(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 sanitary sewer system for the purpose of discharging sanitary sewage or industrial wastes therefrom without first securing from the Safety-Service Director or his authorized representative a permit for such purpose in a form prescribed by such Safety-Service 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.
(b) The Safety-Service Director shall not issue a permit for the purpose described in subsection (a) hereof until the applicant therefor has paid a charge of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) which is intended to reimburse the City for the reasonable cost of inspections and other administrative costs related to the making of connections to the system.
(c) The Safety-Service Director shall not issue a permit for the purpose described in subsection (a) hereof until the applicant therefor has paid a charge of $1,760 for a normal 6" tap, with other contracted taps to be at invoiced costs. This charge shall be in addition to any charges incurred pursuant to subsection (b) hereof.
(d) All charges so collected hereunder shall be paid to the Sewer Fund.
(e) Should the applicant determine to pay the total connection charge as calculated in accordance with subsection (b) and (c) of 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 water line is available to serve the property, no connection shall be made to the sewer line unless connection is also made to the water 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 sanitary sewer lines to certain subdivided lots where tap-ins have already been made, only a permit fee will be charged. (Ord. 19-06. Passed 7-24-06.)