Chapter 14.12
DELAYED BENEFIT CHARGES

Sections:

14.12.010    Computation of charges – Installment payment.

14.12.020    Special connection charges – Payment.

14.12.030    Special connection charges – Computation.

14.12.010 Computation of charges – Installment payment.

In addition to sewer connection permit fees required by this title, there is imposed upon properties which have previously not been assessed, been charged, or borne an equitable share of the cost of the city’s lateral sewage system, a special connection charge which shall be paid prior to connection to the city sewer system as follows:

(1) If the property in question abuts a lateral covered by an active “late-comer’s agreement,” the special connection charge will be as provided in said agreement.

(2) If the property in question is not covered by a “late-comer’s agreement,” then the special connection charge shall be computed under OHMC 14.12.030. (Ord. 951 § 16, 1993; Ord. 512 § 9, 1978; Ord. 119 § 1, 1957).

14.12.020 Special connection charges – Payment.

Special connection charges less than $500.00 shall be paid in cash at the time of, and as a condition of, the issuance of the city’s sanitary side sewer connection permit. Special connection charges exceeding $500.00 or more may be paid by installment contract over a period not to exceed three years, with interest at nine percent per year computed annually on the unpaid balance. Such contracts shall provide for a down payment of 25 percent of the total connection charge, payable upon execution of such contract and for the payment of the balance in three equal annual payments plus interest payable on January 1st of each succeeding year. Such contracts shall provide that any unpaid balance may be paid in full in any year of the contract period; shall describe the property served by the sewer; and shall be acknowledged by the property owner and recorded in the office of the county auditor at the expense of the property owner. Delinquent payment under such installment contract shall be a lien upon the described properties provided in RCW 35.67.200 and enforceable in accordance with RCW 35.67.220 through 35.67.280; and as an additional and concurrent method of enforcing a lien, the water services to such property may be cut off in accordance with RCW 35.67.290 until the delinquent installments are paid. Upon full payment of the contract, the city shall execute and deliver the property owner a release of such lien. (Ord. 512 § 10, 1978).

14.12.030 Special connection charges – Computation.

The special connection charge imposed by OHMC 14.12.010(2) shall be paid into the sewer fund and shall be computed as follows:

(1) The number of units of property frontage to be served by the sewer, determined in the manner prescribed in RCW 35.44.030 and 35.44.040 for determining assessable units of frontage or by such other method or combination of methods of computing assessments which may be deemed to more fairly reflect the special benefits to the property being assessed as authorized by RCW 35.44.047, shall be multiplied by the local improvement assessment per unit of frontage or half the actual construction costs for the lateral sewer involved.

(2) If construction costs are not available for the specific sewer line for which the connection is being requested, the city engineer is authorized to compute and establish the average local improvement assessment cost paid by property owners or average costs for developer extensions for lateral sewers completed and accepted by the city during the current year, which average assessment or developer extension cost shall be used by him in computing the special connection charge imposed by OHMC 14.12.010(2). (Ord. 951 § 17, 1993; Ord. 512 § 11, 1978).