911.01 SEWER TAPS.

   (a)    Upon application being made to tap any main trunk or lateral sewer built or owned by the City for the purpose of draining the house sewer of any property directly into such main trunk or lateral sewer, and where such property has not been heretofore specially assessed for the construction of a sewer to provide a lateral sewer benefit, the Director of Public Service shall cause a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) per foot of width of such property to be exacted for the privilege of making such a direct connection from the house sewer to such main trunk or lateral sewer before a permit is issued therefor.

(Ord. 28-84. Passed 3-6-84.)

   (b)    The number of feet to be paid for shall be determined by one of the following applicable methods:

      (1)    Lots or parcels of ground having the same width at the front and rear and the same depth on each side shall be charged for on the basis of the actual frontage. However, in the event the depth of such lot or parcel of ground abuts on a street or other public way and the owner elects to construct a building fronting on the street or public way abutting such depth, the fee shall be exacted for such depth.

      (2)    Lots or parcels of ground which are of irregular shape shall be charged for on the basis of the width of such property, as measured on a line forty feet from the front lot line and parallel to the center line of the street upon which such property is to face, except that for lots or parcels of ground having curved frontage, the widths to be charged for shall be measured on a line parallel to and forty feet distant from a line tangent to such curved frontage at a point midway between the sides of the lots or parcels of ground.

      (3)    The number of feet to be paid for shall be determined by the use of an engineer's scale applied to the record drawings of the sewers sought to be tapped, on file in the office of the Director of Public Service, and the widths so determined by the Director issuing the permit shall be final.

   (c)   The amounts so collected shall be placed to the credit of the General Fund.

(Ord. 118-71. Passed 10-1-71.)