Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 25-206 - Connection to nonabutting water main or sewer(a) This section applies only to a property owner:(1) whose property does not abut a water main or sewer; and(2) who has not previously paid a benefit charge for the construction of the water main or sewer.(b) The Commission:(1) shall allow a property owner to connect to a nonabutting water main or sewer;(2) shall classify the property and impose a front foot benefit charge to be paid by the property owner at the rate and for the same number of years as though the property abutted on a water main or sewer constructed in the year in which the connection is made;(3) when the connection is made, shall place the property owner in the same position as to all charges, rates, and benefits as if the property abutted on a newly constructed water main or sewer;(4) if a water main or sewer abutting on the property is subsequently constructed, may require the property owner to connect to the abutting line and discontinue service from the nonabutting line; or(5) while the property is in the same classification as when the nonabutting connection was made, shall allow the prior imposition of a front foot benefit charge to stand and may not impose a front foot benefit charge for the new abutting water main or sewer.