§ 2-31-208. Wholesale potable water and wastewater facility investment fees.

(a)

All wholesale customers are required to enter into a contract with the county for the purchase of potable water or wastewater service. The contract will specify a reserve capacity and may include provisions for changing the reserve capacity. Unless otherwise specified by contract, reserve capacities for existing wholesale customers are as follows:

	Potable Water	Wastewater
Longboat Key	2.5 MGD	2.26 MGD
Palmetto	2.0 MGD	0 MGD
Bradenton	0.5 MGD	0 MGD
Sarasota County	6.0 MGD	0 MGD

 

Reserve capacities may be increased by amendment of the contract or in accordance with provisions specified in the contract.

(b)

Subject to availability, new or existing wholesale customers may purchase potable water or wastewater reserve capacity in accordance with provisions specified in the contracts. Wholesale customers shall pay a facility investment fee of seven thousand one hundred sixty-four dollars ($7,164.00) per one thousand (1,000) gallons of potable water reserve capacity per day or fourteen thousand four hundred fourteen dollars ($14,414.00) per one thousand (1,000) gallons of wastewater reserve capacity per day in excess of the reserve capacities established in subsection (a) of this section.

(c)

The reserve capacities for wholesale customers are subject to upward adjustments by amendment of the contracts or in accordance with provisions specified in the contracts. The reserve capacities for wholesale customers are also subject to downward adjustments, in the county's discretion, should:

(1)

Drought or other natural conditions result in insufficient ground or surface water to meet the needs of all users of the county potable water system; or

(2)

The county's SWFWMD water use permit(s) be modified so as to allow lesser quantities of potable water usage; or

(3)

A wholesale customer's contract with the county expire or be terminated.

(Ord. No. 06-88, § 1, 10-24-06; Ord. No. 10-70, § 4, 11-9-10; Ord. No. 15-22, §§ 2, 3, 6-2-15)