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a. There is hereby imposed, for the purpose of defraying the cost of providing public improvements required by the City as a result of residential development, a sewer residential development occupational fee upon every person constructing any single-family residence or multifamily residence or establishing mobile home spaces or trailer spaces, or recreational vehicle spaces within the City of Phoenix, or for connecting to the City of Phoenix sanitary sewer system such developments built or established outside the City of Phoenix, in the following amounts:

1. The sum of six hundred dollars for each single-family residence hereafter constructed connecting to the City of Phoenix sanitary sewer system.

2. The sum of four hundred twenty dollars for each mobile home space or trailer space or recreational vehicle space hereafter established connecting to the City of Phoenix sanitary sewer system.

3. The sum of three hundred sixty dollars for each apartment or dwelling unit in a multifamily development hereafter constructed connecting to the City of Phoenix sanitary sewer system. No additional fee shall be charged for accessory plumbing such as laundry rooms, recreational buildings or swimming pool toilet rooms.

b. Fees shall be required as follows:

Fee Required

Fee Not Required

ADDITIONS TO BUILDINGS

(1)

Additions to a lot which already has building improvements and sewer connection, according to the following schedule:

(A)

Additions attached to an existing building where the addition has no plumbing included in the new work, and the addition does not discharge water or sewage into the City sanitary sewer system.

X

(B)

Additions attached to an existing building, which additions include new plumbing discharging water or sewage into the City sanitary sewer system:

(i)

Single-family dwellings.

X

(ii)

Apartments (fee $360.00 for each apartment).

X

UNATTACHED NEW BUILDINGS

(2)

A new building which has new plumbing, but is not attached to an existing building when:

(A)

The new plumbing discharges water or sewage into the existing building sewer. (For apartments, the fee is $360.00 per apartment. For single-family residences, the fee is $600.00.)

X

(B)

The new plumbing uses new building sewer.

X

PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS

(3)

A new building which legally used private sewage disposal system where the building discharges no water or sewage into the City sanitary sewer system.

(4)

A building built before May 25, 1981, now served by private sewage disposal system but is being connected to the City sanitary sewer system.

X

(5)

A building built after May 25, 1981, using a legal private sewage disposal system, but is being changed to connect to the public sanitary sewer.

X

REMODELING

(6)

Interior remodeling, such as adding a bathroom, clothes washer, lavatory, water closet, etc.:

(A)

If existing water service line and meter can be used.

X

(B)

If water service line or meter is increased in size.

X

MOBILE HOMES

(7)

Mobile homes:

(A)

Installation of a mobile home in a zoned "mobile home development" (on-site permit) where title to all of the lots remains in one ownership. (Such fees are collected at the time a permit is issued for "mobile home development" site development work.)

X

(B)

Installation of a mobile home (on-site permit) on a lot other than in a zoned "mobile home development."

X

BUILDINGS WHICH ARE MOVED

(8)

A building moved onto a lot:

(A)

Which requires new connection to the City sanitary sewer.

X

(B)

Which has an existing building sewer and tap, but the building served by the sewer is removed. (One building is substituted for another building.)

X

(C)

Same as (B) above, except that the present use of the sewer will continue. (Add another building and leave existing building.)

X

SWIMMING POOLS

(9)

Sewer tap to dump swimming pool water into City sanitary sewer. (Fee is $600.00.)

X

c. Beginning on December 1, 1982, if a residential development is located outside the Phoenix City limits, the sewer residential development occupational fee shall be one and one-half times the amount set forth in paragraphs (a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(3) above. If the residential development property is annexed by the City of Phoenix within one year of the date of such payment, the increased fee amount over that imposed for residential developments located within the City limits shall be refunded by the City of Phoenix.

d. In addition to the fees set forth in paragraphs (a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (b)(1)(B)(ii) and (b)(2)(A) of this section, there are hereby imposed, where applicable, additional fees of thirty dollars for each single-family residence, twenty-one dollars for each mobile home space or recreational vehicle space and eighteen dollars for each apartment or dwelling unit in a multifamily development which are hereafter constructed connecting to the City of Phoenix sanitary sewer system within that geographic area generally bounded by a line beginning at the intersection of 51st Avenue and the Arizona Canal, thence running north along the centerline of 51st Avenue to Skunk Creek, thence running northeasterly along Skunk Creek to Jomax Road, thence running east along the centerline of Jomax Road to its intersection with the Central Arizona Project Aqueduct, thence running southeasterly along the Central Arizona Project Aqueduct to its intersection with Scottsdale Road, thence running south along the centerline of Scottsdale Road to Greenway Road, thence running west along the centerline of Greenway Road to Cave Creek Road, thence running southwesterly along the centerline of Cave Creek Road to Sharon Drive, thence running west along the centerline of Sharon Drive to 16th Street, thence running south along the centerline of 16th Street to Thunderbird Road, thence running northwesterly along the centerline of Thunderbird Road to Seventh Street, thence running south along the centerline of Seventh Street to Sweetwater, thence running west along the centerline of Sweetwater to the Black Canyon Freeway, thence running south along the centerline of the Black Canyon Freeway to the Arizona Canal and thence running northwesterly along the Arizona Canal to the point of beginning at 51st Avenue. This general geographic area is more specifically set forth on the map attached hereto as exhibit A which is incorporated herein by reference and which shall be placed on file in the offices of the City Clerk and the City Water and Wastewater Director. The additional fees set forth herein shall only be imposed for the period beginning on March 1, 1986, and ending on February 28, 1987.

e. Beginning on March 1, 1986, if a residential development is located outside the Phoenix City limits, the sewer residential development occupational fee additions set forth in paragraph (d) of this section shall be increased by fifty percent for the period beginning on March 1, 1986, and ending on February 28, 1987. (Ord. No. G-2163, § 1; Ord. No. G-2180, § 1; Ord. No. G-2381, § 1; Ord. No. G-2431, § 1; Ord. No. G-2536, § 1; Ord. No. G-2647, §§ 2, 3; Ord. No. G-2664, § 1; Ord. No. G-2826, § 1-2)

Editor’s note—Ord. No. G-2826 also provided as follows:

A. As to developments located within the City of Phoenix, the increased fee shall be charged beginning with building permits issued between March 1, 1986, and February 28, 1987, except that where the Building Safety Department has before March 1, 1986, accepted an application for a building permit, the fee shall be charged in accordance with the fee schedule in effect before March 1, 1986.

B. As to developments located outside the City of Phoenix, the increased fee shall be charged beginning with sewer taps made between March 1, 1986, and February 28, 1987, except that where an application for a building permit has been accepted before March 1, 1986, by the City in which the development is located, or by Maricopa County, if the development is located in the unincorporated area, the fee shall be charged in accordance with the fee schedule in effect before March 1, 1986.