A. Installation Fees: Any person requesting connection to the city water or sewer system shall pay installation fees based on the city's cost of connecting the applicant to the system. The fees shall be set by resolution of the city council.
B. Change Of Use; Redevelopment; Expansion; Modification: In the case of change of use, redevelopment or expansion or modification of an existing use which requires a new, replacement or additional connection to the city's water and/or sewer system, the connection fee shall be based upon the net increase in the size of the meter for the new connection over the size of the meter for the previous connection.
C. Independent Fee Calculation: If a fee payer opts not to have the connection fee determined according to subsection A of this section, then the fee payer shall prepare and submit to the city council an independent fee calculation study for the land development activity for which a connection to the city's water and/or sewer system is sought. The independent fee calculation study shall follow the prescribed guidelines adopted by motion of the city council. The documentation submitted shall show the basis upon which the independent fee calculation was made. The city shall consider the documentation submitted by the fee payer, but is not required to accept such documentation as he shall reasonably deem to be inaccurate or not reliable and may, in the alternative, require the fee payer to submit additional or different documentation for consideration. If an acceptable independent fee calculation study is not presented, the fee payer shall pay water and per facilities fees based upon the fee schedule adopted by resolution. If an acceptable independent fee calculation study is presented, the city council may adjust the fee to that appropriate to the particular fee payer. If the calculation proves to be more than twenty percent (20%) inaccurate, the city may recalculate the fee later and require an additional payment or credit.
D. Additional Services: Any installation requiring materials or labor in excess of the basic installation or requiring repair of a curb, sidewalk or roadway shall pay for additional services according to a fee schedule adopted by resolution or by actual costs.
E. Payment Of Fees:
1. Where no building permit is required, basic installation fees shall be paid at the time of building permit application or at least five (5) days prior to installation.
2. Where a building permit is required, the fee payer shall pay the fees required by this chapter to the city clerk or his designee prior to obtaining a building permit and at least five (5) days prior to connection to the city's water and/or sewer systems.
3. Any additional fees shall be billed after installation, paid within thirty (30) days of billing. Services may be terminated for nonpayment.
4. All funds collected shall be properly identified by and promptly transferred for deposit to the water/sewer capital improvement fund. (Ord. 410, 7-11-2006)