(a) No one shall connect into the City’s sanitary sewer or water main system unless the applicant’s property is annexed into the City Corporation Limit.
(b) The City Council may waive the annexation requirement by entering into a contract with the applicant. Consideration for waiving annexation involve:
(1) A serious safety, health, or environmental threat to the City.
(2) Significant economic development which benefits the citizens of Sidney.
(c) Conditions of any contract with an applicant whose property lies outside the City’s Corporation Limit shall include the applicable surcharge in effect at the time of the contract and a consent to future annexation. The requirement to consent to future annexation shall not apply to governmental applicants.
(d) The City Council may permit connection of a County owned sewer treatment facility to the City’s sanitary sewer without annexation, if requested by the County Commissioners. The conditions for such sewer service includes a written agreement between the County and the City specifying the terms and conditions of the City service including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) The County shall make a separate application to the City for each facility that requires City services.
(2) The County shall continue to operate and maintain its sewer facilities.
(3) The sewer connection shall be master metered.
(4) The City shall bill the County for sewer services based on the master meter readings; the bill shall also include the applicable outside City surcharge.
(Ord. A-2143. Passed 11- -98; Ord. A-2621. Passed 8-24-09.)