(A) Sewer lines.
(1) Owner or developer, construction responsibility.
(a) The owner or developer of any piece of property or tract of land is responsible for the construction of the sewer line (or for the sewer line costs) along any of the property sides or frontages of the property along which a sewer line is needed for the overall completeness and continuity of the city’s sewer main system. If it is a large tract of land, the owner or developer shall also be responsible for the necessary and required system of sewer lines within the interior of the tract of land.
(b) The owner or developer of any piece of property shall construct all needed sewer lines (of the approved size) within and along all sides or frontages of any piece of property prior to the time any building constructed thereon is occupied or utilized unless phased construction of the sewer main system is specifically allowed or provided for in the annexation or development agreement. In lieu of actually constructing the required sewer line or sewer lines, the property owner or developer may deposit adequate monies with the city to fully cover the cost(s) of the required sewer line construction.
(2) City responsibility.
(a) The owner or developer of any property or subdivision will normally be responsible only for the cost of up to an eight-inch diameter sanitary sewer line. The additional cost of providing a sanitary sewer line of a size greater than eight inches will normally be a city responsibility. The city will reimburse the developer for the extra cost of the additional sanitary sewer line size (over the eight-inch diameter size reference above) as set forth in the annexation or development agreement between the developer and the city. Provided further, however, that if any proposed subdivision or development is of such size or magnitude that it requires or necessitates a sewer size larger than an eight-inch diameter line or if the type of development is such as to produce a wastewater flow in excess of the capacity of an eight-inch diameter sewer line, then the owner or developer of the subdivision or development shall be responsible for the entire cost of whatever size of sewer line is needed to accommodate such development.
(b) The additional cost of providing any extra sewer line depth required by the city (over and above the sewer line depth required to adequately serve the owner’s or developer’s property when assuming at least a 12-foot sewer line depth at the uppermost end of the sewer line extended through or along the property) will be a city responsibility and the city will reimburse the owner or developer for the cost of the extra depth of sewer line as agreed upon and as set forth in the annexation or development agreement between the developer and the city.
(3) Sharing of costs.
(a) If the property owner or developer owns or is developing the property on only one side (as compared to both sides) of any street, alley or easement where a sewer line is located or required, he or she shall be responsible for only one-half of the cost of the sewer line, while the property owner on the other side of the street, alley or easement shall be responsible for the other half of the cost of the sewer line construction. However, in the absence of any mutual agreement between the property owners, the city may participate with the first owner or developer to the extent of paying for one-half the cost of any eight-inch diameter sewer line access to the property frontage. The second property owner will thereafter be responsible for reimbursing the city for his or her half of the costs of this sewer line construction at the time he or she (the second property owner or developer) begins to develop or build upon this property that is adjacent to the sewer line installed by the first property owner.
(b) Provided further, however, that if the length of the sewer line construction in which the city would be participating (as referred to above) exceeds 1,000 lineal feet, the city may decline to participate in the cost of this sewer line construction except to pay for the extra cost differential between the size and depth of sewer line required to serve the development and the actual size and depth of line that the city designates shall be installed to meet the requirements of its sewer system master plan. When this situation or set of circumstances exists, the property owner or developer who first initiates or actually begins the development of his or her property, shall be responsible for “front ending” the entire cost of the sewer line construction and for actually constructing the sewer line. The second (or other) property owner(s) will thereafter be responsible for reimbursing the property owner for his or her share of the costs of the sewer along with his or her frontage at the time the other adjacent property owners or developers, begin(s) to develop or build upon his or her property adjacent to the sewer line installed by the first property owner. In the absence of any agreement between the first property owner or developers covering the cost of the sewer line(s), the referenced other adjacent owners or developers shall pay to the city per lineal foot (or such other amount as the city may hereinafter establish and adopt by resolution) for the length of sewer line across his or her frontage. The city, in turn, will reimburse this same amount to the first party, which reimbursement shall be deemed adequate and appropriate compensation for his or her share of the cost of the sewer line.
(B) Sewage lift station. Sewer mains shall be kept as deep as practicable to keep sewage lift stations to the smallest number possible. When a sewage lift station and its related facilities is required, it and the sewer main system directing sewage to it shall generally be designed for an entire definable area and not just to serve a single property owner or developer. The cost and maintenance of the sewage lift station shall be the responsibility of the developer or owner. Upon acceptance and approval by the city, the city will be responsible for maintenance.
(Prior Code, § 8-4-35) (Ord. 92-554, passed 10-21-1992; Ord. 15-811, passed 11-19-2015)