11.10.290 Water main services and hydrants in local improvement districts.
(1) In areas of the City where property owners request local improvement districts in order to improve their streets, storm drainage and/or sewer system, the following policy for water main and service replacement shall be in effect.
(a) Except as specified in MMC 11.10.120(2)(f), in areas where no water main exists, such main shall be assessed to the benefitting properties in the local improvement district.
(b) In areas of the system where existing lines are of sufficient size but of such age or construction which require excessive maintenance, the replacement of such lines shall be at the utility’s expense.
(c) In areas of the system where existing lines are adequate and the replacement or relocation of such lines are necessary primarily to conform to the street, storm or sewer plans, all costs shall be included in the local improvement district assessments.
(d) The cost of all service relocations and/or replacements completed in conjunction with local improvement district projects shall be included in the local improvement district assessments.
(e) Where a particular property has frontage on intersecting public rights-of-way and the property has previously been assessed or paid in lieu of assessment for more than 50 linear feet of water line along either of the frontage, the first 50 linear feet of frontage from the other (second) frontage may be excluded from the assessment calculation formula used in the establishment of the local improvement district.
(2) All fire hydrant requirements within local improvement districts shall be installed under the following policy.
(a) In areas where no fire hydrant exists, they shall be included in the local improvement district assessments.
(b) In areas where four-inch or smaller hydrants exist, they may be replaced at the utility’s expense.
(c) In areas where hydrants exist which are adequate, six inches in size, and relocation or replacement is needed primarily to conform to street, storm and/or sewer plans, all costs shall be included in the local improvement district assessments. (Ord. 68 § 1, passed 2-19-1991; Code 2014 § 50.29)