(A) Each user at the time the user is connected with the waterworks system shall pay a charge to cover the costs of: excavating and tapping the main; furnishing and installing service pipe from the main to the lot line; furnishing and installing corporation and stop cocks; and furnishing and installing meter crock (if outside), yoke, and meter.
(B) (1) The charges for installing a new service shall be:
Five-eighths inch by three-fourths inch service with excavation | $980 |
Five-eighths inch by three-fourths inch service, no excavation | $685 |
Five-eighths inch by three-fourths inch service, pre-installed with excavation | $895 |
Five-eighths inch by three-fourths inch service, pre-installed, no excavation | $600 |
Five-eighths inch by three-fourths inch service, water only meter | $430 |
(2) The charge for a service larger than a five-eighths by three-fourths inch service shall be the cost of labor, materials, power machinery, transportation, and overhead incurred for installing the tap, but shall not be less than the charge for a five-eighths by three-fourths inch service.
(3) The charge for road boring labor and equipment to connect the tap to a water line that is on the opposite side of the road shall be $585 in addition to the above charges.
(C) The cost of performing a tap of no greater than two inches in circumference that is not for a new service shall be $12 plus the cost of labor, materials, supplies and equipment.
(1985 Code, § 715-45) (Ord. 80-8, passed 12-1-1980; Am. Ord. 87-19, passed 8-11-1987; Am. Ord. 98-5, passed 2-23-1998; Am. Ord. 09-06, passed 3-23-2009)