Prior to the adoption of 13.24.050 (Ord. 2127) on 01/20/2003, Section 13.24.050 read as follows.

Any owner or owners of real property who directly or indirectly tap-in to or use such sewerage facilities to deposit waste water therein or such water facilities to draw water therefrom shall pay a recoupment fee, based upon the size of the water meter used to provide the water service for the benefitted property, at a user rate to be determined by and set forth in the recoupment agreement (on a population equivalency basis to be computed for the target area at the time the recoupment agreement is made and entered into). For purposes of computing the user rate, it shall be assumed that one person will use one hundred (100) gallons of water per day (gpd) and the following population equivalent will apply to the projected water meter installations in the target area, to wit:

The user rate to be assessed against each benefitted property and charged to the beneficiary served directly or indirectly by the sponsored sewerage facility and/or water facility and established and set forth in the recoupment agreement will be approved by the city council, with the advice and recommendations of the city engineer. Once the user rate is determined and the recoupment agreement is made and entered into between the city and the sponsor, any beneficiary owning benefitted property located within the facility planning area of the city who directly or indirectly taps-in to or uses the sponsored water facility and/or sewerage facility will be required to pay the recoupment fee whether or not they are located within the target area.

The charge for any connection of benefitted property for which the foregoing water meters’ sizes would not apply, shall be determined by the city council, with the advice and recommendations of the city engineer. In arriving at said charge, consideration shall be given to the size and nature of the property served, and the volume and flow characteristics of the load to be placed upon the facilities; provided, however, that any such charge, to the extent practicable, shall be consistent with the charges set out in the foregoing schedule. (Ord. 1754 § 1 (part), 1999)