Before a sewer tap or water tap permit shall issue, the owner of the premises from which the connection is to be made shall pay to the City Clerk/Treasurer a fee as provided in § 52.006. If the premises abut a street or alley in which the sewer line or water line is situated; the premises have not been included within a district, if any, created for the purpose of construction of the sewer or water line; no part of the cost of construction of the sewer line or the water line has been paid by the owner or previous owners, as such, of the premises (otherwise than, possibly by furnishing the right-of-way or by payment of general taxes or sewer or water service charges); and the cost, or a part thereof, has been paid by the city, no permit to tap the sewer or water line shall be issued until the owner of the premises shall pay to the City Clerk/Treasurer or make arrangement for payment of the fees by agreement with the city, in addition, a fee in an amount equal to $9 per each running foot of the premises abutting the street or alley, or part thereof, in which the sewer is situated, and a fee in an amount of $9 per each running foot of the premises abutting the street or alley, or party thereof, in which a sewer tap or water tap is issued as well as all other premises owned by the applicant abutting the street or alley or part thereof in which the sewer line or water line is situated. In determining the total distance the width of the lot on which the water or sewer tap is applied for shall be added to the width of any adjacent lots lowed by the person or persons applying for the water or sewer tap and which have not had the water or sewer lines assessed to them. The amounts shall be placed in the sewer or water fund of the city and shall not be subject to refund.
(1973 Code, § 3-206.1) (Ord. 512, passed 6-15-1981; Ord. 535, passed 8-11-1983; Ord. 555, passed 2-7-1985; Ord. 734, passed 8-5-2004)