Upon application to the city for water service and upon approval of the application by the city and after the payment of established connection fees, a water meter will be installed by the city. Each application shall contain such information as may be specified by the Water Superintendent to provide proper guidance in the issuing of the permit, installation of the meter and responsibility for charges.
(A) Location. The placement of each water meter shall be determined by the Water Superintendent. In general, meters will be located on or as close to the user's property as possible. However, where there is no water main in a street adjoining the user's location, the meter will be placed in a location selected in the discretion of the Water Superintendent as most convenient for the city and the user. It shall be the user's responsibility to obtain any rights or easements which may be necessary for the installation of a water line from the meter to the user's location.
(B) Installation fees.
(1) The minimum fee for installation of a water meter within the city's corporate limits shall be $225 and the minimum fee for installation of a water meter outside of the city's corporate limits shall be $450. The work and services included in the minimum fee are the use of necessary equipment such as tractors, backhoes, trenchers or other installation equipment, the water meter, meter tile, meter lid cover, yoke, valve, corporation cock, elbow connections, gooseneck and other parts or equipment needed to make a meter setting, up to 30 feet of type K copper tubing or other pipe from the meter to the water main and the labor and services to install the meter and its parts ready for use. The minimum fees include the installation of a standard 5/8-inch water meter.
(Ord. 362, passed 5-16-77)
(2) Residents or owners of property outside the corporate limits of the city may make application to the city to tap on or connect with the city's owned and operated water system. Such application shall be accompanied by a tapping fee of a sum equal to $50 for 50 feet or less of frontage of applicant's property on the line, plus an additional $1 for each foot of frontage in excess of 50 feet.
(Ord. 263, passed 5-6-68)
(C) Additional charges. Where service is requested requiring a water meter larger than the standard 5/8-inch meter, the user shall pay the city's actual and necessary increased costs for the larger meter, substituted materials, or additional materials required. Where the meter installation requires more than 30 feet of copper tubing, cast iron or plastic pipe from the main to the meter location selected by the Water Superintendent the user shall pay the city's actual and necessary labor, material and overhead costs for the additional distance required. The materials and supplies necessary to provide greater than standard service shall be selected within the discretion of the Water Superintendent. An estimate of additional charges required because of the user's application will be furnished by the Water Superintendent upon request.
(D) Minimum connection fees and estimated costs. Minimum connection fees and the estimated cost of additional services shall be paid by the user to the city prior to installation of the meter and connection of water service. All applications for meter installation and connection must be made by the user requesting service and by the owner or legal representative of the owner of the real estate on which the service will be used. The user and the owner shall each be individually and jointly responsible for the connection fees.
(Ord. 362, passed 5-16-77)