Ord 0118 12/1996ORDINANCE NO. 118
AN ORDINANCE OF THE VALLECITOS WATER DISTRICT
DEFINING AND REESTABLISHING THE POLICY RELATING TO
TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT OFFSITE WATER AND
SEWER FACILITIES
WHEREAS, it has been the historic policy of the Vallecitos Water District
("District") that all properties requiring water and/or sewer service abut, traverse, or be
adjacent to an existing pipeline prior to eligibility for water and/or sewer service; and
WHEREAS, under certain circumstances the District may consent to provide offsite
water and/or sewer service to properties that do not abut, traverse, or are adjacent to an
existing pipeline, via a private easement; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the District desire by this ordinance to define
and reestablish the District policy with respect to temporary and permanent offsite water
and/or sewer facilities.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the Board of Directors of the Vallecitos
Water District as follows:
Section 1. Definitions. For purposes of this ordinance, offsite water or sewer service
shall be specified as temporary or permanent and shall be defined as follows:
(a) "Temporary offsite service" shall be defined as those properties that do
not abut, traverse, or are adjacent to existing pipelines, but future pipeline extensions to serve
and benefit the property may occur.
(b) "Permanent offsite service" shall be defined as those properties that do
not abut, traverse, or are adjacent to existing pipelines and no future extensions of pipelines
are expected.
Section 2. Temporary Offsite Service. In circumstances where the District
determines that a property is eligible for temporary offsite service, the property owner shall
pay all customary charges and related fees for the installation of a meter and water and/or
sewer service connection to the District's main. The property owner shall also sign an
agreement for temporary water and/or sewer service which shall be recorded as a covenant
against the property and bind all future owners of the property.
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Section 3. Permanent Offsite Service. In circumstances where the District determines
that property is eligible for permanent offsite service, the property owner shall pay all
customary charges and related fees for the installation of a meter and water and/or sewer
service. In addition, the owner shall pay a charge equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the
cost estimated by the District to design and construct a permanent facility to serve the
property, but in no event less than Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500), which sum
may be adjusted from time to time by the Board of Directors.
Section 4. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon
adoption. Within ten (10) days after adoption, this ordinance shall be published one time in
a newspaper of general circulation in the District. This ordinance shall remain in effect until
repealed by the Board of Directors of the District.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of the Vallecitos
Water District at a regular meeting this 4th day of December, 1996, by the following roll call
vote:
Ayes:
Noes:
Absent: Cruz
Abstain:
Davy, Ferguson, Gregoryk, Mason
ATTEST:
William W. Rucker, Secretary
Board of Directors
Vallecitos Water District
son,Vic-''resident
Board of Directors
Vallecitos Water District