(A) Extensions to property within previously approved subdivisions or upon previously dedicated and accepted streets.
(1) When application is received requesting the extension of water or sanitary sewer service, or both, to serve property within the corporate limits, which is developed or has been previously approved as a subdivision, or where streets have previously been dedicated and accepted by the town and where the area is not part of a new subdivision which has not been approved by the town, the Town Engineer or other person designated by the Board shall estimate the cost of the project and present the application for the extension, the estimated cost, and other required information to the Board for approval. If the application is approved by the Board, and subject to the availability of funds, the town will install, or have installed by contract under its supervision, the extensions which have been approved, and the extension shall be financed in accordance with division (A)(2).
(2) When an approved water or sanitary sewer extension project has been completed and the total cost thereof has been determined, 75% of the total cost of the water or sanitary sewer extension, or both, shall be assessed against the property owners whose property abuts upon the extension, at an equal rate per front foot in accordance with and under the authority granted to the town by G.S. §§ 160A-216 through 160A-238. The remaining 25% of the total cost of the extension shall be borne by the town from funds appropriated for this purpose.
(B) Extensions to proposed developments or subdivisions.
(1) (a) When an application is received requesting the extension of water or sanitary sewer service, or both, to proposed developments or subdivisions within the corporate limits which have not been approved by the Board, the owner or developer shall present the application for the extension, the estimated cost, and other required information to the Board for their approval.
(b) If the application is approved, the owner or developer will install, or have installed by contract under the supervision of the town, the extensions, which shall be financed in accordance with this division (B).
(2) All water and sewer mains extended to new subdivisions shall be installed by the owner or developer at its cost, according to specifications and standards of the town, and methods required by the town, and subject to the approval of the town and its engineer. Up to 75% of the costs incurred by the developer, for any line(s) extended from the town’s system to the new development, may be reimbursed by the town through assessments against the property owners whose property abuts upon the extension, at an equal rate per front foot in accordance with and under the authority granted to the town by G.S. §§ 160A-216 through 160A-238, if the town determines the extension(s) are beneficial to the town’s overall water or sewer system.
(3) All water and sewer facilities required for any new subdivision or development to operate shall be installed and paid for by the developer, except as noted herein. These facilities shall include, but not be limited to, water and sewer lines, manholes, valves, hydrants, meter setters, and sewer pumping stations all suitable to meet the standards of the town and the approving state agencies. No service shall commence without proper certification forms from the owner’s engineer and a complete “as-built” set of plans and specifications. All water meters shall be paid for and installed by the town.
(4) Upon completion of the construction and requirements as set forth above, and upon the commencement of service by the town, the mains, pumping facilities and appurtenances shall become the sole property of the town, and will be repaired, maintained, and serviced by the town.
(C) Facilities excluded in determining developer’s share of cost.
(1) When the town determines that it is to the town’s benefit to install larger facilities than necessary to serve the property requesting an extension, the additional costs may be born by the town. If the additional costs are eligible for funding and the money is available, the cost difference between the larger facilities and the minimum facilities required shall be paid by the town.
(2) Fire hydrants, pumping stations, and other system facilities installed for general public use along any extended part of the town’s system, which are expressly identified in the application or agreement approved by the Board, shall be paid for by the town and excluded from the total cost to be shared by the property owner(s).
(D) Exceptions authorized. Nothing in this section shall prevent the Board from extending water or sanitary sewer mains, or both, within the corporate limits on their own motion, without receipt of an application from property owners, and to assess the cost of the extension in accordance with division (A) above when, in the opinion of the Board, the general public interest demands the extension or service.
(E) Extensions to trailer parks. Applications for extensions to trailer parks within the town limits shall be governed by the preceding divisions (A) through (D) above and § 51.42. Tap fees and environmental impact fees as provided for herein shall be assessed at the time the water/sewer connection is made, and shall be based upon the proposed number of structures served and residential equivalent units respectively.
(1983 Code, § 17-34) (Ord. passed 6-6-1984; Am. Ord. passed 5-7-1985; Am. Motion passed 3-13-2007)