(A) Where any property is not served by a service water pipe in front of or adjacent to such property and the owner desires a water service connection, such water service connection shall be furnished only on the condition that the owner pay all costs of installing the pipeline, the backfilling and repairing of streets through such property and in addition thereto pay for the meter installation as set out in the above section; provided that, the applicant shall be required to lay the size of pipe which in the opinion of the Water Supervisor, may be necessary or needful to serve other potential water users in the future along such street, in which event the city shall pay the difference in cost between the size of pipe needed by the applicant and that specified by the Water Supervisor; provided further that, all costs of installing the pipe to the place of the applicant, which has been paid by the applicant, shall be entered as a credit upon the account of the applicant and all water bills thereafter charged for the use of water shall be charged against such account until the cost of the installation has been paid in full, at which time the service line shall be considered the property of the city.
(B) The credit allowed a property owner on water charges, as provided in this section, shall be limited to a term of five years from the date of the installation of the original connection to the property. Thereafter, the property owner, or his or her successor in interest, shall pay the regular charges for all water consumed upon the premises, with no credit being thereafter allowed.
(Prior Code, § 28.01.080)