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ORDINANCE NO. ~
AN ORDINANCE A~NDING SECTION 8 OF ORDINANCE NO. 1110.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT TO~,~SEND, IN REGULAR
SESSION ASSEMBLED, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 8 of Ordinance No. 1110, passed in 1939,
is hereby amended to read as follo~.~s:
"Section 8.
Fees for service connections--Creation of water
~'ain revolvi'~g {und.
The fees for service connections are as follows: For the
installation of pipe up to and including three-fourths inch dia-
meter connection, one-hundred ten dollars; for one'inch connection,
one hundred sixty dollars; and provided that for pipe connection
sizes larger than one inch diameter or where it becomes necessary
to open pavement or hard surface streets the actual cost of labor
and materials in the laying of such service and replacement of
pavement or hard surface shall be charged. In addition, water
tap fees for multiple unit service and/or mobile home parks under
one ownership will be charged the basic fee for the size tap re-
quested plus one hundred dollar fee for each additional unit.
For services outside the city limits and not connected to
the general water system which serves the area inside the corporate
limits of the dity, the cost of such service shall be five hundred
dollars for installation up to three-quarter inch diameter.
From fees charged-for the sale of taps outside the City
Limits, 50% is to be put into a fund for the replacement or
improvement of that portion of the system.
In the case of installation of service along a city street
in which no main exists, the above fees shall apply, and,.in add-
ition thereto, the applicant for service shall pay all costs of
labor and material for the laying of such servi% and water lines
and the repair of streets, payable in advance by said applicant;
provided, that, upon direction of the city council, by motion
duly passed at a regular meeting of the council, water mains may
be laid in any city street, alley, easement or road and the cost
thereof shall be paid from the water main revolving fund
..... ~.., and, in such event, the cost of connection for
service to any such main shall be the same as those fees provided
in this section, and, in addtion thereto, three dollars per lineal
foot for each foot of frontage of any lot, tract or premises to
which such service is connected, and further provided, that the
computation of frontage served shall be made by measurement of
all frontage owned or controlled by the owner or applicant requesting
the connection, whether or not any building or structure shall
be located on the property embracing the frontage, and further
provided that such frontage charges shall apply to both sides of
any street, easement, alley or road involved, and further shall
be deposited in the water main revolving fund.
Read for the first, second and third times, passed by the
Council and approved by the Mayor July 1, 1975.
ATTEST:
McCoy, 'Ci~~ Clerk
Approved as to Form: