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3) City Property. All water meters are and shall remain the property of the City, and may be replaced or changed by the City whenever deemed necessary. 4) Meter installation. Meters shall be installed in conformance with City policies and guidelines. 51.06. CONNECTION OR TAPPING PROHIBITED - DELINQUENT ASSESSMENTS OR CHARGES. No permit shall be granted to tap or connect with sewer or water mains when any assessment or connection charge for such sewer or water main against the property to be connected is in default or delinquent. If such assessment or connection charges are payable in installments, no permit shall be granted unless all installments then due and payable have been paid. 51.07. CONNECTION CHARGES. A) No permit shall be issued to tap or connect with any municipal utility either directly or indirectly from any lot or tract of land unless the city administrator shall have certified: 1) That the lot or tract of land, or portion of said lot or tract, to be served by such connection has been assessed for the cost of construction of the municipal utility facility with which the connection is made; or 2) If no assessment has been levied for said construction cost, that proceedings for levying such assessment have been or will be commenced in due course; or B) Unless covered by Subparagraph A, above, the applicant shall pay a connection fee equal to the proportionate cost of construction of the municipal utility facility and necessary street repairs. The cost is to be determined by the City using the same formulas as were used {or assessments previously levied against other property for the municipal utility facility and shall include equivalency charges as required to arrive at the present day worth of the municipal utility service. This equivalency charge shall be equal to simple interest calculated from the project assessment date to the service connection date at the rate of interest at which the bonds sold to fmance the project were issued minus a depreciation factor of three (3) percent per year. If no such assessment has been levied, the cost shall be determined by the Council, and in determining said cost the Council shall take into consideration the front footage, shape and area of the lot or tract of land with which the connection is made. Upon written request of the owner of the lot or tract of land, showing good cause, the Council may provide that the connection charge be specially assessed as a lien against the lot or tract of land payable in semi-annual installments for a term of years at an interest rate as the City Council shall determine. Unless deferred payment is so authorized, all connection charges shall be payable in full prior to the issuance of a building permit for new construction on the lot or tract of land. C) SEWER AVAILABILITY CHARGE (SAC). . No permit shall be issued for any connection, repair, enlargement or alteration to the sewer system until a determination has been made by the city of the service availability charge (SAC), to be imposed by the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission, and the applicant has paid to the city the full amount of any service availability charge that may be applicable. (Ord. 30, passed 5-'11-1977) 1