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Sec. 3.1 - Sewer Impact Fees.#
A $2,200.00 per ERU fee is used to help pay for the City impact of the development on public sewer infrastructures and capital improvements necessary to benefit the user that may have been paid for in whole or in part by existing residents of the City and is due with the building permit fee(s), or in some cases, when in the opinion of the City Council the fees will be needed for immediate off-site improvement to serve the development, the fees may be required to be paid in total before the Final Plat is signed by the Mayor (or as otherwise stipulated by development agreement).
Impact fees are assessed in accordance to the adopted Impact Fee Analysis.
Sec. 3.2 - Connection Fee.#
The fee per connection is $500.00.
Sec. 3.3 - Monthly Sewer Fees.#
Sewer rate is $44.00 per "Equivalent Residential Unit" ERU.
The monthly sewer fee is charged on all units receiving sewer service in Kamas City. All accessory type units or apartments on a common sewer service must be approved in advance by the City Council on new construction or new rentals/conversions.
Construction Sewer connection base monthly charge: $44.00.
$44.00 Monthly Sewer rate and construction sewer connection base charge shall increase each year, July 1, as shown in the table in KMC 4.13.030, 5.
The standard connection size is four inches; greater connection sizes require prior approval by the Public Works Director and City Engineer.
(Ord. 2025-06, § 1, 5/27/2025)
Sec. 3.4 - Extension of Sewer Services Policy.#
Any project or applicant or developer, whether an individual unit or a multiple unit or subdivision, that requires connection to the City Sewer system, shall be required to pay all of the costs of any extensions or facilities necessary to achieve a connection that meets the City Councils standards or specifications in force at the time. This may include not only the capital costs of the project, but also any City costs associated with plan approval, engineering, and inspection work, exclusive to the extension.
The City may specify an extension of a higher capacity, or of additional appurtenances that are required for the development to service possible future users beyond the present extension. The extra capacity cost shall be paid for by the City in this instance, and an aid to construction agreement may be entered into by both parties to establish joint extension responsibilities.
Any extension parties, whether the applicant or developer, or a combination of the two, may enter into an extension agreement that shall be filed with the City Clerk setting forth cost recovery procedures for users connecting to the extension part of the system in the future. The agreement will outline a formula to be used for calculation of the future contributions to the extension and shall specify that the fees must be paid to the original party(s) of the extension before building permits are issued to any new connectors.
Future extensions beyond the current extension are not eligible for cost recovery, only connections on to the line itself The recovery period to the original party(s) may not exceed ten years and is to be pro-rated to the future connectors in an equitable manner detailed in the extension agreement. The agreement may establish refunding of the costs of the extension not only to the original applicant or developer, but also to any other parties that have paid into the extension within the ten-year period.
If the City extends sewer service for a development, the developer of any of the property within the extension will be responsible to enter into an extension agreement with the City setting forth the cost recovery procedures.
The City must be held harmless and indemnified from any claims arising out of any disputes between parties regarding application of and recovery of any costs associated with the agreement, or disputes as to the interpretation or application thereof.
After final inspection of the improvements or extension(s), the applicant or developer must provide title and easements to the systems, free and clear of any encumbrances to the City, to be operated as a public system by the City. A one-year warranty will be required on the system from the date of acceptance.
Sec. 3.5 - Non-Service Connections.#
All service connections shall be charged the minimum monthly base rate regardless of use or occupancy. Monthly base fees are required to support the treatment and maintenance costs of the overall system. When water service has been discontinued as per Section 2.8, sewer service shall also be deemed as disconnected.
Sec. 3.6 - Winter Rate Connections.#
Property owners, who wish to continue sewer service during the months of November through April, while vacant from their homes, may request winter rate billing. The Public Works staff will verify the vacancy of the dwelling periodically during the winter months. Rate: $11.00 per month.