1. The owners of parcels of less than one acre in size located within the benefited district may connect such parcels to the sanitary sewer facility or water main facility upon approval of their application for connection, payment of the minimum connection fee, or the fee for one acre if the connection fee is a per-acre fee for the parcel, and construction, at the owner’s expense, of appropriate connection structures, as determined necessary by the City.
2. The owners of residences on parcels in excess of one acre in size located within the benefited district may connect such residences to the major sanitary sewer facility or major water main facility upon approval of their application for connection and division of said parcel into a residence parcel and a remainder parcel, payment of the connection fee for the residence parcel and construction, at the owner’s expense, of appropriate connection structures, as determined necessary by the City. The connection fee for the remainder parcel shall be payable at such time as the remainder parcel shall be connected to the major sanitary sewer facility or major water main facility. For purposes of this section, a parcel may be divided once. For purposes of this section, division of the property into a residence parcel and a remainder parcel may be accomplished by submitting a drawing showing a graphical depiction of the two parcels including dimensions accurate to within a distance of one foot, a legal description of the entire parcel and a legal description of the residence parcel with such accuracy as to allow the City to determine a reasonable description of the remainder parcel. For purposes of this section, the division of property does not require a subdivision of the property or a plat of survey.
3. No connection shall be made for the purpose of providing water or sewer service to any property except direct connections to serve property included within the benefited district.
4. Sanitary sewer service or water service can be provided to parcels and facilities owned by a political subdivision of the State of Iowa, in the same manner and under the same procedures set forth in this section for parcels less than one acre in size, described in subsection 1, above.
5. All other property located within the benefited district shall be eligible for connection to the sanitary sewer facility or water main facility upon approval of an application for connection by the owner thereof, as hereafter provided, and payment of the connection fee for such property, provided such property has been appropriately subdivided for development, and, where applicable, all sanitary sewer improvements and/or water main improvements necessary to serve said property have been constructed, at the owner’s expense, and accepted by the City.
6. The owner of any parcel making a connection to water main or sanitary sewer facilities, as authorized and permitted herein, shall be solely responsible for the cost of making such connection. Such connection shall be designed and installed in complete accordance with all applicable City ordinances, rules, and regulations.