(a) For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the county may make a charge for every sewer and water connection. The funds derived from these charges may be used for payment of principal and interest on bonds, accumulating funds for capital improvements, for acquisition and construction of water and sewerage systems and the operation and maintenance thereof and for the purchase of equipment and supplies necessary to the operation of the board. Connection charges may be established by the board. These charges may be based upon reasonable classifications as the board may determine and those classifications may vary within any water or sewer system and among any of those systems depending on any special circumstances which the [commission] board finds exist. The charges provided are not to be limited to the costs to the board for making those connections. The board is empowered to determine the manner in which charges shall be payable.
(b) The board may permit a connection with a water main or sewer by a property owner whose property does not abut on the water main or sewer. The entire cost of extending the system to the property to be connected (specifically including, but without limitation, the cost of engineering and feasibility studies and of acquiring necessary easements) shall be paid by the property owner requesting service. However, if the size of the extension required by the county exceeds that which may be necessary to serve the property of the owner requesting service, then the cost of the excess shall be paid by the board. The costs to be paid by the property owner, as estimated by the board, plus a reasonable reserve for contingencies, shall be deposited by the property owner with the board before the county enters into any contract or incurs any expense in connection with the proposed extension. The cost of the extension required to be paid by the property owner shall be in addition to those front foot benefit assessments as may be assessed according to § 2-13-18 of this chapter and those connection charges as may be imposed according to subsection (A) of this section.
(Code 1959, § 10A-27; 1968, Chapter 609, § 1; 1970, Chapter 113, § 1; 1979, Chapter 723, § 1)
Editor’s note:
Ch. 723 of the 1979 Acts designated the above section as section 10A-27 of the 1959 county code.; however, such section constitutes as amendment and renumbering of former section 10A-20 of the 1959 Code.