Tipp City Council approves sewer capacity fee, new zoning district, utility interconnection rules and park pathway

Tipp City Council on Monday, Aug. 4, 2025, voted unanimously to adopt a package of ordinances and a construction resolution that council members described as routine updates to local codes and infrastructure authorizations.

The actions included an ordinance establishing a capacity fee for future development to help pay for a new regional wastewater treatment plant, creation of an Uptown zoning district for the plaza area, acceptance of certain public improvements completed in Summit Landing Subdivision Section 2, interconnection standards for customer-owned electric generation, a project-specific appendix to those standards for Abbott Laboratories Inc., and an amendment to the city's purchase power cost adjustment calculation. Council also authorized a construction contract for a walking path at Windmere Park.

The sewer capacity fee ordinance, sponsored by Council Member Pittenger, would assess a treatment-plant capacity fee to be collected for remittance to the Tri Cities North Regional Wastewater Authority (the wastewater plant co-owned by Tipp City, Vandalia and Huber Heights). City staff described the fee as approximately $3,500 per…