The fee required for connection to the domestic water supply system of the city shall include the connection fee, herein established and other applicable fees. The connection fee, which is based on the anticipated cost of making the physical connection to the system, includes the cost of labor, material, meter, valves, fittings and administrative fees, shall be set by resolution of the governing body.
(Ord. 1267, § 1, 11-19-2013; Ord. 1316, § 1, 2-20-2018)
A. 
Each customer requesting a new service connection to the water distribution system shall pay a plant equity fee prior to connection as part of the approval process for new service connections.
B. 
Such plant equity fees shall be determined on the basis of the equity existing system customers have accumulated in the system as determined on the basis of a detailed analysis of plant assets and shall constitute a system buy-in fee assessed to new connections.
C. 
Beginning July 1, 2010, water system equity fees shall be as follows:
Meter Size
Fee
¾″ or less
$535.00
1″
$602.00
1 ½″
$983.00
2″
$1,571.00
3″
$2,946.00
4″
$4,909.00
The water system equity fees identified above shall increase by three percent each year beginning January 1, 2011.
D. 
At the discretion of the city council, the above fees may be waived and/or modified in relation to economic development projects which, due to their unusual nature or magnitude, offer extraordinary benefits to the community.
(Ord. 901 § 1, 1999; Ord. 1075 § 7, 2004; Ord. 1201, § 1, 5-18-2010)