A water main extension will be made by the City upon application by any person desiring service to his or her property who signs a contract for such service and pays the cost thereof through a connection charge or otherwise as required by this chapter.
1. No water main will be extended beyond the City limits for commercial or residential purposes unless the applicant agrees to voluntarily petition for annexation simultaneously with such extension where the applicant’s property is contiguous to the corporate limits, or agrees to so petition as soon as the applicant’s property becomes contiguous to the City limits and files for future use such petition so conditioned.
2. Water mains will be extended beyond the City limits for any industrial establishment which will employ 10 employees or more within one year of the extension over the above existing employment in the community, without annexation being required if it is shown that the industry needs the tax benefit, or if it is on property not contiguous to the City limits.
3. If the Public Works Director determines that no foreseeable need will occur for a public water main, and so recommends to the Council upon Council approval, an applicant for service may be permitted to construct a private main in an undeveloped public right-of- way (i.e. no traveled way or no more than a graded or traveled vehicular way), provided the work shall meet the City requirements for installations in the public way, including placement in the standard location, protection of work, quality of construction, and backfilling. Such main shall originate in a meter and be the property of the owner who shall be responsible for maintenance in the same manner as with water service pipes. It shall be a condition of the contract for connection that the City will not reimburse the owner for such a main if it has to be replaced with a public main after five years or more use.
Water service shall be provided through an extension of a water main in the following cases:
1. For distances up to 50 feet beyond existing end of a City-owned main, upon request of a person who contracts to immediately tap the main upon the completion of the extension and who can be expected to use water service upon the completion of construction of the residence or commercial building or facility to be served, there shall be no connection charge.
2. Where two applicants, one on each side of a street, make application at the same time under the same contract conditions as in Subsection 1 above, extension will be made for 100 feet with no connection charge.
3. Where a single tap is contemplated by an applicant for an extension exceeding 50 feet and it is not foreseeable that other customer taps will be applied for before construction is begun, the applicant shall deposit with the City Clerk a sum equal to the estimated cost of the extension required, as determined by the Superintendent, and enter into a contract providing for the deposit and any future rebates in accordance with the following provisions:
A. The City will refund any excess of deposit over the actual cost for the extension.
B. For each customer later connected to the main, the City will rebate the proportional share (by feet of frontage) as set out in the contract, the cost of the extension to the original applicant, but not in excess of the final payment by that applicant, provided such connections are made within five years, after which time no rebates shall be paid. However, the applicant shall be entitled to a refund of the unpaid balance of the full amount deposited with the City whenever the revenue derived from the sale of water to customers directly connected to the extension is equal in each of two consecutive 12-month periods within the five years following application to 10 percent of the total actual cost of the main extension. Customer is defined as the occupant of a one-unit dwelling, a one-residence portion of a two-unit dwelling, or as a single commercial establishment contracting for water in its own name (and from its own meter).
4. The main extension shall be built to City standards and become the property of the City as it is installed. If the applicant hires the construction, the City shall inspect the work for compliance with City standards and may enforce the specifications.
No water tap will be allowed for service to a property except when a public water main runs along the street in front of the property (unless an alley or easement is determined by the City to be the best approach to serving the property) and at least 10 feet beyond the side property line, extended, nearest to the supply side of the main. The tap must be at least four feet beyond that property line, extended, of the abutting property. No public main shall be less than six inches in diameter, but no such six-inch main shall be extended more than 200 feet, and only if no foreseeable and feasible user can be served beyond said 200 feet. The City reserves the right to put in the size of main required for an adequate system of mains in the future to provide fire flow and adequate pressure for reasonably foreseeable customer service. The main shall be installed and of the quality required by specifications adopted by the Council upon recommendation of the Superintendent.
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