Chapter 22 PUBLIC WORKS AND IMPROVEMENTS*
Section 22-264 Connection fees.
(a) The following definitions apply to this section:
Expanded user of the wastewater system means the owner or occupant of
property that has
previously been connected to the wastewater system who is increasing the size or number of
water meters serving the property.
New user of the wastewater system means the owner or occupant of property
that is being
connected to the wastewater system for the first time.
(b) Each new user of the wastewater system shall pay a wastewater system connection
fee.
The
fee shall be
eight hundred dollars ($800.00) per
dwelling
unit.
If there are uses on the property
other than dwelling units, the
new user of the wastewater system shall pay a wastewater system
connection fee based on the size of the water meter that shall serve the property in accordance
with the following table:
Size of water meter
Inches Connection
fee
5/8 and ¾ $
800.00
1
1,422.00
1½
3,200.00
2
5,689.00
3
12,800.00
4
22,756.00
6
51,200.00
8
91,022.00
10
142,222.00
12
204,800.00
(c) Each expanded user of the wastewater system who is increasing the size of
a water meter
shall pay a connection fee equal to the difference between the connection fee shown in
subsection (b) for the size water meter which was in place prior to the expansion and the
connection fee shown in subsection (b) for the size of the water meter to be installed. Each
expanded user of the wastewater system who is increasing the number of water meters serving
the property shall pay a connection fee for each additional water meter in accordance with the
table in subsection (b).
(d) The director shall reduce the amount of the connection fee when the new
or expanded user
of the wastewater system establishes that a substantial portion of the water to be metered shall
not be discharged into the wastewater system. The amount of the reduced connection fee shall be
based on the size of the water meter that would have been required to provide that portion of the
water to be metered that shall be discharged into the wastewater system.
(e) The wastewater system connection fees imposed by this section are in addition
to plumbing
permit fees and all other fees and charges imposed by the city.
(f) A plumbing permit to connect to the wastewater system shall not be issued
unless the
connection fee has been paid. A plumbing permit to increase the size of a water meter serving
property that is connected to the wastewater system shall not be issued unless the connection fee
has been paid. A plumbing permit to increase the number of water meters serving property that is
connected to the wastewater system shall not be issued unless the connection fee has been paid.
(Ord. No. 15324, § 1, 9-2-97
; Ord. No. 17837, § 1, 9-15-03; Ord. No. 19231, § 2, 10-2-06; Ord.
No. 19696, § 1, 10-1-07; Ord. No. 20050, § 1, 9-15-08; Ord. No. 20415, § 1, 9-21-09;
Ord. No.
20936, § 1, 4-18-11
)
(Ord. 20936, Amended, 04/18/2011, Prior Text; Ord. 20415, Amended, 09/21/2009, Prior Text; Ord. 20050, Amended, 09/15/2008, Prior Text; Ord. 19696, Amended, 10/01/2007, Prior Text; Ord. 19656, Amended, 09/17/2007, Prior Text; Ord. 19231, Amended, 10/02/2006, Prior Text; Ord. 17837, Amended, 09/15/2003, Prior Text)