(a) Every person desiring sanitary sewer service within the city shall make written application to the plumbing department on forms prepared by the city and shall provide such information as may be necessary to properly process the application. The property owner or his lawful agent must sign the application.

(b) A sanitary sewer service permit shall become void six (6) months after the date of issuance if the building or structure for which it is intended has not been substantially begun. Substantially begun shall mean that the footings and the foundation to the first floor level or slab for the dwelling or other structure have been constructed.

(c) Laying the pipe from the sewer main to the property line shall be done at the expense of the property owner. The board of aldermen may establish, by resolution, a written schedule of fees for same. No sewer line connected to a sewer main shall have a diameter of less than six (6) inches.

(d) The charge for connecting one dwelling unit to the sewer shall be established by the board of aldermen annually.

(e) Any extension of the sewer main shall be at the sole expense of the property owner requesting sewer service.

(f) The above charges shall be paid upon application for such installation. No building or other permits shall be issued until the charges shall have been paid. Special assessment fees and/or tap fees which are paid for sanitary sewer service that become void shall be nonrefundable.

(g) The term “dwelling unit” and the calculation of equivalent dwelling units for commercial, industrial, institutional or other uses shall be as defined and provided in Appendix G of this Code. (Code 1953, § 16.12; 1961 Supp., § 16.12; Ord. No. G-80-4, § 1, 4-3-80; Ord. No. G-87-11, § 1, 7-9-87; Ord. No. G-90-14, § 1, 8-22-90)