(A) No connection with the water main shall be made until after a permit is issued and upon 48 hours previous notice having been given to the Water Superintendent. No permit shall be issued until a fully completed application together with the required cash deposit has been received by the City Clerk.
(B) Upon receipt of a written application for a connection to the City’s water system, City Clerk shall notify the Water Superintendent who shall investigate the site and prepare a written estimate of the cost of the materials necessary to install such connection. The Water Superintendent shall provide the written estimate to the Clerk who in turn shall furnish a copy to the owner. A deposit equal to the amount of the estimated cost of the materials necessary to complete the connection together with the tap-on fee provided below shall be paid to the Clerk prior to the commencement of the installation.
(C) All connections shall be made under the supervision of the Superintendent and no connection shall be covered until the work has been inspected by him or some other person authorized by him. The service pipe from the main to the curb box, the corporation cock, the curb cock, all valves, couplings, necessary appliances, equipment, apparatus, the curb box, any other necessary or required material, (herein referred to as “the materials”) shall be furnished and installed by the City under the direction of the Water Superintendent. The cost of the materials shall be the responsibility of the owner.
(D) Except for qualified project’s within the Massac County Enterprise Zone or except when waived by action of the City Council, a deposit equal to the tap-on fee and the estimated cost of the materials shall be required. The deposit shall be applied towards satisfaction of the owner’s liability for the actual cost of the materials used in the installation of the connection. In the event the deposit exceeds the tap-on fee and the actual cost of the materials needed to install the connection to the City’s water system, the balance remaining shall be refunded to the owner. In the event that the deposit shall be insufficient to cover the tap-on fee set forth below and the actual cost of the materials used to install the connection, then the owner shall be billed for the remainder. No water service shall be initiated until1 the tap-on fee and the actual cost of the materials used to install the connection have been paid in full.
(E) The following tap-on fees shall be paid by the owner:
One inch or less $50.00
Two-inch $100.00
Four-inch $300.00
Six-inch $500.00
All taps larger than six inch $1000.00
(Ord. 2017-09, passed 2-27-2017)