Gustine Municipal Code Art. 3 Property Outside City

Rates and charges for metered water sold without the city for all uses shall be as established by resolution.

Where the period of service without the city is less than one full month and the water consumed is less than the minimum, the minimum charge shall prevail; if the water consumed is more than the minimum, the meter reading shall prevail.

(a) Generally. Charges for installation of a water service outside the city where an existing water main is available, shall be the cost of labor and material necessary to install the service.

(b) Labor charges; cost of materials; estimate; refunds. Labor charges for installation of a water service outside the city will be based on the wage scale of the man performing the labor. Cost of materials, including all pipes, fittings, meter, meter box, material, etc., necessary to install a service from the water main to and including meter, will be based on the cost of material to the city. The city shall make an estimate of the service to be installed and the applicant shall make a deposit of this amount with the finance department at the time of the application, any overcharge will be refunded and any undercharge will be billed to the applicant on completion of installation.

The provisions of this division shall apply to extension of water mains and water service outside the city.

Application may be made by a person outside the city for a new water main and water service to be installed from the nearest existing water main to a point where water service is required. Application for a new water main and water service outside the city shall be made to the city manager and subject to the approval of the city council. If the city council believes the additional water service outside the city would for any reason endanger the existing water supply of the city, they may reject the application.

If the council approves the extension of a water main, the property owner shall construct such main to serve his property. The city may elect to oversize such main. The city shall enter into a ten-year reimbursement agreement with the property owner whereby any adjoining property owners electing to connect to the new main shall pay a front footage charge to be reimbursed to the property owner constructing the water main. Such reimbursement agreement shall be on terms approved by the city council upon the recommendation of the department of public works, shall be in effect ten years from the date of signing and shall be void after such ten-year period.

A water main laid on any road, street, avenue, alley, regularly accepted right-of-way or regularly accepted streets or alleys of a recognized subdivision outside the city may serve one or more water services.

Each water service shall be limited to one premises only, and such service shall not be extended to other premises.

Any new water main or service installed under the conditions of this article shall remain at all times the property of the city, be subject to all regulations governing the department of public works, and be accessible to the city at all times.