The owner of premises who is required to install a sewer main extension within a public street, public utility easement, public service easement, or public sewer easement as provided by this article shall be entitled to reimbursement for part of the cost incurred in installing the sewer main extension. Such reimbursement shall be made from sewer main installation charges assessed and levied upon the owner of premises connecting to such sewer main; except that the owner of premises for which a tentative subdivision map has been approved by the city shall not be entitled to any reimbursement from the owners of lots or parcels within such subdivision that are subsequently connected to the sewer system. All sewer main reimbursements shall be made in accordance with a written reimbursement agreement executed between the city and the owner of the premises installing the sewer main extension which shall provide that the owner of such premises shall be reimbursed for the cost incurred in installing the sewer main extension on the basis of the sewer main installation rates established by this chapter and the front footage of the lot or parcel on which premises subsequently connecting to the sewer system are located. The total amount reimbursed shall not exceed the total cost of the sewer main extension, less the sewer main installation fee which the owner of the premises installing the sewer main extension would have had to pay, as provided by this chapter, if a sewer main had not been adjacent to the particular lot, parcel, or subdivision on or within which such premises are located. Such reimbursement shall be made over a stipulated period between 15 and 30 years in duration, beginning the date the sewer main extension is completed and accepted by the city, all as determined by the director.
(Ord. 1735 §1 (part), Ord. 2158 §6, Ord. 2364 §273)