§ 28-6. When sewer connections required.

• (a) All lands and buildings occupied by people or requiring sewage shall be connected with the city's sewer system within six months after the completion of an annexation; provided, that the city council may in its sole discretion and in the event it decides such extensions are in the best interests of the city, extend the time limit to connect with the city sewer system in lands annexed to the city. The city may grant more than one extension, provided, however, that any extension shall be for no more than five years.

• (b) In case of unusual physical conditions, including, but not limited to circumstances where pumping plants are required, the provisions of subsection (a) of this section may be waived by the city council on the following conditions:

  • (1) The applicant for such waiver must execute and have acknowledged an agreement with the city providing that the cost of the sewer line across his property, plus his pro rata portion of the cost of extending the sewer line from the existing sewer line to applicant's property and including the applicant's pro rata cost of special equipment and materials required, such as pumping plants, pressure sewer lines, extra manhole costs and similar items, on demand of the city, and when the sewer line is installed by the city.

  • (2) The agreement provided for in subdivision (1) of this subsections hall provide that such applicant's pro rata costs of the sewer line, which cost shall be determined against the applicant's property served by the sewer line, and shall be a lien on the property for the amount thereof, from the time of recordation of the agreement by the applicant, which lien shall continue until the assessment and all interest thereon is paid, or until it is discharged of record. The agreement shall provide that it shall run with the applicant's property, and be binding upon all successors in interest of the applicant.

  • (3) The city council shall hold a public hearing on the fixing of the applicant's pro rata cost of the sewer line, with ten days' written notice to the applicant or his successor in interest of the hearing, after the receipt by the city council of the report of the director, determining the applicant's pro rata cost. At the hearing the city council shall finally determine the applicant's pro rata cost of the sewer line.

  • (4) The applicant shall pay his pro rata cost of the sewer line to the city within ten days after such cost has been finally fixed and determined by the city council. In the event the applicant does not pay the cost within the period, the city council shall order the amount of the cost, as fixed by resolution, to be turned over to the county auditor, who shall enter the amount thereof on the county assessment book opposite the description of the particular property and the amount shall

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City of Oakdale, CA § 28-6

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be collected together with all other taxes thereon against the property.

• (5) As an alternate method of collection of the amount of the lien, the city may file and maintain an action to foreclose such lien.

• (6) Any septic tanks proposed to be installed by the applicant shall be approved by the director and the health officer and shall be on a lot area of a minimum of eight thousand square feet, per dwelling unit or commercial unit.

• (7) When a request for waiver of subsection (a) of this section is received, the director shall determine the area to be served by the sewer line required for eventual service to the applicant's property. Waivers of such subsection may not be granted by the city council for any area in excess of fifty percent of the area served.

• (8) No such waiver as provided in this section may be granted for industrial purposes. [Ord. No. 679, § 1(part), 1976.]

§ 28-7. Service to persons within city. [Ord. No. 679, § 1(part), 1976.]

Any person residing within the limits of the city shall be furnished sewage service by the city on the payment of applicable fees; provided, that the applicant for the services shall be required to pay for the extension of the sewer main to and across the street frontage of the property served; and provided further, that in the case of dead-end streets, incapable of extension, and with the permission of the director, the applicant shall only be required to extend the sewer main to his sewer connection.