Sec. 82-248. Additional water and sanitary sewer connection charges.
(a)   In cases where the property to be connected to the system has not participated directly in the cost of the system improvements which specifically benefit the property or been assessed the cost by special assessment, an additional water and/or sanitary sewer connection charge shall be paid prior to the making of any service connection, based upon a share of the total cost of construction of such improvements as determined by the percentage by which the frontage and/or acreage of the connecting property bears to the frontage and/or acreage as determined by the city council, of all property which may potentially connect to such improvements.
(b)   The city treasurer shall determine the total cost of construction, including interest on bonded indebtedness, and shall establish a suspense account. The total street frontage and/or acreage as determined by the city council of all properties which may potentially connect to the system improvement shall then be calculated, and the treasurer shall compute the percentage of total frontage and/or acreage for each individual lot or parcel of property which may be connected to the system improvement. Property owned by the city shall be included in computing the total frontage and/or acreage but shall not be subject to the additional charge. In the case of charges based on frontage, the total cost for corner lots shall be determined by reference only to the largest side. Each owner of property which may thereafter connect to the system improvement, as determined from the assessor's records, shall then be mailed a notice advising them that their property shall be subject to an additional water and/or sanitary sewer connection charge if connected to the system improvement in the future and stating the amount, or method of calculating, such charge. The suspense account and the obligation to pay the additional water and/or sanitary sewer connection charge shall expire 40 years after completion of construction. The amount collected as an additional water or sewer connection charge shall be placed in the capital improvement fund for replacement, extensions, and improvements to the system.
(c)   In cases where the cost of a system improvement has been paid by a private party directly or through special assessment, the city may enter into an agreement with such party providing that future users who connect to the system improvement shall be charged a capital connection fee in an amount determined in accordance with subsection (b) above, and provide that a portion of the additional capital charge, as determined by the city council, may be collected and disbursed to the party paying for the construction of the improvement, or their designee. The balance of the amount collected as an additional water or sewer connection charge under this subsection which is not distributed to the party paying for the main shall be placed in the capital improvement fund for the system.
(Ord. No. 144, 5-16-2005)