(A) The permit fee for water main tapping will be paid for each connection in the amount specified in § 36.02 of this code of ordinances.
(B) In addition, before any permit is issued, the following conditions must be complied with:
(1) A permit will not be issued to tap or connect with any water main of the city directly or indirectly from any lot or tract of land unless the City Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer has certified:
(a) The lot or tract of land has been assessed for the cost of construction of the water main with which the connection is made;
(b) If no assessment has been levied for the construction cost, the proceedings for levying an assessment have been or will be completed in due course; and
(c) If no assessment has been levied and no assessment proceedings will be completed in due course, that a sum equal to the portion of cost of constructing the water main would be assessable against the lot or tract has been paid to the city.
(2) (a) If the certificate cannot be issued by the City Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer, a permit to tap or connect to any water main may not be issued unless the applicant has paid an additional connection fee, equal to the portion of the cost of construction of the main which would be assessable against the lot or tract to be serviced by the tapping connection, including interest at a rate equal to the interest rate of 20 years or the amount of years the assessment was decreased, when it is determined by the Utilities Superintendent that the improvement was not subject to utilization until a later date.
(b) The assessable cost is to be determined by the City Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer upon the same basis as any assessment previously levied against other property for the main.
(c) If no such assessment has been levied, the assessable cost will be determined upon the basis of the uniform charge which may have been or which will be charged for similar tapping or connection with the main, allocated on frontage basis, or both.
(Prior Code, § 715.39)