12.40.020 Permits.
Owners of premises within the city utility service areas adjacent to and abutting upon the sanitary sewer system, water system, or drainage system, and which premises have not been previously assessed under a local improvement district, or some other method, may connect those premises to and utilize service from such systems upon receipt of a permit issued by the director of public works. Such permit shall be issued only upon written application to the director by the owner of the premises to be served and subject to the following terms and conditions:
(1) Payment of the appropriate fees for the systems:
(a) Water: plant investment charge for water pursuant to SMC 12.16.012 and 12.16.013;
(b) Sewer: plant investment charge for sewer pursuant to SMC 12.04.040;
(c) Drainage: plant investment charge for drainage pursuant to SMC 12.12.050.
(2) The plant investment charges are separate and additional to the permit for water service connection, sewer connection, and drainage connection.
(3) The plant investment charges are immediately due and payable upon, and concurrently with, the issuance of a valid building permit or a valid permit for connection to the sewer, water or drainage system of the city, whichever occurs first. (Ord. 1405 § 1 (Exh. 1), 2015; Ord. 1107, 2001; Ord. 787 § 3, 1989).