§ 50.53 DISTRIBUTION LINE EXTENSIONS WITHIN OR BOUNDING A DEVELOPMENT.
   (A)   Installed by developer.
      (1)   Distribution lines shall be installed within or bounding the development to locations and grades and of such sizes as approved by the Town Engineer and Department and in conformance with town standards as adopted. Distribution lines of sizes and at locations approved by the Town Engineer and Department and in conformance with the town standards shall be installed for each lot within the development prior to paving the adjacent street.
      (2)   Where the line extensions or a portion of the line extension does not meet the requirements listed in division (B) below, the developer will be required to pay the full cost of the line extension or portion of the line extension.
      (3)   The town will enter into a reimbursement agreement with the developer requiring future customers to pay a pro rata share of the cost of the line extension if such initial service is taken during the term of the agreement. See §§ 50.65 through 50.69 of this chapter.
      (4)   The developer shall install a minimum one-inch water service connection for each lot within the development is his or her expense, concurrently with the water line construction in the development. The service connections installed by a developer shall be guaranteed against any and all defects by the developer for a period of one year after acceptance of the installations by the town. No one except authorized town personnel shall be authorized to install, remove or reinstall water meters and in the event the developer’s contractor, plumber, (or others), removes, changes or relocates water maters, the developer shall be charged the cost to the town for restoring meters to his or her authorized and designated locations.
      (5)   Fire hydrants shall be installed within and along perimeter streets of the development at locations and to lines and grades approved by the Town Engineer and in conformance with town standards.
      (6)   The developer shall be responsible for adjusting all water valves, meter boxes and appurtenances to the approved final grade before acceptance of the system by the town.
      (7)   A letter of acknowledgment shall be submitted by the developer concurrently with the submittal of proposed project design drawings. Included in the letter will be:
         (a)   Identification of the proposed project;
         (b)   Identification of the project developer; and
         (c)   Acknowledgment of the project developer.
            1.   The developer shall cause his or her professional engineer to submit all documentation required by the state’s Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) Engineering Bulletin No. 10, as applicable, to the ADEQ for review and approval and to obtain all permits required to facilitate completion of the proposed project.
            2.   The developer shall contract a professional engineer to provide detailed construction inspection services for the proposed project. Upon completion of the project, the developers engineer shall forward a copy of same, including one set of Mylar, reproducible as-built drawings, affixed with the developer’s engineer’s seal, and an electronic file to the town’s Department of Public Utilities, for review and approval.
            3.   Upon issuance of the approval to operate by ADEQ, final acceptance of the facility will be acknowledged by the town and the one-year warranty period shall commence.
   (B)   Installed by town.
      (1)   Subject to the limitation set forth below water line extensions of ten-inch or larger sizes as required by the Water Master Plan located on section lines and half section lines shall be installed by town employees or by contract at town expense.
      (2)   Extensions installed and paid for by the town will include the appropriate valves, tees, crosses and the like, as well as fire hydrants.
      (3)   Water service installations to serve individual lots shall not be considered as part of the line extension installed at town expense, but may be included at the time of construction at the developer’s expense.
      (4)   Line extensions are limited to a maximum per subdivision per fiscal year as budgeted in compliance with water adequacy.
      (5)   Any line extensions in excess of the limitations set forth in §§ 50.50 through 50.53 of this chapter as revised will be eligible for a reimbursement agreement under the provisions of §§ 50.65 through 50.69 of this chapter.
   (C)   Limitation on town installation.
      (1)   Funds for town installed line extensions are derived from system development charge.
      (2)   The total dollar amount of funds available in any one year for construction of distribution line extensions is limited by the town to an amount equal to the cost of construction of a combination of one-half mile of ten-inch and 12-inch main extensions.
      (3)   Distribution of available funds for line extensions each fiscal year shall be on a first come basis. The project effective date for availability of funds is the date of the posting of construction assurances with the Town Engineer.
(Prior Code, § 17-1-5) (Ord. 96-03, passed - -1996; Res. 96-01, passed - -1996; Ord. 00-05, passed - -2000; Ord. 10-02, passed - -2010)