13.11.035 Additional connection charge.
A. Whenever the City constructs a sewer or water system improvement which will provide service to or benefit only a limited number of properties within a defined geographic area, the owners of those properties who thereafter seek connection to the City’s water or sewer system through the improvement shall be required to pay, in addition to the general connection charge established by this chapter, an additional connection charge consisting of an equitable share of the costs which have been incurred by the City to design, engineer, construct and install the water or sewer system improvement.
B. Single-Family Residential Main Extensions. The amount of the water or sewer additional connection charge and the area or properties which will be required to pay the same shall be established by the Director of Public Works pursuant to the following procedure:
1. The total project cost shall be determined to include all costs to design, engineer, construct and install the water or sewer main extension. A “project” shall be defined as that construction which provides service to contiguous or nearly contiguous properties in a specific geographic area.
2. The number of existing homes which may connect to the water or sewer extension shall be determined.
3. The number of future homes which may connect to the water or sewer extension lots shall be determined. “Future homes” are those which may be constructed either on vacant lots or on underdeveloped lots. In making this determination, the Director shall consider the practicality of achieving the density allowed by zoning on any lot, and shall determine the number of homes possible in light of such practical constraints as placement of existing structures, topographical features, sensitive areas and other typical constraints relevant to construction of new homes.
4. The cost per dwelling unit shall be determined by dividing the project cost from subsection B.1 above by the sum of the existing homes from subsection B.2 above and future homes from subsection B.3 above.
5. For all existing homes which may connect to a sewer extension, the additional connection charge shall be (a) 50% of the cost per dwelling unit from subsection B.4 above or (b) the cost per dwelling unit from subsection B.4 above minus $10,000, whichever is greater.
6. For all future homes which connect to either a water or a sewer extension and for existing homes which connect to a water extension, the additional connection charge shall be the cost per dwelling unit from subsection B.4 above.
C. Repealed by Ord. 2936.
D. System Improvements except for Single-Family Residential Main Extensions. The amount of the water or sewer additional connection charge and the area or properties which will be required to pay the same shall be established by resolution of the City Council. In establishing the amount of the charges, the City Council shall consider the costs which will be or have been incurred to design, engineer, construct and install the water or sewer system improvement, together with any other relevant information.
E. The additional connection charge will include an appropriate interest charge from the completion of the improvement until the time of connection, in accord with Section 13.11.100. (Ord. 2936 § 2, 2018: Ord. 1989 § 1, 1998: Ord. 1973 § 1 (part), 1998: Ord. 1816 § 1, 1994).