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I [S 0 CITY OF ELK RIVER POLICY FOR PAYMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF THE COSTS TO CONNECT AND REPAIR PRIVATE UTILITY LINES Adopted:, (Deleted:December 10,2012 The City of Elk River has adopted an ordinance which provides for payment and assessment of costs to install and connect or repair private utility lines.This ordinance also allows for the payment and assessment of connection charges. As detailed in the ordinance,the following policy has been developed to detail(i)projects eligible for this program;(ii)petitions which may be accepted by the City Administrator;(iii)petitions which may only be accepted by the City Council;(iv)the number of annual installments over which amounts paid and assessed will be levied;and(v)the interest rate applicable to unpaid installments. Policy 1. Eligible Projects Eligible projects include but are not limited to the following: A) The connection of an existing building to an existing public sanitary and water line(s). Properties that have both sewer and water service available are required to connect to both utilities at the same time, B) The repair of a leaking sewer or water service that has created a public health or safety hazard on the Property or to improvements within the public right-of-way or on a neighboring property. C) The separation of a shared sewer or water service line. D) The proper abandoning or disconnection of a sewer or water service line that has been disconnected from a building. F,) The reconnection of a private sewer or water service line if modifications to the public mains has caused the property owner to no longer have service in the existing location. F) Water and Sewer connection and availability charges associated with a project that Deleted:Connection charges associated with a meets at least one of the following criteria: change in use,to include,but are not limited to a.single family residential Sewer Availability Charges and Water g y Availability Charges,associated with a project b.service of industry unique to the City that meets at least one of the criteria outlined in paragraph 3 below.a.service or industry unique to c.Redevelopment or vacant property the City¶ d.Increase of SAC/WAC units that doubles the number of SAC and WAC units b.Redevelopment or vacant property¶ c.Substantial increase of SAC/WAC units. Substantial in this case means a percentage Other eligible projects will be considered by the City on an individual basis, increase of 100%or greater. ¶ Moved(insertion)[1] All work shall be contracted between the Property owner and their Contractor. The City (Formatted:Normal,Indent:Left: 1", No l will reimburse eligible costs in accordance with the terms listed below,but shall not l bullets or numbering J warrant or be involved in any claims that arise from the work, f Formatted:Indent:Left: 0.75 No bullets or l l numbering J -- .._.....-....—.......-_....... 2. Eligible Project Costs Deleted: ¶