(A) (1) No water shall be furnished or supplied or made available to any user or customer for any purpose whatever until such customer or user shall make application to the city therefor and a permit is issued thereto by the city. Such application shall state the location of the premises to be serviced, and the use to which the water will be put. All connections to the main shall be either by or under the supervision of the City Water Department. The fee for water main taps shall be as follows, and shall accompany the application for a permit:
(a) For ¾-inch tap and meter: $700;
(b) For 1-inch tap and meter: $800;
(c) For taps and meters 2 inches and larger, the actual invoice cost of the material, labor and equipment furnished, plus 10% for overhead and handling charges. The meter vault for 2-inch taps and all over 2-inch shall be provided at the owner’s expense. The minimum shall be 4 x 4 with a steel lid.
(2) The above listed charges, subsections (a) through (c), shall be minimum charges only. If the cost of the water main tap is in excess of such minimum, the customer or user shall be billed for any additional cost by the city when the work on the tap is complete.
(B) The above fees for water taps include the furnishing of all labor, material, and equipment required to construct a service line and meter by the city to the customer’s property line, unless specifically stated otherwise on the permit so granted. The city’s maintenance responsibility for the water service line extends from the water main to a point where the service line leaves the meter pit, or if no pit, the meter itself. In the event the meter is located inside or on a building, and/or on the premises of the customer, then the city’s maintenance responsibility is from the water main to the customer’s property line, together with the meter and accessories thereto, located on the customer’s property, unless specifically stated otherwise on the permit, or in a supplement agreement. Right of ingress and egress to maintain such meters and accessories is granted with the permit application for a water tap. With the request for a water tap and the granting thereof by the city, the customer agrees, at the city’s option, to permit the use of a “reading meter” to be attached to the customer’s building at a location convenient to the city.
(1969 Code, § 27-125) (Ord. -, passed 7-27-1998; Am. Ord. 2004-34, passed 8-23-2004) Penalty, see § 51.999