From and after the effective date of this article,
all sanitary sewer main extensions within the Village of Superior
shall be extended on a "cost advancement" basis.
Sewer main extensions shall be financed by cost
advancements when deemed advisable by the Village Board. In general,
the cost advancement method shall be used only when application is
made for sewerage service which would require the extension of mains
through sparsely occupied areas to serve such applicant or through
areas which in the judgment of the Village Board are unlikely to develop
extensively within the next 10 years. Where extensions are authorized
on a cost advancement basis the procedure shall be as follows:
A. The applicant shall deposit with the Village Clerk-Treasurer
a sum sufficient to pay the total estimated cost of the extension.
B. Such deposit shall be made before construction is
started or contracted. If the actual apportionable cost shall be less
than the amount deposited, the excess of the deposit over the cost
shall be refunded to the applicant within 30 days after payment for
the completed project. If the apportionable cost shall exceed the
deposit, the applicant shall pay the deficiency prior to the granting
of sewerage service.
C. Any property connected to such main after its installation,
other than the applicant's, shall pay to the Village a connection
charge determined by the Village Board, which shall be equivalent
to the amount of front foot special assessments which would have been
levied by the Village at the time such extension was made.
D. All connection charges collected by the Village under Subsection
C above shall be paid to the applicant or his assigns or heirs unless specifically provided otherwise in writing.
No connection shall be made to any sewer lateral
installed by the Village unless a lateral connection fee shall have
been paid therefor. The Village Board shall determine such a lateral
connection fee from time to time by resolution on the basis of the
average previous and estimated future costs.
Except as provided in §
315-16, no connection shall be made to the sanitary sewer mains of the Village unless special assessments have been levied on such property or until a main connection fee is paid therefor. Such main connection fee shall be equal to the amount which would have been paid if special assessments had been levied therefor.
Unless otherwise provided in the preliminary
or final special assessment resolutions, all special assessments levied
under this article may be paid in five equal annual installments with
interest as the rate of 6%, in accordance with the provisions of § 66.0715(3),
Wis. Stats. The Village Board may by resolution permit the deferred
payment of special assessments on unplatted and undeveloped property
until the property is connected to the main, but not longer than 10
years following the date of the levy, in accordance with § 66.0715,
Wis. Stats.