§ 17.12.065. Payment for connection to water system for properties not included in benefit districts.

Properties not included in a benefit district which request connection to the water system shall pay an amount as determined to be appropriate by the Director of Public Works & Utilities and the City engineer. This amount shall be representative of the recent historical costs of constructing water service lines of a similar or representative type as those serving the connecting property, calculated on a square foot or frontage foot basis.

If, in the opinion of the Director of Public Works & Utilities, the connecting property constitutes an extraordinary use and/or is likely to place an extraordinary demand on the water system, the director is empowered to calculate an appropriate charge commensurate with this extraordinary use or demand and to assess this charge against the connecting property.

If the cost of the connection to the water system has been financed by a private entity, and if the cost of the connection has been included in the purchase price of the lot and improvements thereon, then no fees as called for in this section shall be assessed.

The appropriateness of the application of the ordinance provision codified in this section shall be discretionary and shall be based on the interpretation of written policy guidelines by the Director of Public Works & Utilities, the City engineer, and the director of planning and/or other parties as designated by the City manager.

(Ord. No. 43-770 § 1; Ord. No. 49-403 § 31, 12-11-2012)