Ordinance 19-17

Ordinance 19-17 amends Bloomington Municipal Code Section 10.08.140, entitled Wastewater Connection Fees,” to give the Director of the City of Bloomington Utilities Department the discretion to waive the connection fee for new sewer connections in two limited circumstances. The first is where the application for waiver is made by a department of the City of Bloomington for a single family residential dwelling affordable housing project as defined by HAND Department, using low to moderate income guidelines as outlined by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, on real estate located within the city limits of the City of Bloomington. The second is where the application for waiver is made by an owner of real property which is located within the city limits of the City of Bloomington for the purpose of abandoning an existing septic system or to otherwise protect the municipal separate stormwater sewer system (MS4). These two exceptions to the connection fee promote continued creation of new affordable housing and the reduction of septic system use in the City of Bloomington, projects that both promote improved quality of life.