Delano Municipal Code Ch. 13.08 Water Connections and Extensions

Whenever extension of a water main is required because a principal part of the premises to be served does not lie along an available water main with adequate capacity and proper pressure the extension will be installed under the following terms and conditions: Prior to the time the main is constructed, the applicant shall enter into a written agreement for such extension and shall deposit with the water department the estimated cost of such extensions and other appurtenant facilities.

Main extensions installed for the general improvement of the distribution system will be financed by the city. Such improvements will not be installed upon the requests of one or more applicants to serve particular premises.

(Ord. 390 §1 (part), 1961).

In general, the following provisions shall be in effect for determining the cost to the applicant for a main extension:

A. The maximum length of a main extension for which the applicant will be required to pay shall not exceed the distance from the location of the service to the nearest available main six inches or larger in diameter with adequate capacity and under proper pressure;

B. The estimated cost shall be based on the actual size of facilities required to meet the service demands from that extension. Six inch pipe shall be the minimum size considered for general use;

C. The estimated cost shall be for an extension adequate to serve the applicant;

D. The city may sustain that portion of the cost of an extension which exceeds the cost of the minimum six inch size main required to serve the applicant.

(Ord. 390 §1 (part), 1961).

Whether a main extension is financed by an applicant or by the city, the front foot charge will be determined by dividing the cost of the extension by the front footage of the premises which lie along and may be served directly from the extension. The front foot charge shall not be applied more than once to any premises. The cost of the extension for purposes of determining the front foot charge shall be the charge that would be made to the applicant for extending a main not exceeding ten inches in diameter computed as if installed by the water department. Except for unusual conditions, premises already served at the date of installation will be excluded in determining the front foot charge and will be exempt from such payment.

The water department will collect the front foot charge, where applicable, before granting a service or private fire service to premises which lie along and may be served directly by a main extension.

The front foot charge for the main extension shall be in effect for a period of ten years from:

A. The date of execution of the contract if the extension is financed by an applicant; or

B. The date of the official completion of the extension if financed by the city.

(Ord. 447 § 3(part), 1964: Ord. 390 §1 (part), 1961).

The applicant who has financed a main extension is entitled to the front foot charges collected by the water department for permitting the connection of a regular service or a private fire service to such extension. The amounts collected will be refunded within ninety days following the date of collection. No front foot charge refunds will be made after ten years from the date of execution of the contract for an applicant-financed extension, except those refunds which have accrued during such ten-year period. The total amount of all refunds and rebates made by the water department to the applicant who financed a main extension may not exceed the applicant cost computed as if the installation were made by the water department.

(Ord. 447 §3 (part), 1964: Ord. 390 §1 (part), 1961).

A refund for each regular service connection will be paid by the city within ninety days after the date of connection and in accordance with the schedule shown below, to:

A. The applicant who finances the main, or as otherwise provided in the contract, for each service connection to premises owned by such applicant at the date of execution of the contract and which the extension was designed to serve;

B. Any person who has paid a front foot charge pursuant to this chapter. However, the total amount of all rebates made by the city to any person may not exceed the total amount of the applicable front foot charges collected from such person.

(Ord. 447 §§3 (part), 4, 1964: Ord. 390 §1 (part), 1961).

The schedule of regular service rebates is as follows:

(Ord. 390 §1 (part), 1961).

No regular service connection refunds will be made after ten years from the date of execution of the contract for applicant-financed extensions or from the date of official completion for city-financed extensions, except for those refunds which have accrued during such ten-year period.

(Ord. 390 §1 (part), 1961).

The total amount of all refunds made by the city to the applicant who financed a main extension may not exceed the applicant cost computed as if installation were made by the city.

(Ord. 390 §1 (part), 1961).

All facilities shall be the property of the city and the total amount of credits and refunds shall not exceed the original deposit. The water department may make extensions to the facilities constructed under this regulation without obligation to the applicant and refund will not be made for services connected to the additional extensions.

(Ord. 390 §1 (part), 1961).

When any such main extension heretofore or hereafter constructed to serve new customers has been financed by special assessments against the properties benefited thereby, no agreement or deposit shall be required. Allowance for such service connection to such main extension for regular use will be made as follows:

A. Where the assessment has been paid in cash at the time of connection of the service such allowance shall be paid in cash to the person who has paid the corresponding assessment upon his furnishing satisfactory evidence of such payment;

B. Where the assessment or any installment thereof is unpaid at the time of the connection of the service, such allowance shall be paid in cash to the person who was the owner of the property at the time of the levy of the assessment upon his furnishing satisfactory evidence of such ownership.

The amount of such allowances at the time within which the allowance shall be paid shall be those set forth in Section 13.08.010.

(Ord. 390 §1 (part), 1961).