17-10903 Water Taps & Charges (Summary published in The Salina Journal on November I 0 , 2017.)
(Published on the City of Salina's website for a minimum of one week from November 17, 2017.)
ORDINANCE NUMBER 17-10903
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SALINA CODE SECTION 41-28 PERTAINING TO WATER
TAPS AND CHARGES AND SECTION 41-71.1 PERTAINING TO SEWER CONNECTION
PERMITS AND FEES AND REPEALING THE EXISTING SECTIONS.
w BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of Salina, Kansas:
h Section 1. Amendment. Section 41-28 of the Salina Code is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 41-28. Taps and charges.
(a) Pursuant to K.S.A. 12-860, as amended, when a person requests water service to any property
served by a water main for which no owner of the property has paid the share of the cost of
installation of the water main attributable to the property, such person shall, as a condition
precedent to the installation of service, pay a charge to be established by the city manager or the
city manager's designee based upon either the actual cost plus reasonable interest or the present-
day estimated cost of installation of the water main apportioned on either the front-footage or
the square footage of the lot to be served, whichever is more equitable under the circumstances.
(b) Any person requesting a new water service shall apply for such service at the utilities department
office. The utility will tap the main and install the water service line terminating with a curb cock if
the meter is to be installed on private property or terminate with a curb cock and meter set if meter is
installed on public property. Before the new service is initiated, the person shall pay the charge
described in subsection (a). The city shall inspect and approve all plumbing on private property
served by the service line prior to initiation of service.
(c) If a customer or property owner requests the replacement or relocation of all or any part of an
existing water service line due to size or location, the city manager or the city manager's designee
will review the request and, if approved, determine the estimated cost of the work. The customer or
property owner will then deposit the estimated cost of the work with the water utility and the water
utility will cause the work to be performed. Upon completion of the work, the deposit will be
applied to the actual cost of the work and the customer or property will either be reimbursed or pay
that amount necessary to equal the actual cost of the work before service will be reinitiated.
Section 2. Amendment. Section 41-71.1 of the Salina Code is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 41-71.1. Sewer connection permits and fees.
(a) Pursuant to K.S.A. 12-860, as amended, when a person requests sanitary sewer service to any
property served by a water main for which no owner of the property has paid the share of the
cost of installation of the water main attributable to the property, such person shall, as a
condition precedent to the installation of service, pay a charge to be established by the city
manager or the city manager's designee based •upon either the actual cost plus reasonable
interest or the present-day estimated cost of installation of the sanitary sewer main apportioned
on either the front-footage or the square footage of the lot to be served, whichever is more
equitable under the circumstances.
(b) Any person requesting a new sanitary sewer service shall apply for such service at the utilities
department office. Before the new service is connected, the person shall pay the charge described in
subsection (a). The city shall inspect and approve all the plumbing on private property serviced by
the service line prior to the sanitary sewer being connected.
Section 3. Repealer. Existing Salina Code Sections 41-28 and 41-71.1 are repealed.
Section 4. Effective. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption and
publication once in the official city newspaper by the following summary:
Ordinance No. 17-10903 Summary
On November 6, 2017, the City Commission passed Ordinance No. 17-10903. The Ordinance
amends Salina Code Sec. 41-28 pertaining to water taps and charges and Section 41-71.1
pertaining to sewer connection permits and fees and repeals the existing sections. A complete
copy of the Ordinance can be found at w w.salina-ks.gov or in the office of the City Clerk, 300
W. Ash, free of charge. This summary is certified by the City's legal counsel.
Introduced: November 6, 2017
Passed: November 6, 2017
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Shan Wicks, CMC. City Clerk �,(Thep ficaf.n su ary set forth above is certified this , day of November, 2017.
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