A. Property within the city but not in sewer district, shall have sewer connection charges as follows:

1. Whenever the owner of a lot or tract of land, which is located within the limits of the city but not within the limits of any special benefit district for sanitary sewer purposes, desires permission at his or her own expense to construct a sanitary sewer line connecting an improvement on the lot or tract of land to an existing sanitary sewer of the city, he or she shall file a written application for such permission with the city clerk, which application shall include plans and specifications for the proposed sewer line.

2. If any portion of the proposed sewer line is to be located on or across any other lot or tract of land which is privately owned, the application must be accompanied by an easement for a public sanitary sewer on or across such other lots or tracts of land duly executed by the owners thereof.

B. The application must also be accompanied by a written offer by the applicant to dedicate to the city all that portion of the proposed sewer line which is located outside the boundaries of the lot or tract of land owned by the applicant upon which is located the improvement which is to be connected with the existing city sanitary sewer in the event that the permit is granted by the city; provided, that should any portion of the sewer beyond the lot or tract of land owned by the applicant be dedicated to the city, the city would not be obligated to accept such sewers unless such sewers have manholes and other standard appurtenances making them easily maintainable by the city; provided further, that in no event would the city be interested in accepting individual house sewers or sewers of a size smaller than six inches in diameter.

C. Upon receipt of such an application, the city clerk shall submit the same to the city engineer for his or her approval or disapproval. If the city engineer is satisfied that the existing city sanitary sewer can handle the additional sewage and that the plans and specifications of the proposed sewer line are suitable and in accord with sound engineering principles, and that the applicant has fully complied with the foregoing requirements, the city engineer shall endorse his or her approval thereon, and thereupon the city clerk shall issue a permit to the applicant upon payment by the applicant to the city clerk of the following special permit fee: for such a permit the applicant shall be required to pay an amount equal to the estimated amount, as determined by the city engineer, which would have been assessed as a special assessment against the lot or parcel of land of the applicant if it has been located within the special benefit district established for payment of the cost of the existing city sanitary sewer to which the applicant seeks permission to connect, or the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00), whichever amount is the greater.

D. Upon the issuance of such a permit, the applicant at his or her own expense shall construct the proposed sewer line, and shall record all public easements therefor, and shall record a dedication to the city of all that portion of the sewer line so constructed by the applicant which is located outside the boundaries of the lot or tract of land of the applicant which has been connected to the existing city sanitary sewer, and in addition shall dedicate all laterals in such a manner as to put them under the control of the city once they have been constructed and connected to the city sewer system.

E. 1. Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the city from subsequently including the lot or tract of land owned by the applicant in a special benefit sanitary sewer district and subjecting it to special assessments to pay the cost of a new sanitary sewer; provided, that in such event, the applicant or his or her successor in title shall be entitled to a refund of fifty (50) percent of the amount of the special permit fee paid by the applicant under the provisions of this section, if an application for such refund is filed with the city clerk within thirty (30) days after the effective date of any ordinance imposing such special assessments against the lot or tract of land.

2. Nothing contained in this chapter shall relieve the applicant from payment of sewer connection charges required by Section 13.16.040 of this chapter, nor from paying any sewage disposal service charges as provided by Chapter 13.20 of this title. (Prior code §§ 9-324 -- 9-324.4)