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ASSISTING INDIVIDUALS WITH HOOKUP CHARGES TO ;~ WATER AND SEWER UTILITIES RECEIVING AYAILABILITY FROM SUBDIVISION EXTENSIONS Preamble: Municipal sewer and water utilities represent a higher level of both treatment and monitoring tha~3 are afforded by individual on-site systems. In addition, the City has a significant inva. stment in the infrastructure associated with these utilities and it is therefore in the best int~est of the utility to have as many available customers connected to these utilities thereb~ reducing costs for all of the utility customers. For this reason, the City has passed an ordinance requiring hookup to the system within two years of availability to the utility. This compulsoty hookup may cause property owners to incur costs which they may find a financial burd6g. It is then appropriate that some mechanism allow such property owners to comply with!City ordinances, yet avoid unreasonable financial burdens. Policy: This policy sh apply in cases a · . ~ where property owner is subject to compulsory hookup to mumc~pal se~ces due to the two year availability rule, with the exception that if the property ownet has replaced either the septic tank or drainfield within a period of twelve months prior to the sewer becoming available, the property owners shall receive an additional one Year extension to connect to the sewer utility. .It is expected that municioal water and sewer services will be extended into residential areas wherein the construction project was petitioned against. In cases where the property owner petitioned against the project, additional gonsideration shall be granted. If the private septic system is newer than ten (10~ year's, then the municipal connection requirement will be deferred to the date ~n which the sy~l~em reaches ten (10~ years of age. Any _~re, ject It shall be the policy of the City of Ramsey to allow sewer and water hookup fees to be collected as a s~ecial assessment to the property, payable over a period no greater than ten years with int6~'est on the outstanding balance, as a courtesy to the property owner. The interest rate to be charged shall be set from time to time by resolution of the City Council. the owner sh~l sign a request for this hookup charge to be implemented as a special assessment and shall waive a right to a public hearing. Specific items ieligible for consideration may include sewer and water trunk charges, the S.A.C. charge collected by the City and paid to the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission, a~d W.A.C. charges. Charges which shall be ineligible for consideration shall include the cost of building re-plumbing, sewer and water laterals laid on private property and abandonment of private sewer and water utilities. This policy shall not apply to circumstances where a property is subdivided or a use more intensive than .What existed at the time of availability is created. In such circumstances, no subdivision shitll be allowed or plumbing permit for a more intensive land use be issued until the property owner pays the fair share cost of the improvement in presenrday values that it would halve paid ff it had been special assessed at the time of the improvement. Revised October 24, 1995