All persons desiring to connect with water mains or sewer mains belonging to the city shall make application to the City Secretary of the city, who shall have an estimate made of the cost of the labor and materials required to extend service line from the water or sewer main involved to the property line of the person making the application, and upon receipt of the estimated cost of the labor and materials plus 15% of the material cost, the city will proceed to lay the service line. In the event the amount deposited exceeds the actual cost of labor and materials plus 15% of materials, the overpayment shall be refunded to the applicant; and in the event the same is insufficient to cover the actual cost of labor and materials plus 15% of the cost of the materials, connections shall not be made to the same by the property owner until the deficiency is paid.
(1981 Code, § 15.31) (Ord. passed 8-4-1952)