(a) (1) From and after the effective date of this ordinance, no extension to any City owned water supply transmission line or to any part of the City-owned water distribution system shall be allowed until a permit is obtained and payment or satisfactory surety for payment as a contribution to aid in construction has been made into the City of Carmel "Water Main Extension Fund," which is a depository for said contributions. These payments designated as "availability contributions," shall be from time to time, updated and fixed by the City of Carmel but shall be established as an acreage cost based on the project cost of the transmission line(s), and/or existing system reinforcing, and operations necessary to provide adequate service to a service area or sub-area as defined by the Board of Public Works and Safety, with the total cost to be divided by the total number of acres within the service area or sub-area. Provided, however, that the application-owners of real estate applying for the service shall make payment to the City Engineer or provide surety for such payment in accordance with costs set forth, by platted sections before they are signed per Ordinance No. Z-160 and recorded, but in no event shall any subdivision or final plats be signed per Ordinance No. Z-160 and recorded until satisfactory proof or surety of full payment of the contribution is on file with the Department of Community Development.
(2) The "availability contribution" will be allocated to and paid into the project costs of the specific off-site transmission line, on site distribution system oversizing, and/or existing system reinforcing, for which it is paid. Project costs, in all cases, shall expressly include construction costs, legal costs, engineering costs, construction inspection costs, and permit costs of projects administered by the Board of Public Works and Safety. All elements of the project costs must be disbursed by the City from the funds deposited as "availability contributions" for that specific project. If the entire contribution of the computed costs per acre is not needed for a specific development, the excess, if any, will remain in the fund to be disbursed as hereinafter provided.
(3) The "availability contributions" are hereby established at $2,222 per acre, This "availability contribution" may from time to time be changed by the City of Carmel.
(Ord. A-54, §4.03 (b), 1-4-82; Ord. A-66, §1, 12-7-92; Ord. A-71, 3-15-93; Ord. D-1444-99, 12-6-99; Ord. A-96-08, 8-4-08; Ord. D-2270-16, §2, 1-4-16)
(b) Section 8-65 of this Code addresses Excavation in Streets—Permits and Regulations.
(`91 Code, § 9-31)