Sewerage system capacity charge.
Columbus City Codes § 1147.17
in effect1147.17 - Sewerage system capacity charge.
For the purposes of this section the following terms shall be defined as follows:
(1) "Domestic water service line" shall mean the line extending from the tap at the water main to the meter and shall include all the necessary appurtenances and shall be dedicated to solely providing domestic potable water.
(2) "Fire suppression service line" shall mean the line extending from the tap at the water main to the meter and shall include all the necessary appurtenances and shall be dedicated to solely providing water for any necessary fire suppression system.
(3) "Combined domestic water/fire suppression line" shall mean the line extending from the tap at the water main to the meter and shall include all the necessary appurtenances and shall provide water simultaneously to the domestic water system and the fire suppression system.
For the purposes of providing revenue to help finance and to more equitably distribute the cost of construction of necessary additions to both the sewer system and the water reclamation plants, it is hereby determined and declared necessary to provide for the establishment, exaction, and regulation of a sanitary sewer-capacity charge as hereinafter determined with such charge to be in addition to any and all other fees which may be imposed with respect to said sewer system.
The funds received from the collection of such charge, as it is herein authorized, shall be deposited daily with the city treasurer who shall credit them to a special fund from which the council of the city may take appropriations for the payment of the cost and expense of the construction, operation, maintenance, management and repair of the sanitary sewerage systems, regulator chambers, storm standby tanks, pumping stations and water reclamation plants and for the payment of the cost and expense of replacement, extensions to or the enlargement of the same and for the payment of the principal and interest on any debt incurred for the construction of such sewerage system, regulator chambers, storm standby tanks, pumping stations, and water reclamation plants.
The Director of Columbus Water & Power shall be and is hereby authorized and directed to exact a sanitary system-capacity charge whenever: (1) Application is made for the issuance of a sewer permit to provide sanitary sewer service to a new structure; (2) At the time an existing structure is enlarged or its use changes; and (3) When an existing structure is removed and a new structure built and reuse is made of an existing sanitary sewer service or new sanitary sewer service is constructed, wherever such property is or will be tributary, directly or indirectly, to any trunk sanitary sewer built by the city, either inside or outside the corporate limits of said city and as provided elsewhere in the Columbus City Code.
The charge so exacted shall be determined in accordance with the following:
Size of Domestic Water Service Line | Sewerage System Capacity Charges
¾″ | $3,892
1″ | 6,116
1-½″ | 13,344
2″ | 27,801
3″ | 55,601
4″ | 111,203
6″ | 177,925
8″ | 311,368
10″ | 611,616
12″ | 945,224
16″ | 1,112,029
There shall be no sewer system-capacity charge for a fire suppression system service line. The fee for a combined domestic service/fire suppression service line shall be determined by the Columbus Water & Power Director.
Credit. If a domestic water service line is replaced, the sewer system capacity charge shall be reduced by the sewer system capacity rate for each domestic water service line which is replaced. Should the sum total of the credits exceed the system capacity rate, the sewer system capacity charge shall be zero (0.00). Replacement credits will be determined by current sewer system capacity rates. No credit refunds will be issued.
(Ord. 2526-96 § 1; Ord. 525-97 § 1; Ord. 781-02 § 2: Ord. 1931-05 § 2; Ord. No. 2044-2019, § 12, 7-29-2019; Ord. No. 2837-2024, § 3, 11-25-2024; Ord. No. 3083-2025, § 1, 11-24-2025; Ord. No. 1882-2026, § 1, 6-29-2026)
Source: City of Columbus, City Codes and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/oh/columbus/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT11WASEELCO_CH1147SECH_1147.17SESYCACHFetched: 10/27/2026