§ 51.01. Water and sewer capacity use fees.

(A)

Title. This section shall be known and may be cited as the Town of Beaufort Water and Sewer Capacity Use Fee Ordinance. Capacity Use fees are over and above any other fees required by the Town for connection to the water and sewer system and will be required for all new and modified services.

(B)

Fee amount. The schedule of water and sewer capacity fees shall be calculated by Town staff based upon a division of the water and sewer system's assets by the number of customers and shall be set from time to time by the Board of Commissioners and is available in the Town Clerk's office.

(C)

Purpose and use of fees. Fees collected shall be used to recoup from new customers an equitable share for the contemporaneous use of the Town's previous capital investment in the water and sewer system, and shall be a part of the fees and charges to customers and to enable the Town to provide for the proper maintenance and operation of the Town's water and sewer systems.

(D)

Payment of fees.

(1)

Capacity use fees will be payable at the time of application for a building permit.

(2)

These fees will be required on all building permits issued after June 9, 1986. For connections or improvements requiring $10,000.00 or more in capacity use fees to the Town, the Town Manager and Public Works Director are authorized to approve delay in the payment of the fees if suitable arrangements can be made to insure payment in full prior to a certificate of completion and occupancy being issued by the Town or its representative.

(E)

Should a property be subject to a change of use and re-development, if a fee previously designated "impact fee" was paid for the previous development on the property, the owner liable for the capacity use fee at the time of re-development shall be entitled to a credit against the capacity use fee for the previous impact fee payment for the property.

(1992 Code, § 18-1; Ord. passed 6-9-1986; Am. Ord. passed 7-10-2006; Res. of 4-17-2017(1) )