Sec. 12.1 Laterals included in cost. - In ordering water or sewer line extensions, or both, and the assessment of the costs thereof under authority of [General Statutes, section] 160A-216 or any other law, the city council is hereby authorized to include in such extensions water and sewer line laterals, and to include the cost of such laterals in the total cost to be assessed upon abutting properties.
(Amended by Senate Bill 1497, passed 6-4-90)
Sec. 12.2 Corner lot exemptions. - The city council is hereby authorized to establish, by ordinance or resolution, schedules of exemptions for assessments for water and sewer line extensions for corner lots when water or sewer lines, or both, are installed along both sides of such lots and when the cost of such installation along both sides were or are financed in whole or in part by assessments. The schedules of exemptions may be classified as to land uses (residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, or agricultural) and shall be uniform for each such classification used; provided, however, that no schedule of exemptions may provide for exemption of more than seventy-five percent of the frontage on any side of a corner lot, or one hundred fifty feet, whichever is greater.
Sec. 12.3 Acreage charges. - In addition to water and sewer service charges and connection charges, the city council may establish and collect acreage charges for the privilege of connecting to the city water and sewerage systems, both within and outside the corporate limits, to aid in the financing of new water and sewer mains and sewer outfalls and the replacement or enlargement of existing mains and outfalls. Such charges shall apply uniformly to all properties to which water or sewerage service is extended subsequent to the establishment of such charges; provided, however, that the council may establish higher acreage charges for property developed or to be developed for commercial, industrial, or institutional uses than those established for residential uses, and may base acreage charges for residential property upon the number of dwelling units per acre of land.