§ 52.128. CONNECTION OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS; SPECIAL CONNECTION CHARGE.
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(A) A special connection charge as set by resolution shall be paid to the City before any person or party shall make a connection to the public water system of the City outside the corporate limits of the City. This special connection charge shall be in addition to any other fees and charges provided for in this chapter and shall be applicable to each and every connection to the water system of the City outside the corporate limits of the City.
(B) Applicants for water shall be charged for expenses of tapping and for all service pipe and trenching from the main to which the 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.
(C) 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 the district to pay all or any part of the cost of construction thereof, and the property to which the connection is made has not been assessed in the district, or if the connection is to be 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 the connection shall pay the City a special connection charge as set by resolution. The fees and charges shall be in addition to the other fees and charges provided for in this chapter. The special connection charge shall be paid only once with respect to the property. For the purposes of this section,
FRONT FOOTAGE OF THE LOT is determined as that portion of the lot facing the water main to which the person wishes to connect. The connection charge shall be paid to the City at the time the application is filed.
