(A) The provisions of KRS 96.539 relating to the extensions of service to unserved customers and areas are hereby adopted by reference as if set out in full herein.
(B) The city may require that any applicant for new sewer service pay to the city all or part of the cost of extending utility lines, lift stations, and related infrastructure as per the applicant’s request. In any instance in which such payment is required by the city, the city shall subsequently refund to the applicant required to make such payment, on a pro-rata basis for each additional customer whose service line is directly connected to the extension line paid for by the initial applicant. This is subject to the following provisions.
(1) The refund hereby granted shall only apply for an extension that is greater than 100 feet per applicant.
(2) No applicant having been required to pay the cost of extending utility lines shall be entitled to a refund after the expiration of ten years from the date of original payment, and no refunds shall be made in an amount in excess of the original payment.
(3) (a) The pro-rata cost to be refunded by the city shall be collected by the city from the new customer seeking to connect to the extended line, and said amount shall be deemed an additional tap on fee over and above the amount charged under any other ordinance. Where the extension of services addressed in this section is for a construction of line, then the proration shall be determined by a calculation using the linear footage crossing the property of the new customer seeking to connect to the extended line as the numerator, and the entire linear length of the extension as the denominator, multiplying the total extension cost times the product. Where an extension of services requires the construction of a lift station, then the sum owed by the new customer seeking to connect to the extended line shall be determined by a formula utilizing the gallons per day consumption of the new customer seeking to connect to the extended line as the numerator, and the total capacity of the lift station as the denominator, and multiplying the product thereof times the total cost of said lift station.
(b) Consumption shall be initially factored based on an engineer’s estimate; but the calculation and determination of the amount owed may, in the city’s discretion, be adjusted after 12 months based on actual use.
(C) To the extent of any conflict, the provisions of KRS 96.539 shall apply.
(D) Any extensions governed by this section shall be documented by written agreement between the city and the applicant.
(Ord. 2018-004, passed 6-19-2018)