§ 61.05. Water meter installation charge.

(a)

Each applicant for water service shall be charged for the meter, meter service box and for installation of the water meter as follows:

Meter Size	Service Fee
5/8" × ¾"	$630.00
1"	$685.00
1½"	$897.00
2"	$1,485.00
2" Compound	$2,487.00
Above 2"	Applicant is responsible for purchase and installation

 

(b)

Backflow preventer—installation and certification charges. When the Department determines that a backflow preventer is required to be installed on a domestic water service, the City will install and certify the required backflow preventer and charge the customer a fee based on the following:

Domestic Meter Backflow Prevention Assembly Size	Charge per Assembly
¾" RPZ Backflow	$450.00
1" RPZ Backflow	$462.00
1½" RPZ Backflow	$812.00
2" RPZ Backflow	$851.00
Above 2"	Applicant is responsible for purchase and installation of the required backflow prevention assembly. The City will test and certify newly installed backflow assemblies.
Additionally, applicants will be charged $50.00 per assembly test/certification for all newly installed backflow assemblies.
Fire Line Service Backflow Prevention	Applicant is responsible for purchase, installation, and certification of all fire system backflow assemblies. The City will not test, certify or maintain any fire systems or related backflow assemblies.

 

(c)

Backflow preventer — Annual Inspection, Testing and Certification. The Utility Systems Director shall administer a program for the inspection, testing and certification of all backflow preventers installed for domestic water meters connected to the City's system. A $50.00 fee shall be charged annually for these services when the associated water meter is not related to a single-family residential account. Such fees shall be added to customer of record's next monthly usage bill following completion of the annual service. Backflow preventers shall be repaired, overhauled, or replaced at the expense of the Utility whenever they are found to be defective. Records of such tests, repairs, and overhaul shall be kept by the Utility.

(d)

Irrigation meters. Potable water meters connected solely to landscape irrigation systems are not allowed, provided however that the utility director may, at his/her sole discretion, authorize exceptions to this section.

(e)

Radio read water meter technology is the city's adopted standard.

(1)

Exception. The customer of record for a single family residential account can request that their property be served by a direct read meter upon agreement of the following terms and conditions:

a.

The customer of record shall execute a direct read water meter agreement.

b.

An agreement/installation fee of $145.00 shall be paid to the city in full prior to the installation of the direct read meter.

c.

A $15.00 per month charge shall be applied to the bills of affected accounts to cover costs associated with the city having to manually capture monthly usage data from the direct read meter.

(2)

A customer's desire to receive single family residential service with a direct read meter shall not dictate whether surrounding properties are served by a direct read or radio read water meter.

(3)

Service via a direct read water meter is not automatically portable.

a.

Customers relocating from an address served by a direct read meter to another single family residential address within the city's utility service area shall be required to execute an agreement for the new location and pay a $145.00 fee prior to the direct read meter being installed at the new location.

(4)

Upon receiving notice that a location served by a direct read water meter sells, transfers ownership, conveys, or otherwise vacates the property, or the property changes use to something other than a single family residence, the city shall automatically convert the meter serving that location to radio read technology.

(5)

Direct read water meter agreement/installation processing fees and the monthly meter reading charges are subject to change in accordance with city utility rate increases/decreases.

(Ord. 94-44, passed 9-26-94; Am. Ord. 97-79, passed 10-27-97; Am. Ord. 06-104, § 1, passed 9-25-06; Am. Ord. 07-41, § 1, 4-9-07; Am. Ord. 07-132, § 1, passed 9-24-07; Am. Ord. 08-18, § 1, passed 3-10-08; Am. Ord. 08-87, § 1, passed 9-22-08; Am. Ord. 10-44, § 1, passed 7-12-10; Am. Ord. 11-66, § 1, passed 9-12-11; Am. Ord. 12-48, § 4, 9-24-12; Ord. No. 13-51, § 1, 9-23-13; Ord. No. 13-57, § 1, 10-28-13; Ord. No. 16-63, § 2, 9-26-16; Ord. No. 17-63, § 1, 9-25-17; Ord. No. 18-39, § 1, 9-24-18)