15.08.150 New subdivisions—General regulations.
Any applicant for a main extension to serve a new subdivision, tract, or organized service district (other than private fire protection service or any public fire hydrant service) will be required to pay to the city in cash as a connection charge, before construction is commenced, the estimated reasonable cost of installation of water mains and necessary fittings, gates and housings therefor from the nearest existing main and if required by the manager, any costs of increasing the size or capacity of the city’s existing mains or any other facilities used or necessary for supplying the proposed extension. At such time as meters are to be installed in a subdivision, tract, or organized service district, the applicant requesting meters shall be required to pay the connection charge (as established in Sections 15.08.010 through 15.08.060) which pertains to meters; provided, always, that all other installations and costs have been made and deposited as per the requirements of the water department. The application shall be accompanied by a fee of one hundred dollars or eight percent of the estimated cost of the extension whichever is the greater. The size, type, quality of materials, location of mains and contract plans and specifications for the same will be prepared by the manager and the actual construction will be done by the water department or a person acceptable to the manager. Applicant may, subject to the approval of the manager, cause to be prepared contract plans and specifications for the construction of the main or mains in such form and detail as the manager may specify. In such event, a fee of two percent of the estimated cost of construction shall accompany the application in lieu of the one hundred dollars or eight percent as set forth above. No portion of the application fee as required in this section shall be refundable for any reason unless the applicant shall qualify for a refund agreement under the provisions of this chapter pertaining to subdivision maps filed prior to June 30, 1961, and made a final map of record on or before July 31, 1966. Adjustment of any substantial differences between the estimated and the reasonable actual cost of such installation will be made within ninety days after completion of the installation. Connection charges shall not be subject to refund from and after July 1, 1961, except for those applicants who have fulfilled the following conditions:
A. Tentative Subdivision Map. Applicant must have filed, in accordance with Title 20 of this code, a tentative subdivision map on or before June 30, 1961.
B. Final Maps. Applicant must have completed his subdividing and caused final maps of record to be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county, on or before July 1, 1966. Final maps of record considered hereunder must be directly derived from and cover only the land area described in the tentative maps mentioned in subsection (A). Final maps filed hereunder are to be considered an exception only if the same are derived and obtain their validity from the tentative map filed pursuant to the provisions of subsection (A) and at all times prior to July 1, 1966, or its final recordation, be in a condition considered current in accordance with the applicable subdivision laws.
C. Refund Agreement. Applicants having complied with conditions (A) and (B) are entitled to enter into a refund agreement with the city to cover that subdivision which is a matter of record on or before July 1, 1966.
(Ord. 675 NCS §3; Ord. 589 NCS §1; Ord. 544 NCS § 11; prior code §27.17(3).)