§ 28-145. Payment.

(a)

The payment of the connection charge shall be made prior to the issuance of a building permit for a new building or structure and prior to the issuance of a permit for the connection of an existing building or structure to the city water or sewer system.

(b)

The owner of the property to be connected to the city water or sewer system may request the council to make the connection charges required by this section to be payable in installments. The council may by resolution provide that the connection charges be spread over a term of up to six years. The amount unpaid, from time to time, shall bear interest at the rate charged by the city on special assessments at the time the connection charges were payable. The amount of the connection charges so spread shall be certified to the county auditor for collection with interest in the same manner as other special assessments and shall become a lien upon the property until paid.

(c)

Payment reductions. Apartments and condominiums (four or more units) shall be computed as 80 percent of a unit if there is no plumbing for laundry facilities within each dwelling unit.

(Code 1970; Code 1992, § 1105.02(3); Ord. No. 1102, 12-21-1972; Ord. No. 1102-A1, 8-30-1989; Ord. No. 2008-02, 4-15-2008)