(a) In every case where any person desires connection with the city's water system, the city will, upon written application accompanied by proper payment, furnish to the customer, install, inspect, and test a connection with the city water main, which shall include all pipe and fittings necessary to run a service line to the meter, which shall usually be placed within 24 inches of the back of the curb. The consumer shall be required to install and maintain his service line from the meter to the house.
(b) The fee for water connections shall be as follows:
(1) Water tapping cost in an improved roadway 50 feet or less:
Tap Size | Cast Iron PVC Mains Cost | Cost per L.F. After 50 Feet |
¾" | $512.00 | $4.00 |
1" | $600.00 | $5.00 |
2" | $842.00 | $6.00 |
4" | $2,949.00 | $7.50 |
6" | $4,324.00 | $8.00 |
8" | $7,061.00 | $14.00 |
(2) Water tapping cost in an unimproved roadway 50 feet or less:
Tap Size | Cast Iron PVC Mains Cost | Cost per L.F. After 50 Feet |
¾" | $357.00 | $4.00 |
1" | $445.00 | $5.00 |
2" | $687.00 | $6.00 |
4" | $2,794.00 | $7.50 |
6" | $4,169.00 | $8.00 |
8" | $7,061.00 | $14.00 |
(3) Trench protection for depths below five feet to eight feet, there will be an additional $2.00 per L.F.
(4) Trench protection for depths below eight feet, there will be an additional $5.00 per L.F.
The rates in this subsection (b) shall be adjusted annually or as necessary.
(c) No person other than properly authorized agents of the water department shall be permitted to tap or make connections with the main or distributing pipes of the water works system.
(d) Due to the escalating cost of providing water service to the citizens of the city no new requests for water service outside the corporate limits of the city will be granted.
(e) Water service taps outside the corporate limits existing as of July 1, 2014, will be allowed to remain in service to the extent they comply with the ordinances in effect at the time the account was created. No additional units or water uses may be added to an existing account.
(f) Holders of water service taps outside the city limits are expressly prohibited from tapping, diverting or otherwise providing water from the tap to other than members of their immediate household residing under the same roof or utilization of the water for purposes other than the use that existed on October 1, 1982.
(Prior Code, § 16-20; Ord. of 9-23-1975; Ord. of 6-28-1983; Ord. of 9-17-1985; Ord. of 8-11-1987; Ord. of 9-22-1992; Ord. of 7-8-2014)