(a) Where a public utility has been installed or constructed and the benefitting property owners have been assessed for such installation or construction, no property owner not assessed for such utility shall be permitted to tap into or connect into such utility service for his/her property or any part thereof unless there is first paid to the City an amount similar to that which the assessed property owners have paid or are being assessed, which amount or rate shall be determined by the same method and in the same manner as the benefitting property owners were assessed for their tract or tracts of land (Ord. 1963-122. Passed 11-7-63.)
(b) In cases where the line fronting the parcel has been constructed at the sole cost of one other than the City and subsequently dedicated to the City, a portion of any subsequent assessment paid to the City under (a) of this section shall be reimbursed equally to the current policy owner(s) in the development for which the utilities were built in accordance with the following schedule. The schedule is based upon the age of the line and the value added by the City due to its operation and maintenance services since its date of acceptance.
Age | Reimbursement |
0-2 years |
90% |
2-5 years |
75% |
5-7 years |
50% |
7-10 years |
25% |
More than 10 years |
0% |
(Ord. 1999-97. Passed 8-11-99)