(a) The user or the owner of the property shall be responsible for all costs associated with onsite recycled water facilities.
(b) When City standards and specifications require a higher quality material, equipment, design or construction method than that required by other governing codes, rules and regulations, the City standards and specifications shall take precedence.
(1) In areas where recycled water is not immediately available when the use area is ready for construction, and if the City has determined that recycled water will be supplied in the future, onsite facilities shall be designed to use recycled water. Provisions shall be made to allow for connection to the City's offsite recycled water facilities, when available. In the interim, potable or other suitable water may be supplied to the onsite facilities through an "interim service connection."
(2) Conditions of interim service are:
(i) The City anticipates recycled water will be available to the site within five (5) years of the time interim service is initiated.
(ii) The user or the owner of the property must sign a recycled water use agreement.
(iii) The user or the owner of the property must agree to perform or pay for all work necessary to remove the interim connection and make connections to the permanent recycled water system at the time the recycled water system is installed.
(iv) An approved backflow prevention device is required on the interim service. The backflow prevention device shall be downstream of the meter and shall be a part of the onsite recycled water facilities.
(v) Future recycled water users will pay for the following:
(A) Cost of constructing and abandoning the interim service and cost of constructing the recycled water service.
(B) Applicable recycled water fees at the time service becomes available.
(C) Applicable interim water rates for the type of water delivered through the interim service.
(vi) When recycled water is available to the site, an inspection of the onsite facilities will be conducted by the Administrator to verify that the facilities are still in compliance with the recycled water use agreement. Recycled water service shall be provided on verification of compliance. If the facilities are not in compliance, the Administrator shall notify the user to make any necessary corrections.
(§ 1, Ord. 2689, eff. June 17, 1999, as amended by § 32, Ord. 2816, eff. December 1, 2005 and § 2, Ord. 3197, eff. January 7, 2022)