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Justification Report Utility Connection Fees City of Lino Lakes, MN WSB Project No. 2988-26 Page 4 Trunk storage and supply facilities are defined as the City supply wells and water storage facilities that serve the City as a whole as designated on the comprehensive plan water system figure in Appendix A. These improvements will be constructed and financed by the City. All storage and supply systems shall be designed and constructed in accordance with City standards. No private wells and water storage will be paid for with trunk fees. 3.2 Calculation of Trunk Units 3.2.1 New Developments Residential Residential fees will be applied on a per unit basis at the time of plat, regardless of residence type. One unit will be assigned to each new residence, regardless of density. High wastewater generators and water users will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Non-Residential Non-residential fees, such as commercial, industrial, or institutional land uses, will be applied based on the assumed number of units per acre for each respective land use category as designated in Appendix C. In the case of mixed use developments, the trunk fee will be applied based on the sum of all respective land uses within the development at the time of plat. High wastewater generators and water users will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis at the time of plat and will have higher fees applied if deemed necessary by the City Council. 3.2.2 Unserviced, Developed Properties There are a number of existing developed areas that do not receive utility service within the City limits. The trunk systems have been designed to accommodate all existing developed unserviced properties within the City, but it is not the policy of the City to force individual property owners to connect to City services immediately. Lino Lakes ordinance 401.02 states that any building shall connect to City water when its present on-site water system fails, and connection to the sanitary sewer shall be required within seven years from the date of connection to the water system or sewer system availability. Therefore, properties may not connect to municipal utilities for ten or more years after those utilities become available. If an individual property owner or group of neighboring property owners wish to connect to City services where it is not yet available, the City will review whether or not it is an economically viable alternative to provide services to the area at the time of the request for connection. Residential Properties Existing developed unserviced residential properties will be treated as new development and be required to pay the uniform trunk fees per residential unit at the time of connection. Each residential property will be charged per unit regardless of the number of acres for the respective property. In developed, unserviced areas where individual sewage treatment systems are in place, those units will be charged the trunk fee at the time of connection. Non-Residential Properties Existing unserviced commercial/industrial or other non-residential properties wishing to connect to municipal utilities will be treated as new development. Each newly connected property will