[1961 Code, §§ 24.71 and 24.72; Ord. 257; Ord. 539; Ord. 740; Ord. 1011]
(A) 
The Water Department shall collect charges for installation of and the perpetual maintenance of all water services, meters and appurtenances thereto the same to remain the property of the Water Department. These charges shall be established by the City Council by resolution. These charges, in addition to all other repair charges for water facilities and main extensions, must be paid before the meter and service is installed unless otherwise provided for under agreement under other sections of the code.
(B) 
When water service installation is required by an applicant that is not covered by the schedule of charges set out in division (A) above, that work will be done with charges based upon the cost of the installation as required by an applicant as determined by the Water Department.
[1961 Code, § 24.73; Ord. 257]
The schedule of charges set out in § 54.146 includes meter boxes except where the basement is excavated to the curbline, in which case the applicant shall provide, at his or her own expense, an adequate vault and cover to house the meter and appurtenances in accordance with Water Department requirements.
[1961 Code, § 24.74; Ord. 257]
If a water meter and service installation exceeds 50 feet in length, or for any other valid reason it cannot be installed for the amount stated in the schedule of charges set out in § 54.146(A), due to the peculiarity of the proposed service, the Water Department reserves the right to make the installation on the basis of the costs of the installation as determined by the Water Department.
[1961 Code, § 24.75; Ord. 257]
When water services are installed for automatic fire sprinkler service, the applicant must install, at his or her own expense, a detector check valve of design and at a location approved by the Water Department.
[1961 Code, § 24.76; Ord. 257]
Where a water meter and service are installed, and application is made for an increase in size of service and meter at the same location, a schedule of credits shall be allowed for the meter removed on the above-referenced schedule of charges for installation. The schedule of credits shall be established by the City Council by resolution.
[1961 Code, § 24.78; Ord. 257]
A temporary water service connection may be installed at the same charge as provided for a regular service connection.
[1961 Code, § 24.79; Ord. 257; Ord. 743]
Every applicant for water service from mains installed prior to the date of application, who had not theretofore either in person or through his or her predecessor, in interest, paid his or her proportionate share of the cost of the water main, with respect to the property to be served, shall before the application will be acted upon or water is furnished pursuant thereto, pay to the Water Department a water main connection charge for each foot of frontage of the property to be served, in addition to all other usual and regular charges of the Water Department, including charges for service connection and meter installation. The charge shall be established by resolution of the City Council.
[1961 Code, § 24.80; Ord. 257; Ord. 743]
Where water main extensions are required (intersections not included) to reach property requiring a water supply, they may be made upon the approval of the Superintendent of the Water Department, and the deposit by the applicant of an amount equal to twice the water main construction charges established under § 54.152, provided that the minimum deposit shall be based on the number of lineal feet of frontage in the property to be served. This deposit minus the charges established under § 54.152 for each front foot of property frontage requiring service will be refunded to the payer or his or her assigns only if, during the ten years following installation, water main connection charges are collected from other consumers requiring service from this extension, and not otherwise. All extensions thus provided shall be and remain the property of the Water Department and any balance of the deposit remaining at the end of the above mentioned ten-year period, shall become the property of the water department.
[1961 Code, § 24.81; Ord. 257]
When the City Manager recommends and the public interest or convenience requires the extension of any water main or the replacement of any substandard water main or mains of the Water Department, the Water Department may make water main extensions and replacements of substandard mains without a deposit as required by the preceding section provided the funds are available.
[1961 Code, § 24.82; Ord. 257]
(A) 
The design, location, materials and standards of construction of any and all extensions shall be approved by the City Manager.
(B) 
The design of an extension shall be based upon considerations of adequate capacity to meet the present and future requirements of the area to be benefitted, of distribution system operation and efficiency, of maintenance requirements and of anticipated life of the extension.
(C) 
Extensions shall generally be located on the south and east sides of dedicated city streets or in rights-of-way granted to the city for water main location. Under no circumstances shall any structure be placed over or around any water main or extension, unless provision is made for ready and easy access to any and all parts or points of such main or extension.
(D) 
Materials and standards of construction shall be those which have been adopted and are used by the Water Department for the area and class of service to be provided.
[1961 Code, § 24.83; Ord. 257]
(A) 
When an application is made for water service which requires a water main extension to serve property not conventionally subdivided into city lots, the area shall be considered acreage and the extension shall be made at the expense of the applicant as provided by § 54.158.
(B) 
The required extension shall originate at the nearest adequate existing water main, as determined by the City Manager, and shall extend to and full length along the property to be provided with water service.
