§ 15.36.050. Exemptions.

The following lots shall be exempt from payment of the tapping or connecting fees established by this chapter:

A.

Lots connected to the public sanitary sewer system as of the effective date of this chapter. This exemption shall not apply to additional residences or buildings erected on property served by the public sanitary sewer system when a new connection is required. However, nothing herein shall be construed to require connection fees where the structures to be served, having a private sanitary waste disposal system, existed prior to the construction of a public sanitary sewer accessible to the property to which the structure is a part and which was funded before the effective date of Ordinance 82-1034 (October 5, 1982). The fees described herein shall be applicable to vacant lots and to all lots served by sanitary sewers funded and constructed after the effective date of Ordinance 82-1034;

B.

Lots granted sewer taps as partial consideration of the conveyance of sewer easements in projects funded prior to the effective date of Ordinance 82-1034 to the full extent of the agreement. This exemption shall not apply to additional residences or buildings erected on property served by the public sanitary sewer system except as stated in such agreements;

C.

Vacant lots previously connected to the sanitary sewer system for which service has been discontinued where service is reconnected with the property being used for the same or similar purpose and the service line is equal to or smaller than the prior connection;

D.

Those lots located in subdivisions or developments in which sanitary sewers have been constructed at the expense of a subdivider or developer under an agreement with the metropolitan government whereby the privilege of tapping or connecting has been or may be at the time the permit is taken assigned to such property by the subdivider or developer until the subdivider or developer's equity has been recouped. Nothing herein shall be construed to void or otherwise change existing contracts or agreements between the metropolitan government and subdividers or developers.

(Amdt. 1 to Ord. BL2015-1213 § 3, 2015; Ord. BL2015-1213 § 3, 2015; prior code § 40-1-109)