ottawa county sewer district wastewater rules and regulations for ...

ASSESSMENT METHOD: The garage is an existing improvement with a
permanent foundation. The use of the garage is directly related to the use
of the adjoining lot. Therefore, the house lot frontage and the garage lot
frontage are combined as one (1) frontage. This total frontage shall be used
with a property status equal to #1.
3. A lot is non-buildable if the cost for improving the lot to a buildable status
exceeds twenty percent (20%) of the total average cost ($100,000.00) of a house.
(Not applicable where a lot has an existing improvement with a permanent
foundation). The following is an example of this rule:
a. Case - One owner owns two (2) lots beside each other. One lot has a house
and the other lot has very steep hilly slopes with rock out croppings.
To build on this lot would require rock excavation of 1,667 cubic yards
(15' x 30' x 100'). The cost to excavate the rock is $83,333.00 ($50.00 per cy).
ASSESSMENT METHOD: The cost for improving the lot to be buildable exceeds
$20,000.00. Therefore, the lot is nonbuildable and the frontage will be added
to the adjacent house lot frontage. The total frontage will be used with a
property status equal to 1.
4. A lot is non-buildable if there is a lack of frontage to build on compared to the
zoning regulations for the same subdivision. The following is an example of
this rule:
a. Case - A particular subdivision has a typical lot width of 50 feet. There is a
50 foot lot located between two (2) of the 50 foot lot owners which was split
in half. Both owners, who are adjacent to the split lot, own 25 feet of the
lot which was split.
ASSESSMENT METHOD: The lot having 25 foot frontage does not have
sufficient frontage to build on in accordance with the zoning regulations
for that subdivision. One of the adjacent owners has a house on his 50 foot
lot. We combine the non-buildable 25 feet with the 50 foot lot. The frontage
will be 75 feet with a property status equal to 1. The other 50 foot lot owner
has an empty building lot. We combine the non-buildable 25 foot lot with the
50 foot lot. The resulting frontage shall be 75 feet with a property status
equal to 2.
b. Case - A particular subdivision has a typical lot width of 60 feet. However,
due to a property split or other cause, an individual parcel having a lot
width less than 60 feet exists which, due to subdivision or Department of
Health regulations, cannot be built upon. Further, the lots on either side
of the individual parcel are owned by separate owners.
ASSESSMENT METHOD: If the property can be developed once a public sewer
is available, the parcel shall be assigned a property status equal to 2 and
assessed. If the property still cannot be developed even though a public
sewer is available due to subdivision restrictions, the parcel shall be
assigned a property status equal to 4 and not be assessed.