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RESIDENTIAL NON-RESIDENTIAL Chapter 13.08 - WATER SERVICE REGULATIONS Sec. 13.08.030. - Separate connection required. Two or more premises may not be supplied from one and the same connection unless the structures on the premises are served in such a manner on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter. In the addition of a building or structure which adds a complete living unit in the case of a multifamily residence, or which adds a pad or pads to a mobile home court, or which adds rooms or apartments to an apartment house in the event such rooms are served by plumbing fixtures, or any addition not listed in this section which adds more than five points as computed by Table A under section 13.12.030, such addition shall require the payment of an extension charge to be computed according to the method of computing tap fees as outlined in chapter 13.12. This section shall apply to extensions to all existing water services as well as to future services. Chapter 13.12 - WATER SERVICE RATES AND FEES Sec. 13.12.020. - Tap fee generally. A. No water service shall be furnished to property unless a water tap permit has been issued for that property. The city shall provide a meter, a yoke, a corporation valve, a meter pit, if required, and all labor involved in installing the corporation valve. The owner shall be responsible for all excavation and installation of the service from the water main to the structure served. B. or eac unattache dwe ing unit, up ex unit anattac e. town ouse, a separate water tap must be purchased from the city and all required tap fees paid to the city. Apartment units shall not be treated as an unattached dwelling. C. The amount of the tap fee for residential units shall be determined by the city and shall be based upon the size of the tap, as calculated pursuant to the provisions of the Plumbing Code adopted by the city and set forth in Title 15, as then in effect, and by reference to the table of fees established by the city manager in accordance with section 13.12.040 subject to the following: 1. The minimum tap fee for each dwelling unit in a duplex shall be 100 percent of the existing charge for a three -quarter -inch tap. 2. The minimum tap fee for each townhouse in a group of attached "townhouses," as defined in Code section 17.08.560, shall be 80 percent of the existing charge for a three -quarter -inch tap. 3. The minimum tap fee paid for each multifamily dwelling unit other than a townhouse shall be 60 percent of the existing charge for a three- quarter -inch tap. 4. The minimum tap fee paid for each senior independent living unit, as defined in subsection E, below, shall be 30 percent of the existing charge for a three -quarter -inch tap. 5. Separate irrigation taps are required and shall be purchased for any townhouse, multifamily dwelling, or senior independent living unit development of five or more units. The director of public works may also require or approve or deny requests for purchase of separate irrigation taps for other types of development. In determining whether to require or to approve or deny such requests for separate irrigation taps for other types of development, the director of public works shall consider whether separate irrigation taps are necessary or appropriate based on the type and nature of the development, the operational needs or requirements of the city water system, the proposed manner of ownership and maintenance of landscaping within lots, common areas, and other parcels within the development, and any other factors deemed relevant by the director. 6. For any development subject to subsections 1, 2, or 3, above, the applicable percentage stated in such subsection shall be reduced by 15 percent if the development has purchased separate irrigation taps.