(A) Every owner of a lot or parcel of property in the city which abuts upon any street or public way containing a sewer line upon which lot or parcel of property a building shall have been constructed for residential, commercial or industrial use, must cause such building to be connected with the sanitary sewer system within 90 days of the date that such service is available.
(B) Such owner shall pay a tapping use charge immediately upon connection to the sanitary sewer system; in the case of new construction, however, the tapping charge shall be payable prior to the issuance of the certificate of occupancy.
(C) The tapping charge shall cover the costs of the tap line into the sewer line to the property line. If a property owner has previously been assessed for the cost of such lateral connection, he or she shall not be required to pay such charge. The charge shall be based on an individual, itemized bill issued for each sewer tap, based on the total cost to the city for performing such connection, including materials, labor, cost of fringe benefits and an administrative processing fee. The labor charge shall be the actual salary paid to city workers for the actual time required to do the work. The fringe benefit costs, to cover the cost of the city employees' pension benefits, insurance and social security, shall be assessed at a flat rate of 50% of salary. An administrative processing fee established by resolution of the City Commission shall also be assessed. The total of each of these four items shall constitute the tapping charge.
(D) The applicant for the tap and lateral connection shall have the option of:
(1) Having the city perform the work, or
(2) Contracting for professional installation by a private and licensed certified contractor approved by the city.
The applicant and the approved contractor shall be responsible for obtaining all necessary permitting from the city's Building Division.
('72 Code, § 25-17) (Ord. O-88-27, passed 5-18-88; Am. Ord. O-2005-05, passed 5-4-05; Am. Ord. O-2014-16, passed 7-16-14)