(A) (1) Each property owner, lessee or other person desiring to connect to a city sanitary sewer or water line shall be required to obtain a permit from the Director of Public Safety and Service and pay a tap fee and for necessary materials as follows. Fees include one joint of pipe and tap. Property owner is responsible for any additional costs.
Type of Connection | Tap Fee |
Type of Connection | Tap Fee |
Sewer taps | $900 |
Water taps - | |
3/4 in. and 1 in. | $900 |
2 in. | $1,025 plus meter cost and installation |
4 in. & larger | $1,275 plus meter cost and installation |
Lids | $30 |
Ring | $40 |
Risers | $125 |
(2) Each property owner, lessee or user of services shall pay the actual cost of any excavation beyond the one length of pipe, back filling and street or alley repair as determined by the Director of Public Safety and Service. Customer is responsible for pipe from either a "curb box" or meter whichever is closest to the main water line.
(B) Nothing contained in division (A) above shall prohibit a person connecting to a city sewer or water line from performing excavation, backfilling or street repair on his or her own behalf, or through private contractors, providing that such work located upon city rights-of-way shall be performed according to specifications prescribed by the Director of Public Safely and Service, and provided further that such person furnish the city, prior to commencement of work, a bond in the sum of $2,500, conditioned upon recommendation of the Water Superintendent, be assessed to the customer.
(2003 Code, § 51.05) (Ord. 4160, passed 1-17-2013; Ord. 2016-142, passed 1-5-2017; Ord. 2020-23, passed 6-4-2020)