925.06 CONNECTION CHARGES; INSTALLATION.
   (a)    Initial Service Connection Charges. (Testing and approval fee included, with two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) going to the R & I Fund.) All additional work the Village cannot perform will be passed on to the customer as an additional connection charge (e.g. moles, taps, valves, etc.)
 
         Tap Size               Charge
         ¾"                                              $ 1,000.00
         1"                  $ 1,200.00
         1.5"                  $ 1,400.00
         2"                  $ 1,600.00
         3"                  $ 1,800.00
         4"                  $ 2,000.00
         6"                  $ 2,200.00
         8"                   $ 2,400.00
(Ord. 2010-107. Passed 1-24-11.)
   (b)    Water Meter Set Charges.
      (1)   Water meter with generator, line connector and Automated Meter Reading (AMR) equipment. Any meter for a line that exceeds 1 ½" must be a 2" compound meter. All new meters, new taps and meter changes shall be upgraded to a meter specified by the Village that is capable of being read remotely by the Village utility employees. The extra cost will be passed on to the customer.
 
      Tap Size                           Charge
      ¾"                                          $ 200.00 + cost of AMR equipment
      1"                                          $ 350.00 + cost of AMR equipment
      1 ½"               $ 450.00 + cost of AMR equipment
      2" and larger $ 550.00 + cost of meter and AMR
                              equipment
(Ord. 2016-100. Passed 2-8-16.)
      (2)   Underground water meter and pit.
 
         Tap Size                                            Charge
         ¾"                                             $ 400.00
         1"                                             $ 500.00
         Larger                                          $ 700.00 + cost of meter & pit vault
   (c) Backflow preventers must be purchased at cost from the Millersburg Department of Water for those preventers that are required for installation by Section 925.17. Alternatively, the customer may purchase a backflow preventer approved by the Village.
(Ord. 2010-107. Passed 1-24-11.)
   (d)    Customers requiring a new meter horn and fittings will be charged the current cost the Village incurs in procuring the horn and fittings.
(Ord. 2022-100. Passed 5-9-22.)
   (e)   Private fire hydrants may be installed but only used for fire protection and must be properly maintained by the customer. Where private fire hydrants are installed, the charge shall be ninety-five dollars ($95.00) per hydrant per annum.
   (f)   The service shall be installed from the water main, where a water main exists in the street in front of the customer's premises, to inside of curb to what is known as the devil strip of property between sidewalk and curbstone. Here a curb stop and curb box will be placed by the Water Department. All taps and services to curb stop shall be made by the Millersburg Water Department. The Village shall have five (5) working days from the date of permit approval to begin work on the tap process. The customer must provide "as built" drawings of all utility lines installed.
   (g)     The customer's line shall be installed by an experienced plumber and at a depth from ground level equal to the Water Department's line unless otherwise approved by the Village.
   Each customer's line to the premises shall be equipped with a workable stop. In a situation where no basement is involved, or if the water line is longer than fifty feet (50') from the curb stop to the premises, an underground meter pit shall be installed. The aforementioned requirements shall be complied with before the water is turned on.
   (h)   The property owner's lines shall be installed by an experienced plumber and at a depth, from ground level, equal to the Water Department's line. Each property owner's line to premises shall be equipped with a workable stop. In case where no basement is involved, an underground meter pit shall be installed. The aforementioned rules shall be complied with before water is turned on. (Ord. 2010-107. Passed 1-24-11.)