(A) Restrictions. Utility connections must be made and determined to be operational prior to November 1 or after April 1. Connections made during the winter could still be attempted if the owner agrees to pay for any additional expense incurred; however, the city would make no guarantee that such connections would be possible.
(B) Permit and fee. No connection shall be made to the city water or sanitary sewer system without a permit received from the Public Works Department and made available from the Administrator. The fee for each such permit shall be established by Council resolution. These fees shall be in addition to any fees required under divisions (C), (D), and (E) below.
(C) Connection fees. When a connection requires installation of a service line from the main to the property line, the applicant for a permit shall pay to the city an amount not less than the cost of making the necessary connections, taps, and installation of pipe and appurtenances to provide service to the property and the necessary street repairs.
(D) Certification. No permit shall be issued to connect with any water or sanitary sewer main unless the Public Works Department certifies to the truth of one of the following or the payment required under division (E) below is made:
(1) The lot or tract to be served has been assessed for the cost of construction of the main with which the connection is made or that proceedings for levying such assessment have been or will be commenced in due course;
(2) The cost of construction of the main has been paid by the developer or builder platting the lot or tract; or
(3) If neither of the foregoing is true, a sum equal to the portion of the cost of constructing the main which would be assessable against the lot or parcel has been paid to the city.
(E) Additional connection fee. If no such certificate can be issued, the applicant shall pay an additional connection fee equal to the portion of the cost of construction of the main attributable to the property upon the same basis as any assessment previously levied against other property for the main. The determination shall be made by the Public Works Department. If no such assessment has been levied, the assessable cost shall be determined upon the basis of the uniform charge which may have been or will be charged for similar connection with the main. The amount shall be determined on the basis of the total assessable cost of the main allocated on the basis of frontage.
(F) Short term service. Services for less than six months will be subject to a $15 per call connection or disconnection charge.
(Prior Code, § 51.04)