(A) Approval and acceptance of an application for utility service extension will be subject to the following requirements and conditions:
(1) Information disclosure. The applicant must fully disclose to the City the class, scope, and type of use to be made of the service including a full description of, and detailed information related to, the location of the subject property.
(2) Property to be served. Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, service connections shall not be installed where the distance between the boundary of the property being served and the main or primary line is greater than three hundred (300) feet, or where the service line passes through real or personal property not owned by the applicant, or where the service line passes through more than one parcel of real property, unless utility easements are provided.
(3) Capacity, location, and feasibility. Approval of extending utility services shall be contingent upon the availability of capacity, the location of main distribution/collection lines or facilities required to serve the subject property, and upon technical and economic feasibility as determined by the City.
(4) Contract to comply. The application shall constitute a contract between the City and the applicant as a consumer to pay for service in accordance with applicable rate schedules on file with the City and to comply with the applicable provisions of this Title 10.
(5) Construction deposits. All applicants for electric, water, and wastewater service extensions shall deposit at least fifty percent (50%) of the applicant's estimated share of the cost of any work to be completed by the City. The applicant's estimated share of the cost of the work will be provided to the applicant by the City. The deposit shall be made to the Department of Finance before the start of any extension work. The balance of the applicant's share of the cost of the work shall be paid by the applicant upon completion of the work.
(6) Excavation permits. No one may dig or excavate on City property, or on City- owned or controlled rights-of-way, or easements without an excavation permit issued by the City.
(7) Credit application. All persons applying for utility services shall complete a utility service credit application to establish credit with the City.
(8) Other terms and conditions. Applicants shall comply with all other terms and conditions relating to particular utility services as may be required by this Title 10.
(B) Easements. In instances where the City determines that providing electric, water, or wastewater utility service requires the location of electric, water, or wastewater equipment and/or main lines on the applicant's property, the applicant shall be required to grant a utility easement at no charge to the City, appropriate in size, nature, and location to accommodate the installation and on-going maintenance of the equipment and/or main lines needed to serve the subject property. The equipment and/or main lines may be used to serve the properties of other consumers if the service does not change the size, nature, or location of the equipment and/or main lines and if it does not otherwise create an additional burden upon the burdened subject property.
(Ord. No. 2001-05, passed 5-8-01; Am. Ord. 2005-18, passed 10-5-05) Penalty, see § 10.04.080