The water tap rates and service line fees charged by the City shall be as follows, except as may be permitted by rule:
(a) Water tap and service line fees shall be as follows:
DIA | Tap and Service Line Charge | ||
Size Tap | Meter Size | Inside City | Outside City |
1.00" | 5/8" | $1,200.00 | $1,680.00 |
1.00" | 3/4" | 1,300.00 | 1,820.00 |
1.00" | 1" | 1,400.00 | 1,960.00 |
(b) For water tap and service lines of one and one-half inch or larger in nominal diameter, regardless of the meter size, the fee shall be based on the City’s actual incurred labor and material costs associated with installation of the larger service, including but not limited to: the tap, lines, meter, meter installation, and other appurtenances and costs associated thereto, plus twenty-five percent (25%). The labor costs shall be based on an established hourly rate that will be on file in the City’s Department of Utility Collections, which may be amended from time to time.
(c) Any water tap made outside the City limits, on City owned lines, shall pay in addition to what has been stated in subsection (a) or (b) hereof, a four thousand dollar ($4,000) fee.
(d) A service connection fee is established to pay for the City’s share of facilities required to serve the premises and to offset the cost of the City providing a copper setter, meter, installation, wiring and any applicable transmitter in multiple lot subdivisions and developments within the corporate limits that are or have been constructed to City standards. A service connection fee shall be in lieu of a tap fee for water service as follows for 1" inch taps, except as may otherwise be provided by rule.
For 1" tap that has been provided by property developer, builder or contractor:
5/8" meter $350.00
3/4" meter $440.87
1" meter $525.00
A 1 1/2" tap or larger service connection fee shall be based on time and material plus 25%. The labor costs shall be based on an established hourly rate that will be on file in the City’s Department of Utility Collections, which may be amended from time to time.
(e) Service connection fees for secondary metering shall be based on time and material plus 25%. The labor costs shall be based on an established hourly rate that will be on file in the City’s Department of Utility Collections, which may be amended from time to time.
(f) All known fees shall be paid by the applicant in advance of any work or design being performed by the City. All estimated fee amounts related to water tap and service charges shall be deposited, in cash, money order, or certified check, with the City Department of Utility Collections before any work or design by the City will commence. Any deposit over the actual fee shall be returned to the applicant within sixty days of completion of work; further, any amounts incurred over the deposit amount shall be paid by the applicant to the City within thirty days of being invoiced.
(g) In the event that a person (person being defined as any individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership; or association) acquires nuisance property within the corporation limits of the City of Napoleon and said person demolishes the nuisance property the City will waive the fee for the new water tap if within two (2) years from the date of the issuance of the demolition permit the person builds a code compliant structure that requires water service, so long as the tap on the new structure is the same size as the previous tap.
(Ord. 060-12. Passed 9-17-12.)