(1) Fee base.
(a) All applicants for connection to the water system which seek to connect to the system where a water district, water extension district, or combined sewer and water district have been created and whose property shall not have been charged by way of special assessments for said water service, shall pay, in addition to the deposit required by the Code of the City of Springfield, a water connection fee to the City Treasurer, which water connection fee shall be based upon the following formula:
(b) The City Engineer shall prepare an estimate of the cost of an installed six (6) inch water main. In addition to the estimated cost of the six (6) inch main, the City Engineer shall add a factor to cover engineering fees, bonding fees, legal fees, and other miscellaneous expenses. Based on these estimates, the City Engineer shall then calculate a "per linear foot" estimated cost of the water main. The per linear foot cost shall be recalculated annually and be kept on file in the City Clerk's office.
(2) Application of Fee Base. The water connection fee shall be calculated by multiplying the number of linear feet of frontage of the applicant's lot parallel to the water line times the Engineer's estimate of the per linear foot water line cost.
(3) Alternate Fee Application. In cases where irregular lot configuration lends front footage connection calculations to be inequitable, the City Engineer, with approval of City Council, may use one of the following alternate methods of applying the fee base.
(a) The fee base may be applied prorata to the number of properties benefitted.
(b) The fee base may be applied on a square footage of benefitted properties basis or by a combination of square footage and front footage.
(4) No connection fee shall prohibit the Council from negotiating and entering into a developer subdivision agreement which may specify fees, assessments and other subsequent charges.
(5) Water connection fee is non-exclusive. Payment of a water connection fee under this section does not exclude the applicant from the responsibility of water connection-capital facilities fees which intent is to offset costs of water treatment facilities and supporting structures necessary to provide water service to the property.
(6) No connection shall be made to the water system until such deposit and appropriate water connection fees shall have been paid in full to the City Treasurer.
(7) The City Treasurer shall apply all fees collected to the city water fund. (Ord. 704, 2/21/06)