HomeMy Public PortalAboutORD 103_Amending Water Connection Fees_12142005ORDINANCE NO. /Q 3
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 8-2-14 OF THE CITY
CODE OF THE CITY OF IONA, IDAHO, ESTABLISHING
WATER CONNECTION FEES; AMENDING FRONT
FOOTAGE CONNECTION FEE PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY AND ESTABLISHING EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IONA,
IDAHO THAT:
Section 1. Amendment to Section 8-2-14, Iona City Code. Section 8-2-14, of the
Iona City Code is amended as follows:
8-2-14: WATER SYSTEM CONNECTION FEES:
(A) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to establish an equitable system of
charging a new customer for the impact or burden created whenever the customer
enlarges an existing water service or connects a new water service to the City water
system, including existing wells, storage tanks, pumps, outbuildings and
appurtenances of the City water system, all of which were funded from revenues of
the City water system or paid with revenues derived from ad valorem taxes. The
City recognizes the inherent inequity of requiring existing customers or taxpayers
to bear the entire cost of acquiring or building new facilities, or of utilizing excess
capacity with existing facilities, in order to meet the needs of such new
development. The Council hereby finds and recognizes the relationship between
the nature of the uses of property and the impact thereof upon the City water
system. The Council also finds that customers who connect to a water main located
adjacent to their property receive a direct benefit from such water mains, which
benefit is directly proportional to the frontage of the water main along their property.
The Council further finds that it is fair and equitable to charge a main connection fee
for customers who connect to such mains in order to fund a portion of the cost
incurred by the City in installing such mains.
(B) Water System Connection Fees. A water system connection fee shall be collected
from any person requesting connection to the water system for any new building or
structure or for any existing building for which a change in occupancy or use, as
defined under Section 502 of the Uniform Building Code, is made and for which a
new or larger water service line is installed. Such system connection fee shall be
as follows:
Size of Service Line Fee
1"
1.5"
$ 1,200
$ 1,600
2" $ 4,000
4" $18,000
6" $45,000
(C) Main Connection Charge. Before connecting to any water main, all persons shall
pay, in addition to the system connection fee, a main connection charge at the rate
of twenty dollars ($20) per front foot of property to be served by a water main.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any person has constructed at his or her own
expense the water main to which connection is sought, no fee shall be charged for
the first connection of any building or structure situated upon real property owned
or formerly owned by such person and served by such water main. If any person
constructs a water main entirely at his or her expense the City may, by written
agreement, pay over to such person all main connection charges collected by the
City from any other person who subsequently connects to such water main.
Section 2. Methodology. For the purpose of this Ordinance, text that is
underlined in the preceding section means new text added to the former Ordinance or City
Code Section, and text that is stricken through means text that is being deleted from the
former Ordinance or Code Section. Text that is moved from one location in the former
Ordinance to another is similarly shown as underlined text.
Section 3. Severability. The provisions of this Ordinance are severable. In the
event any provision shall be determined to be void or unenforceable for any reason, such
determination shall not affect the enforceability of the remaining provisions.
Section 4. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall be effective upon its passage,
execution and publication in the manner provided by law.
PASSED BY THE COUNCIL AND APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this /1 day of
NoverruL 2005.
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Craig Roc wood
Mayor
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I, BETTY McKINLAY, CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF IONA, IDAHO, DO HEREBY
CERTIFY:
That the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of the Ordinance
entitled, "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 8-2-14 OF THE CITY CODE OF THE
CITY OF IONA, IDAHO, ESTABLISHING WATER CONNECTION FEES; AMENDING
FRONT FOOTAGE CONNECTION FEE PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND
ESTABLISHING EFFECTIVE DATE"
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Betty Mc
City Clerk