For the purposes of this article the following words, terms
and phrases shall have the meaning given herein.
The City of Lavon, Texas.
The residents and/or businesses utilizing and paying the
city for wastewater services.
The person, business, partnership, corporation or association
responsible for the development of a subdivision or lot and includes
the property owner or subdivider.
Any manmade change to improved or unimproved real estate,
including but not limited to construction of buildings or other structures,
which results in demand for wastewater facilities and which requires
connection to the city’s wastewater system.
The design specifications designated by the city as standards
for construction on all public infrastructure constructed in the city
including the city standard construction details and NCTCOG “standard
specifications for public works construction.”
A tract, plot or portion of a subdivision, addition or other
parcel of land intended as a unit for the purpose, whether immediate
or future, of transfer of ownership or possession, or for development.
A wastewater main required to interconnect property being
developed with the existing wastewater system which exceeds the standard
size pipeline required for the developed property.
A charge made against an existing lot abutting a wastewater
main that is the average per foot cost of the line, multiplied by
the front footage of the land, and that is imposed to reimburse the
original developer his cost of installing or paying for the main.
means a charge made to a lot or tract requesting sanitary sewer service
in an existing wastewater main that is a proportional amount of the
actual costs of construction of said wastewater main that is payable
to the original developer that funded said wastewater main.
The portion, in percent, of the wastewater main total design
capacity utilized by the development requesting sanitary sewer service.
The record titleholder of a premises connected to the city’s
wastewater system.
Has the meaning given that term in the city’s subdivision
regulations.
Has the meaning given that term in the city’s subdivision
regulations.
The total amount of anticipated wastewater to be conveyed
by a wastewater main (pressure or non-pressure) used in design of
said wastewater main. This is used in determination of proportional
amount.
The calculated capacity of a pipeline. This is not used in
determination of proportional amount.
(Ordinance 2019-06-05 adopted 4/16/19)
The city shall have the authority to enforce payment of costs
by all legal means available including the disconnection of sanitary
sewer service to a development or lot. Nothing in this article shall
be deemed in any way to be an exclusive method of enforcing the payment
of the pro rata cost against the consumers and property owners, and
this article shall not be deemed in any manner to be a waiver of the
city’s right to assess the property owners and/or consumers
concerned for cost of the installation of wastewater mains and to
fix and enforce liens against such property, all of which may be done
as provided by ordinance in the manner prescribed by law.
(Ordinance 2019-06-05 adopted 4/16/19)
