.— Permit may b. —1—d by the City for violation
If b'd—ibb, If said S.— Permit It
this ordinance, mast ake of fact, or mistake If 1—
d. All Development A--- —A and -b—ti.. Charges.id P., ... It to Section 10 --f —11, upon is-- If I S.—
for said sewer service capacity. The City may defer the purchase
thereof until it has identified another qualified customer or 1
customers ready, wr 11 g nd able to pay the fees and charges
for and to use the surplus capacity being released by the
permittee. The City sha11 not consider the purchase of any such
Longwood Wastewater System at t e point specified by the City.
16. Reserve Capacity Fee.
a. The city commission her y adopt e, pnregant t0 general
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law, a Reserve Capacity Fee of Ten Cents (50.107 per GP p r year.
For purposes of calculating and .imposing the Aeserve Capacity
Fee, the GPD value for any p ticular connection shall be
q valent to the Sewer Service Capacity allocated p suant to
a Sewer Permit, but shall in no case be lees than 300 GPD.
b. The Reserve p ity Fee shall be paid annually by
holders D£ a $ewer Permit and by Ill those who otherwise are
entitled to Viesteweter Services Capacity, but who have not
c0nnectea to the wastewater system.
c. A11 those customers who hold City Sewer Permits 1
authorizing canoe ciao to the Longwood wastewater System sha11
pay Reserve Capacity Fee W twelve (12) months from the dace
of issuance of said Sewer Permit, or (ii) within thirty (30) days
of receipt of written notice from the City chat the City wastewater
plant to which connection is authorized, rs in operation, whichever
last occurs, and —11 pay said fee —h y r thereafter for each
d. All unpaid Reserve capacity Fees sha11 accrue, and no
connection shall be allowed to y City astewater plant pursuant
to any City Sewer Permit until aii such unpaid, accrued fees
related t0 said Sewer Permi< have been paid in full by tfie
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Development Assistance Fee of two dollars (52.00) per Gallon
per Day (GPD) of water service capacity.
18. Dete rmrnatron o£ Water Service Capacity.
a. For purposes of calculating and imposing the development
ass>sc ance fee provided for in S.—I.1] above, the water service
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capacrtY for any pa ticular connection shall be calculated and
imposed in the manne p vided as follows:
Establishment Unrt GPD
Residential
Ingle Family"IllHome 300
Duplex (1 0 2 bedrooms) 250
x (3 o bedrooms) "Iamily (lror 2 bedrooms) Per -it250
amily Mu(3 -Po e bedrooms) Ili
300
Mobile Home (1 0 2 bedrooms) 200
Mobile Home (3 or more bedrooms) Per Unrt 250
commercial
0
uty Shop Op rc Sta. e90
owling Alley 1.
Retail 1005F 3
Food Service
nt/Cafeteria 50
t (24
Rest ("Fas ood") 30
oth—
Bar/Cocktail Lounye Seat 2.0
Ho(not rnclud g food service) Room 150
I ndnot Inc Building
( lu di ng £ood service)
c Showers loyee 15
Employee 35
Process Water Case by Case Basis
arf 1
900
Office Huildinq SOOhS 10
Shopping C 10
B e Stations Bay 300
rAdd ash B 1000
Add oiler ay
t adiums, Frontons, Ball Parke
Theat ez t Trailer Pr k (overnight) Spaceed 1.00
renouses100 SF 3
D Office Ill
r I00
Cher�Office 250
h
ospital Bedt 2s0
ing H Pex Bed 125
Schools (�ot including food
ce)11, 111A111 20
aoa�a s�nom Per st.aent as
b. For all eetablrshments not listen above, the water
service capacity shall be determined by multiplying the number
of fixture units, as published in the Southern Plumbing Code,
by 25 GPD per fixture unit.
c. The Development Assistance Fee shall be determined by
.sing the followr g formula.
