24.02.250 Fees for permits/approvals – Specific services

24.02.250 Fees for permits/approvals – Specific services.

1. The applicable city director shall develop for city council review and adoption a schedule of fees and charges for all permits and other specific services provided by the utility, including:

a. Utility developer extension agreements;

b. Water service and meter installation, modifications or repairs;

c. Fire hydrant use permits;

d. Backflow prevention assembly inspections and tests;

e. Disconnections of unauthorized connections;

f. Turn-on and turn-off services;

g. Inspections;

h. Abandonment of existing nonreusable water services;

i. Temporary lawn watering permits during water shortages;

j. Miscellaneous maps, plans, drawings, copies and documents provided by the utility; and

k. Tank lot users.

2. The fees referenced in this section are in addition to applicable rates for water service and connection charges.

B. Fee Amount. The fee amount for each permit, approval or specific service shall cover all the utility costs associated with that permit, approval or service, including all of the following that apply:

1. Labor, including any and all time spent on engineering, plan review, installation, properly abandoning any existing facilities, site restoration, inspection, testing, certification, creating an as-built of the project and legal review. Inspections and other work requested beyond normal working hours are charged based on the utility’s overtime pay practices;

2. Fees for materials or equipment issued by the utility, such as water services and meters;

3. Refundable deposits for utility-owned equipment such as fire hydrant wrenches and adapters;

4. Expenses including, but not limited to, supplies (not including office supplies), materials, equipment and tool rental, applicable state and federal taxes and any fees for permits the utility must obtain;

5. Water use, in the case of fire hydrant use permits, or estimated water use in the case of unauthorized connections or unreported use; and/or

6. Overhead, at a rate to be established by the utility pursuant to written procedures.

C. Fee Schedule. The applicable city director may adjust the schedule of fees and charges without further city council action to the extent necessary to reflect actual changes in the utility’s cost of providing the service. (Ord. 5963 § 1, 2010.)