Any person either desiring water service or required by this Code to be connected to water service, but not then connected with water, shall make and sign a written application therefor on forms furnished by the City Clerk and present the same to the City Clerk. The charges for making the connections shall be deposited with the City Clerk at the time of making the application and the rates for the same shall be as follows:
A. Standard Charges: For standard three-fourths inch (3/4") and under service, including meter to the property line shall be as established in the master fee schedule.
B. Additional Charges: Over three-fourths inch (3/4") service, charges including material to the property line shall be as established in the master fee schedule plus all labor and materials used to place the water service to the property line, which material costs shall include, but not be limited to, materials and pipe expenses.
C. Pavement Cutting Fees: In addition to the tapping fees set forth in subsections A and B of this section, the applicant desiring a water tap in an area which would require cutting of a paved street must pay a charge as established in the master fee schedule per square foot of pavement cut as it relates to the proposed project.
D. Equity Buy In Fee: In addition to the fees provided in subsections A, B, and C of this section each lot or parcel of property to be connected to the Grangeville Municipal water system shall pay an equity buy in fee which shall be separately maintained by the City in a fund which can be used in the future to update the City water system per "equivalent residence" as that term is defined in the use rate study included in the City of Grangeville Water Master Plan (J-U-B, 2020).
1. The equity buy in fee shall be adjusted as system worth or capacity changes, commencing in October 2006, by applying "Engineering News Record Construction Cost Index" (Seattle) as published by McGraw Hill, Inc., with actual fees as established in the master fee schedule no higher than the recommended maximum indicated by said cost index number as calculated and published in the future.
The City also reserves the right to adjust a particular equivalent residence factor from time to time with respect to collection of additional equity buy in fees and with respect to actual connection fees described in subsections A and B of this section in case of a substantial change of use of a particular user.
E. Reserve Fund For The Water System: There is hereby created a Reserve Fund, to be treated as a separate line item in the City's budget, dedicated to the preliminary engineering, design, and construction of all parts of the water well and distribution system. Funds derived from the charge of the equity buy in fee shall be placed in this dedicated Reserve Fund. The money so reserved may only be utilized for preliminary engineering, design, and construction of all parts of the water well and distribution system for the City facilities and the money from said Reserve Fund is not to be utilized for regular operation and maintenance of the water system, except that up to five percent (5%) of the annual receipts can be utilized to administer the equity buy in fee program.
F. Subdivision Payment Schedule: For any "subdivision", as that term is defined in this Code, the equity buy in fee shall be paid in full prior to the issuance of a building permit or the initiation of City services for each specific lot within the subdivision. Unless paid earlier, as building permits are issued for each specific lot within the subdivision, the applicant for such permit must pay the then existing equity buy in fee as a condition of permit issuance. Once paid, no fees paid to the City for subdivision equity buy in fees shall be returned to the subdivider or their successors, even if the subdivision is later vacated or abandoned.
G. Connection Provisions:
1. Upon the approval and filing of such application with the Water Superintendent, and the approval of the connections used therewith, which may include all necessary anticross connection devices, the applicant shall be entitled to have such service pipes installed to his property line and connected with the water main by a lateral extending from the water main to the property line, and a stopcock, service box, meter, and meter box installed at convenient places in the street or upon the premises. All service pipes shall be laid at least three feet (3') below the surface of the ground.
2. All charges hereunder required for pavement cutting shall be paid within fifteen (15) days of the time when the City notifies the customer of all such charges.
3. Thereafter, for any request from the user of the water service to turn on or turn off the service on a weekend, holiday or after four o'clock (4:00) p.m. of any working day, a fee as established in the master fee schedule shall be imposed by the Water Department. Such charge should be paid to the City Clerk prior to the turn off or turn on by the City Water Department. There shall be no charges for emergency turn on or turn off services. (Ord. 780, 3-21-2005; amd. Ord. 811, 1-2-2007; Ord. 922, 9-4-2018; Ord. 925, 10-1-2018; Ord. 946, 11-2-2020)