§ 52.127. TAPPING EXPENSE; SPECIAL CONNECTION CHARGES.
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(A) Applicants for water shall be charged for expenses of tapping and for all service pipe and trenching from the main to which such applicant’s connection is to be made and the City Engineer shall have the power to make arrangements with plumbers or others as the Engineer may deem expedient to carry this section into effect.
(B) If the connection is to be made to any water main, or mains, which have been laid and constructed in a water district or water extension district of the City wherein special assessments have been levied upon the property in said district to pay all or any part of the cost of construction thereof and the property to which said connection is made has not been assessed in said district, or if the connection is made to any water main or mains hereafter laid or constructed by the City without the levying of any special assessments for the construction thereof, the person desiring said connection shall pay the City a special connection charge as set by resolution except if the front footage of the lot exceeds 66 feet, the person shall pay a sum as set by resolution per front foot of the lot described in the application. The aforesaid fees and charges shall be in addition to the other fees and charges provided for in this chapter. That said special connection charge shall be paid only once with respect to said property; the lot facing the water main to which the person wishes to connect. Such connection charge shall be paid to the City at the time the application is filed.
