B. Irrigation Hook-Up ChargesBuilding Inspections
BACKGROUND
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CITY OF
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CHMNSEN
MEMORANDUM
Engineering
TO:
Mayor and City Council
7700 Market Boulevard
Fax: 952.227.1170
PO Box 147
Chanhassen, MN 55317
FROM:
Greg Sticha, Finance Director(
engineer, which discusses some of the key elements of the potential fee.
DATE:
November 14, 2011
Administration
RECCOMENDATION
Park & Recreation
Phone: 952.227.1100
Fax: 952.227.1110
SUBJ:
Irrigation Trunk Hook -Up Charge
Building Inspections
BACKGROUND
Phone: 952.227.1180
Fax: 952.227.1190
As part of the KFS financial strategic goals for 2011, staff reviewed whether there
is a need to charge an irrigation trunk hook -up fee. Currently the city does not
Engineering
charge an irrigation trunk hook -up fee for new developments.
Phone: 952.227.1160
Fax: 952.227.1170
Attached please find a memo from Alyson Fauske the city's assistant city
Finance
engineer, which discusses some of the key elements of the potential fee.
Phone: 952.227.1140
Fax: 952.227.1110
RECCOMENDATION
Park & Recreation
Phone: 952.227.1120
Staff believes that charging a hook -up fee for irrigation accounts may not be
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equitable in some instances. It also is not easy to identify when it is or is not
appropriate to charge the fee. Therefore, staff does not recommend that the city
Recreation Center
establish an irrigation trunk hook -up fee at this point in time.
2310 Coulter Boulevard
Phone: 952.227.1400
ATTACHMENTS
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Planning &
1. Memo from Assistant City Engineer.
Natural Resources
Phone: 952.227.1130
Fax: 952.227.1110
Public Works
7901 Park Place
Phone: 952.227.1300
Fax: 952.227.1310
Senior Center
Phone: 952.227.1125
Fax: 952.227.1110
Web Site
www.ci.chanhassen.mn.us
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Greg Sticha, Finance Director
FROM: Alyson Fauske, Assistant City Engineer
DATE: November 4, 2011
SUBJECT: Trunk Hook -up Charges for Irrigation Permits
The City currently does not charge a hook -up fee for irrigation permits. The purpose of the
hook -up fee is to finance trunk water system infrastructure, such as trunk watermains, wells and
water treatment facilities. Water usage records show that the water use for irrigated areas are
high so Staff was directed to examine if irrigation systems should be charged trunk water fees
under the KFS strategic goals for 2011. The following table summarizes the per capita water use
within single- and multi- family homes.
Single Family Multi Family
(gallons /person/day) (gallons / person/day)
Assumed Water Usage 1 100 75
Average Metered Irrigation
100 103
1 Values are engineering standards. Single family value is higher because it includes irrigation of the
lawn. Multi family is solely the in -home use.
2 Staff looked at the 2010 irrigation water usage in four multi family common areas where the vegetation
has been fully - established for several years. The prorated irrigation use of the common areas within a
multi family development equates to 28 gallons /person/day, assuming 2.56 people /unit.
This table shows that the trunk hook up fee paid with each multi family unit indirectly "pays" for
the irrigation of the common area. A simplified explanation would be that the common area is
the "lawn" of the multi family units.
Many single family developments include irrigated outlots or common areas. These common
areas are in addition to the lawns on the individual properties. The trunk hook up fees for single
family lots do not indirectly pay for the irrigation of common areas.
Commercial and industrial properties are charged a trunk water hook -up fee for each SAC
(sanitary access charge) unit as determined by the Metropolitan Council. The SAC units
correlate to the sewage generated from the property. Irrigation on the property is not included in
the SAC unit determination therefore the trunk hook up fees paid for commercial and industrial
properties do not indirectly pay for the irrigation system. Generally speaking, a commercial or
industrial property maximizes the buildable area of a property, which minimizes the area to be
irrigated.
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