Vallejo Municipal Code Ch. 11.28 Water Benefit Districts

A. When the city engineer, in connection with water main extensions, finds that it is necessary to install a major main of not less than twelve inches inside diameter and not less than one thousand feet in length, the superintendent shall delineate the area which may be served from the major main and thereby be benefited (said area to exclude existing streets, highways and public ways).

B. The superintendent may designate such area as a "Water Benefit District" if:

1. Other refunding procedures for main extensions are not economically feasible for the applicant;

2. It will be more equitable to establish a benefit district therefore;

3. The administration of such benefit district will not result in overlapping of water benefit districts.

(Ord. 324 N.C. § 7.01, 1958.)

If the applicant elects to install the required mains under benefit district procedures, and does install the major mains in accordance with regulations concerning main extensions, the superintendent shall establish and administer reimbursement procedures as follows:

A. The superintendent shall establish an acreage fee by dividing the total installation costs of said major main (excluding costs of any system connected to said major main) by the number of acres in the benefit district.

B. The superintendent shall pay to the installing applicant all acreage fees collected until the applicant has been reimbursed for the total cost of installing the major main less acreage charges far the applicant's property within said district. Provided, however, that the water system shall not make or collect charges to subsequent applicants or pay refunds to installing applicants after the tenth anniversary of the date the water main was accepted by the city as completed.

(Ord. 324 N.C. § 7.02, 1958.)

An applicant for water service within the benefit district shall pay to the water system the acreage charges for each acre to be served before water service is commenced. If the premises to be served is less than one acre, the acreage charge shall be prorated in direct ratio to fractions of acres, but in any case the charges shall not be less than that for one-sixth acre.

(Ord. 324 N.C. § 7.03, 1958.)