The cost of an extension to or in an unconventionally subdivided area shall be borne by the applicant requiring the extension, in conformity with the following provisions:
(A) Upon receipt of an application for water service which requires an extension, when the application is properly filled out and provides an accurate description of the property to be served, the City Manager shall cause the Water Department to prepare a map showing the area to be benefitted by the extension and to make an estimate of cost of installation of the proposed extension.
(1) The applicant shall then deposit a sum of money, equal to this estimated cost, with the city.
(2) Following receipt of the deposit, the City Manager shall cause the proposed extension to be constructed. Or, upon approval of the City Manager and subject to specifications of and inspection by the Water Department, the proposed extension may be installed by private contract at the applicant's sole expense with no refund provisions applicable thereto.
(3) Upon completion of an extension which has been provided for by a deposit with the city, the actual cost of making the extension shall be determined. The actual applicable cost as determined in accordance with division (D) below shall be divided by the number of square feet in the area benefitted by the extensions, as determined by the City Manager, and the resulting unit cost per square foot thus determined shall be the basis for making refunds to the applicant who made the deposit, and for determining the water main construction charges to be made for future service connections to the extension.
(4) In the event the applicant's deposit for estimated costs of installation of an extension exceeds the actual cost of the installation, the excess shall be refunded to the applicant and in the event the deposit is less than the actual cost of installation the applicant shall be liable to the city for the deficiency.
(B) (1) Where subsequent connections are made to the extension and where a portion or all of the cost of main extensions was paid by the applicant, the water main construction charges received by the city for subsequent service connections to the extension for a period of ten years following the date of completion of the extension, the applicable portion of the cost shall be refunded to the person who paid for the extension or to his or her successors or assigns, as hereinafter provided.
(2) Sale of the property herein referred to and conveyance of the title thereto shall constitute an assignment to the purchaser of the property, and payment of the amount as becomes due to the maker thereof or the purchaser of the property shall constitute a discharge of the obligations to the city of the amount so paid. After the expiration of the ten-year period, any water main construction charges subsequently received shall become the sole property of the city.
(3) A water main construction charge for each and every service connection to an extension installed under the provisions of this chapter shall be paid before the service connection is made.
(a) The water main construction charge is separate from and is in addition to the service connection charge required by any other section of this chapter.
(b) The service connection charges as defined above are not refundable.
(c) Water main construction charges shall be determined by multiplying the number of square feet of ground area to be benefitted by the service connection by the unit cost per square foot as defined above.
(d) Any property lying within the area to be benefitted by the extension, as determined in division (A) above, shall pay a water main construction charge as determined above before water service will be supplied the property.
(e) Water service shall be discontinued immediately when found to be supplied to any property within the area benefitted if the water main construction charge for service to that property has not been paid.
(C) The cost of installing a water main extension less than six inches in diameter including pumps, tanks and appurtenances, shall be borne entirely by the applicant and there shall be no refund provisions for future service connections to such an extension.
(D) (1) The cost of making extensions six inches and eight inches in diameter and feeder mains from the nearest adequately supplied point in the water distribution system and including pumps, tanks and other appurtenances shall be charged against the applicant. If the extension is provided for by deposit with the city, the actual applicable cost referred to in division (A) above shall be the entire cost of the six-inch or eight-inch pipe lines including facilities such as pumps, tanks and other appurtenances.
(2) The applicable cost of making an extension larger than eight inches in diameter when the larger diameter extension is recommended by the City Manager, shall be determined as follows: The estimated cost of the water main including pumps, tanks and appurtenances, shall be provided for by a deposit made by the applicant and the difference in cost between an eight-inch water main and the larger diameter actually installed shall be borne by the city. Subsequent water main connection charges shall be based on the estimated cost of an eight-inch main, and the refunds to the applicant who made the deposits as hereinbefore provided, shall be upon such basis.
('61 Code, § 24.84) (Ord. 257, passed - - )