(a) No person shall tap, connect to, or otherwise extend a wastewater line located within the public right-of-way or in an easement held by the city, or tap or connect to any wastewater line which is owned or maintained by the city, without first having secured a wastewater tap permit.
(b) Any person desiring service connection to the city wastewater system shall make application for a permit at the office of the plumbing inspector.
(c) The fee for the wastewater tap and permit shall be as follows:
(1) Wastewater tapping cost in an improved roadway 50 feet or less:
Tap Size | Cost | Cost per L.F. After 50 feet |
4" | $346.00 | $6.00 |
6" | $489.00 | $7.00 |
(2) Wastewater tapping cost in a unimproved roadway 50 feet or less:
Tap Size | Cost | Cost per L.F. After 50 feet |
4" | $265.00 | $4.00 |
6" | $365.00 | $5.00 |
(3) Trench protection for depths below five feet or 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.
a. The rates in subsection (a) of this section shall be adjusted annually or as necessary.
b. The utilities superintendent will determine the location and grade of existing wastewater mains and if wastewater service can be made available to the property. No service shall be made available unless existing mains are immediately adjacent to or within 200 feet of the property to be served.
(Prior Code, § 16-33; Ord. of 4-22-1991; Ord. of 9-22-1992)