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Council reviews tap fees and agrees to extend sewer manhole to avoid street-cut cost for downtown business
Summary
Staff said residential taps are $300 and commercial $400; materials estimated roughly $5/foot for lateral extension. For a Main Street case the city will extend sewer and place a manhole to allow on-side connections so affected businesses avoid a street-cut fee.
Councilors discussed how the city charges for sewer connections and a proposed policy change to avoid unequal costs when properties must cross a street to reach a lateral.
City staff said the city’s residential sewer tap fee is $300 and the commercial tap is $400. Materials to extend sewer laterals ran about $5 per linear foot in the example presented; staff used a hypothetical 300-foot extension to show materials of roughly…
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