1048.02 TAP-IN CHARGES.
   (a)   There is hereby established a tap-in charge for connection to the City's water distribution system by any person on any premises that have or will become a part of the City since the date of the water contract with the City of Cleveland. Such charge shall apply to any lot, tract or acreage for which a connection to the City's water lines is desired. The tap-in charge for any premises that were the subject of any petition filed with the Board of County Commissioners in 1965 and subsequently annexed to the City, shall be at the rate of five dollars and eighteen cents ($5.18) per front foot, measured at the street right-of- way line. The tap-in charge shall be nine dollars and five cents ($9.05) per front foot at the road right-of-way line for any property annexed to the City by a petition filed with the Board of County Commissioners after 1966 if such property has not been assessed a tap-in charge previously, except the tap-in charge shall be fifteen dollars and four cents ($15.04) per front foot at the road right-of-way line for any property annexed to the City by a petition filed with the Board of County Commissioners tied into the water lines in Sleepy Hollow Road or Pearl Road as described in Resolution No. 109-77.
   (b)   Notwithstanding the above, the above-referenced tap-in charges will be temporarily suspended and the tap-in charge for any premises that are the subject of any petition for annexation to the Board of County Commissioners filed after the effective date of this section but prior to February 28, 1990, and which are subsequently annexed to the City, shall be at the rate of zero dollars ($0.00) a front foot measured at the road right-of- way line. This suspension shall apply to any lot, tract or acreage for which a connection to the City's water lines is desired, provided that petitions for the annexation of such properties are filed prior to February 28, 1990. Thereafter, the tap-in charges shall be at the rate or rates established in subsection (a) above per front foot at the road right-of-way line on any property annexed to the City by a petition filed with the Medina County Commissioners after February 28, 1990, and not having been assessed a tap-in charge previously.
   (c)   Any person, corporation, partnership or firm wishing to connect to the City's water distribution system after having been annexed shall pay the tap-in charge in cash, at the time of making application to connect is made to the Director of Public Service. Any person, corporation, partnership or firm shall also obtain a road opening permit and any and all permits required by the City of Cleveland Water Department. No person, corporation, partnership or firm shall make application to connect to the City's water distribution system after annexation without first paying all the necessary charges and obtaining all necessary permits.
(Ord. 82-89. Passed 7-10-89.)
   (d)   (1)   The tap-in charge to connect to the waterlines installed in 1992 shall be based on a cost of twenty dollars and eighty cents ($20.80) per front foot for the frontage of the parcel abutting the waterline.
      (2)   The tap-in charge to connect to any waterlines constructed in the past or future shall be at the frontage assessment calculation determined after actual construction of the waterline.
      (3)   The tap-in charge for non-City parcels shall be the costs described in subsection (d)(1) or (2) plus the costs determined by Ordinance Number 117-87.
(Ord. 143-94. Passed 11-14-94.)
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Pursuant to Ordinance 117-87, passed November 24, 1987, the City adopts the policy as set forth in the Medina Common Pleas Court Case No. 30174, dated September 12, 1977, or any revision or approved interpretation thereof relative to extensions of, or taps into water lines owned by and/or within the jurisdiction of the City.)