HomeMy WebLinkAbout852 Water Service ConnectionCITY OF MERIDIAN
ORDINANCE NO. ~.~--
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN REPEALING
SECTION 16, CHAPTER 1 OF TITLE 9, MERIDIAN CITY CODE, AND
AMENDING CHAPTER I OF TITLE 9 AND THE ADDITION THERETO OF A
NEW SECTION 16 TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXTENSION AND CONNECTION
OF WATER SERVICE OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS, AND REPEALING
SUBSECTION A, SECTION 26, CHAPTER 4 OF TITLE 9, MERIDIAN CITY
CODE AND AMENDING SECTION 26, CHAPTER 4, TITLE 9 MERIDIAN CITY
CODE BY THE ADDITION THERETO OF A NEW SUBSECTION A TO
PROVIDE FOR THE EXTENSION AND CONNECTION OF SEWER SERVICE
OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, ADA COUNTY; IDAHO:
SECTION i: That Section 16 of Chapter 1 of Title 9, Meridian City Code,
be and the same is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2: That Chapter 1 of Title 9, Meridian City Code, is hereby
amended by the addition thereto of a new Section 16 to read as follows:
9-1-16: Connection to the City Water System Outside of the City Limits: In
order to obtain Municipal Water System service to parcel/s which are either
partially or entirely outside of the corporate City limits the following provisions
must be complied with:
There shall be an application form which shall provide that the
applicant will agree to the terms and conditions required by this
section as a consideration for obtaining such service. The City
Council shall establish an application fee which fee shall be based
upon various classes of applications as recommended by the Public
Works Director given the amount of staff review required for
processing the application. The application form shall specify the
legal description of the parcel/s for which service is being applied, the
name and address of the legal owner/s of the parcel/s and purpose of
the requested service.
A completed application must be filed with the Public Works
Department.
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Following the filing of a completed application form and the
payment of the application fee the Public Works Director shall then
review the circumstances presented by the application in accordance
with the terms and conditions and regulations of this Chapter as are
relevant to the application and which shall also include a review of
the effect the granting of the application will have on the ability of
the Municipal Water System to provide an acceptable level of service
to developed parcels with existing service xvithin the City limits
which shall not be compromised.
The Public Works Director shall then review the findings and
recommendations with the applicant for comment.
The Public Works Director shall then submit the application and a
report of recommendation/s to the City Council regarding the
application.
The City Council, in the exercise of its discretion may either grant or
deny the application after review of the application and the report of
recommendations of the Public Works Director.
In the event the Council grants the application it shall include as a
condition that the legal owner/s of the parcel/s shall enter into an
"Agreement for the Extension of Domestic Water Service Outside
the City Limits" [hereinafter in this section referred to as the
"Agreement"] which agreement form shall provide that the legal
owner/s of the parcel/s agree that the provisions of the City's
ordinances, regulations, and policies, and inspection fees, which
appertain to the regulation, control and use of its domestic water
system including hook up, service fees as apply terms of the
"Agreement" and which form shall also provide that the owner/s of
the parcel/s agree to the annexation into the City of the parcel/s
serviced; and the Council may also impose such other conditions of
granting the application as are reasonable to assure the protection of
the level of service to developed parcels within the City limits and to
assure that the proprietary funds of the City domestic water service
are not used for the extension and or enlargement of the system
which conditions shall also be included in the "Agreement".
The water user of the parcel/s serviced pursuant to a granted
application under this section shall be considered a user and subject
to the terms and conditions of the "Agreement" so long as the
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property being served remains outside of the corporate limits of the
City.
SECTION 3: That Subsection A of Section 26 of Chapter 4 of Title 9,
Meridian City Code, be and the same is hereby repealed.
SECTION 4: That Section 26 of Chapter 4 of Title 9, Meridian City Code,
is hereby amended by the addition thereto of a new Subsection 26 A to read as follows:
9-4-26A: Connection to the City Sewer System Outside of the City Limits. In
order to obtain Municipal Sewer System service to parcel/s which are either
partially or entirely outside of the corporate City limits the following provisions
must be complied with:
There shall be an application fom~ which shall provide that the
applicant will agree to the terms and conditions required by this
section as a consideration for obtaining such service. The City
Council shall establish an application fee which fee shall be based
upon various classes of applications as recommended by the Public
WorLs Director given the amount of staff revierv required for the
processing the application. The application form shall specify the
legal description of the parcel/s for which service is being applied, the
name and address of the legal owner/s of the parceI/s and purpose of
the requested service.
A completed application must be filed with the Public Works
Department.
Following the filing of a completed application form and the
payment of the application fee the Public Works Director shall then
review the circumstances presented by the application in accordance
with the terms and conditions and regulations of this Chapter as are
relevant to the application and which shall also include a review of
the effect the granting of the application will have on the ability of
the Municipal Sewer System to provide an acceptable level of service
to developed parcels with existing service within the City limits
which shall not be compromised.
The Public Works Director shall then review the findings and
recommendations with the applicant for comment.
E. The Public Works Director shall then submit the application and a
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report of recommendation/s to the City Council regarding the
application.
The City Council, in the exercise of its discretion may either grant or
deny the application after review of the application and the report of
recommendation/s of the Public Works Director.
In the event the Council grants the application it shall include as a
condition that the legal owner/s of the parcel/s shall enter into an
"Agreement for the Extension of Domestic Sewer Service Outside the
City Limits" [hereinafter in this section referred to as the
"Agreement"] which agreement form shall provide that the legal
owner/s of the parcel/s agree that the provisions of the City's
ordinances, regulations and policies which appertain to the
regulation, control and use of its domestic sewer system including
hook up, service fees, and inspection fees, apply as terms of the
"Agreement" and which form shall also provide that the owner/s of
the parcel/s agree to the annexation into the City of the parcel/s
serviced; and the Council may also impose such other conditions of
granting the application as are reasonable to assure the protection of
the level of service to developed parcels within the City limits and to
assure that the proprietary funds of the City domestic sewer service
are not used for the extension and/or enlargement of the system
which conditions shall also be included in the "Agreement".
The sewer user of the parcel/s serviced pursuant to a granted
application under this section shall be considered a user and subject
to the terms and conditions of the "Agreement" so long as the
property being served remains outside of the corporate limits of the
City.
SECTION 5: All ordinances, resolutions, orders or parts thereof in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed, rescinded and annulled.
SECTION 6: VALIDITY: The Meridian City Council hereby declares that
any section, paragraph, sentence or word of this Ordinance as adopted and amended
herein be declared for any reason to be invalid it is the intent of the Meridian City
Council that it would have passed all other portions of this ordinance independent of the
elimination herefrom of any portion as may be declared invalid.
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SECTION 7: DATE OF EFFECT: This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect within one (1) month after its passage, approval and publication, according to law.
PA~SED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, IDAHO, this
of ~/IjP(gt'n,~, 1999.
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, IDAHO, this
day of .&C~/~ ~.-, 1999.
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