(a) No person, corporation, public agency, partnership or association whatsoever shall connect, or cause to be connected, any building or other structure to those sanitary sewers or pump station identified in Section 1 of Resolution No. 1995-67 adopted by the Council of the City (the "Project") without first paying the charges established in Section 1046.24 and any applicable additional charges determined in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(b) Where a connection is to be made to the Project and the lots or lands to be served by the Project have not been specially assessed for costs of that Project, the potential user thereof shall pay, prior to making such connection, in addition to the charges established in Section 1046.24 and any other applicable section, a one-time, up-front connection charge equal to two thousand five hundred ninety-four dollars and twelve cents ($2,594.12) per acre.
(c) The charge set forth in this section shall be adjusted upwards or downwards in the same proportion as the actual cost of the Project bears to the estimated cost of the Project. Any such adjustment shall be made by the City Engineer at the time that he certifies the construction of the Project is completed so that such charges are based on the actual costs thereof.
(d) All moneys collected by the City as charges pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as charges due under Section 1046.24 and the moneys collected hereunder shall be deposited into the Special Assessment Bond Retirement Fund of the City.
(e) The imposition of charges provided for in this section shall not preclude the subsequent levy of special assessments against benefitted properties to provide funds for the construction, replacement, rehabilitation or other improvement of sanitary sewers required to provide sanitary sewer service to such properties, and the charges provided for in this section are in addition to any other permits and charges required by law.
(f) In the event that any lot or land or building or other structure thereon is connected to the Project in violation of any of the provisions of this section, and the owner, agent, lessee, tenant or occupant of such lot or land fails or refuses to disconnect the same upon being directed to do so by the City Engineer, the City Engineer is hereby authorized to cause such lot or land to be disconnected from the Project, and the violator shall be liable to the City for the cost of making such disconnection.
(Ord. 1995-69. Passed 4-17-95.)