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__.. .,~. Definition of Benefited Units Single-family residence apartments: Efficiency and one bedroom Number of apartment units x .5 Two bedroom Number of apartment units x .75 Three bedroom and over Number of apartment units x 1.0 The number of benefited units to be assigned to nonresidential buildings, structures or other facilities shall be determined by the Service Director in the following manner. The Service Director shall review the preliminary plans of the building, structure or other facility to be served by the connection, together with other pertinent information, and based upon accepted engineering practices determine the estimated average daily quantity of sewage to be discharged from such building, structure or other facility to the sanitary sewer system. The quantity so determined shall then be divided by the estimated average daily quantity of sewage dischazged from asingle-family residence and the resulting quotient cazried out to the neazest one-hundredth shall be the number of benefited units assigned to such building, structure or other facility. The tap-in chazge will then be calculated by multiplying the number of benefited units by the rate per unit applicable at such time. (c) Charges Are Additional The permits and charges provided for in this section shall not be deemed to preclude the subsequent levy of assessments against benefited properties to provide funds for the construction of sanitary sewers required to provide local sewer service to such properties, and the permit and chazges provided for by this section shall be in addition to any other permits and chazges required by any other legislation and regulations of the City, including but not limited to the tap-in charge imposed by Section 911.08 for local sewer service for a connection to a sewer for which the property served by such connection was not specially assessed for local sewer service. (d) Disconnection for Violation. In the event that the Service Director ascertains that any property has been connected directly or indirectly to the municipal sewerage system in violation of the provisions of this section, the Director is authorized to disconnect such property, or have the same disconnected until such violation ceases. The City all be reimbursed by the violator for expenses incurred by the City in making such disconnection. (e) Penalty. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than one hundred ($100.00) a day for any such violation and day during or on which such violation continues shall be a sepazate offense.