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The replacement of existing sewers is funded entirely by the City through the sewer enterprise <br /> funds. <br /> Individual sanitary sewer service lines installed directly to specified properties are fully assessed <br /> directly to the benefited properties. Properties that have existing private sanitary services, but do <br /> not have mainline sewers adjacent to, across or abutting their property lines pay 0% of the <br /> assessment rate for the new mainline sanitary sewer, and 100% of the cost associated with <br /> replacing the service lines. <br /> Any existing sanitary sewer service lines found to be defective as part of a project are replaced as <br /> part of the project and are assessed to the benefiting property as allowed under Chapter 8 of the <br /> City Charter. <br /> Property owners electing to connect to City sewer during street reconstruction projects will receive <br /> a credit to offset those costs that would have been incurred by the City to reconstruct the street and <br /> boulevard after connecting to City sewer if the street were not being reconstructed. The amount of <br /> the credit will be set in the annual fee schedule approved by the City Council. Connecting to City <br /> sewer requires a City water connection. <br /> E. Watermain Assessments <br /> Assessments for watermains in residential areas are based upon the cost of construction of 8-inch <br /> mains, which is the smallest size installed in residential areas of the City. Assessments for <br /> watermains in commercial and industrial areas are based upon the standard size of 12-inch mains. <br /> Watermain assessments must conform to Chapter 8 of the City Charter. <br /> Oversizing costs due to larger mains and larger appurtenances are paid for by a combination of <br /> availability charges, user charges and/or trunk area assessment charges. Trunk area water charges <br /> shall be levied on all un-platted property at the time of platting and on re-plats that have not been <br /> charged trunk area charges when the land was originally platted. The charges will be set in the <br /> annual fee schedule approved by the City Council. Services installed to individual properties shall <br /> be fully assessed to the benefiting property. <br /> Normally, watermains are assessed on a per lot basis, but in certain situations the area or adjusted <br /> front footage method may be utilized at the City Council's discretion. <br /> The replacement of existing watermains is funded entirely by the City through the water enterprise <br /> funds. <br /> Lateral benefit from major trunk watermains is assessed to properties benefited by the watermain. <br /> Lateral watermain assessments are based on the costs for an equivalent 8-inch diameter watermain <br /> for residential properties and for an equivalent 12-inch diameter watermain for <br /> commercial/industrial properties. <br /> Individual water service lines installed directly to specified properties are fully assessed directly to <br /> the benefited properties. Properties that have existing private water services,but do not have <br /> 11 <br />