(a) No person, firm, corporation, public agency, partnership or association whatsoever shall connect, or cause to be connected, either directly or indirectly, any building or other structure with the waterworks system for the purposes of purchasing water from the municipal waterworks system without first securing from the Director or his authorized representative a permit for such purpose in a form prescribed by such Director, and prior to the issuance of any such permit, having paid the charges provided for in subsection (b) and (c) hereof, and any applicable additional charges determined in accordance with any provision of this section.
(Ord. 19-06. Passed 7-24-06.)
(b) The Director of Public Service shall not issue a permit for the purpose described in subsection (a) hereof until the applicant therefor has paid a charge intending to reimburse the City for the reasonable expenses related to making the connection and the cost of the water meter, including radio read device, which shall be the actual cost to the City as determined in good faith by the Safety-Service Director. Furthermore, any costs related to the construction of any meter pit shall be borne by the property owner.
(Ord. 13-16. Passed 9-12-16.)
(c) The Director of Public Service shall not issue a permit for the purposes described in subsection (a) hereof until the applicant therefor has paid a tap-in fee which shall be for meters up to 2 inches, the amount of $1400.00. Bored taps to accommodate meters of any size shall be $1400.00, plus material or contractor's invoice. All taps shall additionally have a permit fee of $150.00. The tap-in charges and permit fees shall be in addition to any charges incurred pursuant to subsection (b) hereof.
(d) All charges so collected hereunder shall be paid to the Water Fund.
(e) Should the applicant determine to pay the total connection charge as calculated in accordance with this section in installments a simple interest rate of eight percent (8%) per annum and a maximum term of fifteen years shall be used in determining the amount of the installments. The installment method payment shall be available only to owner occupied property located within the corporate limits of the City and shall be subject to the same laws, regulations and rules as are applied to the payment of usage charges.
(f) Where a sanitary sewer line is available to serve the property, no connection shall be made to the water line unless connection is also made to the sewer line.
(g) In cases where a subdivider has, pursuant to Part Eleven, Title Three of the Codified Ordinances, after the effective date of this section, provided and paid for water lines to certain subdivided lots where tap-ins have already been made, only a permit fee shall be charged.
(Ord. 19-06. Passed 7-24-06.)