All water for building or construction purposes, whether public or private, shall be paid for under Sections 535.04 and 535.06 of the Codified Ordinances. In the case of water to be used for building purposes, the Director of Building and Housing, before granting any permit to erect, repair, change or alter any building or structure, shall first require the owner of the building to pay in advance an amount as is justly chargeable for water to be used in erecting, repairing, changing or altering such building or structure, and on the refusal of the owner to pay the charges in advance, the Director shall refuse to grant the permit. Charges shall be based on estimates of the amount of masonry, walls, plastering and other work for which water is used in construction, computed according to the accepted rules of the Division of Water. If desired by the property owner or contractor, water for building or construction purposes may be taken through a meter, furnished and set at the expense of the owner or contractor, and paid for at the rate set forth in Sections 535.04 and 535.06 of the Codified Ordinances. However, the advance payment for water in any case shall be made, as previously stated, and if the supply of water is taken entirely through a meter, the charge shall be adjusted under the amount registered by the meter, and the excess of the advance payment, if any, shall be refunded on the completion of the work.
(Ord. No. 778-06. Passed 6-5-06, eff. 6-9-06)