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A. Application: Any prospective consumer of water service may become a consumer by making an application for water service, procuring a permit therefor, providing any necessary easements and paying the applicable fees and cost of installation as provided in this code. Charges for water for such consumers shall be made on the basis of then existing rates.
B. Approved Water Meters:
1. All consumers of water services from the city shall, prior to receiving water service from the city, install an approved water meter obtained from the city as hereinafter provided.
2. Only water meters obtained from the city may be used for the metering of water consumption for city water billing purposes. The fee for obtaining a water meter will be set by resolution by the city commission.
C. Responsibility For Repair Or Replacement: A water meter may not be installed for use or connected to the city water system until approved by the city. After an approved installation of a water meter, the city is responsible for its repair or replacement, except when the repair or replacement is required because of damage to or loss of the meter due to a negligent or intentional act by the customer, in which case the customer is responsible for the repair or replacement. When a customer is liable for the repair or replacement, the actual cost may be added to the water bill for the property served by the water meter.
D. Meter Installation Requirements: Water meters may only be installed by persons authorized by law to do so, and pursuant to applicable approval from the city. Water meters must be installed in accordance with the requirements of section 6-2-3 of this chapter, and will be inspected by the city for compliance therewith. (Ord. 3022, 3-28-2005)
The following criteria apply to water main extensions, new water reservoirs and new water pump stations, and providing for rebate of reimbursable costs:
A. Where water main extensions are required to serve facilities, structures, or subdivisions, installation must conform to the following requirements:
1. Beginning at the point where service is available, the main must be extended in the public right of way to the property being served and in the public right of way along the entire frontage of the served property. If public right of way is not available for installation of the main, then the main may be installed in an easement exclusive to the city that is at least twenty feet (20') in width. The director of public works may authorize a narrower easement width upon a showing of special circumstances and a showing that the narrower easement width is not detrimental to the city's ability to service, maintain, or replace the main. To ensure the orderly expansion of city water mains and connectivity for service to adjacent properties, the director of public works may require the extension of mains in rights of way or approved easements adjacent to and through the property being served. All aspects of the connection, location, and installation of mains are subject to review and approval by the director of public works.
2. Main extensions must include all valves, hydrants, and necessary appurtenances required by the city.
3. The minimum size for public water mains is eight inches (8") in diameter unless otherwise authorized by the director of public works. All water mains must be installed as authorized by the director of public works. At the option of the director of public works, a larger main may be required to provide for future expansion of the water distribution system. When a larger main is required beyond what is needed for meeting peak hourly domestic demand and fire demand for the property to be served, the city will contribute the difference in the materials price between the size needed by the property to be served and the size required by the director of public works.
4. All water mains must be looped by connecting to city mains at each end, unless otherwise approved by the director of public works.
B. Applications for water main extensions, reservoirs, and pump stations must be submitted to the public works department. City approval of plans and specifications is required prior to the commencement of any construction activity associated with the improvements. The city may elect to construct the improvements. If the public works department arranges for the construction of the proposed extension, reservoir, or pump station, the applicant shall make an advance payment to the city of, or provide a financial guarantee to the city for, one hundred thirty percent (130%) of the city engineer's estimate of the cost of the improvements. The advance payment or financial guarantee is due prior to assignment of priority and scheduling of the installation of the improvements. The public works department reserves the right to schedule the timing of construction in consideration of the season and other workload priorities. Following the completion of construction and final acceptance of the improvements by the city, the city engineer shall total all of the costs involved and subtract the advance payment from the actual cost. Any overpayment will be refunded to the applicant.
C. An applicant who has paid for the construction of an extension of a water main, reservoir, or pump station is eligible for a proportional rebate from the owner of adjacent property who subsequently applies to directly install a service connection to the extension of the main, or any new service connection utilizing the reservoir or pump station. The rebate is determined and administered according to the following requirements:
1. The applicant must establish eligibility for the rebate by applying for the rebate within one year after acceptance of the completed main extension, reservoir, or pump station.
2. For main extensions, the amount of each rebate is determined by dividing the length of property frontage associated with the proposed new service by the total length of property frontage associated with the new main, multiplied by the project cost of the main extension eligible for rebate.
