(a) No property shall be connected to any water line extensions within the City unless the owner thereof shall first obtain a permit for such purpose from the Service-Safety Director. No such permit shall be issued, unless, in addition to all fees and charges which may be required with respect to such connection by any other ordinance, resolution or regulation of the City, the owner applying for such permit shall have first paid in cash or certified check, payable to the City, the amount of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for each property to be so connected, except that, if the lot or land for which an application is made contains thereon more than 100 feet frontage, an additional two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) per foot frontage, in excess of 100 feet of lot frontage for such property, shall be added to the amount charged herein.
(b) In the event that the owner of property, who has been charged for a connection under this section, has paid in excess of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for a connection, then such amount in access of the two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) may be credited toward the application for another residence or business on the same property for which the excess payment was made, up to but not to exceed the sum of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00).
(c) The permit and the fee specified herein shall be in addition to any permit required by any other ordinance of the City and shall not preclude any deposit or bond required by any other ordinance to insure that the connection with the water lines shall be made in such a manner as will not injure the water lines of the City and will insure that all streets, sidewalks and other property will be returned to the same state as before the connection was made.
(d) Any person who attempts to or does connect property to a water line as defined herein or a connection with such line, without securing the permit required herein, is hereby determined to be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than fifty dollars ($50.00).
(e) Each twenty-four hour period a connection in violation of this section remains connected to a water line, or a connection to such line, shall be deemed to be a separate violation of this section and shall be punished as provided in subsection (d) hereof.
(f) Any fees which are received for connecting with the extension of water lines which have been constructed from the proceeds of an issue of notes or bonds of the City, which notes or bonds are general obligations of the City, shall be credited to the Bond Retirement Fund, provided, however, that any fees received for connecting with water lines constructed from bonds secured by a pledge of revenues or a mortgage on real property shall be credited to the water system revenue fund of the City.
(Ord. 22-36. Passed 7-13-22.)