Until the City Council shall otherwise provide by resolution, the schedule of fees for that portion of the building sewer lying on public property installed within the city shall be as follows.
(A) All sewer connection taps shall be installed by the building contractor. All costs of installation shall be borne by the property owner. The city shall levy a permit fee, charged in accordance with the Comprehensive Fee Schedule in Chapter 12 of this Code, to cover inspection costs and administrative costs. In addition to the above fee, a service charge shall consist of a capital charge based upon a fee, in accordance with the Comprehensive Fee Schedule in Chapter 12 of this Code, per unit for sewer service. A unit shall be regarded as a normal house service connection for a single-family residence.
(B) There shall be paid on behalf of any premises making a direct private connection to any public water and/or sanitary sewer line which has not been either privately constructed and paid for on behalf of the premises or publicly financed at least in part by means of special assessments levied against the property on which the premises are located, for the privilege of making use of public water or sewer line as a water or sanitary sewer lateral, at the time of application for a tap permit, a lateral benefit charge, as set forth in the Comprehensive Fee Schedule in Chapter 12 of this Code.
(C) Building sewer installations made at premises outside the city shall be 200% of the fees set forth above or as hereafter may be established for city installations by City Council resolution.
(D) All property zoned for industry under the zoning code of this city, for the purpose of sewer service, shall be required to use a service pipe of a minimum diameter of eight inches. The minimum fee for such sewer service connection based on the minimum size of an eight-inch service pipe shall be charged in accordance with the Comprehensive Fee Schedule in Chapter 12 of this Code for industrially zoned property.
(Ord. 99-007, passed 8-2-99)