A. Prior to a change in the class, type or size of connection, the customer shall reapply as an applicant for new service connection.

B. Change in Use. The utility may require the owner to pay a new plant investment fee for an existing connection where conditions of service are significantly changed from the use under which the connection application was approved. Significant means that the volume and/or peak demand have increased sufficiently that city approved plumbing standards would recommend a larger service line, that the increase is sustained for at least two consecutive months and likely to recur from year to year.

C. A customer paying a new plant investment fee for an existing connection or reapplying for a new service connection shall pay the utility the difference between the cost of the new connection and the cost for the current connection if the new connection cost is greater than the current connection cost. The utility shall not reimburse the customer’s account if the new connection cost is less than the cost of the current connection. The cost of both the current and new connection shall be based upon the current rate schedule applied to the size and use of the current connection and new connection. (Ord. 656 § 1(part), 2004)