When water or sewer connections shall be desired within the corporate limits of the city by a bona fide customer who shall be a customer of a permanent and established character, which customer will receive water service at a premises involved with structures of a permanent nature, if such location is situated upon a street or adjacent to the property where no water or sewer mains or lines have been laid, the city will construct and extend its water and sewer mains or both or the city will allow the construction and extension of its water and sewer mains or both from the nearest existing main to a point suitable for such desired locations, subject to the following terms and conditions.
(A) Priority shall be given to applicants on a first-come, first-served basis.
(B) The applicant will be required to submit as part of the written application such information, plans, or other data as may be required to adequately determine if the requirements of this subchapter are to be met. The size of water mains and sanitary sewer mains to be installed and the other required system facilities shall be determined by the City Council but in accordance with the recognized standards and accepted engineering practices and design. The Council reserves the right to secure the services of competent engineers and city planners in making this determination; the cost for this special service shall be included in and made a part of the cost, as represented by the applicant’s application.
(C) When an application is made for water and sewer extensions to serve an area or development project that is planned as part of a larger project or subdivision, all of which is not to be developed at the time application is made, the owner shall submit plans in sufficient detail in order to determine the size and type of facilities which will be necessary to serve the entire development or subdivision when completed.
(D) The city shall not be obligated to make installations that require trenching or excavating to a depth greater than eight feet below grade, and there shall be no obligation to make installations where rock, shale, or other hard materials are encountered, except when the applicant assumes the total cost for such installations.
(E) No extension to the water or sewer system of the city shall be made and no application shall be approved except in accordance with the requirements of this subchapter.
(F) The applicant and the city will enter into a written contract and agreement covering all water and sewer extensions contemplated under this subchapter.
(G) All extensions of water and sewer mains within a subdivision shall be made at the expense of the subdivider and in accordance with the city’s subdivision ordinance in effect at that time.
(Prior Code, § 51.057)