A. Permit Required: No person shall make any type of connection to, repair of, or alteration in the water system, except after having made an application on a form provided by the city and receiving a permit issued by the city.
B. Application For Permit: The application shall include the legal description, official address of the property to be served, the uses for which the connection is requested, and the size of the service line to be used. The application shall be signed by the owner of the property or an authorized agent of the owner. The city shall examine all applications before a permit is issued.
C. Inspection Requirements:
1. Inspections Required: No part of the system shall be covered until it has been inspected and accepted by the city. It shall be the responsibility of the applicant for the permit to notify the city that the job is ready for inspection or reinspection, and the city shall make the indicated inspection after notice has been given. (New Market 2004 Code § 6-3-3)
2. Fee: The applicant shall pay an inspection fee set by ordinance of the city council. (New Market 2004 Code § 6-3-3; amd. 2011 Code)
3. Entry Powers: The owner or occupant of the property shall give the city free access to the property at reasonable times for the purpose of making inspections.
4. Defects: If the city discovers that any part of the system is not constructed in accordance with the standards provided in the state plumbing code and this section, the city shall give the applicant written notification describing the defects. The applicant shall be responsible for the correction or elimination of all defects, and no system shall be placed or replaced in service until all defects have been corrected or eliminated.
D. Payment Of Connection Charges Required Prior To Permit Issuance:
1. No permit shall be issued to tap or connect with the city water system, either directly or indirectly, from any lot or tract of land unless the city clerk shall have certified:
a. That the lot or tract of land, or portion of said lot or tract, to be served by such connection has been assessed for the cost of construction of the municipal utility facility with which the connection is made; or
b. If no assessment has been levied for said construction cost, that proceedings for levying such assessment have been or will be commenced in due course; or
c. If no assessment has been levied and no assessment proceedings will be completed in due course, but a sum equal to the portion of cost of construction of the water has been paid to the city pursuant to subsection D2 of this section. (New Market 2004 Code § 6-3-3)
2. If no such certificate can be issued by the city and except as otherwise allowed to be deferred pursuant to the city's utility connection fee deferral program, no permit to tap or connect to any water main shall be issued unless the applicant pays an additional connection fee equal to the portion of the cost of construction of the main which would be assessable against the lot or tract to be served by such tapping connection, which will be determined by the city upon the same basis as an assessment previously levied against other property for the main. If no such assessment has been levied, the assessable cost is determined upon the basis of the uniform charge which may have been or which shall be charged for similar tapping or connection with said main determined on the basis of the total assessable cost of the main allocated on a frontage basis. Any sum received by the city under this subsection D2 shall be paid into the water fund; and the lot or tract, or portion thereof, shall be deemed to have been assessed for the improvement to the same extent as other similarly served and situated tracts. (Ord. 122, 10-8-2015)
3. No permit shall be issued to tap or connect to water mains when any assessment or connection charge for such sewer or water main against the property to be connected is in default or delinquent. If such assessment or connection charges are payable in installments, no permit shall be granted unless all installments then due and payable have been paid. (New Market 2004 Code § 6-3-3)