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 Waxahachie
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 33. UTILITIES
 Article II. RATES AND CHARGES

  § 33-43. Fees for tapping, street cutting and road boaring.  

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  • (a)

    Tapping fees shall be amended as follows:

    (1)

    For water:

    Standard single-family residential tap and service line is 1-inch in size and a cost of nine hundred twenty-one dollars ($921.00).

    One and one-half-inch and larger service lines and meter: Cost of materials and labor as determined by the director of utilities or city public works director.

    (2)

    For sewer:

    Four-inch tap: Five hundred seventy-four dollars ($574.00).

    Larger than four-inch: Cost of materials and labor as determined by the director of utilities or city public works director.

    (3)

    All meters will be sized in accordance with the director of utilities and/or city building official. This includes all new construction, industrial and commercial; all remodeling of existing structures which may require additional water service; and all irrigation/sprinkler systems.

    (4)

    Meter set fee:

    5/8× ¾-inch meter and set fee: Two hundred seventy-five dollars ($275.00).

    One-inch and larger: Cost of materials and labor as determined by the director of utilities or city public works director.

    (b)

    Street cutting fees shall be as follows:

    (1)

    Asphalt or seal coated street repair:

    Twenty-seven dollars ($27.00) per linear foot with a two hundred eighty dollars ($280.00) minimum or actual cost.

    (2)

    Concrete street repair:

    Forty dollars ($40.00) per linear foot with a three hundred ninety-five dollars ($395.00) minimum or actual cost.

    (c)

    Road boring fees:

    Seventeen dollars ($17.00) per foot, per inch diameter pipe with a three hundred eighty-four dollar ($384.00) minimum.

    (d)

    Fee for sending a crew and equipment to locate and/or remove an existing water and/or sewer tap/service is:

    Three hundred forty dollars ($340.00).

    (e)

    Fee for bull head one-inch water service:

    Four hundred eighty dollars ($480.00).

    (f)

    Fee for water and/or sewer utility investigations:

    Sixty dollars ($60.00).

    (g)

    Industrial pretreatment permits and permit amendment fees:

    One hundred forty dollars ($140.00) per permit year.

    (h)

    Surcharge fees:

    Conventional Pollutants of BOD, TSS and Fats, Oils, and Grease in excess of 240 mg/l, 270 mg/l, and 20 mg/l respectively in any waste stream discharged to POTW, will be surcharged at the following rates:

    BOD: Twenty-four cents ($0.24) per pound.

    TSS: Twenty-four cents ($0.24) per pound.

    Fats, Oil, and Grease: Twenty-two cents ($0.22) per pound.

    (i)

    Industrial sampling and resampling fees:

    One hundred twenty-two dollars ($122.00) per event.

    (j)

    Waste hauler permitting fee:

    One hundred fifty-one dollars ($151.00) for first truck; and

    Ninety-two dollars ($92.00) additional trucks.

(Ord. No. 1129, § 1, 5-6-74; Ord. No. 1304, § 1, 11-3-80; Ord. No. 1406, 6-4-84; Ord. No. 1544, 8-18-86; Ord. No. 1669, 10-16-89; Ord. No. 1746, 7-6-92; Ord. No. 1819, 9-12-94; Ord. No. 1836, 8-7-95; Ord. No. 1872, 8-5-96; Ord. No. 1906, 9-8-97; Ord. No. 2051, 9-25-00; Ord. No. 2099, 9-17-01; Ord. No. 2144, 9-16-02; Ord. No. 2556, 2-1-10; Ord. No. 2586, 9-29-10; Ord. No. 2679, 9-25-12; Ord. No. 2732, 2-17-14 ; Ord. No. 2813 , 9-21-15; Ord. No. 2968, 9-18-17 )