(A) All requests for extension and/or additions to the existing municipal water main shall be in writing to the Village Clerk upon forms to be furnished by the Clerk. The Board of Trustees shall not be required to extend the existing village water main unless a majority of the Board of Trustees deem it in the best interests of the village and provided that adequate funds have been budgeted for such capital improvements and are readily available for construction of an extension to the existing village water main.
(B) Upon a properly completed request for water main extension and/or addition, the village shall cause its Engineer to estimate the cost of construction from the location of the property to be served by the new water line to the point of connection to the existing main at a point where it would be most cost effective, taking into consideration all factors of construction. The Engineer shall report to the Board of Trustees within one month from the date the application was properly submitted to the Village Clerk.
(C) In the event, after receiving the Engineer’s estimate, the Board of Trustees deems it in the best interest of the village to extend the existing village water main and adequate funds for said purpose have been budgeted and are readily available in the present fiscal year, the Board of Trustees shall cause the improvements to be made. The property owner requesting extension shall be required to pay 100% of the costs of construction, including, but not limited to, labor, materials, engineering, and legal expense.
(D) Prior to the commencement of construction of an extension to the existing village water main, the village shall require the property owner making the request for extension to make a deposit of 110% of the owner’s share of the estimated costs of construction, as defined above. If the actual cost upon completion of the project is less than the amount deposited, the difference shall be immediately refunded, without interest, to the property owner. In the event the actual cost of construction upon completion is greater than the amount of the deposit, the property owner shall immediately pay the difference to the village.
(E) In the event the village water main is extended as provided for in this section, and another property owner applies for water service which would connect with the extended line within ten years from the date the construction was officially completed, there shall be imposed a hook-up fee to the subsequent property owner. The hook-up fee attributed to the subsequent property owner shall be determined by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of feet owned by the subsequent property owner along the water main extension and the denominator shall be the total number of feet included in the extension project which shall include the opposite side of any streets or alleys if the same was not previously served by any existing water main. The hook-up fee shall be refunded to the residential property owner which previously paid for the water main extension. In no event shall the previous property owner receive more than initially paid to the village for construction of the new water main.
(F) Nothing herein shall prohibit the village from causing the construction and/or addition to the existing village water system entirely at village expense; provided, however, that the Board of Trustees shall first determine, prior to any such construction, that the addition or extension shall be a benefit to the village as a whole and not to any particular owner of property. In addition, nothing herein shall prohibit the village from constructing additions to the village water main under any other method authorized by state law.
(G) This section shall have no application to the original developer required to install water lines as a condition of subdivision approval.
(1996 Code, § 3-122) (Ord. 96-13, passed 11-5-1996)