§ 17.10.401. City engineer to determine cost of extensions—Reimbursement charge to be assessed to subsequent connectors—Amount and time limit.

1.

Upon completion of construction any extension installed as part of the off-site water or sewer requirements for a subdivision or large scale development project (pursuant to the provisions of Section 17.10.200), or any water or sewer system extension serving a non-subdivided area (pursuant to the provisions of Section 17.10.300), the city engineer shall determine: (a) the current reasonable per foot cost for constructing the extension, including all items, (b) the portion of such extension, not included as part of the applicant's project, which abuts upon one or more parcels of land which qualify as "benefitted parcels," as hereinafter defined; and (c) those benefitted parcels to be subject to assessment of a reimbursement charge and the number of lineal feet of each benefitted parcel to be subject to the assessment.

For purposes of this chapter, "benefitted parcel" shall mean and include any parcel of land which abuts a proposed water and/or sewer line, and is capable of receiving service from the line, but not including any such abutting land owned by the applicant or the width of the right-of-way of any existing adjacent intersecting public street.

2.

Whenever part or all of a benefitted parcel is subsequently connected to a water and/or sewer line extension, the owner thereof shall, as a condition of connection thereto, pay to the city a water and/or sewer line extension reimbursement charge. The amount of the extension charge to be assessed shall be equal to one-half the cost per linear foot of the extension, times the number of linear feet of the parcel fronting upon the extension, all as determined by the city engineer.

3.

The extension reimbursement charge assessed pursuant to this section shall continue for a period of ten years from the date of acceptance of the completed extension by the city and shall be in addition to all other charges and fees assessed upon the property.

(Ord. No. 89-04-02; Ord. No. 93-12-39)