Agenda - Council - 09/22/1992 - Laserfiche WebLink

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POL[CY FOR ASSISTING INDIVIDUALS WITH HOOKUP CHARGES TO WATER AND SEWER UTILITIES RECEIVI,,NG AVAILABILITY FROM SUBDIVISION EXTENSIONS Preamble: Municipal sewer arid water utilities represent a higher level of both treatment and monitoring than are afforded b~indiMdual on-site systems. In addition, the City has a significant investment in the infrastmctur~ ~soc~,iated with these utilities and it is therefore in the best interest of the utility to have as many .~ail4tble customers connected to these utilities thereby reducing costs for all of the utility custOin~rs. !For this reason, the City has passed an ordinance requiring hookup to the system within two ~eaxs of availability to the utility. This compul$O, ry l~ookup may cause property owners to incur costs which they may find a financial burden. It is then appropriate that some mechanism allow such property owners to comply with City ol[dinances, yet avoid unreasonable financial burdens. Policy: This policy sh{fll a municipal s¢~ices owner has rep¢~ed, sewer becoming av connect to the sewe~ utility. ~ply in cases where a property owner is subject to compulsory hookup to due to the two year availability rule, with the exception that if the property · .ither the septic tank or dminfield within a period of twelve months prior to the ailable, the property owner shall receive an additional one year extension to It shall be the p0lic~ of the City of Ramsey to allow sewer and water hookup fees to be collected as a special asse~gnen[ to the property, payable over a period no greater than ten years with interest on the outstafid]ng ~alance, as a courtesy to the property owner. The interest rate to be charged shall be mutua~y a~.._eeable to the property owner and the City Finance Officer. In the event a mutually agreeable[interest rate cannot be negotiated, the interest rate shall be set by the City Council. ~ho 4wn~ shall sign a request for this hookup charge to be implemented as a special assessment and i;hal~ waive a right to a public hearing. : . [ Specific itema .~ligilple for consideration may include sewer and water trunk charges, the S.A.C. charge collected by~e City and paid to the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission and W.A.C. charges. Ch~ges 4fhich shall be ineligible for consideration shall include the cost of building replumbing, se~ter and water laterals laid on private property and abandonment of private sewer and water ufilifi*s. This policy shall not[apply to circumstances where a property is subdivided or a use more intensive than what existed at,ne time of availability is created. In such circumstances, no subdivision shall be allowed orlPlumi~ing permit for a more intensive land use be issued until the property owner pays the fair sli~e cost of the improvement in present day values that it would have paid if it had been special aas~sse4: at the time of the improvement.