Total Water Service Capacity x $2.00 = pevelopment
In no event shall the Total Water Service Capacity us edFto
calculate a Development Assistance Fee for any separate
establishment be less than 300 -i.
d. If an applicant for water capacity within any of the 1
cat egories set forth in Subsection 18(a) above can demonstrai e,
will be less than eighty p cent (80%) Of the Water Service
Capacity Iligd.d to such establishment as set forth above, then
the City Engineer may determine, based on actual usage, anticipated
usage, peak load requirements, oe any combination of the foregoing,
City Engineer may determine, based on actual usage, anticipated
usage, Peak load requirements, or any comb inacion of the foregoing,
using accepted engineering standards, that a different or greater
Total Water Service p city applies.
19. Payment of pevelopme nt Assistance Fees. Beginning on
the effective date of this Ordinance, all Development Assistance
Fees shall be paid prior to the issuance of a building p it
for a structure or structures to be served by the L gwood Water
System, or such ocher time as may be specifically provided by
City resolution, ordinance, or agreement.
20. Capital improvement Funds; Establishment, p diture
Guidelines, Application and Pledging.
a. The Development Assistance Fees collected pursuant to
this Ordinance shall be deposited into a fund called the "Longwood
Water System Capital improvement Fund." The fees deposited in
It. above.mentioned fund shall be used only far the coast ruction
and acquisition of additions and extensions to the Longwood Water
System and all components thereof, including raw water ..poly
facilities, treatment and storage facilities, pumping facilities
and distribution facilities, land acquisition and easements,
planning and engineering, rn order to provide additional water
service capacity to those new customers who connect to the Longwood
water System.
b. The Commission may by ordinance provide for the
application of some or all of the Deve p nt Assistance Fees
and Connection Charges to the payment or security for < e payment
If debt service incurred in whole or in part for the purpose set
out in Subsection 20(a) hereof, provided that the amount of
Deve p nt Assistance Fees applied to the payment if such debt
service shall not exceed the amount of monies actually expended
for such purpose with interest at the rate charged. Such
application or pledge may be made directly in the proceedings
authoriz g uch debt or in an agreement with a Sender to assure
such lender of additional security thereof.
21. I..ports ibility for Extension of Distrib.tion System.
In addition to the Development Assistance Fees and Connection
Charges, the customer shall either provide, or pay all capital
I.— (including land costa) of, the -- red capital improvements
for the excensvon of distribution facilities from the City's 1
Bedroom
2 Bedrooms
$150.00
$200.00
3 Bedrooms
5250.00
4 Bedrooms and larger
Use
$300.00
Commercial
0 to 5,000 square Feet
5500. 00
5,001 t 10, 000 square feet
in nni r,. �n_nnn ��uara feet
$700.00
5�00.00
of $100.00 will be charged for e additional
20,000 square feet or po tvon thereof)
l na os5 000 squaxs feet o
10,001
5400.00,00 to 10, 000 quare feet 0,Oo1 co 20, 000 square feet 5600.00
Larger than 20, 000 square feet (an add icionai fee
of 00, 00 will be charged for each additional
20, 00000 s_ re feet or portion thereof)
c. All Development Assystance Fees collected under thus
Sect ron will be deposi[ed in[o an escrow account to be known as
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the Public Service specral Account.
The use o£ these funds will be limit ea to those e p sea
for providing fire and police protection, parks and recreatvon
facilities, drainage and flood protection, road improvement,
road repair and maintenance to alleviate the impact created by
the said growth and development, and for no other purposes
whatsoever.
d. Challenge. Should any ua er wr sh to challenge the fair
share being paid hereunder as being unreasonable and/or excessive
such user shall have the right to do so by furnishing the City
Commiselon with independent —di— and economic data to prove
that such user s fair share 11 less than the assessments paid
under this ordinance. Such challenge and all studies and data
must be submltted to the City Commrsslon within sixty (60) days
after the assessment is paid or the user will be deemed to bave
waived the right to challenge the assessments paid.
CTION 2: Conflicts. All ordinances or parts thereof in
conflict herewith, be and the same are hereby r p led.
SECTION 3: The provisions of this Ordinance shall be
liberally construed to effect the findings, purposes, and intent
to be lnvalia.
SECTION 5: Effective date. This ordinance shall be effective
lmmediately upon its final passage and adoption by the City
Commission of the City o£ Longwood, Florida. All those new
customers who, on the effective date of this ordinance, have
no y obtavnea building permits or have allowed existing building