Blythe Municipal Code Ch. 13.24 Recovery of Installation Costs

Whenever the city installs sewer or water lines in areas in the city not served by sewer or water lines prior to the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, and such sewer or water lines are paid for by the city and not by the individual property owner, no person shall be authorized to connect on to any part of such constructed or installed sewer or water line without first paying a proportionate part of the cost of such construction or installation, as provided in this chapter.

(Ord. 307 § 1, 1963)

All proportionate charges required to be paid by Section 13.24.010 shall be paid for in advance and in cash. In addition to the charge to be paid as set forth in this chapter, the property owner desiring to connect to such constructed or installed sewer or water line shall also pay the connection charge for sewer or water line established by city ordinances.

(Ord. 307 § 2, 1963)

The only property required to pay the charge set forth in this chapter is the property which abuts on both sides of the street or alley or easement in which the sewer or water line is constructed or installed. All property abutting on any lateral sewer or water line connected to the principal sewer or water line shall not be charged for the principal sewer or water line, but shall be charged solely for the cost of the lateral sewer or water line. The property abutting on both sides of a street or alley or easement in which a sewer or water line is constructed or installed, which is a lateral sewer or water line, shall be charged a proportionate part of the cost of such lateral line.

(Ord. 307 § 3, 1963)

The proportionate share to be paid for a property abutting on any principal line or lateral line shall be based on a front-footage basis.

(Ord. 307 § 4, 1963)

The charge to be paid by the abutting property on the proportionate share basis, as set forth in this chapter, shall be borne by the property located on both sides of the street or alley or easement where any sewer or water line is constructed or installed, it being the intent that the property located on one side of such constructed or installed sewer or water line shall be charged with only one-half of the cost of such sewer or water line at the front-footage rate.

(Ord. 307 § 5, 1963)

It shall be unlawful for any person to connect to any sewer or water line paid for by the city as provided in this chapter without first having paid to the city the proportionate charge as provided in this chapter.

(Ord. 307 § 6, 1963)

At any time that any person desires to connect on to any water or sewer line constructed or installed and within the purview of this chapter, the person who is the then property owner of record of any such parcel or parcels of property shall be considered the person who shall be required to pay the charges as set forth and allocated pursuant to this chapter.

(Ord. 307 § 11, 1963)

The city council reserves the right to contribute to the construction or installation of sewer or water lines to the extent that the city council deems equitable and to prevent hardship in individual cases with regard to any sewer or water line constructed or installed and paid for by the city.

(Ord. 307 § 8, 1963)

This chapter shall have no application to the construction or installation of sewer or water lines in subdivisions within the city, accepted by the city council after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter.

(Ord. 307 § 7, 1963)

The city council may, by resolution, provide such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the intent and purposes of this chapter.

(Ord. 307 § 16, 1963)

A. The city clerk shall keep and maintain the records concerning all construction and installation of sewer or water lines coming within the purview of this chapter.

B. The director of public works shall furnish the city clerk with a front-foot unit cost to be allocated to the property abutting the sewer or water line constructed or installed, and such map shall have a list of the parcels of property involved and the charges to be allocated to each parcel.

(Ord. 307 § 9, 1963)

The city shall have the right to withhold service to any property owner who is a person coming within the purview of this chapter who has not complied with this chapter.

(Ord. 307 § 13, 1963)

Any violation of the provisions of this chapter shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the city jail for not less than five days nor more than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. 307 § 15, 1963)