3. For reservoirs or pump stations, the amount of the rebate is proportional to the capacity of the reservoir or pump station, or, as agreed upon in a written agreement between the applicant entitled to the rebate and the party obtaining service through the improvement, including the city.
4. For a new subdivision, the developer shall pay the entire rebate for all serviceable property within the subdivision as a condition for final plat approval.
5. The total cost of a project is the actual cost of construction, including engineering, testing, labor, materials, and administration fee, as provided by the applicant and verified by the public works department.
6. The period for which an applicant is eligible to receive rebates is twenty (20) years from the date of acceptance of the completion of the water main extension, reservoir, or pump station by the public works department.
7. Rebate payments set forth herein shall be paid to the public works department for direct reimbursement to the applicant.
8. If the city requires a main extension larger in diameter than eight inches (8") and participates in the cost in accordance with this section, the main extension rebate to the applicant may not include the amount of the city's participation in the cost.
D. The city is entitled to a rebate under the provisions of this section for the amount it pays toward construction, installation, and increased sizing of water mains, reservoirs, and pump stations, and for rebates the city has paid.
E. The building and safety division may not issue any permit to a property owner desiring to tap mains subject to a rebate until the public works department certifies that the property owner has first paid the amount of rebate owed. (Ord. 3080, 3-26-2007)
The city may prohibit the construction of any structure which is so situated that it cannot be served with city water or may permit the construction of such structures subject to such reasonable conditions as the city may find necessary if city water cannot be supplied to the structure. Such conditions may include, but are not limited to, the requirement that an adequate water well be provided for the structure 1 . (1979 Code)
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| 1 | 1. See title 3, chapter 11 of this code for water wells. |
A. Computation Of Fee: Any party desiring to connect to the city water system shall be subject to a water system development fee (SDF).
Said fee shall be paid in full by the party seeking connection before issuance of the building permit. (Ord. 3177, 6-10-2013, eff. 7-15-2013)
B. Water Service Upgrade: Whenever a customer requests an upgrade in water service that necessitates the installation of a larger meter, said customer shall pay to the city an incremental water system development fee. The incremental water system development fee shall be computed by subtracting the smaller meter's system development fee from that of the larger meter's. Said fee shall be due and payable at the time application is made for the upgraded service. No refund shall be made to any water user who decreases his/her meter size.
C. Fire Lines: A water line devoted exclusively to providing fire protection services is a fire line and shall be exempt from water system development fees.
D. Credit For Excess Capacity: After the effective date of this section, when an applicant is required to pay for water improvements that are extra capacity general benefit facilities (defined in subsection G of this section), the applicant may request that the cost for the extra capacity paid by the applicant become a credit against the water system development fee for properties of the applicant served by installed water improvements. The director of public works is to determine the amount of the recommended credit based upon the cost of the approved extra capacity general benefit facilities. The city commission may then, by resolution, grant credit to the applicant to be used toward water system development fees.
E. Size Of Meter: The city reserves the right to determine the size of water meters to be installed on customer water service lines.
F. Relationship To Other Fees: The water system development fees established herein shall be paid to the city in addition to any other water fees, rentals or charges adopted by the city commission pursuant to other ordinances or resolutions.
G. Use Of Fees: All funds received in payment of water system development fees shall be deposited in a segregated account. The use of said funds, and any interest earned thereon, shall be for expansion of general benefit water facilities and/or for the retirement of bonds sold for such purposes. "General benefit water facilities" are defined as water treatment facilities, water pumping stations, storage reservoirs, and water transmission and supply lines more than twelve inches (12") in diameter. Expenditures of these funds shall be recommended by the director of public works and authorized by the city commission by passage of a resolution. At no time shall more than one-half (1/2) of the estimated annual proceeds be committed to retirement of bonds.
H. Updating Of Fees: The fee shall be updated at a minimum of once every three (3) years on the anniversary of its effective date, based upon the following formula, utilizing the most recent available edition of the "Handy Whitman Index Of Cost Trends Of Water Utility Construction For The Plateau Region" to determine the current depreciated replacement value:
CDRV - OD MCU | = Charge per capacity unit | ||
Where: | |||
CDRV | = Current depreciated replacement value | ||
OD | = Outstanding debt principal | ||
MCU | = Maximum capacity units | ||
(Ord. 2401, 5-19-1986)