[1961 Code, § 24.84; Ord. 257]
The cost of an extension to or in an unconventionally subdivided area shall be borne by the applicant requiring the extension, in conformity with the following provisions:
(A) 
Upon receipt of an application for water service which requires an extension, when the application is properly filled out and provides an accurate description of the property to be served, the City Manager shall cause the Water Department to prepare a map showing the area to be benefitted by the extension and to make an estimate of cost of installation of the proposed extension.
(1) 
The applicant shall then deposit a sum of money, equal to this estimated cost, with the city.
(2) 
Following receipt of the deposit, the City Manager shall cause the proposed extension to be constructed. Or, upon approval of the City Manager and subject to specifications of and inspection by the Water Department, the proposed extension may be installed by private contract at the applicant's sole expense with no refund provisions applicable thereto.
(3) 
Upon completion of an extension which has been provided for by a deposit with the city, the actual cost of making the extension shall be determined. The actual applicable cost as determined in accordance with division (D) below shall be divided by the number of square feet in the area benefitted by the extensions, as determined by the City Manager, and the resulting unit cost per square foot thus determined shall be the basis for making refunds to the applicant who made the deposit, and for determining the water main construction charges to be made for future service connections to the extension.
(4) 
In the event the applicant's deposit for estimated costs of installation of an extension exceeds the actual cost of the installation, the excess shall be refunded to the applicant and in the event the deposit is less than the actual cost of installation the applicant shall be liable to the city for the deficiency.
(B) 
(1) 
Where subsequent connections are made to the extension and where a portion or all of the cost of main extensions was paid by the applicant, the water main construction charges received by the city for subsequent service connections to the extension for a period of ten years following the date of completion of the extension, the applicable portion of the cost shall be refunded to the person who paid for the extension or to his or her successors or assigns, as hereinafter provided.
(2) 
Sale of the property herein referred to and conveyance of the title thereto shall constitute an assignment to the purchaser of the property, and payment of the amount as becomes due to the maker thereof or the purchaser of the property shall constitute a discharge of the obligations to the city of the amount so paid. After the expiration of the ten-year period, any water main construction charges subsequently received shall become the sole property of the city.
(3) 
A water main construction charge for each and every service connection to an extension installed under the provisions of this chapter shall be paid before the service connection is made.
(a) 
The water main construction charge is separate from and is in addition to the service connection charge required by any other section of this chapter.
(b) 
The service connection charges as defined above are not refundable.
(c) 
Water main construction charges shall be determined by multiplying the number of square feet of ground area to be benefitted by the service connection by the unit cost per square foot as defined above.
(d) 
Any property lying within the area to be benefitted by the extension, as determined in division (A) above, shall pay a water main construction charge as determined above before water service will be supplied the property.
(e) 
Water service shall be discontinued immediately when found to be supplied to any property within the area benefitted if the water main construction charge for service to that property has not been paid.
(C) 
The cost of installing a water main extension less than six inches in diameter including pumps, tanks and appurtenances, shall be borne entirely by the applicant and there shall be no refund provisions for future service connections to such an extension.
(D) 
(1) 
The cost of making extensions six inches and eight inches in diameter and feeder mains from the nearest adequately supplied point in the water distribution system and including pumps, tanks and other appurtenances shall be charged against the applicant. If the extension is provided for by deposit with the city, the actual applicable cost referred to in division (A) above shall be the entire cost of the six-inch or eight-inch pipe lines including facilities such as pumps, tanks and other appurtenances.
(2) 
The applicable cost of making an extension larger than eight inches in diameter when the larger diameter extension is recommended by the City Manager, shall be determined as follows: The estimated cost of the water main including pumps, tanks and appurtenances, shall be provided for by a deposit made by the applicant and the difference in cost between an eight-inch water main and the larger diameter actually installed shall be borne by the city. Subsequent water main connection charges shall be based on the estimated cost of an eight-inch main, and the refunds to the applicant who made the deposits as hereinbefore provided, shall be upon such basis.
[1961 Code, § 24.85; Ord. 257]
The Water Department is hereby authorized to make water main extensions for the benefit of areas of the city which have been subdivided by means of conveyances, and not pursuant to any regular statute of the state or ordinance of the city, if it is in the best interest of the city to make the extensions.
(A) 
A charge for each and every service connection to an extension installed under the provisions of this section shall be paid by the person receiving such connection before any such connection is actually made.
(B) 
The construction charge to be paid pursuant to the terms of this section is separate from and is in addition to the service connection charge also required by any other section of this chapter. The amount of the construction charge to be charged for the water main extension shall be determined in the same manner as that provided for in § 54.158(A) and (D).
