(a) It is hereby declared to be the policy of the City that no person, property owner, corporation, entity, association, or organization, including land subdividers or developers or agents thereof, subject to the exceptions outlined in subsections (c) and (d) below, shall be permitted to connect to or extend in any manner, any City water line unless the property benefitting from such connection or extension is first annexed into the City.
(b) Any property located outside of the City corporation limits that is presently being provided with City water service shall be exempt from such policy and shall be entitled to continue receiving such service upon the following terms and conditions:
(1) The use of such water at said premises shall be subject to all City ordinances and regulations relating thereto, including without limitation, all regulations pertaining to backflow prevention.
(2) Each existing tap shall serve only one principal structure on a lot or parcel of real property, and no taps into an existing tap or service line shall be permitted. Laterals may not be extended from one property to another.
(3) The cost of maintaining, repairing and replacing any existing service line from the point of tapping into the City water line to the premises served by such line shall be at the sole cost of the property owner.
(4) The rate for water service provided to customers outside the City corporation limits shall be the basic rate charged to customers located within the corporation limits, plus a surcharge of fifty percent (50%) for usage reflected in the July 2002 billing cycle and thereafter; provided, however, the City has and reserves a right to change from time to time both the basic rate and surcharge to be assessed and collected from all water customers located outside its City corporation limits.
(5) The City does not represent or warrant that at all times there will be a sufficient supply of water to meet the needs of water customers located outside its corporation limits nor that there will always be adequate pressure in its water lines.
(c) An exception to the policy adopted in paragraph (a) above which requires annexation before City water will be provided outside the corporation limits is granted if there is an agreement between Galion City Council, the Board of County Commissioners having jurisdiction of the territory where such water service may be provided, and the owner(s) of all property(ies) to receive such water service. Said agreement shall require said property owner(s) to file or join in an application with the appropriate County Commissioners to have such property(ies) annexed to the City of Galion as soon as such process can be commenced and to diligently pursue such proceedings to conclusion, and shall require that the Board of Township Trustees having jurisdiction over the subject property(ies) also adopt a resolution agreeing not to object to such annexation of the property(ies) to the City of Galion.
(d) An exception to the policy adopted in paragraph (a) above which requires annexation before City water will be provided outside the corporation limits is granted to any person, property owner, corporation, entity, association, or organization including land subdividers or developers or agents thereof in control of a parcel of property outside the corporate limits which is used for residential purposes and is further one through which or is immediately adjacent to a parcel through which runs an existing water line. Such a parcel may be connected to said existing line subject to the provisions of subsections (b) (1) through (5) above. All costs of said connection shall be borne by the property owner. This exception to the standard policy disallowing connections outside of the corporate limits shall be in effect only as long as said parcel continues in residential use.
(Ord. 2015-95. Passed 11-10-15.)