A. Connection Required; Time Limit: The owners of all houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy, employment, education, recreation or other purposes situated within the city and abutting on any street, alley or right of way in which there is now located, or may in the future be located, a city water line, are hereby required, at their expense, to connect their facility with the proper city water line (in accordance with all city requirements) and pay all city fees and use charges therefor, within one hundred twenty (120) days after the date of official city notice to do so; provided, that the city water line is within three hundred feet (300') of the property line.
B. Private Water Wells:
1. Connection To City Water Required: It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain or establish a private water well to serve a facility, unless he shall first be connected to the municipal water system and pay the monthly water fees and charges; provided, that he meets all the requirements for mandatory hookup established in subsection A of this section.
2. Exception: Where a city water line does not lie within three hundred feet (300') of the property line, or is not scheduled to be placed within three hundred feet (300') of the property line in the near future (1 to 5 years), an individual may utilize or establish a private water well without connection to the municipal water system and therefore, without payment of the municipal water system fees and charges.
C. Application For Connection; Payment Of Fee: No unauthorized person shall make any connections with any city water line without first having made application therefor to the city clerk-treasurer, and without first having paid the established fee.
D. Rural Water District: The requirements of this section shall not apply to persons currently being served directly by an existing rural water district. (1991 Code § 16-11)