Rate change effective October 1, 2020
The total fee for permit approval shall be the sum of the below elements. An additional 25% shall be added to the total permit for applications outside the City limits for water system fees. (Ord. No. 1820)
Permit Base Fee:
- Residential water service permit-$195.00
- Commercial or industrial water service permit-$225.00
- Fire hydrant-$195.00
- Sprinkler system connection-$250.00
- Cross connection control:
- Residential irrigation system -$125.00
- All other systems -$175.00
Inspection Fee:
2 hours x Current Inspector Burdened Rate (Minimum)-$150.00
Additional inspection as warranted: # hours x Staff Burdened Rate
(((Frontage Linear Feet/250) x 4) + 10) x Current Inspector Burdened Rate
Purity test
– Initial Test -$35.00
– First retake/additional retake -$35.00
Plan Review Fee:
1 hour x Current Engineer Burdened Rate (Minimum)-$110.00
In-house plan review fee + # hours x Current Engineer Burdened Rate
Third-party review fees as billed to City, including City administrative costs
Burdened rate for City staff:
Associate Engineer -$110.00
Engineering Technician -$75.00
System Development Charge
per equivalent residential unit (ERU):
Single family dwelling and the first unit per building for multi-family-$6,414.93
Every other unit per building in multi-family dwellings as ¾ of an ERU
Each industrial customer based on 3.50 ERU per acre-$22,452.30
Meter size in inches
3/4″ $6,414.93
1″ $16,037.35
1 1/2″ $32,074.75
2″ $51,319.56
3″ $96,244.17
4″ $160,351.47
6″ $320,747.27
8″ $513,195.64
Water meter only installation:
3/4″-$300.98
1″-$404.21
1.5″-$684.49
2″-$878.11
Water tap supplies and water meter shall be installed by the Public Works Dept.:
3/4″-$911.53
1″-$1,094.49
1.5″-$2,596.01
2″-$2,844.64
Contact Us
Allison Judge, Permit Specialist, 253-299-5530, allisonj@sumnerwa.gov
To schedule inspections, please call the 24-hour inspection line at 253 299-5530.
For more information on code issues, please contact the Building Official at 253-299-5522 or rickk@sumnerwa.gov.