8-1-3: MANDATORY CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SYSTEMS:
   A.   The City shall regulate connection to public water, sanitary sewer and stormwater utility systems pursuant to Minnesota Statutes section 412.221.
   B.   It shall be unlawful for any person to install or hook up to a private water system to provide water for human consumption, irrigation or other domestic use, install or hook up to a private sanitary sewer system, or to hook up to private stormwater sewer and/or drainage system in the City, except in cases where the public water, sanitary sewer, or stormwater sewer and/or drainage systems are not accessible to the premises requesting installation or hookup.
   C.   The City Engineer shall determine if the public water, sanitary sewer, or stormwater sewer and/or drainage systems are accessible to the premises requesting installation or hookup to public systems.
   D.   Capacity for sanitary sewer and water service shall be reserved upon payment of utility availability charges for a period of five (5) years. If, after five (5) years, a user having paid utility availability charges has not paid the required utility connection charges applicable to the use and connected to the Municipal utility system, there shall be no guarantee of adequate sanitary sewer or water utility capacity to serve a development of the property. (Prior Code § 6-1-3)