The director may permit the construction of water facilities to provide water service in areas where no water service is available. Construction may be accomplished by (1) the applicant's contractor (private contract) or (2) city contract or city force account.
(1) The director is authorized to permit construction of water facilities by private contract upon written application. Agreements for construction of water facilities shall provide that all costs are at the sole expense of the applicant except as noted therein.
a. The facilities will be constructed, at the sole expense and cost of the applicant, within streets, avenues, alleys and rights-of-way pursuant to grants of easements.
b. Plans for construction will be provided by the applicant, certified by a registered professional engineer, and reviewed and accepted by the director or his designee.
c. With each application for the construction of water facilities authorized by this section, the applicant shall execute and deliver to the director, an agreement for the construction thereof by private contract. If the agreement conforms with the provisions of this chapter, the director will authorize construction of the applicant's water facilities.
d. The construction of water facilities so authorized will be inspected and tested for water quality and water pressure by the director or his designee, and will comply in every respect with the material and installation standard of the department.
e. The applicant will be assessed fees for plan review, inspection, and system isolation (for connection of constructed water facilities to the existing system). Water system research required by an applicant prior to the submission of any plan will be charged at the Master Plan rate (first submittal, first sheet) indicated below. The Master Plan fee(s) will also be applicable when the Master Plan itself is submitted for review and approved by water staff. Plan review fees will be collected upon plan submittal or re-submittal, in accordance with the following schedule:
Review Service | Fee | |
Master Plan Only:
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Review Service | Fee | |
Master Plan Only:
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First Submittal | First Sheet | $364.47 |
Each Subsequent Sheet | 63.61 | |
Each Re-submittal of Plan | 138.84 | |
Design Review Only: | ||
First Submittal | First Sheet | 373.08 |
Each Subsequent Sheet | 127.24 | |
First Re-submittal of Design: | First Sheet | 138.84 |
Each Subsequent Sheet | 63.61 | |
Each Subsequent Re-submittal of Design | 138.84 | |
Plan Revision | 127.24 | |
f. Construction inspection fees will be collected prior to the director's authorization of construction of applicant's water facility (section 27-37(1)). Fees will be calculated as follows:
Pipeline inspection:
Projects of 200 linear feet or less. . . . .$317.00
Projects greater than 200 linear feet, per linear foot. . . . .$7.00
Other facility inspection (non-pipeline), per facility. . . . .$67.94 per hour
System isolation fee, per pipeline project or facility. . . . .$270.21
(2) The director is authorized to elect to charge the applicant an appropriate fee and design and construct, by city contract or by city force account, applicant pipeline extensions or other water facilities. An applicant will be assessed an hourly rate of one hundred forty-seven dollars and forty-eight cents ($147.48) if Tucson Water provides the design and construction documents for the electrical and control portions of applicant-required facilities. If the extension or facility is to be designed and constructed by force account, the applicant will be charged the estimated design and construction costs of such extensions or facilities as determined by the director or his or her designee; or if the extension or facility is to be designed and constructed by city contract, the cost to the applicant shall be based on the costs referenced in current contracts. Current contracts shall be available in the customer reception area of the water utility's new development unit and may be reviewed by an applicant for any type of water service. In addition to the design or construction cost, the applicant shall pay the fees indicated in 27-37(1)(f) and if applicable, the fees indicated in 27-37(1)(e).
In addition, the applicant shall pay a protected main service fee of seventy-five dollars ($75.00), such fee recovering the costs of administering the protected main program.
(3) The director may require an applicant to install "on-site" or "off-site" water facilities of a size greater than is required to provide service to the applicant's development; provided, however, that the director refund the cost of the oversizing to the applicant. The refund amount for oversized pipelines and valves shall be computed from the following tables for the quantities actually installed:
Refund Amount | |||
Applicant Size (inches) | Size Requested (inches) | Pipe (per foot) | Valve |
Refund Amount | |||
Applicant Size (inches) | Size Requested (inches) | Pipe (per foot) | Valve |
6 | 8 | $8.96 | $466.67 |
6 | 12 | 46.83 | 1,766.67 |
6 | 16 | 69.46 | 5,000.00 |
8 | 12 | 37.88 | 1,300.00 |
8 | 16 | 60.50 | 4,533.33 |
12 | 16 | 22.63 | 3,233.33 |
For sizes larger than sixteen (16) inches, the cost differential shall be as determined by the director based on the most recent bids for equivalent installations. Where field conditions require extraordinary costs, the director may reimburse a share proportionate to the oversizing required by the city. In these situations the applicant shall provide documentation of actual costs incurred.
(4) Every nonparticipating applicant for a connection to a water main installed shall be assessed a fee designed to recover a pro rata share of the initial capital cost of the:
a. Distribution main installation. The fee shall be based on the lineal foot frontage of the subdivision, lot or parcel to be served, as measured along the street, alley or easement right-of-way line to which the connection will be installed. The fee shall be in accordance with the following table:
Inches | Fee Amount |
6 | $23.00 |
8 | 27.48 |
12 | 46.42 |
16 | 57.73 |
In addition, the applicant shall pay a protected main service fee of sixty-three dollars and ninety cents ($63.90), such fee recovering the costs of administering the protected main program.
b. Water facilities other than distribution mains. The fee shall be calculated and based upon the percentage of non-participant's acreage or service connections to the total anticipated service area acreage or number of services possible to be served by the facility and factored against the total cost of the facility's construction. In addition, the applicant shall pay a protected facility service fee of sixty-three dollars and ninety cents ($63.90), such fee recovering the costs of administering the protected facility program.
(Ord. No. 4489, § 9, 5-24-76; Ord. No. 4621, § 4, 2-7-77; Ord. No. 4626, § 8, 3-3-77; Ord. No. 5235, § 3, 10-6-80; Ord. No. 6240, § 1, 5-20-85; Ord. No. 7391, § 5, 4-16-90; Ord. No. 8415, § 1, 12-5-94; Ord. No. 8838, § 1, 3-17-97; Ord. No. 9043, § 4, 4-13-98; Ord. No. 9388, § 1, 5-22-00; Ord. No. 9555, § 1, 5-14-01, eff. 6-25-01; Ord. No. 9704, § 2, 5-13-02, eff. 6-24-02; Ord. No. 9725, § 1, 6-24-02, eff. 7-29-02; Ord. No. 9842, § 1, 5-12-03; Ord. No. 9977, § 2, 5-24-04; Ord. No. 10359, § 2, 12-12-06, eff. 1-16-07; Ord. No. 10510, § 2, 3-18-08, eff. 7-1-08; Ord. No. 10897, § 2, 5-24-11, eff. 7-5-11; Ord. No. 11072, § 2, 5-21-13, eff. 7-1-13)