City water will be supplied to premises within and without the City as provided in this Chapter, and such water service shall not commence without being authorized by the Water Superintendent or his designee 1 .
A. Application For Service: Applications for water service shall be made to the Water Collection Office and shall contain an agreement by the applicant to abide by and accept all of the provisions of this Chapter as conditions governing the use of the City water supply by the applicant.
B. Customer Activation Fee: The City shall charge a customer activation fee in the amount of thirty dollars ($30.00) to residents and sixty dollars ($60.00) to nonresidents for initial water service; except, that a service fee of seventy five dollars ($75.00) for residents and one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) for nonresidents shall be charged for work requests outside posted business hours.
C. Deposit: The Water Collection Office Manager may, at his/her discretion, should any water customer be delinquent in paying a water account, cause such person to make a deposit of one hundred dollars ($100.00) or more to ensure payment of the account at the time of application for service.
D. Plumbing: There shall be no water service to any premises in which the plumbing does not comply with ordinances of the City; except, that water service may be provided for construction purposes in unfinished buildings, subject to the provisions of this Chapter.
E. Tapping Water Main:
1. Permit Required: No connection with the City water main shall be made without a tapping permit being issued by the City.
2. Specifications:
a. Before any new connection is made to the water distribution system of the City, the premises to be served shall be equipped with a water meter and water meter well that is properly installed on the service pipe; and such water meter and water meter well shall be located outside of the structure(s) at said premises and at such outside location that is approved by the Water Superintendent and/or his designee. Type K copper shall be installed a minimum of five feet (5') beyond the water meter well. All services shall be installed with a minimum ground cover of forty eight inches (48"). Solder joints shall not be used where the piping will be underground. No installation shall be covered until it has been inspected by the Water Superintendent and/or his designee and found satisfactory. Any exceptions to the foregoing requirements must receive the prior written approval of the Water Superintendent which approval or disapproval shall be determined as the Water Superintendent, in his sole discretion, deems appropriate and in the best interest of the City's Water Department.
b. No premises shall be connected with the water distribution system of the City unless the premises have a shutoff valve and a drain located inside the structure(s) to be served, so that the supply of water may be shut off and the water pipes drained inside the structure(s). When it is deemed necessary by the Water Superintendent and/or his designee, a shutoff valve shall be installed on both inlet and outlet sides of the water meter. No connection shall be covered until the Water Superintendent and/or his designee has inspected the work.
F. Service Connection Fee: Applications for permits to connect service pipes with any supply pipe must be made, in writing, to the Water Collection Office. There shall be a fee of five dollars ($5.00) per front foot for residents and nonresidents with a minimum of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) unless there is an agreement approved by the Mayor and City Council. "Front foot", as mentioned in this subsection, shall mean the shortest side of the lot when it is located on a street intersection and is a corner lot. Full front footage shall be charged on curve fronted lots. If a structure spans two (2) or more lots tapping fees are required for each lot.
G. Inspection Fee: There shall be an inspection fee of fifty five dollars ($55.00) for residents and one hundred ten dollars ($110.00) for nonresidents in addition to the tapping fee for tapping any City water line.
H. Extensions/Connections:
1. If an extension of one of the water mains is required for connection, the city council shall first determine if an extension of a water main is economically feasible based on the estimated cost of the extension and the number of existing or potential users that will use the water along the extension and if such extension will enhance the overall economic benefit to the city.
If the extension is approved, the city may, in its sole discretion, install and pay, in whole or in part, the cost of such extension to the nearest property boundary line of the first property to be serviced from such extension. If the city elects, in its sole discretion, not to pay such cost, in whole or in part, then the property owner(s) shall pay the cost, which the city has elected not to pay, to extend such water main from the nearest location of the then existing water main to the property to be serviced.
In any event, and in all cases in which there is to be any connection to the city's water main, the property owner(s) shall pay the cost to extend the water main the entire width or length (depending upon the direction of such extension) of the property owner's property to be serviced and/or for such additional distance or direction along the property owner's property to be serviced, as determined by the city council from time to time, so that such extension, after completion thereof, immediately borders adjacent property in such a manner that future extensions can directly be made to service adjacent property or properties.
Such "costs", as referred to herein, shall include, but not be limited to, all engineering fees, the city's attorney fees, all recording fees, all costs for survey and easement plats, all costs relating to easement instruments, all title insurance fees and all costs, materials, equipment, and labor relating to and for the construction of such water main extension.
Such water main extension shall be constructed according to such plans and specifications as may be determined by the city council from time to time. If the city elects not to perform the work to install such extension or have others do so on behalf of the city, then the property owner(s) must obtain the written consent and approval of the city as to the contractor(s) who will install such water extension. Any such "costs" owed to the city shall be paid to the city by such property owner(s) within fourteen (14) days of mailing of a bill therefor to such property owner(s) or their representative, or prior to any connection to such extension, whichever event first occurs. Prior to any such extension, the property owner(s) shall sign and provide the city with permanent easements and temporary construction easements for such water main extension in such form as the city council may determine from time to time. The foregoing requirements shall also be deemed as additional requirements under title 11 of this code.
2. All subdivision developers shall pay a five hundred dollar ($500.00) water tap-on fee per subdivision.
I. Water Tap-On Fee Waiver: When a subdivision developer installs a subdivision water main and pays to tap the subdivision water main onto the city's water main, any tap-on fees within the subdivision on the developer's installed subdivision water main shall be waived for a period of five (5) years from the date the subdivision EPA operating permit is issued. After the five (5) year period noted herein, tap-on fees within the subdivision shall be charged to the respective residents.
1. The waiver of tap-on fees as set forth herein shall only apply to residential tap-ons.
2. This subsection I shall apply to any existing subdivisions, subdivisions currently being developed, and those subdivisions to be developed in the future. (Ord. 3503, 1-18-2011; amd. Ord. 3779, 11-7-2016; Ord. 3847, 5-7-2018; Ord. 4034, 5-3-2021)
Notes
| 1 | 5. See Title 1, Chapter 9, Article F of this Code. |