§ 12.08.010. Connection charges.

(a)

The owner of each lot or parcel of real property within the area to be served by the sewerage disposal system of the city as it now exists and as it may be improved and extended in the future, upon which such lot or parcel or real property there shall be situated any building or structure for human occupation or use for any purpose shall make application for a permit to connect to the sewer system and at the time of making the application pay to the city the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for a sewer connection permit and installation inspection and thereupon cause a connection to be made between the sewerage system and each such building or structure. Where more than one such building is located on a lot or parcel of land not larger than fifty (50) feet in width and one hundred fifty (150) feet in depth and all such buildings may be served by one sewer connection, only one connection for such buildings need be made. All premises upon which any portion of any building is situated within two hundred (200) feet of a sewer line or lateral shall be deemed to be within the area served by such sewerage system.

(b)

All connections shall be made to the sewerage system in a permanent and sanitary manner, subject to the approval of the public works director and shall be sufficient to carry all sewerage and waste fluids of any kind from said buildings into said system and shall be of a size of four inches or more in diameter, and each toilet, sink, stationary washstand or any other piece or type of equipment having waste fluids shall be connected with the sewerage system; provided, that where such building or structure has not been completed before the publication of such notice, such connection shall be made on or before any use or occupation thereof.

(c)

Inspection by the city is for the city's sole benefit and does not create any liability to the city to any other person for failure to discover or locate defects, and creates no special relationship or duty between the city and any other person.

(d)

Any authorized connection of the sewerage system to a property benefited by a sewer local improvement district may be made without payment of the twenty-five dollar ($25.00) inspection fee, so long as the sewerage connection permit application is filed and the connection completed within one year of the creation of the local improvement district.

(Ord. 2052 § 1, 1997: Ord. 1466 § 1, 1991: Ord. 442 § 1, 1971: Ord. 219 § 1, 1949: Ord. 217 § 1, 1949)