(A) No person, firm or corporation shall make any type of connection to the water system without making an application therefor on a form provided by the city and receiving a permit issued by the city for each purpose. The application shall include the legal description of the property to be served, the uses for which the connection is requested, the size of the service line to be used, the full name and address of the owner, the time when the corporation stop is to be inserted and shall show all other particulars necessary to the full understanding of the subject. At the time of making such application there shall be paid to the City Administrator fees which shall be set by the City Council from time to time by resolution or ordinance for the following purposes.
(B) (1) No connection shall be made to the city's water system serving any parcel within the city until the applicant has paid the water access charge for connecting to the city's water system. This connection fee shall be in addition to any fees or charges required under this chapter. The water access charge is charged to parcels on which service lines have not been previously run from the street mains to the property. The Council shall annually set the water access charge in the city's fee ordinance.
(2) The City Council may also establish water districts and area charges, which will be annually set by the city's fee ordinance and paid at the time parcels are annexed into the city limits and subdivided (platted) for development.
(Ord. 295, passed 2-1-2022)