§ 2-113. Water line extensions.

(a)

Power to extend water service. The city shall have the power to install, improve and maintain water lines and facilities within the corporate limits of the city, and without the corporate limits where provided by general law or special act. Benefitting properties shall be assessed by the city for the cost of the project to extend the service to their property from the nearest water main.

(b)

Conditions for extending service. Water service shall be extended when:

(1)

Property owners in contiguous unincorporated areas agree, in writing, to annex their property into the city; or

(2)

The state department of health and rehabilitative services shall officially notify the city that a health hazard exists within a given unincorporated area; such health hazard shall be determined by a field survey with appropriate tests or inspections by the state department of health and rehabilitative services; or

(3)

A property owner requests such extension of available water service to property within the city or in a contiguous unincorporated area agreeing to annex into the city and such extension is determined to be in the best interest of the city by the city administration; or

(4)

The city decides unilaterally for reasons of public health, safety and welfare that certain properties within the city must be put on water service.

(Ord. No. 96-102, § 3, 2-20-96)