§ 8.1.2 APPLICATION AND FEE FOR TAPS TO MAINS.
   (A)   Applications for the use of water, or sewer, must be made to the office of the Superintendent or the City Clerk on printed forms furnished for that purpose.
   (B)   The application must be made by the agent or owner of the property to be benefitted, describing the lot, block and street where water is desired, and shall state fully all the purposes for which the water may be required; and the applicant or their duly authorized agent, upon making the application, shall pay to the City Clerk/Treasurer a minimum fee pursuant to a fee schedule adopted by resolution plus the cost of a City-approved water flow meter.
   (C)   In cases where the applicant desires a larger line than three-quarters of an inch, the applicant shall first obtain City approval of line size and shall agree in said contract to pay to the City, upon demand, the difference in cost to the City between the three-quarter inch line and the large line requested by the applicant, in addition to the minimum fee set forth above by the same fee schedule referenced above.
   (D)   No taps will be made to the mains until the applicant for whom such connection is to be made has signed the contract mentioned herein, a plumber’s permit has been issued authorizing the plumber to lay such pipes and make such connections as will conform to the application, and the applicant has paid all required fees.
   (E)   Any extension of the water system (mains) at the request of a property owner(s) or developer and not at the initiation of the City based on a capital improvement plan approved by the City Council shall be at the expense of the property owner(s) or developer or development making the request.
(Ord. 369, passed 4-1-2018, § 4.08.020)