[1961 Code, § 24.86; Ord. 257]
Whenever the city shall install a permanent water main extension as authorized in § 54.157 for the purpose of serving either improved property where water service has already been furnished through a temporary service connection or unimproved property where the owner thereof is willing to pay his or her proportionate share of the extension of the water main in order to serve his or her property, upon written demand of the Water Department, before any connection is made with the extended main for the use of such property owner, shall either pay to the city direct, a sum of money equal to the owner's proportionate share of the cost of the extension of the water main or enter into a written agreement with city wherein such owner agrees to pay the city for the use of the water main a rental charge which shall consist of a sum of money equal to that which would represent the owner's proportionate share of the cost of the extension of such water main.
(A) 
The agreement shall provide that all of the rental shall be paid by the owner to the city in equal monthly installments not to exceed 36 in number.
(B) 
The equal monthly installments shall be not less than $15 each until the total rental is paid.
(C) 
If the owner fails during the life of the agreement to pay any installment or rent due within 30 days after the due date, the city shall have the right to discontinue water service to the property from the water main until all the delinquent installments or rents are fully paid.
[1961 Code, § 24.87; Ord. 257]
All extensions of water mains into areas of the city hereafter subdivided under the provisions of Chapter 156 shall be installed according to the design and requirements of the Water Department and at the cost of the subdivider; provided further, that the installations shall be made under written agreement between the subdivider and the city.
[1961 Code, § 24.88; Ord. 257]
The following procedure for the installation of water mains and extensions thereof is intended as an alternative procedure to any other presently authorized by ordinance or law, and is not intended in any way to be exclusive.
(A) 
When the City Council determines that the public interest and necessity demand the acquisition, construction and completion of a water main to undeveloped areas of the city not yet adequately served with water, for the purpose of providing those areas with water service, and appropriates money out of the treasury of the city for these public improvements, no person shall be permitted to connect his or her property to the water main nor receive water service from the city through the water main until the property owner has paid to the city the proportionate share of the cost of the water main with respect to the property of the property owner to be served; and no application, either by petition or otherwise, shall be approved by the City Council for the installation and completion of a water main under this section unless and until the property owners to be benefitted or a sufficient number thereof shall have paid to the city, or agreed to pay such proportionate share of the cost of the water main as in the opinion of the council insures the payment of the cost of the public improvement. These payments shall be in addition to any other fee prescribed by any ordinance of the city or by the municipal ordinance for the installation and connection of laterals with the water main reaching to the property of the property owners to be served.
(B) 
When the Council determines the public interest of the city will be served by the extension of water mains into new areas not adequately served with water, no person shall be permitted to make a connection with the extension water main until the property owner whose property shall be served by the extension water main shall have paid to the city his or her proportionate share of the cost of the extension water main, together with a proportionate share of the cost of the original water main, and no application for a connection or service from the extension water main shall be approved unless and until the person shall have paid to the city his or her proportionate share of the cost of the extension water main, together with a proportionate share of the cost of the original water main.
(C) 
From and after the effective date of this chapter no new water mains or extensions of existing water mains designed to serve an area of the city not yet adequately served by water shall be installed by the city under this section until the following conditions shall have been performed and the following requirements fulfilled:
(1) 
Whether initiated by the property owners by petition or initiated by the Council itself by resolution, the council shall cause a map or plat to be prepared by the City Engineer and filed with the City Clerk, which map or plat shall show the exterior boundaries of the entire area proposed or designed to be eventually served by the proposed public improvement, or in lieu thereof a written description of the area to be served by the public improvement, together with an estimate of the total cost of the initial improvement.
(2) 
The adoption of a resolution by the Council which shall prescribe a minimum initial contribution to be paid by the property owners of the area to be benefitted by the construction of the initial unit of the public improvement, based upon a percentage of the total estimated cost, which in all cases shall be sufficient in amount to satisfy the Council that the construction cost will be paid.
(3) 
The approval by the Council by resolution of a sum to be paid by the property owner for each connection with either a water main or any extension thereof, which sum shall be recommended by the City Manager and shall be determined upon an equitable basis, which shall represent the proportionate share that the property owner should bear of the cost of new water main in relation to its entire cost; or if the property owner's connection is to be made with an extension of an existing water main then the sum to be paid by the property owner shall be determined upon an equitable basis so as to provide that the property owner shall pay a proportionate share of the cost of the water main, together with an additional amount which represents his or her proportionate share of the cost of the extension of the water main.
(4) 
The same method provided by division (3) hereinabove for determining the cost to be borne by the property owner for a connection with an extension water main shall apply in case the property owner desires to connect with any new extension of an existing water main and previously constructed, extensions thereof, namely, the property owner shall be required to pay his or her proportionate share of the cost of the original water main, together with his or her proportionate share of the cost of any or all extensions thereof.