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City staff: converted church may face nearly $250,000 in water/sewer connection fees
Summary
City staff told the council a planned conversion of a former church into congregate housing faces a high sewer/water connection charge after a consultant27s usage estimate. Staff said the owner was surprised and that the city is reviewing similar projects to seek comparable data.
City staff told the Port Orchard City Council during its April work study that a developer converting a former church into congregate housing faces unexpectedly large water and sewer connection charges that could approach a quarter-million dollars.
Staff said the project27s application included a consultant27s water-usage estimate that the consultant initially recorded as 14,000 gallons per day, then as 1,400 gallons per day. Using the city27s connection-charge rules, staff said that level of use equates to about eight Equivalent Residential Units, or ERUs, and that the property…
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