Exeter Municipal Code Ch. 13.20 Sewer Cost Repayment

The purpose of this chapter is to assure repayment to the city by directly benefitted property owners for connections to city sewers, where the owners and/or developers of connected and directly benefitted property have not paid for their proportionate share of the cost of construction of the city sewer.

(Ord. 325 §1, 1975)

This chapter applies to all city sewer lines.

(Ord. 325 §2, 1975)

A. Prior to issuance of a sewer connection permit for properties desiring to connect directly to the aforementioned city sewers, the persons desiring to connect thereto shall pay to the city a cost determined annually by council resolution. It is the intent of this chapter to provide that property owners directly benefitted by the construction of city sewers at a location where they may connect directly thereto without extension of the public sewer shall pay to the city the costs which they would normally have incurred were they to have constructed, or to have participated in the construction of, sewer facilities to serve their property. Payment shall not be required for connection of an extension of the public sewer system approved by the city engineer if such extension is in the public interest and is not an evasion of the terms of this chapter.

B. Single-family residences within the city limits who are permitted to connect to an existing city sewer line may have their charges set on the tax roll if they so elect. The procedure of the short form of the 1911 Act assessment as outlined in the Streets and Highways Code, paragraphs 5875, 5877, 5878.1 and 5879, Article 2, Chapter 27 will be followed. The limits imposed are a minimum annual payment to the city of fifty dollars, with the repayment of all charges, with interest, to be completed in not more than five years.

(Ord. 325 §3, 1975)

All moneys received as a result of this section shall be deposited into the general fund of the city. No moneys received as a result of this chapter shall be repayable to any developer or property owner who has constructed main sewers for the benefit of his property. Further, no developer or property owners shall have the right to sell, lease, assign, or otherwise purport to convey sewer connection rights to any city sewer for other than directly benefitted properties owned by him at the time of design approval by the city.

(Ord. 325 §4, 1975)

A. Fees in accord with Section 13.20.030 shall be calculated in each instance by the city manager or his designee and shall be paid to the finance director.

B. The fees described in this chapter, are in addition to any other fees required for sewer service by applicable ordinance or resolution of the city.

(Ord. 325 §5, 1975)