13.04.020 Connection to city water system required.
A. Required Connection.
1. Except as required in subsection (A)(2) of this section, the owner of a newly constructed building, or an existing building on a lot served by a failed system, shall connect the building to the city water system if an easement or right-of-way adjacent to the lot either (a) contains a water main; or (b) is connected by continuous easements or rights-of-way to an easement or right-of-way that contains a water main, and the water main is within 150 feet, measured in a straight line, from the nearest lot line of the lot.
2. A building need not be connected to the city water system if either (a) construction of a main line extension is required to provide water service to the building, or (b) the city water system does not have sufficient pressure or capacity to provide service to the building.
B. Charge for Failure to Make Required Connection. An owner of property that is required to connect to the city water system under subsection (A) of this section, and that is not connected to the city water system shall pay the city a charge equal to the monthly minimum for the type of service that would be furnished were water service supplied for each month until connection is made. This charge shall be levied upon and collected in the same manner as delinquent accounts under WMC 13.04.100.
C. Segregation of Other Water Sources. All plumbing on property that has been connected to the city water system shall be completely segregated from any other water source, so that no water from another source may enter the city water system.
D. Private System Prohibition. No person may construct a private water system on a lot after the city has given notice under subsection (E) of this section that city water service is available to that lot.
E. Notice. Upon completion of the construction of a water main, the public works director shall give notice identifying the properties to which the construction has made water service available under subsection (A) of this section by certified mail to the record owner of each such property, and by publication for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the city. The notices shall describe the requirement for connection to the city water system in subsection (A) of this section, and the monthly charge for failure to connect under subsection (B) of this section. (Ord. 08-05 § 2, 2008; Ord. 03-18(AM) § 3, 2003; prior code § 5.10.020)