Applicants for service beyond the limits of the existing water system may secure service providing they comply with the following provisions:

    A.    A request shall be filed with the city engineer indicating the property proposed to be served and the use to be made thereof. The engineer shall analyze the request in respect to the master water plan, and other engineering factors, and submit a report of his findings and recommendation to the city council for its consideration and action.

    B.    The general policy concerning the assignment of construction cost shall be as follows:

    1.    All lines shall be constructed at the cost of the applicant unless the city council determines that it is in the best interest of the city to share such costs;

    2.    All in-tract construction in new subdivisions shall extend to the limits of the property and shall include all looping and other supplementary lines that are necessary in order that future contiguous subdivisions can connect directly onto such subdivision, thus providing for the orderly development of the system;

    3.    If any additional construction is necessary to extend lines from existing mains to the applicant's property or subdivision, as occurs in "leapfrog" development, it shall be constructed from funds other than those of the city.

    C.    In the event that an individual constructs lines and such lines are later included within the boundaries of an assessment district formed to finance such construction, the cost of such construction will be returned to such individual by the district; provided, that the cost returned shall not exceed the actual cost to the individual for the district cost for a similar quantity of work, whichever is smaller. In the absence of such district financing, the city may enter into an agreement with such individual under the terms of which the city will reimburse him for that portion of the cost of the line over and above the cost applicable to his premises; provided, that the source of funds for reimbursement shall be from a front-foot construction charge collected from other users of the lines; and provided, further, that such agreement is terminated within ten years from date thereof.

    D.    If a service connection is made directly into a main which has been constructed after the date of the ordinance codified in this section and which has not been constructed and financed through an assessment district or through any other means in which the applicant has a vested interest, there shall be paid by the applicant a front-foot construction charge at the rate as specified by city council resolution per foot of street frontage of his lot, or a logical divisible portion of large lots or acreage; provided, that corner lots shall be computed on the basis of the sum of the front footages less one hundred feet, subject to a minimum charge as specified by city council resolution for any one building site. The front-foot construction charge shall be in addition to any other charge prescribed herein.

    E.    Funds or money collected or deposited as prescribed for installing service connections, the acreage charge or water main construction fee, and the front-foot construction charge shall be deposited into the water surplus revenue fund of the city to be used for the purposes herein described for the expense of installing additional service connection, and for making other extensions to the distribution system.

    F.    When it is necessary for the city to make an expenditure, the following interests of the city shall be considered:

    1.    Will it improve service in respect to water quality, pressure, reliability of service and adequacy of water for fire protection; or

    2.    Will the investment prove to be a financial benefit to the water department operation; or,

    3.    Is the investment a justifiable social or indirect economic benefit to the city; and

    4.    Does the investment benefit the city in contrast to the individual?

    The above provisions shall not require nor prohibit the city council from approving or disapproving applications or making expenditures for other water line construction. Neither do these provisions apply to the replacement of old or undersized lines within the existing system. (Prior code § 23-13)